Megassarus
Family: Jewish · Role: warrior · First appears: Book V, Chapter 11
Megassarus is a Jewish warrior who, in Book V, Chapter 11, is identified as having been derived from some of Mariamne’s servants. During Simon and his party’s attempt to destroy the other banks, he appears alongside Tephtheus and Chagiras.
Relationship record
Book V, Chapter 11
- with Mariamne (Megassarus is described as deriving from some of Mariamne's servants.) “and Megassarus, one who was derived from some of queen Mariamne's servants”
- with Tephtheus (Tephtheus and Megassarus are named as co-combatants.) “And here one Tephtheus, of Garsis, a city of Galilee, and Megassarus, one who was derived from some of queen Mariamne's servants, and with them one from Adiabene, he was the son of Nabateus, and called by the name of Chagiras”
- with Chagiras (Megassarus and Chagiras are named as co-combatants.) “And here one Tephtheus, of Garsis, a city of Galilee, and Megassarus, one who was derived from some of queen Mariamne's servants, and with them one from Adiabene, he was the son of Nabateus, and called by the name of Chagiras”
- with Simon (unresolved ch087) (interaction) “Two days after this, Simon and his party made an attempt to destroy the other banks; for the Romans had brought their engines to bear there, and began already to make the wall shake. And here one Tephtheus, of Garsis, a city of Galilee, and Megassarus”
- with Tephtheus (interaction) “And here one Tephtheus, of Garsis, a city of Galilee, and Megassarus, one who was derived from some of queen Mariamne's servants, and with them one from Adiabene, he was the son of Nabateus, and called by the name of Chagiras, from the ill fortune he had”
- with Chagiras (interaction) “And here one Tephtheus, of Garsis, a city of Galilee, and Megassarus, one who was derived from some of queen Mariamne's servants, and with them one from Adiabene, he was the son of Nabateus, and called by the name of Chagiras, from the ill fortune he had”
- with Mariamne (Megassarus is described as connected with Mariamne's servants.) “Megassarus, one who was derived from some of queen Mariamne's servants”
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Extracted from the original text of The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem. Made with Rho MD.