Lucius Flavus

Lucius Flavus (German: "Lucius Flavus - Historischer Roman aus den letzten Tagen Jerusalems") is one of the most famous historical novels by the Swiss writer and Roman Catholic priest Joseph Spillmann, first published in 1890 by Herder publishers in Freiburg, Germany.

Reverend Peter Kaenders of Illinois adapted it to a five-act play in the early 1900s.

[2] The story of Lucius Flavus is based on a narrative by Josephus, set around the First Jewish-Roman War.

While traveling to Jerusalem, the rabbi and his family are attacked near Bethany by robber chieftain Ben Gioras, the leader of the Sicarii.

He leaves Sadoc for dead and prepares to kidnap his children, but a band of Roman soldiers, led by centurion Lucius Flavus, defeats the bandits and rescues Sadoc's daughter.