Most of the revolutionary activity during the next sixty years was of the latter type, i.e. response to perceived provocation. The removal of Archelaus meant that Judaea became a Roman province in its own right rather than a client kingdom overseen from neighbouring Syria. Successive ‘procurators’ acted in more or less crass and heavy-handed style, which naturally had the effect of inciting Jews towards revolt. We know of at least seven such incidents in the ten years of Pontius Pilate’s procuratorship (AD 26–36):
