bar-gioras

Updated: January 13, 2026

Here also was put to death Simon Bar-Gioras, the governor of the revolted Jews during the last dreadful siege of Jerusalem, who was taken prisoner, and after gracing the triumph of the emperor Titus at Rome, shared the fate which usually happened to captives after such an exhibition. From the Tullianum or Prison of St.

Hugh Macmillan - Roman Mosaics: Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood