Flavius Josephus fla·vius·jo·sephus uncommon noun 1. Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100) SynonymsJosephusFlavius JosephusJoseph ben Matthias Related words Broader terms generalhistorianPharisee WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.