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> Lepers
> Why
They hoped to heal. Also they probably begged for alms.

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 >>/41262/
Gonna check it out.

 >>/41264/
> is that the same herod
Will depend on the timeline

 >>/41266/
Try Caligula. :^) Maybe Life of Blian.
Read Josephus. It's basically the Old Testament and then some. I remember something about the Jewish guerillas (sicarios), turns out Life of Blian is historically very accurate in the question.