He was kept for the emperor's triumph at Rome, where he was dragged through the streets and then hurled from the Tarpeian rock (Josephus, "B. J." vii. 2, § 1; vii. 5, § 6; 8, § 1).
What surprises is not only the analogy with the form of death of Simon Magus, but also the fact that if Basilides was correct, about a Simon dying in the place of Jesus, then we would have de facto a historical fact, whatever you can think about it: Simon bar Giora was really killed in Capitoline Hill (the Tarpeian Rock is there), and not a Jesus.
Simon bar Giora hurled from the Tarpeian rock (in Capitoline hill): same fate of Simon Magus and same Golgotha?
Re: Simon bar Giora hurled from the Tarpeian rock (in Capitoline hill): same fate of Simon Magus and same Golgotha?
Golgotha as "place of beheaded people": the Rock Tarpeia in Capitoline Hill.
The skull of Adam et similia is a false track, here.
The skull of Adam et similia is a false track, here.
Re: Simon bar Giora hurled from the Tarpeian rock (in Capitoline hill): same fate of Simon Magus and same Golgotha?
It is famous the Latin quote:
Arx tarpeia Capitoli proxima
Arx tarpeia Capitoli proxima
Re: Simon bar Giora hurled from the Tarpeian rock (in Capitoline hill): same fate of Simon Magus and same Golgotha?
The Gospel Jesus had to be crucified on the "Capitoline hill" (=Golghota) because it was paradoxically the place of his maximum triumph (= the crucifixion itself).
Anti-Vespasian propaganda is in action, here.
Anti-Vespasian propaganda is in action, here.
Re: Simon bar Giora hurled from the Tarpeian rock (in Capitoline hill): same fate of Simon Magus and same Golgotha?
When you use the symbols and language of your enemy, it is then that your enemy has really won.
Something of similar is happening here.
Something of similar is happening here.