177. The Jewish Revolt (Part 3)

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Mentioned in the context of Augustus celebrating his emergence as Caesar by sponsoring Virgil to write this work, compared to how the Flavians patronized Josephus

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Referenced as one of the histories Josephus wrote - 'he writes a history of the war' - describing the Jewish revolt against Rome

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Referenced as 'He writes a history of the entire history of the Judeans' - one of Josephus's major historical works

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Referenced as 'He writes a biography of – an autobiography of himself' - Josephus's autobiographical work

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Referenced as 'he writes a defense of the Judeans and their god and their practices against a pagan critic' - Josephus's apologetic work

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Mentioned as 'this kind of great corpus of writings that emerge through the 5th, 6th, 7th century' where legends about Vespasian and Titus appear

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Referenced multiple times regarding Jesus's prophecy about the destruction of Jerusalem - 'Jesus Christ in the Gospel of St. Luke'