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Annius Varus:
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In the Historia Augusta, Annius Verus is given as the great-grandfather of Marcus Aurelius
(Ref. Marcus Aurelius, 1. 4)
This "Annius Varus" (Arrius Piso) was obviously the founder of the "Annii Verii" (i.e., the
Antonine Dynasty). You will find quite of bit of information regarding this family and the
names that they used in the work titled "Marcus Aurelius" (A Biography), Appendix 2,
"The Antonine Dynasty", C: ANNII VERII (pg. 243-244), by Birley, pub. by Yale Univ.,
c. 1986.
Arrius is "M. Annius Verus" (even dared give us the "M" for "Marcus in Marcus Antonius!),
suff. in 97 (Ref. "People in Pliny", Ronald Syme, JRS, 1968-1969, pg 137).
Annius Gallus:
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"Annius Gallus" is in Plutarch’s "Lives" under "Otho". And Juvenal also makes mention of
a "Gallus" in his works (Juvenal, VII. 144, Loeb).
Tacitus, II, Histories, Book II, XLIV, pg. 233; and Tacitus, II, Histories, Book II, XXXIII,
pg. 215; as well as Tacitus, II, Histories, Book II, XI; and Tacitus, II, Histories, Book I,
LXXXVII, pg. 151.
Cestius Gallus and Gessius Florus:
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The Roman writer Martial mentions Cestius Gallus in his works (Ref. Martial, XLII, 2.,
Loeb).
Josephus speaking about Gessius Florus (.ie., himself as Roman General and procurator of
Judea says; "… nor could anyone out do him in disguising the truth." He is right about that,
his is the all-time champion at doing that! Ref. Josephus, pg. 484, Whiston.
Also note that as "Gessius", Arrius could pronounce his alias name as "Jes(I)us." And in the
royal language he could change vowels to render "Josi(ph)us" or simply "Jos" as short for
"Josephus".
Antonius Primus:
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Antonius Primus is found described in Tacitus, Histories, Book II, LXXXVI, pg. 299.
In the works of Flavius Josephus, "Antonius Primus" turns into "Antonius Julianus".
Church father Origen says that to find out about the destruction of the Temple look in
(the works of) Flavius Josephus and "Antonius Julianus" (as if Antonius Julianus was
a contemporary historian with Flavius Josephus and well-known. But there is NO
historian "Antonius Julianus" except for being another name of or alias of Arrius Piso!
Note that the name "Antonius Julianus" is in the works of Flavius Josephus, but that is
just another alias name that is used by Arrius Piso.
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It should be appropriate to end with a few words from Flavius Josephus himself:
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Josephus calls himself "Joseph" (as in the father of Jesus), on pg. 427 of the works of
Flavius Josephus, Whiston.
There is a joke/allusion to Josephus being Arrius Piso by use of a reference to a passage
in the works of Flavius Josephus which appears in the New Testament as given by Julius
Piso in the Revelations. It is the "I am Alpha and Omega, beginning and end." The name
"Arrius Piso" starts with "A" (Alpha) and ends with "O" (Omega). Julius refers to a
statement that may be found on pg. 427 of the works of Flavius Josephus, Whiston. Ref.
Rev. 1:8, 11; 21:6; 22:13.
And here is a great piece of rhetoric in the works of Flavius Josephus; "…and where it
must be reproachful to write lies, when they must be known by the reader to be such."
Note that he says "known by the READER," not the writer!!! (pg. 428, Josephus,
Whiston).
Like Alexander (the brother of Aristobulus), Arrius Piso "composed 4 books against
his enemies." Those, of course, are the "Gospels". This is what we know of as and call
"propaganda", and this was used during the ‘war’ as a part of the tactics against their
enemies. So, when it is said that the New Testament was written as a part of the war, this
is what is meant. Arrius Piso, writing as "Flavius Josephus" was here alluding to what HE
did by writing the Gospels (Ref. Flavius Josephus, pg. 458, Whiston).
"…and by degrees he laid blame on these men (his enemies) whose names were in these
books, …" Again, alluding to what HE did. And we have found that this is true. He does
place ‘blame’ on the Jews for the death of Jesus in his story and he does get more and more
antisemetic in the Gospels as each one was written. Another thing is that he does place them
in his works by their real names and by alias names with their ‘profiles’ so that people who
knew these persons with a great familiarity would KNOW of whom he was speaking (Ref.
Flavius Josephus, pg. 459, Whiston).
And here is an admission to what he was doing; "yet were there fictitious stories added
to what was really done." (Ref. Josephus, pg. 517, Whiston)
And about the ‘signs’ that the Temple and Jerusalem would be destroyed, he says;
"… the signs were so evident…" and that "… (the Jews) did not regard the denunciations
that God made to them. ["God" in this case being Arrius Piso himself] Thus, there was a
star resembling a sword [he is referring to his ‘sword’, i.e. "Jesus" which was his strength
as the bright morning star, like Achilles had with his "evening star"], which stood over
the city (of Jerusalem), that continued (lasted) for a while year." There at the end he
could be referring to his position as Roman procurator in Judea.
He states further… "I suppose the account of it would seem to be a fable, …."
(Ref. Flavius Josephus, pg 582, Whiston)
And "… as if they had been ready to (play as)/be "actors" against them." Ref. Flavius
Josephus, pg. 602, Whiston.
"Some of them betook themselves to the writing of fabulous narrations…" Ref. Flavius
Josephus, pg. 608, in "Against Apion", Whiston.
"As for myself, I have composed a true history of that whole war…" Josephus calls it
a "war", not a "revolt" as most others do. He says; "I "acted" as general…" Ref. Flavius
Josephus, pg. 609, in "Against Apion", Whiston.
Josephus the Actor… He says; "…and as for the History of the War, I wrote it as
having been an "actor" myself…" Ref. Flavius Josephus, pg. 610, in "Against Apion",
Whiston.
"I say nothing of such kings as have been famous for piety, particularly of one of the
whose name was Cresus,…" "Cresus" is part "C(h)r(ist)" and part "(J)esus"… what a
joker! Ref. Flavius Josephus, pg. 628, in "Against Apion", Whiston translation.
END NOTE: See the web articles on related subjects:
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https://www.angelfire.com/wi/famtree/romned.html
https://www.angelfire.com/wi/famtree/josdel.html
https://www.angelfire.com/wi/famtree/josjes.html
https://www.angelfire.com/biz5/piso/main-gen.html
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