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Simon bar Kokhba

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Simon bar Kokhba (Hebrew: שִׁמְעוֹן בַּר כּוֹכְבָא Šīmʾōn bar Kōḵḇāʾ‎‍) or Simon ben Koseba (שִׁמְעוֹן בַּר כֹסֵבָא Šīmʾōn bar Ḵōsēḇaʾ‎‍), commonly referred to simply as Bar Kokhba, was a Jewish military leader in Judea. He is the namesake of 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 710,608 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Simon bar Kokhba is the 36th most popular social activist (down from 30th 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.

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  • 710k

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  • 68.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.20

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  • 2.61

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Simon bar Kokhba ranks 36 out of 538Before him are Pheidippides, Élie Ducommun, Ferdinand Lassalle, Simon Wiesenthal, Sadako Sasaki, and Emily Greene Balch. After him are Nicholas Winton, Sophie Scholl, Jan Palach, Emma Goldman, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, and Emmeline Pankhurst.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 50, Simon bar Kokhba ranks 6Before him are Judas Iscariot, Epictetus, Juvenal, Zacchaeus, and Apollodorus of Damascus. After him are Salome, Simon Magus, Rabbi Akiva, Charaka, Osroes I, and Gaius Calpurnius Piso. Among people deceased in 135, Simon bar Kokhba ranks 2Before him is Epictetus. After him is Theon of Smyrna.

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