Revolt in Mesopotamia: Trajan (reign: 98–117 CE) orders his general Lusius Quietus to expel or exterminate all Jews in the region; Quietus kills tens of thousands, a deed which earns him the rank of praetor, then of consul, and the position of governor of Judea which becomes a consular province in 117. A second legion, probably the Secunda Trajana, is positioned in the northern part of the country. Upon the death of Trajan; the new emperor Hadrian (reign 117–138 CE) evacuates the lands in the East conquered by his predecessor, dismisses Lusius Quietus, and severely punishes the Greeks who had persecuted the Jews in Alexandria.