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JOSEPHUS
II
JOSEPHUS
WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY
H. ST. J. THACKERAY, M.A.
HON. D.D. OXFORD, HON. D.D. DURHAM
IN NINE VOLUMES
II
THE JEWISH WAR, BOOKS I-III
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME II
PAGE
Introduction vii
THE JEWISH W AR—

Book I 2
Book II . 322
Book III . 574
The Herodian Family . at end of Book

— Galilee
Maps
District
Central
and
....
and
Surrounding
Southern
Palestine
Jerusalem
:
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The History of the Jewish War is the earliest and the
most famous of the works of Josephus. The first-
fruits of the leisure which he found in Rome after the
war, it was written with all the advantages possessed
by an ex-combatant and eyewitness, now a pensioner
quartered in the former palace of Vespasian, with the
" commentaries " of his imperial patrons, the comman-
ders in the recent campaign, placed at his disposal."
The title by which the author refers to his work is Title.
"Concerning the Jewish War" (Ilept tov 'lovâlKov

TTokifjiov Vita 412, A. xx. 258, cf. xviii. 11). Laqueur,
Der Jild. Hisioriker Flavins Josephus, Giessen, 1920,
p 255 and p. 98, considers that this heading plainly
betrays the purely Roman point of view of the Jewish
turncoat. The expanded form, 'loi'SaJKov iroXe/xov Trpos
'Poj/zaiovs, found at the head of the first two books in
Niese's principal ms P, may, it has been suggested,
be an attempt of the author to neutralize the
offensive character of the former superscription. But
the majority of the mss employ another title,
" Concerning (the) capture " (Ylepl aAolcreojs), often
with the addition of 'lov8al'Ky]s l(rropia<i. The title
Ilepi found also in Origen and Jerome,
aAcuo-ews is
the latter of whom attributes it to the author himself
*
quae Josephus Judaicae scriptor historiae septem
explicat uoluminibus,quibusimposuittitulumCaptiui-
<'
Ap. i. 50, Vita 358, 423.
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tatis Judaicae id est Oepi aAojo-€oj? " {Comm. in Isaiam,
cap. 64-, sub Jin.). Niese (vol. i. p. vi) regarded this
as a title of Christian origin, introduced at a time
when our author's principal works, the IVar and the
Antiquities, were collected into a single corpus, bearing
the general •, and sub-titles llf/.t
title 'loidatKT) t'o-ropt
oAa^cr<tL«9 and ^^^ the short title is one
'Apx"^'0'^°7''"'
which the author might well have employed himself;
aAioo-t9,often without the article, is constantly used
of the tragedy, e.g. ii. 454 (-poointov aAtucrecjs),
final
iv. 318, and v. 3 (uAojaews apâi, a A. Ka-iipqiv nj TrdAei).
Dr. Robert Eisler, to whom the present writer is
indebted for many suggestions in this Introduction,
and whose forthcoming volume on the important Old
Russian version of the IVar will throw much light on
the genesis of the work, draws a distinction between
an older and simpler draft, the Halosis, and a later
and more elaborate edition, the Polemos.
" Jewish history " or *' histories "
He thinks that
(ioTop/ai Vita345 Euseb. Histnr. EccL i. 8) was the
:
general title of Josephus's " collected works " as they

were finally published by Epaphroditus. He emphasizes
the fact that all mss of the Russian version are entitled
" On the Capture of Jerusalem " and that a hitherto
unidentified quotation from Josephus, iv tJ5 Trt/xwTw Xo-ycj
TTjs aM-aoL'^, in the Chron. Pasch. i.363 Dind.,can be traced
to certain of those .mss. He hopes to prove in his forth-

