The name Kitos War, given to the second of the Jewish-Roman wars, comes from the Mauretanian Roman general Lusius Quietus who ruthlessly suppresses a Jewish revolt in Mesopotamia and is sent to Iudaea to handle the revolt there as procurator under Trajan, a position he holds until he is recalled to Rome and executed by Hadrian, due to being a potential rival.In 115, the Roman army led by Trajan is fighting against one of its major enemies, the Parthian Empire.

The diasporic Jews start a revolt in Cyrenaica that also involves Aegyptus and Cyprus.

In Cyrene (Cyrenaica), the rebels (led by a Lukuas or Andreas, who callshimself "king" according to Eusebius of Caesarea), destroy many temples, including those to Hecate, Jupiter, Apollo, Artemis, and Isis, as well as the civil structures symbols of Rome, the Caesareum, the basilica, and the thermae.

The Greek and Roman population is exterminated.