The Romans, despite easing persecution of Jews…

The Romans, despite easing persecution of Jews following Hadrian's death in 138 CE, bar Jews from Jerusalem, except to attend it in Tisha B'Av.

The revolt is considered to be the climax of the Jewish–Roman wars, after which the Jews become a devastated people—their cities laid waste, over half a million killed and the survivors dispersed through the slave markets of the known world.