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Lusius Quietus (, ; , ) was a Ancient Rome Berber general and 11th legate of Judaea from 117. He was the principal commander against the Jewish rebellion known as the Kitos War ( Kitos is a later corruption of Quietus). He was notably one of the most important Berber statesmen in Ancient Rome. After the death of the emperor Trajan, Quietus was murdered or executed, possibly on the orders of Trajan's successor Hadrian.
Quietus's fortunes were revived once again when a new emperor, Trajan, came to power. Quietus was brought back into the army and served as one of the emperor's Roman auxiliary Roman cavalry commanders during the Dacian Wars (his bareheaded Berber people cavalry can be seen on Trajan's Column in Rome). After the successful conquest of Dacia, Quietus was elevated to the position of Roman Senator. He next served with the emperor during his campaign in Parthia during which he led a brilliant rearguard action, which allowed the tactical withdrawal of troops and saved them from destruction. This action brought Quietus acclaim and ensured he was well known to the army.
During the emperor's Parthian campaign in 115–116, Quietus sacked the cities of Nisibis and Edessa.
The Diaspora revolt, a series of major uprisings by diasporic Jews, occurred in 115–117 in Cyrene (Cyrenaica), Cyprus, Mesopotamia, and Egypt. These uprisings involved the ransacking of towns and the slaughter of Roman citizens and others. When the inhabitants of Babylonia revolted, they were suppressed by Quietus, who was rewarded by being appointed governor of Judaea. There, he faced a period of unrest later known in rabbinic sources as the Kitos War, a name derived from Quietus. Quietus took the city of Lod and methodically set about defeating the rebellions.
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