JOHN OF GISCALA. - Jewish warrior, b. at Giscala (now el-Ciè), northwest of the Sea of Galilee. Animated by a deep anti-Roman hatred, he was one of the principal leaders of the insurrection of 66-70.
Giscala was the last city of Galilee to surrender to Titus. G., having fled at the moment of the surrender, took refuge in Jerusalem, where he established the reign of terror (Fl. Josephus, Bell. Iud., IV, 208 ff.) in his sector, in continuous guerrilla warfare against Eleazar and Simon (op. cit., V, 21 ff.), while the Romans tightened the siege ever more. By a stratagem, at Passover of 70, G. occupied the sector of Eleazar (loc. cit., 100 ff.); then, with the Roman conquest imminent, he came to an agreement with Simon to continue the war against the foreigner (loc. cit., 278 ff.). When the city was occupied in Sept. of 70, G. was sent to Rome to adorn the triumph of Titus. While Simon was killed in the Tullianum on the day of the triumph, G. ended his life in captivity (op. cit., VI, 434).
Penna, Angelo. “Giovanni di Giscala.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 562. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-di-giscala.
MLA
Penna, Angelo. “Giovanni di Giscala.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 562. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-di-giscala.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec6_giovanni_di_giscala,
author = {Penna, Angelo},
title = {Giovanni di Giscala},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VI},
pages = {562},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-di-giscala}
}
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