Zealots
   a sect of Jews which originated with Judas the Gaulonite (Acts
   5:37). They refused to pay tribute to the Romans, on the ground
   that this was a violation of the principle that God was the only
   king of Israel. They rebelled against the Romans, but were soon
   scattered, and became a lawless band of mere brigands. They were
   afterwards called Sicarii, from their use of the sica, i.e., the
   Roman dagger.