Their exercises are unbloody battles, and their battles bloody exercises. - Josephus

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Their exercises are unbloody battles, and their battles bloody exercises.

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About Josephus

Flavius Josephus (37–100 CE) was a 1st-century Jewish army captain and later became an author. He was actively involved in the Jewish war with the Romans that climaxed in the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE. After 70 he went to Rome and dedicated his life to writing. He wrote two history works: * s:The War of the Jews, De Bello Judaico, which he says was a translation of an earlier version written in Chaldaic Hebrew. * s:Jewish Antiquities, Antiquitates Judaicae He also wrote: * s:The Life of Flavius Josephus, Vita, an autobiography. * s:Against Apion, Contra Apionem, a polemic against w:Antisemitism * s:Discourse to the Greeks concerning Hades, an short essay on the Jewish Pharisees' view of the afterlife.

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Native Name: Ἰώσηπος Φλάβιος
Alternative Names: Joseph ben Matityahu Titus Flavius Josephus Flavius Iosephus Flavius Josephus

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