The Jewish revolt led by Bar Kochba in 132 AD was not the work
             of a single if a single radical revolutionary. It was the inevitable
             result of years of promises not kept to the Jews, and laws which
             suppressed the basis of Jews as a nation. To understand the reason
             for Bar Kochba's Revolt one must go back many years even before the
             war. Prior to Hadrian, an emperor by the name of Trajan was the ruler
             of the Roman empire. Due to the rebellion of the Jews in the Diaspora
             to the east and the west of them, Trajan, in order to keep the Jews in
             Palestine from rebelling he had to send a great general to be governor
             of the Jews in Palestine, a general who was well with the harshness in
             which he treated people. This general's name was Tineius Rufus, he was
             the general that put down the uprising of the Jews in Parthia. Because
             of Rufus' reputation of his severity to the Jews, he uprooted any
             thought of the Jews in Palestine to rebel against Rome at that time.
             The Jews did not want to rebel anyway. Trajan had promised the Jews
             that he would rebuild the asenv ,hc, the Jews assumed this also meant
             The Pagans in Palestine did not want the asenv ,hc to be
             rebuilt, they thought that if it was rebuilt it would be the rebirth
             of the Jewish nation. Also, in addition, Trajan, the Emperor who made
             this promise died and was succeeded by Hadrian. The Jews were unsure
             if Hadrian would keep the promise that Trajan once made. Hadrian
             wanted to go to Jerusalem to see what he was rebuilding before he
             started the construction. When Hadrian got there he was awed by the
             sight of a once desolate and fruitful city in ruins. He immediately
             wanted to start the reconstruction. However later the Jews were
             surprised and disappointed to discover that Hadrian wanted to rebuild
             Jerusalem not as a city for the Jews to restart in, but as a Pagan
             city sanctified to the Pagan G-...