Simon Thassi

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Hasmonean ruler Jewish high priest Second Temple period figure military leader statesman

Simon Thassi was a Jewish high priest, military leader, and statesman of the 2nd century BCE who secured Judean independence from the Seleucid Empire and established the Hasmonean dynasty.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hasmonean ruler ⓘ Jewish high priest ⓘ Second Temple period figure ⓘ military leader ⓘ statesman ⓘ
activeInCentury	2nd century BCE ⓘ
chronologicalOrder	second Hasmonean high priest after Jonathan Apphus ⓘ
conflict	Maccabean Revolt ⓘ
country	Judea ⓘ
deathCause	assassination ⓘ
dynastyFounded	Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Jews ⓘ surface form: Jewish people
familyName	Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ surface form: Hasmonean
father	Mattathias ⓘ surface form: Mattathias the Hasmonean
givenName	Simon ⓘ
governmentFormEstablished	hereditary Hasmonean rule in Judea ⓘ
killedBy	Ptolemy son of Abubus ⓘ
legalStatus	de facto independent ruler of Judea ⓘ
memberOf	Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ
notableFor	being recognized as leader and high priest by the Jewish people ⓘ capturing the Akra fortress in Jerusalem ⓘ combining high priestly and political authority in Judea ⓘ expelling Seleucid garrisons from Judean strongholds ⓘ fortifying Jerusalem ⓘ minting coins for Judea ⓘ obtaining political concessions from Demetrius II Nicator ⓘ securing Judean independence from the Seleucid Empire ⓘ
opponent	Demetrius II Nicator ⓘ Seleucid Empire ⓘ Tryphon ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Dok ⓘ
positionHeld	High Priest of Judea ⓘ ethnarch of the Jews ⓘ military commander of Judea ⓘ
recognizedBy	Jewish assembly in 140 BCE ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
religiousBuildingManaged	Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
residence	Jerusalem ⓘ
sibling	Eleazar Avaran ⓘ John Gaddi NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonathan Apphus ⓘ Maccabees ⓘ surface form: Judas Maccabeus
sourceMention	1 Maccabees ⓘ Antiquities of the Jews ⓘ surface form: Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews
spouse	daughter of a noble family of Judea ⓘ
successor	John Hyrcanus I NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	Nasi (prince) of Israel ⓘ surface form: Nasi (prince) of the Jewish people

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Hyrcanus I → father → Simon Thassi ⓘ

Hasmonean dynasty → firstRuler → Simon Thassi ⓘ

Maccabean Revolt → hasCommander → Simon Thassi ⓘ

Hasmon → hasDescendant → Simon Thassi ⓘ

Hasmonean dynasty → hasRuler → Simon Thassi ⓘ

Maccabees → ledBy → Simon Thassi ⓘ

John Hyrcanus I → succeeded → Simon Thassi ⓘ