Place · Aegean, Anatolia and Byzantium
Cyprus
Ancient names: Cyprus
An island reached by the Diaspora Revolt (115 to 117 CE); afterward Jews were banned from it. The point marks the island, not a site.
34.9954°N 33.2225°E · representative coordinate · approximate · Pleiades 707498 ↗
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Under Trajan, between 115 and 117 CE, came the so-called Diaspora Revolt: several Jewish uprisings that ended up linked together. It apparently began in Libya, as one more clash between Jews and Greeks like those in Alexandria; this time, however, Rome failed to contain the violence, which reached Egypt, Cyprus and perhaps Mesopotamia. The harshness of the repression shows how great the danger was. In Mesopotamia thousands were killed; Cyprus forbade Jews to remain; in Egypt, the Alexandrian community was crushed. Jews still lived in the city, but the community that had given the world the Septuagint and Philo practically vanished.
Community: Jews of Cyprus
Under Trajan, between 115 and 117 CE, came the so-called Diaspora Revolt: several Jewish uprisings that ended up linked together. It apparently began in Libya, as one more clash between Jews and Greeks like those in Alexandria; this time, however, Rome failed to contain the violence, which reached Egypt, Cyprus and perhaps Mesopotamia. The harshness of the repression shows how great the danger was. In Mesopotamia thousands were killed; Cyprus forbade Jews to remain; in Egypt, the Alexandrian community was crushed. Jews still lived in the city, but the community that had given the world the Septuagint and Philo practically vanished.