Jerusalem's traitor : Josephus, Masada, and the fall of Judea / Desmond Seward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seward, Desmond, 1935-2022.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Josephus, Flavius.

Jews--History--168 B.C.-135 A.D.

Jews.

History.

Jews--History--Rebellion, 66-73.

Rome--History, Military--30 B.C.-476 A.D.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

History, Military.

Palestine--History, Military.

Palestine.

Physical Description:

xvi, 314 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, [2009]

Summary:

On the third day a woman in the cave went up and was caught by the Romans. Questioned, she told them where the governor was hiding. Vespasian at once sent two tribunes to the pit, Paulinus and Gallicanus, with other officers. They shouted down, asking him, politely enough, to come up and telling him not to be afraid-his life would be safe. However, after killing and wounding so many of their comrades, he expected to be put to a spectacularly horrible death, and in any case he knew that Romans frequently broke their word. He declined the invitation.

Vespasian then sent a third tribune called Nicanor, an old friend of Josephus, who explained that his commander had no wish to punish him but only wanted to save the life of a brave soldier, adding that Vespasian would never use a friend to trick a man. Infuriated at the idea of the enemy general going unpunished, the legionaries began to yell that he ought to be burned in his cave. Nicanor stopped them. He wanted to take him alive. Then Josephus saw a possible means of escape.

Contents:

Introduction: The Land Where Josephus Was Born 1

1 A Young Nobleman 9

2 An Occupied Country 19

3 Rome and Poppaea 29

4 The Jew Baiter 41

5 War 48

6 Governor of Galilee 58

7 The Return of the Legions 77

8 The Siege of Jotapata 83

9 The Cave and the Prophecy 93

10 Josephus the Prisoner 102

11 John of Gischala Comes to Jerusalem 114

12 The Zealot Revolution 123

13 The Reconquest of Judea 130

14 Simon bar Giora 137

15 The Year of the Four Emperors 145

16 Titus Takes Command 155

17 The Siege Begins 168

18 Inside Jerusalem 185

19 The Wooden Wall 194

20 The Destruction of the Temple 208

21 A Holocaust 223

22 The Propagandist 241

23 Masada and the Last Zealots 247

24 A Roman Citizen 260

25 History's Verdict 272.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780306818073

0306818078

OCLC:

246894670