Caesar claimed he was a god, though most people knew he wasn't. The people in Palestine hated Pilate because he tried to bring flags with pictures of Caesar ~ the pretend god ~ into Jerusalem.
Judas was a common name in Jesus' time, and there was one Judas who was an outlaw with hundreds of men following him to fight the foreign Romans ruling Palestine.
Simon was another common name in Jesus' time. Simon the Zealot decided to join Commander Judas in hurting a lot of enemy Romans so they'd leave their country.
Outlaw Judas led his troops to a city named after Caesar called Caesarea. There he demanded that Governor Pilate not take his flags of the pretend-god, Caesar, into Jerusalem.
Instead, the outlaws were surrounded by stronger Roman troops who threatened to hurt them.
Outlaw Judas decided to have all his men lie down on the ground to let the Roman troops hurt everyone of his hundreds of soldiers.
Pilate had just got his job as governor of Palestine. He was afraid he would lose his job if he hurt so many people all at once. So he decided to let the outlaws go. He also decided not to take the flags into Jerusalem with pictures of the pretend god, Caesar.
Young Simon the Zealot heard that John the Baptist was claiming the Jews would get a new king soon, so decided to go hear him.
Simon liked it when John the Baptist told the Roman soldiers to be sorry for treating people bad.
Governor Pilate did something else to make the Jews mad. He spent money people had donated to the Temple to make pipes to get water into the city. Outlaw Judas was again ready to attack Pilate.
Governor Pilate heard about it and was ready with his own army who hurt the outlaw soldiers very badly. Simon escaped.
After this, nothing much was heard any more about the outlaw Judas. Many of his soldiers got discouraged and quit, just like Simon. They began looking for a better way instead of violence. Some thought Jesus was that better way.
Getting into fights just makes people want to fight more. Jesus taught that the best way to get rid of an enemy is to make him or her your friend.