Flavius Josephus
Flavius Josephus; c. AD 37 – c. 100, oþþe Yosef ben Mattityahu wæs Roma-Judeisc spellere and cyning. Betst cuþ for writenne The Jewish War, he wæs acenned on Hierusalem—þa wæs dæl þæs Roma cyningdome of Judea—to æne fæder of þæm sacerdotalum cynne and mæ þæt hæfde cyningwisan ætheling.
Josephus frumsceawode wið þone Romanisc Empire during þone Fyrsta Iūdeisc-Romanisc Wīc as geānlīc Iūdeiscra mægena in Galilīe, oð he underfēng in AD 67 tō þām Romaniscre fyrde gelīc þe heahfēond Vespasian, æfter þām fēowan-wuco besēon Yodfat. Iosephus cwæð þā Iūdeisc mæssianic prophalīcas þā þe frumsceawodon þone Fyrsta Iūdeisc-Romanisc Wīc gemǣnede to Vespasian becomende Romanisc āwēoh. On andweard, Vespasian gēattað to hyldan him swā þeow and ġehēawunga. Æfter Vespasian becōm æwēoh in AD 69, hē geānum Iosephus his freond, æt þǣm tíma Iosephus onfēng þone Emperor's cyninges nama Flavius.