Rebels — Minor Figures

3 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.

Simon (servant of Herod)

servant to the king · first appears Book II, Chapter 4

• Book II, Chapter 4 · employer: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “In Perea also, Simon, one of the servants to the king, relying upon the handsome appearance and tallness of his body, put a diadem upon his own head also;”
• Book II, Chapter 4 · enemies with Gratus “Gratus also cut to pieces Simon himself, as he was flying along a strait valley, when he gave him an oblique stroke upon his neck, as he ran away, and brake it.”

Athrongeus

self-proclaimed king · first appears Book II, Chapter 4

• Book II, Chapter 4 · enemies with Arius “He once ventured to encompass a whole troop of Romans at Emmaus, who were carrying corn and weapons to their legion; his men therefore shot their arrows and darts, and thereby slew their centurion Arius, and forty of the stoutest of his men, while the rest of them, who were in danger of the same fate, upon the coming of Gratus, with those of Sebaste, to their assistance, escaped.”
• Book II, Chapter 4 · enemies with Gratus “He once ventured to encompass a whole troop of Romans at Emmaus, who were carrying corn and weapons to their legion; his men therefore shot their arrows and darts, and thereby slew their centurion Arius, and forty of the stoutest of his men, while the rest of them, who were in danger of the same fate, upon the coming of Gratus, with those of Sebaste, to their assistance, escaped.”

Judas (son of Hezekias)

leader · first appears Book II, Chapter 4

• Book II, Chapter 4 · parent: Hezekias “In Sepphoris also, a city of Galilee, there was one Judas [the son of that arch-robber Hezekias, who formerly overran the country, and had been subdued by king Herod]; this man got no small multitude together, and brake open the place where the royal armor was laid up, and armed those about him, and attacked those that were so earnest to gain the dominion.”

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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.