Cika wannan jumlar: Ya samo asali ne daga asusun Suetonius na "Life of Vespasian", Tacitus' "Histories" (III, 78) da sauran tsoffin rubuce-rubucen tarihin Latin a kan
Littafin nan Jewish Revolt, ya ce Vespasian ya je wurin wani firist da ba a ambata sunansa ba da ke zaune a Dutsen Karmel don ya ba shi annabci game da sakamakon yaƙinsa. Koyaya, babban tushen zanen shine sake karanta labarin a cikin adabin Carmelite, wanda ya ba firist sunan Basilides kuma ya gan shi da Iliya a matsayin magabata na umarnin su.