The Sicari and the Hasmonians

Zealots were known for their dagger called the sicar that they would hide up their sleeve. One sect took an oath that if they ever found a roman soldier on his own, he would not leave this area alive. And so they sat and harassed and attacked this hasmonian dynasty,. in different waysAn entire century. These insurgents dn't crush the zealot movements but one of the things that they would do was run away from villages to protect their women and children because rome would come and try to crush them. At first they didn't look for men committing crimes; at first they were just looking for militants. But these men would run away every time ROME