Flavius Josephus was a Roman–Jewish historian and military leader. Best known for writing The Jewish War, he was born in Jerusalem—then part of the Roman province of Judea—to a father of priestly descent and a mother who claimed royal ancestry. Wikipedia
Born: 37 AD, Jerusalem
Died: Rome, Italy
Children: Flavius Simonides Agrippa, Flavius Justus, and Flavius Hyrcanus
Parents: Matthias
Era: Hellenistic Judaism
Influences: Philo of Alexandria; Pharisees; Greco-Roman world
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