The Life of Flavius Josephus Quotes

“as was I born to Matthias in the first year of the reign of Caius Caesar. I have three sons: Hyrcanus, the eldest, was born in the fourth year of the reign of Vespasian, as was Justus born in the seventh, and Agrippa in the ninth.”
― Flavius Josephus, The Life of Flavius Josephus

“by my mother I am of the royal blood; for the children of Asamoneus, from whom that family was derived, had both the office of the high priesthood, and the dignity of a king,”
― Flavius Josephus, The Life of Flavius Josephus

“The family from which I am derived is not an ignoble one, but hath descended all along from the priests;”
― Flavius Josephus, The Life of Flavius Josephus