josephus

• Имя собственное, относящееся к еврейскому полководцу и историку, который возглавил восстание против римлян, а позже написал историю этих событий.

A proper noun referring to a Jewish general and historian who led a revolt against the Romans and later wrote a history of those events.

uncountable · proper noun

1. Jewish historian and generalC2formal

   A Jewish priest, scholar, and historian who lived in the 1st century AD. He initially led a revolt against the Romans but later became a Roman citizen and wrote important historical works about the Jewish-Roman war.

   Иудейский историк и полководец

   • Josephus is considered one of the most important historians of ancient Judaism.
   • His work 'The Jewish War' provides a detailed account of the conflict with Rome.
   • Scholars often rely on Josephus for information about 1st-century Judea.