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 victory
Territorial; changes	Byzantine Empire restores control of Samaria; it remains a part 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); 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: Unknown556–572 revolt: UnknownJewish revolt against Hercalius: 66,509 killed	ben Sabar revolt: 20,000–100,000 killed556–572 revolt: 100,000–120,000 killedJewish 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.