The Wars of the Jews; Or the History of the Destruction of Jerusalem (Paperback)

from endersreads

Josephus is as entertaining a writer, if not more so, than the other popular historians. Some of you may know that Tacitus relates to us some of Josephus' work pertaining to the datum on Jerusalem. Anyone interested in Christianity, Judaism, Rome's conquests, Warfare, or simply being a witness to...

from Frans_J_Vermeiren

A marvellous edition of one of the greatest books ever written by a historian. This edition contains a lot of photographs and other illustrations and - even more important - extensive first-class commentary.

from Benedict8

This is quite a story of real life events by an eyewitness.Tho book has has some of the most powerful writing about events to be found anywhere.The author was there at Masada.

from ffifield

The story of how and why the Romans destroyed Jerusalem in 70 AD four years after a Jewish revolt. The first third of the book is the history of Jerusalem from the middle of the 2nd Century BC to 66 AD. Then in a choice of spectacular short-sightedness they revolted against the Romans and, well, ...

from William345

The Jewish War started strong and I wondered at first if it might hold a candle to Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War. It doesn't in the end. Much of it comes across as a piece of special pleading. Josephus wrote the book during a time of growing hostility under Roman Emperor Domitian (...