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Flavius Josephus
Definition by Rebecca Denova

Flavius Josephus

Titus Flavius Josephus (36-100 CE), was born Yosef ben Matityahu and became a 1st-century CE Jewish historian. He was a member of a priestly household in Jerusalem through his father’s side (the house and order of Jehoiarib), and his mother...
Flavius Josephus
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Flavius Josephus

Flavius Josephus (36-100 CE), engraving from The Works of Flavius Josephus, 19th century.
Marble Head of Titus Flavius Orestes
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Marble Head of Titus Flavius Orestes

Marble head of Titus Flavius Orestes, from Herakleia Lynkestis, near Bitola, North Macedonia, c. 1st-2nd century CE. Archaeological Museum of Heraclea, Bitola. The marble head was located in the colonnaded courthouse near the city's forum...
Flavius Anastasius Probus
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Flavius Anastasius Probus

Flavius Anastasius Paulus Probus Sabinianus Pompeius (consul 517 CE) in consular garb, holding a sceptre and the mappa, a piece of cloth used to signal the start of chariot races at the Hippodrome. Ivory panel from his consular diptych.
Memorial Dedicated to Titus Flavius Fruendus
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Memorial Dedicated to Titus Flavius Fruendus

Memorial dedicated to Titus Flavius Fruendus by his heirs. Titus Flavius Fruendus and his three heirs were frumentarii (literally, corn-officers) in the 8th and 22nd legions. They served on detached duty and were employed on various missions...
Josephus on Christianity
Article by Rebecca Denova

Josephus on Christianity

Titus Flavius Josephus (36-100 CE), the Jewish historian, is the main source for understanding Second Temple Judaism in the 1st century CE. In the last decades of the 1st century CE, he wrote The Jewish War, the Antiquities of the Jews, Against...
Galla Placidia
Definition by Donald L. Wasson

Galla Placidia

Galla Placidia (388-450 CE), the future empress, was the half-sister of the Westen Roman emperor Flavius Honorius (r. 395-423 CE), and the daughter of Theodosius the Great (r. 379-395 CE). She was taken hostage by Alaric during the sack of...
Attila the Hun
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Attila the Hun

Attila the Hun (r. 434-453 CE) was the leader of the ancient nomadic people known as the Huns and ruler of the Hunnic Empire, which he established. His name means "Little Father" and, according to some historians, may not have been his birth...
Domitian
Definition by Donald L. Wasson

Domitian

Domitian was Roman Emperor from 81 to 96 CE and his reign, although one of relative peace and stability, became engulfed in both fear and paranoia. His death at the hands of those who were closest to him brought an end to the short dynasty...
Odoacer
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Odoacer

Odoacer (433-493 CE, reigned 476-493 CE) also known as Odovacar, Flavius Odoacer, and Flavius Odovacer, was the first king of Italy. His reign marked the end of the Roman Empire; he deposed the last emperor, Romulus Augustulus, on 4 September...
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