Simon bar Kokhba

Simon bar Kokhba

Simon bar Kokhba (Hebrew: שִׁמְעוֹן בַּר כּוֹכְבָא Šīm‘ōn bar Kōḵḇāʾ‎‍) or Simon bar Koseba (שִׁמְעוֹן בַּר כֹסֵבָא Šīm‘ōn bar Ḵōsēḇaʾ‎‍), commonly referred to simply as Bar Kokhba, was a Jewish military leader in Judea. He lent his name to the Bar Kokhba revolt, which he initiated against the Roman Empire in 132 CE. Though they were ultimately unsuccessful, Bar Kokhba and his rebels did manage to establish and maintain a Jewish state for about three years after beginning the rebellion. Bar Kokhba served as the state's leader, crowning himself as nasi (lit. 'prince'). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simon bar Kokhba has received more than 782,425 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Simon bar Kokhba is the 28th most popular social activist (up from 36th in 2019).

Simon bar kokhba was the leader of the jewish revolt against the roman empire in the second century. He was most famous for leading the jewish revolt against the roman empire in the second century.