What did the Romans think of the Jews? 

The Jewish War by Flavius Josephus - This is the ultimate source on the first Jewish War, but the bias is clear and revisionism is definitely in there somewhere (unless Josephus possessed the gift of prophecy and Titus was a real big-dicked badass). Read it with the knowledge that Josephus was trying to not look like a traitor to the Jews AND to the Romans at the same time. It is a book that reads like it was written by a man straddling a tight-rope, but is still engaging and worth your time. It is not often we have a complete history written by a first-hand eyewitness, but the fact Josephus' work was financed by Vespasian and he lived in Rome at the time obviously taints it with bias. Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus - Could barely understand a word of it lol. It presumes a lot of knowledge on the Levant and the various rulers/religions/ethnic groups that inhabited it in antiquity. Not a beach read but very informative if you don't mind googling 10 terms/rulers/ethnic groups per minute. A history of the Jewish War by Steve Mason - This is a BEEFY book, but approachable. Steve Mason is the best kind of historian. That which is not trying to impress, but rather inform. He doesn't know all the answers, but rather guides the reader through his attempts to find them. The overall aim of the book is to look critically at Josephus' account, as it is the most complete one we have. As Mason walks you through his doubts, beliefs, and assumptions on the First Jewish War, you learn a great deal about what separates good history from bad history. Highly recommend, weirdly enthralling coin section, I have never touched a boob and never will. Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire by Simon Baker - Approachable, fun, light, I've talked about it before. There's a chapter on the first Jewish War which sparked my interest in this subject, there's a bit too much moral grandstanding though, and I think they drank the Josephus kool-aid a bit too much. Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan - This is largely an argumentative work that's trying to prove that Jesus Christ was a Jewish nationalist whose beliefs were later white-washed in order to be more palatable to the Roman elite. I'm not going to remark on whether or not that's accurate, but the first half of the book delves into the zealot faction, the sicarii, Herod the Great, and the political significance of the "messiah". Very fun read, until it talks about this weird cult-classic book called, "The Bible". It's short, regardless. An interesting place to start, if you wish to.

Equally torn between "DJ should have been a teacher" and "This man should clearly not be within 500 yards of minors". Good shit.

The saga of “Using literally anything but an eraser” continues. Truly a masterpiece

It astonishing that dj peach cobbler is able to A. Have a full time job. B. Have this level of quality on a RU-vid video. C. Have a girlfriend. D. Have a pet. E. Have sweat shop workers pump out plushies. And STILL has time to be anti-Semitic, truly a quality RU-vidr.

I put so much into these videos, and am glad to see this one is performing super well! I've been terrified of doing this full-time with my channel, seeing as I very clearly cannot stick to a particular subject or style long-term. Thank you for clicking on this, truly.

Dont ask a woman her weight Dont ask a man his salary Dont ask Hadrianus what he thought of the jews There you go, after almost a year of people correcting me it is finally done. Happy new year yall, hope you have a great time in 2024.

As a Malaysian, that unexpected outburst at the beginning made me spit my red bull out in choke-laughter

The thing about Roman rule of Judea that I always thought was comical was that a modern equivalent would be America taking over Saudi Arabia, putting the king of the UAE in charge of it, and putting up McDonald's McRib advertising in Mecca. With a golden arch over the great mosque. Rome was so atrocious at ruling the Jews it borders on a geopolitical sitcom.

as a jew I can confirm that we did in fact put the fear of god into gorillas and unleashed upon the romans

HBO’s “Rome” summed itup in a cute way, with their newsreader character announcing the visit of King Herod: “For the duration of his visit, all mockery of Jews and their One God shall be kept at an appropriate minimum!”

Are we going to get "What did the Romans think of the Egyptians?" I feel whenever Egypt and Rome are in the same topic, its always just Julius Caesar and Cleopatra

fun fact, the only reason Nero picked Vespasian (who he hated for falling asleep during his recital) to deal with the rebellion was because he had just ordered his other top general Corbulo to kill himself out of paranoia.

