Flavius Josephus: between historiography and autobiography

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Abstract: This article deals with the ‘Roman’ Historian Flavius Josephus, who had his roots in a foreign region (in Jerusalem and beyond) and lived as an immigrant in Rome after the biographical interruption constituted by the bellum Iudaicum. This paper aims to scrutinize how this experience of being an immigrant in Rome influenced Flavius’ historical works and how the transformation of his status and identity is reflected in his works.