Statement

Cassius Dio, a Roman historian, ascribes atrocities in this war to the Jews, cannibalism included. The charge is likely invented: decades earlier, Greco-Egyptian authors such as Apion were already claiming that Jews kidnapped Greeks to sacrifice and devour them. Even so, it reveals the panic the revolt aroused among non-Jews.

Ancient witnesses mentioned by the sourceCássio Dio

References

1. p. 99

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   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

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