Dude is eating so much chalk that he must be shitting marble bricks

Some additional things: 1 - The romans had legalized religions, almost all of them were legalized by sincretizing with the roman religion, the Jews where different, they got their status because the romans didn't want to deal with rebellions, although they almost had several of those because of the incompetance of the governors 2 - Roman involvement goes way back in the, to the time the jews were under the Seleucids and fought for independence, after these wars the jewish kings would greatly expand their kingdom that at the start was basically just Jerusalem and it's surrouding area to conquer Edom (where Herod the Great family is from), the rest of Judea and some lands beyond the Jordan 3 - The Jews were heavily divided internally having a faction of priests that had actual control of the temple and were pretty hellenistc and would support the government, the pharisees that had more favour with the people and were politically diverse, people who just wanted the old dinasty back and various sects in the desert, they all fought for power 4 - The Zelots were a mixed bunch some of them were just groups of bandits, some were actual guerrillas 5 - Because christianity in it's conception was praticed by jews more then by gentiles, the romans confused both groups constantly 6 - After the jewish defeat in Jerusalem, the city would be converted into a pagan city and the jews (and some christians) would be barred from entering it for a long while 7 - The last stronghold of the jewish rebellion was Massada that would only fall between 73-74 a.D. , the romans were frustated when It fell because instead of killing the jewish resistance, they found all of them dead by the same type of pact described in the video. Sorry for the bad english, still need to read an English grammar book so I stop making grammar mistakes.

I can't believe how excited I have been to watch another RU-vid video about Roman history.

Watching all of these in a row gives you a deeper understanding and appreciation of the writing. Like, in the Rome/Greece video, Cobbler makes a joke about Nero playing Wonderwall. Here, Nero actually _is_ playing the song: 17:28

Cleopatra was black, it came to me in a dream Can't believe cobbler was so enamoured by his dream he made a documentary about it

I wish they’d make a movie of the Jewish revolt it would probably be pretty decent

These video’s are truly a gift, I wish you continue this series as it is one of the best on History RU-vid right now.

I was raised and am Christian and my dad was a chaplain so it’s interesting how much of this story I knew from listening to him talk to other people and use in a few of his sermons but hearing it all at once puts it all together better.

It took about 45 seconds before I was forced to click ‘like’ and about 2mins 45 seconds before I had to sub. Good work that man.

Fastest click in the west

I want to thank you dj peach cobbler for all your dedication to creating the things you love

i'm a bit late but please never stop these history videos of yours, they are probably one of the most fun and informative ones i ever saw

when is daddy cobbler going to give me part 4!?

This older couple walked passed while I was watching this and it was on one of the part that looked really educational with the quotes, (I also had my schoolwork open on my laptop)and the looked at me like they were proud of someone my are researching history and stuff. But when the came back around it was on the part with you eating a piece of chalk and they looked so disappointed, and I’m still butt hurt about it

This really explains what was truly going on during the events of the Human Covenant war in Halo.

I love it when a man who has never covered history starts, coving history and he’s doing it so well

Seeing you ascend over the years as a gaming RU-vidr to a schizophrenic historian that can't make one video without one racist and homosexual remark is something I never expected. Great job, you never fail to crack me up!

Thank you DJ, for keeping the world from forgetting about the Tactical Femboys.

The Masada attack was truly one of the allocations of valuable resources of all time.

Aw geez what a fun and educational video, I'm sure the comment section is gonna be a great place to explore

35:33 I genuinely got goosebumps. Now I can't expect nothing for next chapter but great stories and memes!

Not even joking, your first two videos in this series helped me pass a History Final. Thanks for making great content that is both informative, and delusional enough that it makes me think the voices are back.

Hey man you’re probably not even gonna see this but I just wanna say I’m a big fan, been here since you had 2k subs, I’m a Brazilian man living in Tokyo and my political views align with yours in a very strange yet satisfying way. That sounded less weird in my head, anyway, just want to say you deserve the growth and I promise you, it’s gonna get bigger! I’ll still be here too! All the best! Pedro, from Japan.

14:03 That cleopatra quote aged well

Season 2 of Vinland Saga and a DJ Peach Cobbler video on the same day? What a wonderful start to 2023.

