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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kevin McGonigal, post: 4356561, member: 72790&quot;]Yes, I think I use the term self serving above. He is a very complex character who, as you know, was one of the Jewish rebel commanders who after his surrender to Vespasian after the future emperor took the city Josephus commanded, took up with his Roman captors, was accepted by them and served Titus as an aid and interpreter in the latter stages of the war. Although a sometimes unlikable character his friendship with Titus, and later Domitian, allowed him access to Roman archives and his two books on the rebellion are well written and when he is not part of the story, pretty reliable. Perhaps some of us might, put into the same position, would have reevaluated the situation and done something similar. Sometimes selling out can be seen as &quot;enlightened self interest&quot; and strategic preservation of manpower. It has been done by people a lot worse than Josephus.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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