Flavius Josephus

יוסף בן מתתיהו

Yosef ben Mattityahu

Country

Roman Judea, Roman Empire

Languages

Koine Greek, Aramaic

Dates

37 — 100

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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 Hasmonean royal ancestry.