Josephus surrendered to the Romans

Josephus was evacuated to a cave under the protection of 40 soldiers. Although the soldiers were exhausted, they remained indomitable. They vowed never to let the Romans be captured alive and wanted to commit suicide. At this critical moment, Josephus was afraid of death and terrified. As a commander, he didn't dare to surrender against his will, so he had a brainwave and came up with a trick. He falsely claimed that suicide violated Jewish ethics. If you want to commit suicide, the best way is to let each soldier draw lots to decide the order, and others will take turns. His suggestion was unanimously agreed by the soldiers. But when drawing lots, he did a little trick and got the last place. When the soldiers died one by one, leaving only Josephus and the last soldier, Josephus took the lead in killing the soldiers. He ran out of the cave and surrendered to the Romans.

A Roman priest caught the military leader of Galilee, and he was overjoyed. He quickly took Yue Se to the camp in Weipai to take credit. Josephus realized the danger and was in a hurry. He said to Wei Pa-mi, "I am not only an officer in Galilee, but also a prophet. I predict that you will become the emperor of Rome. " Hearing this, Vespa was both happy and suspicious, and decided not to kill him for the time being, but to be imprisoned in the military camp first to see if his prediction was valid. Josephus' wit saved his life again. He had a narrow escape and had to settle down to his prisoner life. In June of the following year, the Roman legion made Garba emperor, and Nero was sentenced to death by the Senate. Less than eight months after becoming emperor, Garba was killed by guards in Rome Square on June 25th, 65438. On July 1 day of the same year, two Egyptian legions made Wei Pa Mi emperor. Josephus' nonsense came true, and Wesbar naturally looked at him with new eyes. At this time, Josephus jumped from a prisoner under the steps to a guest at the table.

In order to consolidate the rear area, Wepa Mi launched a blitzkrieg against the Jews and led the army back to Alexandria. In the winning army, Josephus followed Wepa Mi. In 70 AD, the Romans besieged Jerusalem, and Josephus joined the Roman army against Jerusalem. At the same time, he also wanted to act as a mediator between Romans and Jews in his special capacity. Because Jews disdained to deal with Josephus who betrayed them and Romans didn't trust him, Josephus didn't play the role of mediator in the end. On August 29th of that year, Jerusalem fell, the temple was destroyed and the Jewish state collapsed. Josephus returned to Rome, where he settled down and began to write. He has ended in the political and military arena.