It was tolerant of religions as long as they did not threaten revolution. But as Matthew's gospel reports, Jesus announced 'I have not come to bring you peace, I have come to bring you the sword' - a big alert to the Roman governor, borne out by the revolution in which Jesus bar-rabbas (Gospel of Luke's name - Jesus son of the Rabbi - Jesus' son?) was captured and Jesus turned himself in in exchange for Bar-rabbas' release.
The Jewish people expected another form of a Messiah, one who would be a political savior and free them of bondage and slavery from themighty Roman empire, but they never expected the Messiah would save them from their sins and give them salvation.
The Roman empire.
Zealots were a first-century Jewish sect that believed in strict adherence to Jewish law and the rejection of Roman authority. They were extremely passionate about the liberation of Israel from Roman rule and were willing to use violence and armed resistance to achieve their goals.
The majority of the Jews believed the prophets who said a Messiah would come and free them , but it was to beof their sins, but the Jews wanted the Messiah to be a king and free them of the Roman bondage.
He is Jewish. At the time he lived, he was a citizen of the Roman Empire.
Diaspora.
The empire that took destroyed the First Jewish Temple in Jerusalem (and defeated the Southern Kingdom of Judah) was Babylonia in 586 BCE. The empire that destroyed the Second Jewish Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE, after defeating the Jewish Zealots was the Roman Empire.
Galilee was part Jewish and Judea, the region around the city of Jerusalem, was Jewish. Both were part of the pagan Roman Empire.
Roman Empire. As the Jewish lands where at this time occupied by this Empire. Modern day middle east.
messiah means "savior" so people project jesus as the savior. but they expect to have a political savior to save them from the roman empire just as moses did in egypt.
The Jewish Revolt commences aginst the Roman Empire in AD 66
He was considered by both of them as a rebel trying to overthrow the roman empire and the Jews with his teachings.