Jewish — Minor Figures
3 figures from Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Eleazar
general · first appears Histories V.12-15
- Histories V.12-15 · enemies with Simon “Their relations mainly consisted of fighting, treachery, and arson: a large quantity of corn was burnt.”
- Histories V.12-15 · enemies with John “Eventually, under pretext of offering a sacrifice, John sent a party of men to massacre Eleazar and his troops, and by this means gained possession of the temple.”
John
general · first appears Histories V.12-15
- Histories V.12-15 · enemies with Simon “Their relations mainly consisted of fighting, treachery, and arson: a large quantity of corn was burnt.”
- Histories V.12-15 · enemies with Eleazar “Eventually, under pretext of offering a sacrifice, John sent a party of men to massacre Eleazar and his troops, and by this means gained possession of the temple.”
Moses
leader · first appears Histories V.1-4
- Histories V.1-4 · with King Bocchoris “King Bocchoris, on approaching the oracle of Ammon and inquiring for a remedy, was told to purge his kingdom of the plague and to transport all who suffered from it into some other country, for they had earned the disfavour of Heaven. A motley crowd was thus collected and abandoned in the desert. While all the other outcasts lay idly lamenting, one of them, named Moses, advised them not to look for help to gods or men”
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Extracted from the original text of Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola. Made with Rho MD.