hide
Named Entity Searches
hide
Sorting
You can sort these results in two ways:
- By entity
- Chronological order for dates, alphabetical order for places and people.
- By position (current method)
- As the entities appear in the document.
You are currently sorting in ascending order. Sort in descending order.
hide
Most Frequent Entities
The entities that appear most frequently in this document are shown below.
| Entity | Max. Freq | Min. Freq | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerusalem (Israel) | 44 | 0 | Browse | Search |
| Judea (Israel) | 42 | 0 | Browse | Search |
| Syria (Syria) | 22 | 0 | Browse | Search |
| Arabia | 18 | 0 | Browse | Search |
| Euphrates | 16 | 0 | Browse | Search |
| Rome (Italy) | 14 | 0 | Browse | Search |
| Egypt (Egypt) | 12 | 0 | Browse | Search |
| Jericho (Israel) | 10 | 0 | Browse | Search |
| Scythopolis (Israel) | 10 | 0 | Browse | Search |
| Damascus (Syria) | 10 | 0 | Browse | Search |
| View all entities in this document... | ||||
Browsing named entities in a specific section of Flavius Josephus, The Wars of the Jews (ed. William Whiston, A.M.). Search the whole document.
Found 18 total hits in 3 results.
Arabia (search for this): book 1, section 159
IN the mean time, Scaurus made an expedition into Arabia, but was
stopped by the difficulty of the places about Petra. However, he laid waste
the country about Pella, though even there he was under great hardship;
for his army was afflicted with fami
Petra (search for this): book 1, section 159
IN the mean time, Scaurus made an expedition into Arabia, but was
stopped by the difficulty of the places about Petra. However, he laid waste
the country about Pella, though even there he was under great hardship;
for his army was afflicted with famine. In order to supply which want,
Hyrcanus afforded him some assistance, and sent him provisions by the means
of Antipater; whom also Scaurus sent to Aretas, as one well acquainted
with him, to induce him to pay him money to buy his peace. The king of
Arabia complied with the proposal, and gave him three hundred talents;
upon which Scaurus drew his army out of Arabia Take the like attestation to the truth of this submission of Aretas, king
of Arabia, to Scaurus the Roman general, in the words of Dean Aldrich.
"Hence (says he) is derived that old and famous Denarius belonging
to the Emillian family [represented in Havercamp's edition], wherein Aretas
appears in a posture of supplication, and taking hold of a camel's bridle
with his left ha
Pella (Greece) (search for this): book 1, section 159
IN the mean time, Scaurus made an expedition into Arabia, but was
stopped by the difficulty of the places about Petra. However, he laid waste
the country about Pella, though even there he was under great hardship;
for his army was afflicted with famine. In order to supply which want,
Hyrcanus afforded him some assistance, and sent him provisions by the means
of Antipater; whom also Scaurus sent to Aretas, as one well acquainted
with him, to induce him to pay him money to buy his peace. The king of
Arabia complied with the proposal, and gave him three hundred talents;
upon which Scaurus drew his army out of Arabia Take the like attestation to the truth of this submission of Aretas, king
of Arabia, to Scaurus the Roman general, in the words of Dean Aldrich.
"Hence (says he) is derived that old and famous Denarius belonging
to the Emillian family [represented in Havercamp's edition], wherein Aretas
appears in a posture of supplication, and taking hold of a camel's bridle
with his left ha