Samaritan revolts
The Samaritan revolts (c. 484–573) were a series of insurrections in Palaestina Prima province, launched by the Samaritans against the Eastern Roman Empire. The revolts were marked by great violence on both sides, and their brutal suppression at the hands of the Byzantines and their Ghassanid allies severely reduced the Samaritan population. The events irreversibly shifted the demographics of the region, making the Christians the only dominant group in the Palaestina Prima province for many decades onward.
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Diocese of the Orient at the Byzantine period, where Samaritans largely inhabited Palaestina Prima (Samaria). | |||||||||
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Samaritan rebels Jewish rebels (556 and 572 revolts) | ||||||||
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Asclepiades and Rheges (484 revolt) Governor Procopius (495 revolt) Emperor Justinian I (ben Sabar revolt) Stephanus and Amantius (556 revolt) |
Justa (Justa uprising); "a Samaritan woman" (495 uprising) Julianus ben Sabar (ben Sabar revolt) Samaritan and Jewish leadership (556 and 572 revolts) | ||||||||
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| ben Sabar revolt: Severe casualties |
ben Sabar revolt: 20–100,000 killed 556 revolt: 100–120,000 casualties | ||||||||
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