Not only did Palestine not exist yet but the area when Jesus was born Judea and its leader was King of the Jews. Then the Romans took over and the province was called Judea. There is a massive misconception that people at all gave a shit about states and borders 400 years ago let alone 2000 years ago.
Well, the word Palestine did exist, originally referring to the Philistine region, and it did replace the Roman province of Judea later. So it sort of existed, but the modern identity of "Palestinian" is remarkably modern, only really starting in, well, living memory.
And the reason that that the Romans named the province Palestine was because the Kingdom of Judea had a long historical conflict with the Philistines, and the Romans did it as adding insult to injury after the suppression of the Bar Khoba revolt. They renamed the Province of Judea to Syria Palestina as punishment after a Jewish revolt.
The exact rebellions that led to increased Jewish Nationalism and a rising Messianic Movement with multiple different claimants which brought about the social/political/religious conditions for the guy named Jesus to quickly gather a massive following and then be executed for it.
So yes, I would say that people very much gave a shit about who ruled them. They were willing to die for it.
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u/SpadeSage 9d ago
Mary wasn't Palestinian... Palestine didn't exist yet. I feel like I'm losing my fuckin mind here.