josephus

• Nom propre désignant l'historien et chef militaire juif du Ier siècle, auteur de la Guerre des Juifs et des Antiquités judaïques, d'abord commandant des rebelles en Galilée contre Rome, puis historien à la cour des Flaviens.

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.

indénombrable · nom propre

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.

   Flavius Josèphe

   • 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.