See also:

• Society: History: By Time Period: Ancient: Rome: Military  (22)
• Society: Religion and Spirituality: Judaism: History: Rabbis: Akiba  (6)

• The Bar Kochba Period - Chapter on the period provides an overview and archeological analysis. [PDF]
• The Bar-Kokhba Revolt - Article by Shira Schoenberg on the 132-135 C.E. uprising. From the Jewish Virtual Library.
• History: Jewish Bar Kochba Revolt - Essay on the second century revolt against the Romans.
• A Revolt The story of Bar Kochba - a hero or a fool? - Few characters are as enigmatic as Simon Bar Cosiba better known as Shimon bar Kochba. Some call him a hero who, despite the desperate situation, tried to unite the Jewish people and overthrow the oppression of Rome. Others believe he was an egomaniac with almost Messianic illusions of grandeur.
• Second Jewish Revolt - Bar Kochba - Information on the second Jewish revolt, also known as the Bar Kochba Revolt after the epithet of the Jewish leader opposing Hadrian.