The Bar Kokhba War AD 132–135: The last Jewish revolt against Imperial Rome (Campaign) by Lindsay Powell
English | July 27th, 2017 | ISBN: 1472817982 | 96 pages | EPUB | 32.24 MB
In AD 132, Shim'on Ben Koseba, a rebel leader who assumed the messianic name Shim'on Bar Kokhba ('Son of a Star'), led the people of Judaea in open rebellion, aiming to establish their own independent Jewish state and to liberate Jerusalem from the Romans. During the ensuing 'Bar Kokhba War' (AKA the Second Jewish War), the insurgents held their own against the crack Roman troops sent by Emperor Hadrian for three-and-a-half years.