Samaritan revolts

Belligerents

Byzantine Empire

Dux Palaestinae troops
Arcadiani
Ghassanids

Samaritan rebels
Jewish rebels (556 and 572 revolts)

Commanders and leaders

Asclepiades and Rheges (484 revolt)
Governor Procopius (495 revolt)
Roman emperor Justinian I (ben Sabar revolt, 529–531)
Stephanus and Amantius (556 and 572 revolts)
Zacharias of Jerusalem(POW) (Jewish revolt)

Unknown leader (484 revolt)

Justa (Justa revolt, 495)
Julianus ben Sabar (ben Sabar revolt, 529–531)

Samaritan and Jewish leadership (556 and 572 revolts)

Nehemiah ben Hushiel

Casualties and losses ben Sabar revolt: Unknown

556–572 revolt: Unknown

Jewish revolt against Heraclius: 66,509 killed ben Sabar revolt: 20,000–100,000 killed

556–572 revolt: 100,000–120,000 killed

Jewish revolt against Heraclius 4,518 killed

The Samaritan revolts (c. 484–573) were a series of Samaritan insurrections in the province of Palaestina Prima against the Byzantine Empire. The revolts were marked by great violence on both sides, and brutal suppression at the hands of the Byzantines and their Ghassanid allies severely reduced the Samaritan population. The events irreversibly shifted the demographics of the region, making the Christians the dominant group in Palaestina Prima for many decades onward.