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The Roman poll tax was deeply resented-Tertullian bewailed the poll tax as a " badge of slavery "-and it provoked numerous revolts in the provinces.

Perhaps most famous is the Zealot revolt in Judaea of 66 CE.

After the destruction of the temple in 70 CE, the Emperor imposed an extra poll tax on Jews throughout the empire, the fiscus judaicus, of two denari each.