For obvious reasons, Palestine comes up a lot these days. I'm curious to know what Roman Palestine would look like. I promise i have no horse in this race, but as the question of palestine keeps getting raised I keep wondering questions that relate to this, such as:

• Was the province simply depopulated when the Jews were expelled, or did Rome bring in settlers to replace them?

• Was the expulsion successful, or did many Jewish areas remain?

• Do we have any demographic information on the people who lived there for these centuries? Were they Semitic people like the Philistines? Latins? Greeks? From client Arab states?

Thank you in advance. It is always fascinating to read answers in this sub, and to know that people who have dedicated years to studying a particular issue are able to answer me is thrilling!