War Of Queitus

American Numismatic Society - There was a significant "Third Revolt" of the Jews during the reign of the emperor Trajan (98-117 AD). This war took place between the Jewish War (First Revolt: 66-70 AD) and the Bar Kokhba War (Second Revolt: 132-135 AD).

It was called "the war of Quietus" and took place between the years 115 and 117 AD. It was fought in Cyrenaica, Cyprus, Egypt, and Mesopotamia, but apparently not in Judaea.

More accurately, the "war of Quietus" was a series of revolts. These revolts were likely the direct results of both the aftermath of the reign of Domitian (who was especially hard on Christians and Jews) as well as attacks under Trajan's rule on both Christian and Jewish leaders.

We do not know a great deal about the "war of Quietus," and one reason is that there is not any known numismatic material that references this war. By comparison, the numismatic evidence from the First Revolt consists of both the coins of the Jews of the period, as well as the JUDAEA CAPTA coins of the Flavians, which reflect a great deal on their view of Rome's victory.

Bar Kokhba's coins are likewise very important to our knowledge of the so-called Second Revolt. Indeed, the first name of Bar Kokhba, "Simon" was known ONLY from his coins until 40 years ago—1960 to be exact—when the Bar Kokhba letters, discovered in caves near the Dead Sea, were discovered and translated.



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