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Appian
ca. 95–ca. 165
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.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Pompey’s Conquest of Jerusalem
In this way, and without fighting, the Romans came to possess Cilicia and inland Syria and Coele-Syria and Palestine and all the regions of Syria bearing other names between the Euphrates, Egypt, and…
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Trajan’s Campaign against the Jews of Egypt
Caesar could not bear to look at the head of Pompey when it was brought to him, but ordered that it be buried, and dedicated a small sanctuary for it outside the city which was called the shrine of…