John Apoukaukos tried to end the rule of one group of this name, but instead that group killed him and all the supporters of Cantacuzenism.
John Apoukaukos tried to end the rule of one group of this name, but instead that group killed him and all the supporters of Cantacuzenism. That group of this name ruled Thessalonica as an independent commune during the Byzantine Civil War of 1341-1347. Another group of this name had a defector use Numbers 24.17-19 to predict the future imperial ruler. John of (*) Gischala was a major leader of that group, whose infighting resulted in the destruction of food supplies. A faction of that group known as the sicarii committed mass suicide and was negatively viewed by the historian Josephus. Vespasian began a conflict against that group which saw battles at Masada and Jerusalem. The First Jewish Revolt involved, for 10 points, what group that gives its name to passionate supporters of a cause?
John Apoukaukos tried to end the rule of one group of this name, but instead that group killed him and all the supporters of Cantacuzenism.
Zealots