Representing the Dynasty in Flavian Rome investigates the problem of contemporary historiography and regime representation in Flavian Rome through a close study of a text not usually read for such purposes but which has obvious promise for a study of this theme, the Jewish War of Flavius Josephus. Having surveyed the evolution of our conception of Josephus'' relationship to Flavian power, taken a broad account of issues of political expression andregime representation in Flavian Rome outside Josephus and examined questions relating to the structure and date of the work, Davies provides a series of thematically-focused readings of the three senior members of the Flavian family, Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian, as represented by their contemporary and clientJosephus. Key topics explored include the level of independence of Josephus'' vision, his work''s relationship to how the regime is depicted in other contemporary sources, how Josephus makes the Flavians serve his own agenda (which is
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