[Red Badger]

I’ve read that Hadrian(?) renamed it as an insult to the Jews who had rebelled against Roman rule by calling it ‘Palestine’ in reference to the ancient Philistines who were ancient Israel’s enemy...................

[SunkenCiv]

As I said, the Romans often picked old names for places.

Pedophile Emperor Hadrian didn't like circumcision, which he regarded as body mutiliation.