# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-thassi
# Generated: 2026-09-01T13:43:58.390Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-thassi"
name: "Simon Thassi"
slug: "simon-thassi"
description: "The Hasmonean brother who finished what the revolt started: expelled the last Seleucid garrison from Jerusalem, locked in Jewish independence, and turned guerrilla resistance into a functioning state—then died at his son-in-law's hand."
tagline: "Second son of Mattathias, the first prince (r. 141–135 BCE) of the Hasmonean dynasty of the Kingdom of Judea"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simon_Thassi_medal.svg"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "-200"
deathDate: "-135"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.7308160779537151
  historical:           23.27121333333334
  currentAttention:     4.060089321965084
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    slug: "religion"
  - name: "Politics"
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  - name: "Ancient History"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Σίμων ο Θασσί"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سمعان مکابی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Second son of Mattathias, Simon took command in 143 BCE after his brother Jonathan was captured by the Seleucid general Tryphon. He fortified Jerusalem, seized Gezer and Jaffa for Jewish settlement, and in 142/141 BCE captured the Acra fortress—ending the Hellenistic presence in the city. A public assembly formalized his rule as high priest, military commander, and national leader with hereditary succession "until a new prophet should arise." He cultivated ties with Rome and Sparta, won tax exemption and coinage rights, and laid the ground for a Hasmonean state. In 134 BCE his son-in-law Ptolemy ben Abubus assassinated him at the fortress of Dok near Jericho. His son John Hyrcanus escaped, succeeded him, and pushed Judea's borders outward.