Sextus Julius Severus

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Roman general Roman governor ancient Roman person

Sextus Julius Severus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman general and governor, best known for his decisive role in suppressing the Bar Kokhba revolt in Judea.

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Sextus Iulius Severus	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman general ⓘ Roman governor ⓘ ancient Roman person ⓘ
activeInCentury	2nd century ⓘ
appointedBy	Hadrian ⓘ
citizenship	Roman Empire ⓘ
conflictLocation	Judea ⓘ Roman province of Judaea ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Roman ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
heldOffice	legatus Augusti pro praetore ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Roman Empire ⓘ surface form: High Roman Empire
knownFor	command in Judea ⓘ suppressing the Bar Kokhba revolt ⓘ
militaryBranch	Roman army ⓘ
militaryRank	general ⓘ
nameInLatin	Sextus Julius Severus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sextus Iulius Severus
notableEvent	transfer from Britain to Judea to deal with Bar Kokhba revolt ⓘ
operatedIn	province of Britannia ⓘ Judea ⓘ surface form: province of Judea
opponent	Simon bar Kokhba ⓘ surface form: Simon Bar Kokhba
participatedIn	Jewish–Roman wars ⓘ surface form: Bar Kokhba revolt
roleInEvent	overall Roman commander against Bar Kokhba revolt ⓘ
servedAs	Roman provincial governor ⓘ governor of Britain ⓘ governor of Judaea ⓘ
servedUnderEmperor	Hadrian ⓘ
strategy	avoidance of pitched battles during Bar Kokhba revolt ⓘ use of attrition tactics against Bar Kokhba forces ⓘ
timeInOffice	reign of Hadrian ⓘ

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Jewish–Roman wars → commandedBy → Sextus Julius Severus ⓘ

Sextus Julius Severus → nameInLatin → Sextus Julius Severus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sextus Iulius Severus