Editing Persecution of Jews (section)

===Roman Empire===
{{See also|History of the Jews in the Roman Empire|Religious persecution in the Roman Empire#Judaism}}
The [[Jewish Encyclopaedia]] refers to the persecution of Jews and the paganization of [[Jerusalem]] during the reign of Emperor [[Hadrian]] (117–138 AD):
{{blockquote|The Jews now passed through a period of bitter persecution: [[Sabbath (judaism)|Sabbath]]s, festivals, the study of the [[Torah]] and [[circumcision]] were interdicted, and it seemed as if Hadrian desired to annihilate the Jewish people. His anger fell upon all the Jews of his empire, for he imposed upon them an oppressive [[poll-tax]]. The persecution, however, did not last long, for [[Antoninus Pius]] (138–161) revoked the cruel edicts.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |last1 = Gottheil |first1 = Richard |last2 = Krauss |first2 = Samuel |author-link1 = Richard Gottheil |author-link2 = Samuel Krauss |title = Hadrian |encyclopedia = [[The Jewish Encyclopedia]] |date = 1904 |publisher = [[Funk & Wagnalls]] |volume = 6 |pages = 134–135 |url = https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/7015-hadrian|access-date=2019-04-04}}</ref>}}