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Simon bar Giora
Simon bar Giora was a leader of the First Jewish–Roman War who commanded one of the rival factions in Jerusalem during the Roman siege of 70 CE. After the city fell he was captured, led in the triumph of Vespasian and Titus in Rome and executed. The historian Josephus portrays him as a ruthless tyrant.
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