AD130 - HADRIAN DECLARES BAN ON CIRCUMCISION.

Emporer Hadrian declares a universal ban on circumcision. [AD.130]

 

 

[The following are a couple of quotes, taken from encyclopedias.]

 

 

 

"Hadrian abolished circumcision, which was considered by Romans and Greeks as a form of bodily mutilation and hence barbaric."

 

 

 

"Fifteen years later, prompted among other things by a recent ban on circumcision, the Jews rebelled again under Shimon bar Kokhba."

 

 

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