The True History Palestine In the 2nd century c.e., the last
attempt of the Jews to achieve independence from the Roman
Empire ended with the well-known event of Masada, that is
historically documented and universally recognized as the fact
that determined the Jewish Diaspora in a definitive way. The
Land where these things happened was until then the province
known as Judæa , and there is no mention of any place called
“Palestine” before that time. The Roman emperor Hadrian was
utterly upset with the Jewish Nation and wanted to erase the
name of Israel and Judah from the face of the Earth, so that
there would be no memory of the country that belonged to that
rebel people. He decided to replace the denomination of that
Roman province and resorted to ancient history in order to find
a name that might appear appropriate, and found that an extinct
people that was unknown in Roman times, called “Philistines”,
was once dwelling in that area and were enemies of the
Israelites. Therefore, according to Latin spelling