Samaritan revolts

Samaritan revolts
	; Diocese of the Orient at the Byzantine period, where Samaritans largely inhabited Palaestina Prima (Samaria).
Date	484–573 (89 years)
Location	Palaestina Prima (Samaria), Diocese of the East, Byzantine Empire
Result	Byzantine Empire victory
Territorial; changes	Byzantine Empire restores control of Samaria; it remains a part of Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima
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); 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: 20,000–120,000 killed556–572 revolt: 140,000 killedJewish revolt against Hercalius: 66,509 killed	ben Sabar revolt: 20,000–100,000 killed556–572 revolt: 100,000–120,000 killedJewish revolt against Hercalius 4,518 killed

The Samaritan revolts (c. 484–573) were a series of insurrections in Palaestina Prima province, launched by the Samaritans against the Byzantine Empire. The revolts were marked by great violence on both sides, and their 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 only dominant group in the Palaestina Prima province for many decades onward.