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FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS
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• FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS (noun)
The noun FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS has 1 sense:
1. Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100)
Familiarity information: FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Flavius Josephus; Joseph ben Matthias; Josephus
Instance hypernyms:
full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)
historian; historiographer (a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it)
Pharisee (a member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions)
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