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The tax was initially imposed by Roman Emperor Vespasian as one of the measures against Jews as a result of the First Roman-Jewish War of 67-73 CE. The tax was imposed on all Jews throughout the empire, not just on those who took part in the revolt against Rome. The tax was imposed after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE in place of the levy payable by Jews towards the upkeep of the Temple. The amount levied was two denarii, which was the equivalent of the one half of a shekel that observant Jews had previously paid for the upkeep of the Temple of Jerusalem (Exodus 30:13). Vespasian imposed the tax in the aftermath of the Jewish revolt (Josephus BJ 7. 218; Dion Cassius 66.7.2). Paying the tax for a pagan shrine instead of the Temple (the tax was to go to the Jupiter Capitolinus

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  • The tax was initially imposed by Roman Emperor Vespasian as one of the measures against Jews as a result of the First Roman-Jewish War of 67-73 CE. The tax was imposed on all Jews throughout the empire, not just on those who took part in the revolt against Rome. The tax was imposed after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE in place of the levy payable by Jews towards the upkeep of the Temple. The amount levied was two denarii, which was the equivalent of the one half of a shekel that observant Jews had previously paid for the upkeep of the Temple of Jerusalem (Exodus 30:13). Vespasian imposed the tax in the aftermath of the Jewish revolt (Josephus BJ 7. 218; Dion Cassius 66.7.2). Paying the tax for a pagan shrine instead of the Temple (the tax was to go to the Jupiter Capitolinus
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  • The tax was initially imposed by Roman Emperor Vespasian as one of the measures against Jews as a result of the First Roman-Jewish War of 67-73 CE. The tax was imposed on all Jews throughout the empire, not just on those who took part in the revolt against Rome. The tax was imposed after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE in place of the levy payable by Jews towards the upkeep of the Temple. The amount levied was two denarii, which was the equivalent of the one half of a shekel that observant Jews had previously paid for the upkeep of the Temple of Jerusalem (Exodus 30:13). Vespasian imposed the tax in the aftermath of the Jewish revolt (Josephus BJ 7. 218; Dion Cassius 66.7.2). Paying the tax for a pagan shrine instead of the Temple (the tax was to go to the Jupiter Capitolinus temple in Rome), the fiscus Iudaicus was a humiliation for the Jews. In Rome, a special procurator known as procurator ad capitularia Iudaeorum was responsible for the collection of the tax. Only those who had abandoned Judaism were exempt from paying it. While the tax paid for the Temple of Jerusalem was payable only by adult men between the ages of 20 and 50 only, the fiscus Iudaicus was imposed on all Jews, including women, children, and elderly. In Egypt, the documentary evidence confirms the payment of the tax by women and children; however, the fiscus Iudaicus was levied only until the age of 62. The tax was continued even after the completion of the reconstruction of the Capitoline temple, to improve Rome's finances and to deter others from converting to Judaism. Titus Flavius Clemens (consul) was condemned to death by the Roman Senate in 95 for conversion to Judaism.
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