[Avodah] What Was R Akiva doing & Thinking whilst this plague decimated his Talmidim

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> What Was R Akiva doing & Thinking whilst this plague decimated his Talmidim

As per historians?
Fighting Rome

The "Plague" might have been simply casualties incurred during the Revolt

The story of R. Yehuda ben Bava and his giving S'micha to R' Akiva's
junior Talmiddim before Rome got to him. This supports the idea of the
deaths as due to the struggle with Rome.

AIUI the subsequent mourning primarily was more about the loss of Torah
and Mesorah since we've lost greater quantites of Jews in other tragedies
- such as the Churban etc.

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