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Josephus, Translated and Transformed: From the 1st to 21st CenturyMain MenuJosephus, Translated and Transformed: from the 1st to 21st CenturyExhibition IntroductionReading Josephus in the Ancient WorldJosephus in 15th Century EncyclopediaTranslations and Transformations: Testimonium FlavianumTranslations and Transformations: Sefer YossiponModern Adaptations: Feuchtwanger's TrilogyModern Adaptations: Legend of Destruction (2021)BibliographyExhibition ItemsTaylor Dwyer3e8472443b0100b3b79c98e3db8724b5a443465fby Taylor Dwyer
Dio's History of Rome and the Roman People
1media/dio history of rome_thumb.jpg2025-02-25T13:41:54-08:00Taylor Dwyer3e8472443b0100b3b79c98e3db8724b5a443465f471583Cassius Dio Cocceianus, Lion Feuchtwanger Memorial Library., Herbert Baldwin Foster, and Joannes Zonaras. Dio’s Rome : An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimus Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: And Now Presented in English Form. Translated by Herbert Baldwin Foster. Troy, N.Y: Pafraets Book Co., 1905.plain2025-02-25T15:11:51-08:00Taylor Dwyer3e8472443b0100b3b79c98e3db8724b5a443465f
From the 1st- 5th century, Josephus’ works were read in the original Greek, as well as Latin translation, by Roman scholars such as Cassius Dio and Suetonius, and significant early Church leaders like Eusebius.
Eusebius, 4th century Christian bishop and historian, produced an outline of world history (the Chronicle) organized in tabular format to synthesize the intersections of Roman, Jewish, and ecclesiastical histories. On folio 87 verso, Eusebius characterizes Flavius Josephus as a “historian” (scriptor historic) and “leader of the war of the Jews” (dux belli Iudeorum).
