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Josephus, Our Primary Source
One of our most important sources for all the history of this period is the Jewish historian, Josephus. Josephus himself grew up in and around Jerusalem; he claims to have been a part of the ...
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There aren’t Jewish fighters in Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator II.’ But what about in ancient Rome?
Here’s what the scholars and evidence have to say ... according to the Jewish historian Josephus, writing around a century after Herod’s reign. Two of the amphitheaters were in the area ...
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Josephus, Our Primary Source
One of our most important sources for all the history of this period is the Jewish historian, Josephus. Josephus himself grew up in and around Jerusalem; he claims to have been a part of the ...