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Displaying Loyalty In The Midst Of Rebellion: Jewish Loyalist Coins In The 1st Century, Eric Kim
Displaying Loyalty In The Midst Of Rebellion: Jewish Loyalist Coins In The 1st Century, Eric Kim
Seaver College Research And Scholarly Achievement Symposium
The First Jewish Revolt was a decisive event for the Jewish people which had ripple effects for Judaism all the way into modernity. However, the revolt was not as homogenous as it is often portrayed to be. Although Jerusalem, the focal point of the revolt, was rife with civil war and revolt against the Romans, other Jewish cities did not all share these sentiments. Notably, the city of Sepphoris is representative of a Jewish city that was loyal to their Roman overseers. This study focused on a bronze coin minted in Sepphoris during the Revolt and what the symbols and …
A Coin From Caesarea Philippi: Julia Domna, Laura De La Torre
A Coin From Caesarea Philippi: Julia Domna, Laura De La Torre
Seaver College Research And Scholarly Achievement Symposium
The year is 193 A.D., and the Severan Dynasty has begun. For the first time in Roman history, the emperor, Septimius Severus, is from Leptis Magna (present day Libya). His wife, Julia Domna, is also a foreigner, from Emersa, Syria. Through extensive travel, the two were able to create a unified Roman Empire. One of their early trips brought them to Caesarea Philippi, in what is today northern Israel; the coin under study commemorated this trip (199 A.D.). This coin reveals the relationship between Caesarea Philippi and Rome in the beginning of the Severan dynasty, and it demonstrates the transformation …