coming work that the Russian version, as well as the
so-called " Egesippus " —
(Heg.) a Christianized Latin
translation by a converted Jew. Isaac alias Gaudentius
or Hilarius, a contemporary of Pope Damasus is based —
on a lost earlier, somewhat different edition of our work
first published in a.d. 12 for the celebration of the
triumph of Titus — which bore the title 'i^\aviov 'lijcrrj-rrov
TTfpl aXJvTfws Tr/s 'l(povaa\r)u..This was gradually added
to, revised, curtailed, and expanded
in subsequent years.
He considers lotoaiVos ir6\(tx.os to be the title of the
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thoroughly revised edition, published during the reign
of Domitian, as it survives in the mss PA and L, while
VR and MC
represent earlier, less carefully revised
editions of the original "AXwjij, such as were used also
by the Slavonic translator.
We learn from the proem that the Greek text was First
not the first draft of the work. It had been preceded ^Jfuonf
by a narrative written in Aramaic and addressed to
" the barbarians in the interior," who are more
precisely defined lower down as the natives of
Parthia, Babylonia, and Arabia, the Jewish dispersion
in Mesopotamia, and the inhabitants of Adiabene,
a principality of which the reigning house, as was
proudly remembered, were converts to Judaism
{B. i, 3, 6). Of this Aramaic work the Greek is
described as a " version" ("EAAa'St yXwcrcrr] /aeTa/iaAuJi),
made for the benefit of the subjects of the Roman
Empire, i.e. the Graeco-Roman world at large.
The Aramaic is lost, but two probable inferences
may be drawn with regard to (i) its relation to the
Greek text, and (ii) its purpose. First, the Greek was
not a literal translation. This may be inferred from
the language of the historian elsewhere. He describes
his Antiquities as a translation from the Hebrew Scrip-
tures (€K Tuju 'Ef3paLKii>v iJLedrjp/j.-)]ieviJLei'-i]u ypo.iJ./xdTwUf
A \. and again as a rendering of the Hebrew books
5),
into Greek (/êrac^paêii/ et's Tt)v "EA/VaSa yAwTTai')
without material addition or omission on his own part
(A. X. 218) but we know in fact that that work is a
;
free paraphrase of the Biblical story, made with the

assistance of the LXX
translation, and including con-
siderable additions derived from other sources. The
Jetvisk War in its Greek form was, we are told, pro-
duced with the aid of Greek assistants and shows no
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trace whatever of Semitic phraseology we may infer
;
that the older work has been practically rewritten.

With regard to its purpose, written as it was
almost immediately after the war under the patronage
of Vespasian, there is good ground for believing that
it was officially "inspired" (see L?iqueuT, Der jUd.
Historiker Fl. Josephus, 126 f.). It was a manifesto

intended as a warning to the East of the futility of
further opposition and to allay the after-war thirst
for revenge, which ultimately led to the fierce out-
breaks under Trajan and Hadrian. The danger of a
Parthian rising was a constant menace, and it is
significant that the Parthians stand in the forefront
of the list of contemplated readers (i. 6). Such a
motive is in fact admitted in the remark with which
Josephus closes his description of the Roman army :
If I have dwelt at some length on this topic, my

intention was not so much to extol the Romans as
to console those whom they have vanquished and to deter
others who may be tempted to revolt " (iii. 108 cf. ;
Agrippa's speech ii. 345 ff., with the reference to the

Jewish hopes of aid from Mesopotamia).
rhe Old Theoriginal Aramaic edition was at an early date lost

Russian to ttieWestern world. A theory advanced byH. Kottek
yersiOD.
in 16S6 that part of it has survived in the 6th century
Syriac version of Book vi was shown by Noldeke to
be untenable. More recently, however, A. Berendts (ap.
Harnack. Tf^xte und Cnfersuchungen, xiv. 1, 1906) has
maintained that it survives in the Old Russian version.
That version contains some remarkable deviations from,
and additions to. the Greek text of the Har. including
in particular passages relating to John the Baptist, Christ,
and the early Christians.
The full text of the Slavonic version has not yet been
made available to scholars but the first four books of the
:
War have appeared in a German translation by the late

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A. Berendts. edited by K. Grass (Dorpat, 1924-27).
This work reached the hands of the present translator
too late for use to be nnade of it in the volume now issued.
He hopes, however, to print in an Appendix to vol. iii a
translation of the more important additions in the
Slavonic text, together with a list of the passages which
it omits.
The theory of Berendts can. according to Dr. Eisler, be

accepted only with reservations. The Slavonic text is
interpolated, but even after certain Christian interpolations
have been detected and set aside, it cannot be derived
directly from the lost Aramaic : numerous indications
prove that it is a translation from a Greek text, allied to
that contained in the mss VRC. But below this Greek
text Dr. Eisler finds, in certain transliterated words,
traces of an underlying Semitic original. According to
him." the Greek was translated into Slavonic in Lithuania
between a.d 1250 and 1260 by a Judaizing heretic priest
of the Russian Church, who by chance obtained a copy.
or copies, of Josephus's first rough Greek version of the
original Aramaic (the Halosis), before it was rewritten
in the form in which it has come down to us.
The draft of the Greek work was produced in

