Task: Text Simplification
Input (English): roman conquest judea lost its independence to the romans in the 1st century bce , by becoming first a tributary kingdom , then a province , of the roman empire.
Output (English): judea , which fell to the romans , lost its independance to the roman empire in the 1st century bce , first by becoming a subordinate kingom , forced to pay a regular tribute , then by becoming a province of the roman empire.