The Jewish historian Flavius Josephus (37-c.100) describes in his Jewish Antiquities a terrible war between king Herod, who had only recently been appointed by the Roman leaders Mark Antony and Octavian, and his future subjects, who refused to acknowledge their…
Josephus' Against the Greeks: polemic treatise against the anti-Semitic slander of Apion of Alexandria.
Epaphroditus of Chaeronea
The two volumes of Josephus'…
Josephus' Autobiography: apologetic treatise about his behavior during the Jewish War (66-70).
Flavius Josephus?
Josephus' Autobiography appeared as an appendix to a…
Josephus' Jewish War: main source about the Jewish revolt against the Romans (66-70), the destruction of Jerusalem (70), and the siege of Masada (74).
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Jovian: emperor of the Roman world (r. 363-364).Names:
331: Jovianus (born in Singidunum)
27 June 363: Flavius Jovianus Augustus
17 February 364: natural death?
Successor of: Julianus Apostata
Relatives:
father: Varronianus
married to: Charito
children: Varronianus
Main deeds:
363 Death of Julianus Apostata; Jovian proclaimed emperor. He inherits the unsuccessful…
Judaea: small province of the Roman empire, more or less equivalent to modern Israel and the Palestinian territories. This part of the Roman empire is exceptionally well-known because we have sources written by the native population.Annexation
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ROMAN EMPERORS
PREFECTS
Augustus (27 BCE - 14 CE)
Coponius (6-9)
M. Ambibulus (9-12)
Annius Rufus (12-15)
Tiberius (14-37)
Valerius Gratus (15-26)
Pontius Pilate (26-36)
Marcellus (36-37)
Caligula (37-41)
Marullus (37-41)
RULE OF KING HEROD AGRIPPA (41-44)
ROMAN EMPERORS
PROCURATORS
Claudius(41-54)
C. Cuspius Fadus (44-46)
Tib. Julius Alexander (46-48)
P. Ventidius Cumanus (48-52)
M. Antonius Felix (52-58)
Nero (54-68)
Porcius Festus…
Messiah (mâšîah, "the anointed one"): Jewish religious concept, a future savior who will, in some sense, come to restore Israel. The nature of both the Messiah and the restoration was a matter of debate, and there were several claimants.Judas, son of Hezekiah…
Messiah (mâšîah, "the anointed one"): Jewish religious concept, a future savior who will, in some sense, come to restore Israel. The nature of both the Messiah and the restoration was a matter of debate, and there were several claimants.Judas the Galilean (6 CE)
Sources: Flavius Josephus,…
Jugurtha (160-104): king of Numidia (r.118-104).
Coin, showing the surrender of Jugurtha (right) by Bocchus (left) to Sulla (seated)
Jugurtha was born…