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Artemion

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Leader of the Jewish insurrection in Cyprus against Trajan, 117. There are but scanty details of this revolt. According to Roman sources, the Jews destroyed the capital of the island of Salamis and slew 240,000 Greeks. The revolt was quelled by Trajan's general Martius Turbo; and to judge by the atrocities committed by him, the suppression was attended with very sanguinary results for the Jews. The law passed in Cyprus after the revolt, that no Jew should set foot on the island, and that, if cast there by shipwreck, he should suffer death, shows the hatred felt by the Greek Cypriotes toward the Jews.

Bibliography:
  • Dion Cassius, History, 68:322;
  • Grätz, Gesch. der Juden, 4:127-129.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Artemion'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​a/artemion.html. 1901.
 
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