Simon bar Giora | |
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| Born | |
| Died | 71 CE Rome, Roman Empire |
| Cause of death | Execution |
| Known for | Participating in inciting the First Jewish–Roman War, leading a major faction in civil war |
| Political party | Peasantry (likely related with Zealots) |
| Opponents | |
Simon bar Giora (alternatively known as Simeon bar Giora or Simon ben Giora or Shimon bar Giora, Imperial Aramaic: שִׁמְעוֹן בַּר גִּיּוֹרָא or Hebrew: שִׁמְעוֹן בֵּן גִּיּוֹרָא; died 71 CE) was the leader of one of the major Judean rebel factions during the First Jewish–Roman War in 1st-century Roman Judea, who vied for control of the Jewish polity while attempting to expel the Roman army, but incited a bitter internecine war in the process.