Notably, excavators found a hoard of 94 coins that are roughly 1,650 years old. The IAA dates the discovery back to the Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus, which began in 351 AD. "The latest ...

The Gallus Revolt was named by historians after the Roman Emperor Constantius Gallus (326–354), who at the time was presiding over a fractured, weakened empire, but specifics about the events ...

A hoard of ancient silver and bronze coins found by archaeologists in the Israeli city of Lod provides the first evidence of a Jewish uprising against Roman rule almost 1,700 years ago.. The 94 coins ...

Many of the coins were struck during the Gallus Revolt (A.D. 351 to 354), a tumultuous time when Jews rebelled against the rule of Flavius Claudius Constantius Gallus, the half-nephew of ...

He had trained Gallus in military and administrative matters to be his potential successor, but when in 354 Gallus became powerful enough to pose a threat, Constantius ordered his execution. Julian ...

The IAA dates the discovery back to the Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus, which began in 351 AD. “The latest coins are dated from the time of the Gallus Revolt (351-354 CE),” the IAA ...