first Producti
parts and formed the subject of a long correspond- eiiuo^n.''
ence between the author and King Agrippa, two of
whose 62 compUmentary letters, one offering further
oral information, are reproduced {Fita 364 ff.) we ;
may suspect that Agrippa was also consulted on the

earlier Aramaic edition. On its completion copies
were presented by the author to his imperial patrons
and others, Titus giving it his imprimatur " indeed:
so anxious was the Emperor Titus that my volumes

should be the sole authority from which the world
" " Les Origines lade

traduction slave de Josepiie,
I'heresie judaisante enRussie et la secte des Josephinistes en.
Asie Mineur. en Italie et en Provence." Communication au
Qongres des Historiens Franqais le 22 Avrii 1927 {Revue des
Etudes slaves^ Paris, 1927).
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should learn the facts, that he affixed his own sigra-
"
ture to them and gave orders for their publication
(ib. 363, Ap.i. 50 ff.).
The date of publication is commonly regarded as

falling within the latter half of the reign of \>spasian,
between a.d. 15 and 79, before the death of that
Emperor, who received a copy, but after the dedica-
tion of the Temple of Pax {B. vii. 158 ff.) in the
year 15 (Dio Cassius, Ixvi. 15). It had, we know, been
preceded bv other narratives of the war [B. i. 1 If.,
A.'i.^).
These limits cannot, however, be pressed and may be
applicable only to a single edition. Josephus, as we have
come to learn, like other ancient authors, must have
constantly retouched and added to his works as fresh
copies were called for. We know that in a.d. 93-4,
towards the end of his life, he was contemplating a new
edition of the ^Vor, which was to include the after events
of his nation's history brought up to date {A. w. 267).
Similarly our extant text was not improbably preceded
by a shorter draft. From the fact that the " table of
contents" in the Greek proem {B. i. 39) concludes with
the triumph. Dr. Eisler infers that the first Greek
edition ended with that event and appeared as early as
AD. 71. He acutely suggests that Josephus strove to
complete his work by the day of the triumph and to
present a copy to the two emperors on that memorable
occasion. The sequel, including the penultimate chapter
about the destruction of the other Jewish temple, that of
Onias in Egypt, in a d. 73 (B. vii. 420-436), was, in
Dr. Eisler's opinion, added after that event, the oppor-
tunity being taken at the same time to prefix to the whole
work a corresponding chapter about its foundation
(5. i. 33) and contemporary Hasmonaean history.
A brief preface includes a somewhat inadequate

and unsystematic summary of the whole work
(i. 19-29) ; the topics mentioned are probably selected
primarily to catch the imperial eye and also to
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attract the general reader. Then follows an in-
ordinately long introduction, occupying the whole of
the first and nearly half the second Book, containing
a sketch of Jewish history from the previous capture
of the Temple by Antiochus Epiphanes down to the
outbreak of the war with Rome, nearly 250 years
later. When in later life the author undertook a
complete history of his nation, this portion of the
narrative was expanded in the Antiquities, where it
fills seven and a half books {Â. xiii-xx). A comparison
of these two narratives forms an instructive study ;
the parallel passages in the Antiquities are indicated

at the head of the pages of the present translation.
Book i extends from the time of Antiochus
Epiphanes (c. 170 b.c.) to the death of Herod ;
ii continues the history down to the outbreak of war
in A.D. Q>Q, the rout of Cestius, and the preparations

of Josephus for a campaign in Galilee. Book iii
narrates Vespasian's Galilaean campaign of a.d. 67,
including the siege of Jotapata and the capture of
Josephus ; iv the conclusion of the Galilaean
campaign, the isolation of Jerusalem, and the inter-
ruption of operations by the acclamation of Vespasian
as Emperor (68-69) ; v and vi describe the siege and
capture of Jerusalem by Titus in a.d. 70 ; vii the
return of the conquerors to Rome, the triumphal
procession, the extermination of the last strongholds
of the rebels and some later events.
Considered as a literary work the Jewish War as Greek s
a whole possesses great merits. The style is an

excellent specimen of the Atticistic Greek fashionable
in the first century, introduced by the school which
sought to stem the development of the language that
set in with the Alexandrian age and to revive the
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Attic of the age of Pericles. A choice vocabulary,
well-knit sentences and paragraphs, niceties in the
use of particles and in the order of words, a uniformly
classical style but without slavish imitation of classical
models, these and other excellences tax and often
defy the powers of a translator
Vocabulary. — The following: words, among others, are

