There was no such place as Palestine or christianity during Jesus' time - he was not a christian or European. Its historical revisionism, better allocated to a belief system only.
"palestine" is an anglicized word that comes from the hebrew
palushtim, which we normally render as "philistine" in christian bibles. yes, i know brian told you about herodotus, but it actually goes back to the bible. ironically, it is only according to the bible (and not archaeology) that says they were there before the hebrews.
it is actually the commonly accepted english word to describe the area -- the coastal region of the levant -- prior to the establishment of the modern state of israel, and after the destruction of the sovereign kingdoms of judah and israel. it is, apparently, appropriate for the first century, as josephus used the name. "palestine" is a geographical region that includes the modern states of israel, palestine, lebanon, and jordan.
it is however ironic that you could try to point out what you assumed was an anachronism, in a discussion so stupifyingly full of them, and fail in that regard. yes, "palestine" was what rome called israel after the jewish-roman wars -- it's actually the correct term at that point in history.
Your use of the term 'rebellion'by the jews is somewhat naive here!
no, it's accurate. the "roman holocaust" occured in response to the rebellion, resulting in many deaths (a million sounds about right), and the destruction of the second temple. the point, however, that you were supposed to gather (and did not) is that the children of israel
were not a sovereign state at this point. they were ruled by rome, under the threat of violence.
WHEN FREEDOM OF BELIEF - BECAME ROME'S GREATEST WAR?
actually, had
you read any history books, you would know that rome was actually quite allowing (and respectful!) of judaism. israel was the only place rome allowed to print their own currency -- so they wouldn't have to use "unclean" and idolatrous roman currency in their temples. thus the money changers in the temple. they even allowed jews to abstain from official roman feasts in honor of caesar (unkosher food) and to avoid paying homage to roman gods. they allowed them to keep the sabbath. this is all rather well known from history.
i don't recall specifically what started the rebellion that led to the wars. might have been another bout messianic craze, which was quite common during the first centruy.