Jesus is now finally making his entry into the Cobbler Cinematic Universe

I’ve rewatched all your video’s multiple times, I never do that. I’m so in with this point and click-esque art style you’ve created. You’ve reignited my passion for games with your doom eternal crusade, so thank you. I love your shit my dude, to say the least. Your gonna be a big boi, I can’t wait for that for you.

I've never seen this guy in my life, but I'm subscribed and watched this for the first time and it's incredible.

The first time reading and learning about the events surrounding how the "Josephan count" was coined I feel are moments of pure astonishment. It left me only imagining how that played out in real time. I have never seen an audio-visual depiction of that insane event until now. You displayed it incredibly and even better than I had imagined, thank you for sharing this amazing work of art one may call a video with us DJ. (p.s. I've heard that one's own tongue works great as an eraser, however, at the tiny cost of falling back off the wagon.)

HOLY SHIT THAT ENDING!!!! I never knew i wanted DJ peach cobbler to tackle early christianity!!! Even as the video was ending I was curious to see how early christendom would feature into the roman culture!

Just found your content and I'm binging it and sharing it, love your style of story telling

I never comment, but I'm genuinely happy for you that your channel has blown up in the way it did. I'm fortunate that I love both games and ancient history so I can enjoy all your content. I don't always agree with your opinions (nothing wrong with that), but I still find your storytelling very entertaining and insightful. I'm no patron but I hope the plushy thats on it its way might remedy some of that. I hope this lets you pursue whatever you want creatively and I can't wait for whatever you wish to post next. Enjoy the moment, your quality of videos deserve it.

Crazy how a 40min video can feel like 5, you are my favorite schyzo

The hat joke was funny as fuck

You obviously haven't use a wet cat as an eraser. Dry Cats are inferior to regular erasers.

i love your content man hope you keep this flame burning cause its a hell of a fire to see

When are we getting a "What did the Kanye think of the Jews" video from you?

I love the animations you weave into your videos. Together with the dry humor, it adds so much charm. :D Great work DJPC

I just stumbled across your channel. Fantastic stuff.excellent research and good use of sources mixed with humor. Well done.

Man, I love your style. Keep doing what you're doing

Every time I watch one of your videos on Roman Empire, something primal is evoked inside me. That fatalism, nullification of value of human life, cruelty, madness, lust for gold that will be taken out of your rotting hands Exhilarating and awe-inspiring

Dj the type of guy to moonwalk while concealing an axe from his coworker and spout random facts about his favorite roman emperor's left testicle before brutally murdering said coworker

I love when the algorithm randomly gives a channel I immediately know I need to subscribe to.

Love your approach bro, the cynicism and sarcasm are just perfect, it's a great way of telling the truth, keeping a light tone while explaining a rather serious issue. 👍🏻🖤🏴‍☠️

Every couple of months I go on a spontaneous DJ Peach Cobbler multi-day rewatch marathon. This one started just yesterday. Thank you for knowing exactly when to upload.

Thanks for teaching me more about this, mate. I have always been interested in this, and never had enough time to learn about this. The more I learn about the Jewish people and their history, I’m always amazed at how many times they’ve been able to take on the odds.

My first time watching one of your videos, this is amazing man. If history was taught like this in school nobody would fail.

this guy looks like a breton from skyrim

This is unironically one of the best videos I've ever seen on RU-vid

I know this shit is annoying, but as a Jew, thank you. This was an aspect of history I had little knowledge about, and I am glad to hear it from our favourite musical desert.

I low key want a full on historical animated series with anthropomorphic desserts

Cant stop rewatching. Your best video on Rome so far. Keep it up.

Awwww yes, the time has come my friends....For the cobbler to bless all of us....with the content we've been praying for🥧

Genuinely shocked about the spelling of Jotapata... FYI it's pronounced Yodfat

The Jesus Christ cliffhanger might be the most excited I've been for a follow up video in a very long time, can't wait to watch it when it comes out.