characteristic of the \yar, and do not occur elsewhere
inJosephuS: d5idXfi7rTos (a;?), d^fSTj^, d-rocos i-wj ,
/SaatXftdi',
dr]LU)Tris, îf/cTratfif, 5iex(iv [distare, in preference to dTre'xf"'),
iUoilos (ws), fâTrifTjs (in preference to ei,ai(pvr)<i), eiiodivos,
dauardi', KaTaXrj-ydu, KaravTiôXdv, KaToppu}5(if and oppwbuv,
KOTTidf, \a6palos (ws), Xeuxpopoi, /xfarjtx^pivos ("southern"),
/xfTayeueaTepo^ and irpoyefearepos, fibvov ovk ("almost"),
6X60i'pcrts (from Thuc), iraXifdpofj.di', vavovpyos (and deriva-
tives), TrapdcTTTjixa ("intrepidity"), iroXixur) and 7roXiX'''Of,
vpbs 6i (adverb: where ^nf. uses nai wpojin), npoaaixvudv,
TrpoadpKTLOs, TTpoatros, tnoelaOai., ai/j./j.ij^,eiv, aiffTddrif, 5id
TQXOi'j and Kara rdxo':, tovoi/Uj uirodeibitv (epic), x^'^Z-Ô'ôs,
Xti'picTMOs ("departure"), x^^po'.
Writing for educated readers, Josephus boasts of

having immersed himself in Greek literature {A. xx.
^ ,
263), and taken extraordinary pains to cultivate
style. "Among other qualifications," he writes, "the
PP^ historian needs charm of style, in so far as this
^t^ ' is attainable by the choice and nice adjustment
{apfxovia) of words and whatever else may serve to
embellish the narrative for his readers " {A xiv. 2) in ;
the " nice adjustment " he refers to the careful avoid-

ance of hiatus or harsh clashing of vowels, which is a
marked feature, particularly in the War But such
mastery could only have been gradually acquired,
and that an author, who had hitherto written solely
in Aramaic, should open his literary career with a
work showing such a thorough command of Greek
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niceties would be astonishing, were it not explained
by an dictum in a later work.
obiter
In the Contra Apionem, written perhaps a quarter Ltterar
^^^'^tau
of a century after the War, the historian makes a
welcome, if tardy, acknowledgement of the help
which he had received in the composition of the
earlier work. He employed, he tells us, some
assistants for the sake of the Greek {xpy)(Ta^€.v6% no-i
Trpo<; Ti)u 'KWy-juiSa (fiojin^v crvvepyoU, Ap. i, 50). The
immense debt which he owes to these admirable
collaborators is apparent on almost every page of
the work. Book vii stands apart ; the style here
shows many of the characteristics of the Antiquities,
and the author seems to have been more dependent
on his own resources. The author's own style may
also perhaps be detected in some autobiographical
passages and occasional insertions.
The admission made in the Contra Apionem serves to
explain the inequalities in the work of Josephus as a
whole, and puts us on the track of other "assistants."
The cruder style of the Life appears to represent the
ipsissima verba of the author. The Antiquities also seem
to have been largely written with little assistance, until
towards the close, when, having reached the narrative
already partially covered in the War, the author for
nearly five books (xv-xix) entrusts the work to other
hands : xv-xvi appear to betray the style of one of
the able assistants in the War-, xvii-xix. 275 exhibit
the marked mannerisms of a hack, a slavish imitator of
Thucydides. In the Contra Apionem the choice diction,
recondite classical lore, and excellent arrangement ot
subject matter again suggest that assistance has been
obtained.
Josephus, by the time that he wrote the Antiquities, ciassica
"'°^^'*-
claims to have been thoroughly conversant with the
best Greek literature, including, according to the
reading of some mss, Greek poetry; rC)u'KX\rjviK(^>u
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06 ypafxfxdrtjjv ia—oiSo.rra neTa(T\ui- ti]v ypan/xaTLKi^v
€fx-€ipiai> where after ypafifxaTiov
avaXafthjv A. XX, 263.
Cod. A
and the epitome add the words K-at 7roi?;rtKwv
[laSrjixciTMv ( + -oAAa A). The last words may have
dropped out of the other mss through homoiote-
leuton, or possibly, as Dr. Eisler suggests, through
the deliberate malice of his assistant slaves, who knew
the truth about these boasted achievements of their
master. In his earlier work we may well believe that
he is indebted for an occasional classical phrase or
allusion to his learned secretaries. Thucydides was
naturally a model to which most historians turned.'*
In the Antiquities Joseph us quarries freely from this
mine, and his assistant in Books xvii-xix deserves
the ridicule already cast by Cicero on such plagiarists
(" ecce autem aliqui se Thucydidios esse profitentur,
novum quoddam imperitorum et inauditum genus,"
Orator 30). In the War, on the contrary, the use of
this source is far more restrained, being confined to an
occasional reminiscence or phrase. Similar use is made
of Herodotus, Xenophon, Demosthenes, and Polybius.
More interesting is the familiarity shown with
Greek poetry, Homer and the tragedians. The
poignant narrative of the domestic troubles of Herod
the Great is told in the manner of a Greek drama :^
we hear of Nemesis at the outset (i. 431), of the pollu-
tion of the house (/xi'cro^ 6S^. cf. 4-4-5). the tempest
lowering over it (488), the villain and stage-manager
" Dr. P>isler draws my attention to Liician's strictures on
such borrowing in his Qvomodo historia sit conscribenda.
The quotation from Cicero Iôwe to Driiner, Untersuchungen
vber Josephus, 1S!'6.
" Eusebius describes this portion of the narrative as rpayiKTj
dpa/xarovpyia {II. E. i. 8), I am again indebted for the refer-

