The Jewish War
by Josephus · first published 1981
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…pigeons start nesting - the nasty birds carry fleas and mites, and once the last fledgling is gone, the parasites will come in in search of new hosts. There is historical evidence for this view. The Jewish War by the Greco-Jewish historian Josephus includes a description of the Temple in Jerusalem, and the author goes into detail to describe the anti-pigeon devices on the building, because no one likes feral…
on “Did Ancient Egypt have a pigeon problem?” ↗Flavius Josephus writes in the History of the Jewish War against the Romans - an important source for the Roman army - that the first cohort of every legion was twice the size of other cohorts, because it included the veterans, i.e. those who had served 16…
on “Introduction to Legion: life in the Roman army” ↗…and first hand accounts alongside commentaries can be interesting. I like Julius Cesar's autobiographical "The Gallic Wars." I have an electronic copy of Flavius Josephus's Books of the History of the Jewish War against the Romans, but haven't read it yet - but that looks really, really fascinating to me. I'll read it along with a commentary. Understanding old politics (Roman, fragmented Italy states, fragmented…
on “Ask HN: Best books on Politics” ↗…be dated during his supposed lifetime. I'd be glad to know of such a case, but seriously the earliest documents commonly known are Tacitus' Annals book 15, chapter 44 (AD 116), and Joseph Flavius' The Jewish War (AD 75). Both are long after Jesus was said to have lived (dying sometime in the AD 30's).
on “Bertrand Russell: Why I Am Not a Christian (1927)” ↗