Trajan’s Campaign against the Jews of Egypt

Appian was a Roman historian who was born in Alexandria and moved to Rome in 120 CE. His primary work, Roman History, was composed in Greek in twenty-four volumes. It begins with the early history of Rome and continues through the Trajanic conquests in the first years of the second century CE. Appian notably recorded an incident wherein he narrowly escaped capture by Jewish rebels in Egypt during the revolt of 116–117 CE.