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• The result, tragically, was once again the total annihilation of the Jewish forces at the hand of the Roman armies. Once again, the numbers would be staggering. The Wikipedia article on the Bar Kokhba Revolt suggests that, alongside massive Roman military casualties, some 580,000 Jews were killed, along with the destruction of 50 fortified towns and 985 villages being razed to the ground.
• The blow was so severe that Jews were permanently banished from Jerusalem, never to return in significant numbers until the latter days, when in 1948, the Jewish people declared the State of Israel. In 1967, following the Six Day War, Jerusalem would once again be in the hands of Israel, in preparation for the coming of their Messiah.