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That's called moving the goal posts. You picked "dogs;" now you have to run with that animal motif the rest of your argument, or admit you made a mistake/misspoke (wherefore that you can switch to "cattle").
who arose against Roman rule
Back then, that was not uncommon. The midlife Roman Empire treated its outlying territories, the area of Judea, for example, the same way King John and the Sheriff treated Nottingham in traditional Robin Hood stories. There were definite benefits to being annexed by Roman, that's not to be denied, but most bouts of increased taxation and census-taking often led to small provincial revolts that didn't last long. Luke's Testament focuses most on pitting the "Kingdom of Jesus" against the "empire of Rome" and even places Jesus' birth more than three years different from other sources just so it could be matched up against a Roman census.
And do I really have to invoke "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's ..."