The Judean war against Rome was begun and fought by men.
Women make little appearance during the war except as victims.
Yet Josephus' history of the years leading up to the war do include a number of important female characters. Women had their impact not on the battlefield or in the religious institutions, but within the family. When that family also happened to be a royal dynasty, the women had the power to influence the outcome of nations. All the important women in Josephus' works, outside of his biblical retellings, are of royal families. Here are their stories.