Editing Tiberias (section)

====Great Revolt and Bar Kokhba revolt====
During the [[First Jewish–Roman War]], the Jewish rebels took control of the city and destroyed Herod's palace, and were able to prevent the city from being pillaged by the army of [[Agrippa II]], the Jewish ruler who had remained loyal to Rome.<ref name="MDotB2" /><ref>Crossan, John Dominic (1999) ''Birth of Christianity: Discovering What Happened in the Years Immediately After the Execution of Christ''. Continuum International Publishing Group, {{ISBN|0-567-08668-2}}, p 232</ref> Eventually, the rebels were expelled from Tiberias, and while most other cities in the provinces of Judaea, Galilee and [[Edom|Idumea]] were razed, Tiberias was spared this fate because its inhabitants had decided not to fight against Rome.<ref name="MDotB2" /><ref>Thomson, 1859, vol 2, p. [https://archive.org/stream/landandbookorbi08thomgoog#page/n84/mode/1up 72]</ref> It became a mixed city after the fall of Jerusalem in 70 CE; with Judea subdued, the surviving southern Jewish population migrated to Galilee.<ref>Safrai Zeev (1994) ''The Economy of Roman Palestine'' Routledge, {{ISBN|0-415-10243-X}}, p 199</ref><ref name="ERBRiP2">Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol. 3, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/269/mode/1up 269]</ref>
[[File:The_Roman_Gate_-_Tiberias_(3).jpg|thumb|The Roman-Byzantine southern city gate]]
[[File:Tiberias-S-506.jpg|thumb|Remains of Crusader fortress gate with ancient lintel in secondary use]]

There is no direct indication that Tiberias, as well as the rest of Galilee, took part in the [[Bar Kokhba revolt]] of 132–136 CE, thus allowing it to continue to exist, despite a heavy economic decline due to the war. Following the expulsion of Jews from Judea after 135 CE, Tiberias and its neighbour [[Sepphoris]] (Hebrew name: Tzippori) became the major Jewish cultural centres.