During the height of the Roman Empire, the emperors conquered many of the nations surrounding Rome. One of the conquered lands, Judea, was occupied by the Jewish people. The Jews wanted to worship their God and follow the practices and customs of their religion. For the most part, the Roman Emperors allowed the people to worship the way they wanted to, but during the time of Christ, the Roman Emperors became greedy and heavily taxed the Jews, and in some instances treated them with cruelty. After the resurrection of Christ, the Jewish people decided to revolt against the tyrannical leadership of the Roman Empire. At first the Jewish people thought they had rid themselves from Roman control, but eventually the Roman soldiers took over Jerusalem