Josephus, who fought the Romans was captured, became a Roman citizen and wrote a fascinating book

So here is a fascinating story of a young man born in 37 AD “who fought the Romans in Galilee in the First Jewish-Roman War. 

He was captured by Vespasian's troops and became a Roman citizen, later describing the siege and fall of Jerusalem.

His actions and writings made him a controversial figure, from his lifetime to the present day.”*

Its part of that excellent Radio 4 series In Our Time, with Melvyn Bragg discussed the man with a panel of experts.

So as its about to start I shall leave it at that.

Tessa Rajak, Professor Emeritus of Ancient History, University of Reading

Philip Alexander, Professor Emeritus of Jewish Studies, University of Manchester

Martin Goodman, Professor of Jewish Studies, University of Oxford and President of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies

Producer: Simon Tillotson

Picture; A Roman portrait bust said to be of Josephus,  Wikipedia Commons, Scanned from a copy of Josephus' 'The Jewish War' dated 1888, image uploaded October 11 2007, original uploader was Jack1956 at English Wikipedia

* Josephus, In Our Time, Radio 4, Thursday May 21, http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05vfdzl