Roman — Minor Figures
65 figures from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Atratinus
senator · first appears Book I, Chapter 14
- Book I, Chapter 14 · with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “Messalas, and after him Atratinus, produced Herod before them, and gave a full account of the merits of his father, and his own good-will to the Romans”
Fabius
governor of Damascus · first appears Book I, Chapter 12
- Book I, Chapter 12 · patron: Antigonus (son of Aristobulus) “Fabius's account, whom Antigonus had made his assistant by money, and had him accordingly on his side when he made his descent;”
- Book I, Chapter 12 · with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “Now Herod happened then to be with Fabius, the governor of Damascus”
Messala
defender of Herod and Phasaelus · first appears Book I, Chapter 12
- Book I, Chapter 12 · with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “But Messala opposed them, and defended the brethren,”
- Book I, Chapter 12 · with Phasaelus (unresolved ch012) “But Messala opposed them, and defended the brethren,”
Messalas
senator · first appears Book I, Chapter 14
- Book I, Chapter 14 · with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “Messalas, and after him Atratinus, produced Herod before them, and gave a full account of the merits of his father, and his own good-will to the Romans”
Alexander (unresolved ch088)
commander · first appears Book V, Chapter 12
- Book V, Chapter 12 · with Titus “the second watch he allotted to Alexander”
Eternius
leader of the two legions from Alexandria · first appears Book VI, Chapter 4
- Book VI, Chapter 4 · with Titus “Of those there were assembled the six principal persons: Tiberius Alexander, the commander [under the general] of the whole army; with Sextus Cerealis, the commander of the fifth legion; and Larcius Lepidus, the commander of the tenth legion; and Titus Frigius, the commander of the fifteenth legion: there was also with them Eternius, the leader of the two legions that came from Alexandria; and Marcus Antonius Julianus, procurator of Judea: after these came together all the rest of the procurators and tribunes.”
Galba
emperor · first appears Book IV, Chapter 9
- Book IV, Chapter 9 · with Titus “he sent his son Titus to him, to salute him, and to receive his commands about the Jews.”
- Book IV, Chapter 9 · with Agrippa (the present king) “Upon the very same errand did king Agrippa sail along with Titus to Galba;”