Mount Masada was once a region violently claimed by the Jews
What is the reason why Jews came to violently take over the area on top of Mount Messada?
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First, history
From 6 AD. Judea became a Roman province ruled by “praefecti”.They were supposed to ensure peace and tax collection. After all, as always, the rulers want to see “money in the bin” to achieve their wonderful construction plans, build the necessary roads or other necessary needs, beneficial to the conquered region. So the Jews, like every citizen, each had to make their tax contributions.These taxes were not minimal and so. In addition, the rulers had managed, under duress, to appoint the appropriate high priest themselves. You can see why. That caused resentment among the Jews. But they initially paid for everything they had to pay nicely.
Herod Agrippa I got along well with Emperor Caligula and the country was united between 41-44 AD.As a result, Judea became part of Syria again and was now led by other tax collectors, called Procuratores. The Jews had obtained that they were then allowed to choose their own chief priests again.
