First - century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, in his work The Life, claimed that his ancestors were priests and that on his mother’s side, he was “of royal blood. ”
Jozef Flavi, historian jude i shekullit të parë, thoshte në veprën e tij Jeta se paraardhësit i kishte priftërinj dhe se, nga ana e nënës, kishte « gjak mbretëror ».