They were freedom fighters eager to use violence to solve their problems. Read The Bible.
Which Zealots do you have in mind?
Zealots
The Zealots called for the violent overthrow of Roman rule.
Ancient Hebrew tribe or group of people who were zealous, that is fanatical or uncompromising.
The Zealots didn't attack the Romans. The Romans were going to attack but all the Zealots killed themselves. Over 960 children, men and woman died. Now, that's a different story. They believe the Romans attacked, or were going to attack, because the Zealots would, in a way, pull pranks on the Romans. The Romans got tired of living over 1,000 feet below the Zealots because it also gave the Zealots a advantage at numerous things.Hoped this helped!:)
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There were none. The Zealots rebelled against Rome during the reign of Nero.
The Zealots (see the Talmud, Gittin 56a).
Zealots
When Jesus rode the jews into jeruselum the zealots where the ones laying down the palm leaves
The beliefs of the zealots was that in order to succeed from rome you would need a violent rebellion and they killed several Jews who opposed this theory some scholars even believe that the zealots set fire to an abondent amount of grain Jerusalem had in order to withstand the longest of sieges but when the grain was burned some citizens turned to cannabalism they burned the grain in order to make citizens come to the zealots that's all I really know I cant find much other answers either