I know this is a different video but catching up on your Rome content and your ending to Greek vid was *chefs kiss* Two cultures/nations/people so intimately woven together

Cobbler is now a glue eater with the amount of chalk he has eaten. The part where he's says cleopatra is black and then bites a piece off had me in stitches

Fantastic. The Cobbler production quality never ceases to disappoint. You somehow manage to create compelling historical scenes with ps2 3d rendered landscapes, and pies in robes....like the fuck?

I spit my water out when the picture of you chillen at the Titus arch popped up ahahaha.

Well done man I both learned a bunch and laughed a bunch. I really appreciate the work you put into these and how you're able to tackle such an array of topics ranging from gaming to history. It's also impressive that you're able to (successfully) push the limits of your comedy while also (based on comments) appealing to people across the entire political spectrum. I'm a dirty leftist who despises both the far right and far left but I especially can't bare the hyper sensitivity both the right and the left have when it comes to comedy (being unironically bigoted, censoring, failing to understand irony/the concept of a joke etc)

Rome TV show was canceled after two seasons Cobbler: “Fine, I’ll do it myself!”

The madman he actually did it, he made "What did the Romans think of the Jews"

I love you man your content is right at sweet spot of between being informative and being straight-up bat-shit crazy. Please don't ever change

Cleopatra was black.....it came to me in a dream.😅😂😂😂😂

God I love this channel... Video games and Latin history/mythology delivered with blunt dark humor and a wonderful cadence. There is no medical condition linked directly to eating crayons... Be yourself.

“With a certain group of people I can’t name names…” ~Pontus pilot

Great video DJ Peach Cobbler! A very hilarious, entertaining, and educational video on the Roman occupation of Jerusalem in the 1st century. You did your research very well and implemented them in ways to convey the historical context and social-political meaning! Still, I don’t know what the hell went on.

I see this was made a little while ago, but I loved it and subscribed.

this feels like a hungover history teacher trying to recite roman history from memory

Finally another history rant by our favourite unhinged humanized dessert! Really liking this series as a history undergrad, hope you make a video about the Byzantines at some point

I just discovered your channel a few days ago but damn man you're funny and I can listen to history with Skyrim music behind it all day long

I'm new here, but you taking a bite out of that chalk was pretty special. Subscribed.

I always greatly enjoy these Roman videos, even more so than a typical movie. My short as sht attention span just loves roman history. Thank you, ps was too poor to buy the plushy

Thank you very much for yet another highly entertaining and educational video.

This is a cool video, super interesting. Also it's cool seeing this and realizing how important this moment was historically, and how easily people get it wrong.

Hope you enjoyed your vacation I almost Fuckin killed myself rewatching the whole cobblers history series

As a Jew who grew up religious, I've only learned this from that perspective. A lot of bullshit aspects of God and piety being shoved into the whole story. But it's kind of cool to learn how badass they were just being a pissed off group who didn't give in to the invading force, and rebelled against the Roman Empire and making them work for their win. And how it wasn't a bunch of pure religious people believing God will do all the work but gorilla attacks. It's funny how the descendents portray the narrative in a way that makes them less interesting. They also tend to skim over the whole civil war between the Jews at that time that lead to their downfall. But it's a narrative that doesn't really fit the religious belief.

Not even, within the first two minutes of just discovering your content, you have earned my subscription.

I subscribed at 3 minutes. This dude is comical gold

My favorite history series by far

Love these videos, doing history at uni and probs because of these chose the “Rome from republic to empire” module

Fucking great content. Real history with real comedy. Fearless.

Subbed for eraser cat. You should try rainbow chalk and sample the different flavors.

Finally, I can leave the waiting cave. Thank you, Lord Cobbler, I can finally see my wife and kids again.

Haha, I love the way you present this, its always fun to watch your videos. I look forward to the what "What did the Romans think of the ___" next. I wonder if it will be the Persians/Iranians to the east lol

awesome channel, i really like your stuff and what your doing. its very unique, what youtube should be all about. have a nice day man

Ok but Nero getting mad because someone was sleeping during his performance of Wonderwall sounds legit af 😂

People be like “DJ should either be a teacher or have a restraining order placed against him”. I present an alternative: DJ Cobbler should be that one drunk Professor who somehow develops the smartest students out of any university