What did Hadrian do to try to end Judism?

Answer 1

Hadrian decided to rebuild Jerusalem, which had been destroyed by the Romans in the First Roman-Jewish War of 66-73. He agreed to allow the rebuilding of the Second Temple, but then he decided build a temple dedicated to Jupiter (the chief Roman god) on its site instead. He had a forum built and had a temple dedicated to Venus built there. He also forbade circumcision, which the Romans considered barbaric. This caused a massive rebellion, the Bar-Kokhba Revolt (132-135 BC). Harridan had to call troops from elsewhere in the empire. The rebellion was put down, but the Romans suffered heavy losses. Many more Jews died. In the three years of fighting 58 towns and 985 villages were said to have been destroyed.

After this Hadrian tried to stamp out Judaism, which he saw as the cause of rebellions. He banned the Torah and the Hebrew calendar, had the sacred scroll burnt and executed Jewish scholars. The Jews were not allowed into the Jerusalem, which he renamed Aelia Capitolina (after the name of his clan and that of Jupiter Optimus Capitolinus). He also abolished the name Judea and replaced it with Syria Palaestina (after the Philistines).