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Crisis of Caligula's statue

39-41·Alexandrie, Jamnia, Jérusalem

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altar destroyed at Jamnia, order to erect the emperor's statue in the Temple; Philo's embassy to Rome

Under Caligula, the question of the imperial cult reached the Jewish communities of the Empire. In Jamnia, Greek inhabitants erected an altar dedicated to the emperor; the Jews knocked it down, and the procurator informed Rome.

Caligula ordered in response that his statue be erected in the Temple of Jerusalem. The legate of Syria, Petronius, tasked with carrying this out, delayed before the crowd that came out to meet him at Ptolemais and Tiberias, declaring they would rather die than see it done. The emperor's death, killed in Rome, suspended the order before it could be carried out.

Alexandria, where violence had previously broken out, sent two embassies to the emperor — one Jewish, led by the philosopher Philo, the other Greek, led by Apion. Philo left an account of these in his Legatio ad Gaium, the only testimony from a contemporary witness on those audiences.

Period :
Antiquity
Type :
Massacre
Region :
Egypt and Maghreb
Country :
Égypte
Sources

Philon d'Alexandrie, Légation à Caius et Contre Flaccus ; Flavius Josèphe, Guerre des Juifs et Antiquités judaïques.

At the same place6

  1. 38First attested « pogrom »centaines
  2. 41New riots at the accession of Claude; the imperial edict orders the Jews not to claim more rights than they haveinconnu
  3. 66Massacre by the legions of Tiberius Alexander~50 000 (Josèphe)
  4. 73Repression of the Sicarii refugees in Egypt and Cyrenaica; closure of the temple of Onias at Leontopoliscentaines
  5. 414-415Violent expulsion under Bishop Cyril, plunderinconnu
  6. 2-3 nov. 1945Balfour Day Riotsblessés, dégâts considérables

In the same country16

  1. v. 1250 av. J.-C.Ordre d'infanticide de Pharaonnon chiffré ; récit non corroboré hors de la Bible
  2. v. 1250 av. J.-C.Amalek frappe les traînardsnon chiffré
  3. 410 av. J.-C.Destruction of the Jewish temple by the priests of Khnum, violenceinconnu
  4. 70-73Repression after the Great Revolt~3 000 à Cyrène (Josèphe)
  5. 1009-1014Al-Hakim orders Jews to wear a wooden block around their necks and heavy crosses for Christians; synagogues razed and property confiscatedtoll not established
  6. 1012-1020Persecutions by the caliph al-Hakimtoll not established
  7. 1171Saladin abolishes the Fatimid caliphatetoll not established
  8. 1524Persecution of the Jews of Egypt by the rebel governor Ahmed Pasha, who demands ransom on pain of deathtoll not established

And 8 more in the catalogue.

Event 30 of 2483, in chronological order · Antiquity: 88 events in the catalogue

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