Starting at the age of sixteen, this man spent three years living in the wilderness with the hermit Bannus.
Starting at the age of sixteen, this man spent three years living in the wilderness with the hermit Bannus. With help from the actor Aliturius, this man persuaded Poppea Sabina to release several priests that had been imprisoned by the procurator Felix. This man survived a mass suicide in which each participant killedhis neighbor in an order determined by the casting of lots. That mass suicide followed this man's defeat in the siege of Jotapata. While in captivity, this man prophesied that (*) Vespasian would become emperor; later, this man adopted Vespasian's family name. For 10 points, name this Pharisee, a JudeoÂ­Roman historian who wrote such works as Against Apion, The Antiquities of the Jews, and History of the Jewish War.
Starting at the age of sixteen, this man spent three years living in the wilderness with the hermit Bannus.
Flavius Josephus [or Joseph ben Matityahu]