2007-01-29 17:24:29 · 6 answers · asked by michaelpc12 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Jews probably travelled to Europe from the time of Solomon. The Jewish author Philo described the Jewish community of Greece during the time of Caligula.
2007-01-30 02:43:51 · answer #1 · answered by anywherebuttexas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There have been Jews in Europe essentially since the Siege of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 AD/CE; while some managed to remain in Judea until about the 2nd century, when Julius Severus ravaged Judea, 985 villages were destroyed, and the Jewish people began to live in various parts of the Roman empire.
2007-01-29 17:38:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There were Jews in the city of Rome and also spread throughout the empire during the reign of Claudius 41 to 54 AD. Corinth in Greece had a major Jewish community.
2007-01-29 18:49:24 · answer #3 · answered by meg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably from the diaspora, but certaintly from the conversion of several large Ukrainian tribes in the 7th and 8th centuries, while judaism was still a proselytizing religion.
2007-01-29 17:42:51 · answer #4 · answered by obelix 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1937 years.
2007-01-29 17:37:12 · answer #5 · answered by wife of Ali Pasha 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hundreds if not thousands of years
2007-01-29 17:34:08 · answer #6 · answered by BigWashSr 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