Sicarius Boliviensis
The Sicarii were a self-defense splinter group of Hebrew zealots who opposed the Roman occupation of Judea in the decades preceding the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE. Sicarius, sicarii or sicari may also refer to: * Sicarii (1989), a Jewish terrorist group in Israel * Sikrikim or Sicarii, members of an ultra-orthodox modern Israeli sect * Sicaricon, the Roman-era laws concerning the usurping occupant of lands in Judea * Saint Sicarius or Sicharius, the name of several Christian saints ** Sicarius of Brantôme, a child saint * ''Sicarius'' (spider), a genus of venomous spiders belonging to the family Sicariidae * Vincenza Sicari, an Italian long-distance runner See also * Sica * Sicario (other) Sicario ( es, hired assassin, link=no) may refer to: * ''Sicario'' (1994 film), a Venezuelan drama film by Joseph Novoa * ''Sicario'' (2015 film), an American crime film by Denis Villeneuve ** '' Sicario: Day of the Soldado'' (2018; titled ''Sic ...

Sicarii
The Sicarii (Modern Hebrew: סיקריים ''siqariyim'') were a splinter group of the Jewish Zealots who, in the decades preceding Jerusalem's destruction in 70 CE, strongly opposed the Roman occupation of Judea and attempted to expel them and their sympathizers from the area. The Sicarii carried ''sicae'', or small daggers, concealed in their cloaks. At public gatherings, they pulled out these daggers to attack Romans and alleged Roman sympathizers alike, blending into the crowd after the deed to escape detection. The Sicarii are regarded as one of the earliest known organized assassination units of cloak and daggers, predating the Islamic Hashishin and Japanese ninja by centuries.Pichtel, John, ''Terrorism and WMDs: Awareness and Response'', CRC Press (April 25, 2011) p.3-4. Ross, Jeffrey Ian, ''Religion and Violence: An Encyclopedia of Faith and Conflict from Antiquity to the Present'', Routledge (January 15, 2011), Chapter: Sicarii. The derived Spanish Spanish might refer to ...
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