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Roman mobilization and emergency measures

Emperor Hadrian dispatched several of his best military commanders to suppress the uprising, foremost among them Sextus Julius Severus, who was transferred from his prestigious post as governor of Britain —an extraordinary move suggesting a state of emergency. The shift from Britain, a top-tier military command, to Judaea—a relatively minor province—was highly unusual and underscores the gravity of the situation. Although Dio names only Severus, his use of the plural "generals" implies that multiple senior commanders may have held independent commands, and several received the ornamenta triumphalia, a rare military honor in this period. Hadrian himself joined the campaign in person for a time, as noted by Cassius Dio. This is supported by inscriptions describing an Expeditio Iudaica during which the emperor participated. Additional signs of the emergency include the transfer of marines from the classis Misenensis, a senior fleet of the Roman navy, into Legio X Fretensis, which required granting them Roman citizenship, and the unusual state-led conscription of soldiers in Italy and the Alpine provinces—regions not typically used for recruitment at that time.