Josephus, the Emperors, and the City of Rome

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Josephus, the Emperors, and the City of Rome is written by William den Hollander and published by Ancient Judaism and Early Chri. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004264337 (ISBN 10) and 9789004264335 (ISBN 13).

In this book William den Hollander places under the microscope the Judaean historian's own account of the latter part of his life, following his first encounters with the Romans. Episodes of Josephus' life, such as his embassy to Rome prior to the outbreak of the 1st Judaean Revolt, his prophetic pronouncement of Vespasian's imminent rise to the imperial throne, and his time in the Roman prisoner-of-war camp, are subjected to rigorous analysis and evaluated against the broader ancient evidence by the application of a vivid historical imagination. Den Hollander also explores at great length the relationships formed by Josephus with the Flavian emperors and other individuals of note within the Roman army camp and, later, in the city of Rome. He builds solidly on recent trends in Josephan research that emphasize Josephus' distance from the corridors of power.