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Julian · 02-19-2006, 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Newton's Cat

In 117 ad there was a revolt by the Jews of Cyrene. During this revolt the Jews were accused of the ritual eating of human flesh (i.e., they ate Greeks and Romans)

It was probably the case that this accusation coloured the attitude of the Romans towards the Jews.

The actual figure was 400-500,000 men "under Simon's command"

You are still not saying where you got this number from. I can't think of any army ever of that size until the 19th century. Bear in mind that in the 12th century, a time far more advanced, it was estimated that the Levant could support a population of 1 million people. That's total population, men, women, and children.

Julian

Ophis · 02-19-2006, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Julian

You are still not saying where you got this number from. I can't think of any army ever of that size until the 19th century. Bear in mind that in the 12th century, a time far more advanced, it was estimated that the Levant could support a population of 1 million people. That's total population, men, women, and children.

Julian

A little fact I think is relevant: The current British land army contains about 110,000 men, the total armed forces comes to about 190,000. I think that puts 500,000 into context. It has to be an exaggeration.

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