Each of those actions, undertaken in 67 AD, was recommended in a God-given dream, according to this man's memoir, and he followed them up by acting as intermediary for that general's son during a siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD.
A dramatic episode in this man's military career occurred in the town of Jotapata, which this man's presence exposed to a brutal siege by the enemy's expeditionary force. Despite offers of clemency to this man personally, local officials required this man to share their unfortunate fate, but this man induced the locals to commit mass suicide, promising to follow them. Instead, as the last survivor, this man went over to the other side and joined the opposing general. Each of those actions, undertaken in 67 AD, was recommended in a God-given dream, according to this man's memoir, and he followed them up by acting as intermediary for that general's son during a siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD. For 10 points, name this Jewish Governor of Galilee who became a client of Titus and retired to Rome as a historian to write The Jewish War.
A dramatic episode in this man's military career occurred in the town of Jotapata, which this man's presence exposed to a brutal siege by the enemy's expeditionary force.
Josephus ("Flavius Josephus" or "Joseph ben Matathias")