Julian

Family: Roman · Role: centurion · First appears: Book VI, Chapter 1

In Book VI, Chapter 1, the Roman centurion Julian stood by Titus at the tower of Antonia when the Romans began to give ground; he “leaped out” alone, routed the Jewish fighters, and drove them back to the corner of the temple’s inner court. After struggling with his attackers, including Alexas, Gyphtheus, Malachias, Judas the son of Merto, James the son of Sosas, Simon son of Jairus, and Judas (son of Jairus), Julian was killed, and the Jews carried off his body, forcing the Romans back into the tower.

Relationship record

Life events

• Julian routs Jewish fighters, then falls and is killed, forcing the Romans back into the tower.(Book VI, Chapter 1 · 📍 temple)
  • “Thus when Julian had struggled with death a great while, and had let but few of those that had given him his mortal wound go off unhurt, he had at last his throat cut, though not without some difficulty, and left behind him a very great fame, not only among the Romans, and with Caesar himself, but among his enemies also; then did the Jews catch up his dead body, and put the Romans to flight again, and shut them up in the tower of Antonia.”