Josephus - Jewish History - Jewish Historian Flavius Josephus

Herod's Masada Fortress
The Masada castle was built for personal defense and then used to withstand (ultimately, unsuccessfully), the attack of the Romans.

Josephus
Glossary entry on Josephus.

Section on the Essenes from Josephus' Jewish Wars
Essenes

Judeans
Josephus, the Jewish historian, names three groups of Judeans during the late Second Temple Period.

Herod the Great - Flavius Josephus on the ascension to the throne
Herod the Great. In Antiquities of the Jews - Book XIV, the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus explains how Herod the Great came to be king of the Jews.

Josephus As A Source For A Military History -Jewish Revolt
A book review of a military history classics, Josephus’ Jewish War, by Jim Bloom.

The Works of Flavius Josephus
The Antiquities of the Jews, by Flavius Josephus, translated by William Whiston, The War of the Jews, an autobiography of Flavius Josephus, and Josephus's Discourse to the Greeks concerning Hades etexts.

Flavius Josephus Homepage
The Works of Josephus, The Life of Josephus, Articles, Extracts and Commentary, Josephus' Account of Jesus: The Testimonium Flavianum, and Links to Josephus Sites

Poppaea Sabina
Poppaea Sabina - Claim to Fame:  Poppaea Sabina was the mistress of one Roman emperor, Nero, at the same time she was the wife of Marcus Salvius Otho -- later to become one of the emperors in the year of the four.

Caesarea Maritima
Josephus provides us with details of the city Herod built on land given him by Augustus that he named in honor of the Roman emperor.