Siege of Bethar

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The Siege of Bethar was the climactic Roman assault in 135 CE that crushed the Bar Kokhba Revolt and marked the effective end of large-scale Jewish resistance to Roman rule in Judea.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Siege of Betar 2
Siege of Bethar canonical 1
siege of Bethar 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
siege ⓘ
aftermath consolidation of Roman control over Judea ⓘ
destruction of Bethar ⓘ
further dispersion of Jewish population ⓘ
increased Roman repression in Judea ⓘ
massive Jewish casualties ⓘ
suppression of Bar Kokhba Revolt ⓘ
associatedWith Hadrianic persecutions ⓘ
Roman Emperor Hadrian ⓘ
linked to: Hadrian
belligerent Jewish rebels ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
cause Jewish revolt against Roman rule ⓘ
Roman attempt to crush Bar Kokhba Revolt ⓘ
combatant Roman legions ⓘ
linked to: Roman legion

forces of Simon bar Kokhba ⓘ
commandedBy Julius Severus ⓘ
Sextus Julius Severus ⓘ
Shimon bar Kosiba ⓘ
linked to: Simon bar Kokhba

Simon bar Kokhba ⓘ
conflict Bar Kokhba Revolt ⓘ
linked to: Jewish–Roman wars
date 135 CE ⓘ
describedIn Roman historical tradition ⓘ
Talmud ⓘ
rabbinic literature ⓘ
followedBy Roman reorganization of Judea ⓘ
renaming of Judea as Syria Palaestina ⓘ
historicalPeriod 2nd century CE ⓘ
location Bethar ⓘ
Judea ⓘ
notableFor high level of destruction and loss of life ⓘ
symbolic end of Jewish sovereignty aspirations in Judea in antiquity ⓘ
opponent Bar Kokhba forces ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
partOf Bar Kokhba Revolt ⓘ
linked to: Jewish–Roman wars

Jewish–Roman wars ⓘ
precededBy earlier phases of Bar Kokhba Revolt ⓘ
region Roman province of Judea ⓘ
result Roman victory ⓘ
significance climactic battle of the Bar Kokhba Revolt ⓘ
decisive Roman victory over Bar Kokhba Revolt ⓘ
end of organized Jewish military resistance in Judea ⓘ
marked effective end of large-scale Jewish resistance to Roman rule in Judea ⓘ
typeOfEvent military siege ⓘ
year 135 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Simon bar Kokhba → finalBattle → Siege of Bethar ⓘ
Bar Kosiba → mainBattles → Siege of Betar ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Bethar
Bar Kosiba → diedIn → Siege of Betar ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Bethar
Bethar → event → siege of Bethar ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Bethar