Simon bar Kokhba
Also known as: Simon ben Kosiba
? – 135
Israelite

Jewish rebel. When the Romans decided to erect a pagan city on the site of Jerusalem, Bar Kokhba died leading a rebellion that was savagely put down by the Emperor Hadrian.

Contemporaries
39–81Titus
75–160Suetonius
35–100Quintilian
fl. c. 127–c. 145Ptolemy
62–114Pliny
32–98Marcus Nerva
40–104Martial
100–165Marcion
55–130Juvenal
130–200St. Irenaeus
78–139Zhang Heng
fl. c. 130–c. 180Gaius
50–130Epictetus
3–97Apollonius of Tyana
50–135Akiba ben Joseph