ence to Dr. Eisler.
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of the plot (roi' Xvfxeujva Tr]<i oiVtas Kat SpafiaTovpyov
6/\ov Tov fjivcrovs 530), the anxious waiting for " the
end of the drama " (54'3), the avenging deity (KaO'
aSov (fiepetu Toi/ dXdcTTopa 596), the ghosts (Saipoveq) of
the murdered sons roaming the palace and dragging
secrets to light (599) or sealing the lips of others (607).
But there are other more precise allusions. Sophocles
was evidently a favourite ; the allusions to this
tragedian, being mainly confined to the JVar and to
portions of the Antiquities, especially Books xv-xvi,
written in the style of the War, are probably attri-
butable rather to the assistant than to the historian.
From him also doubtless come some apparent
allusions to Virgil.
Thucydides.—The proem of Josephus (i. 4 yevoixlvov

yd.p . . . jxeyiaTov Tovbe tov KLvrifxaTos . . . dK/j.dôu) echoes
that of Thucydides (i. 1 Kivrfais ydp olvti) /xeyicmj . . .
e7^j'erowith preceding o.Kfj.dôi^Tes) ; Herod's speech to his

troops disheartened by defeat followed by earthquake
(i. 373 fF.) recalls that of Pericles to the Athenians
exasperated by invasion and the plague (ii. 60 ff.); the
reception at Jerusalem of the news of the fall of Jotapata
(iii. 432) is reminiscent of the reception at Athens of the
news of the Sicilian disaster (viii. 1). In phraseology

the following parallels are noteworthy: /Si'-fr?// D. u\. -296,
vi. 326, Thuc. iv. 8; diâppnrTeli' kIuSvi'oi^ B. iv. 217,
Thuc. vi. 13; irepLaXyeli^ tw -rrddei B. iv. 590, Thuc. iv.
85, 95; dovXeia dKii^dviô's B. vii. 324, cf. Thuc. vi. 80; to
{ixT]) ôvXbixevou rijs yuiJjp.Tjs B. vii. 338, Thuc. i. 90;
(TTepL(pujT€p{ou) TToielv B. wu. 314, Thuc. vii, 36.
Herodotus supplies the following: t€/j.€iôs dwodaKuui'aL
B. i. 403; irpoKaBiîLV (eVt dpouov) ii. 27, cf. Hdt. i. 14 (e'j
dpbvov)\ TTju ewi BavdTLO {sc. bbov) ii. 231, vi. 155: Trdtres
rj(3r)5bu iii. 133, cf. iv. 554; rpoxoetSr^s Xifxfy] iii. 511; aKecns
"cure" iv. 11, vii. 189; irpbs d\Kr]i^ TpeneaBaL vi. 14, vii.
232; dvajxdpTriTO'i irposvii. 329; Xr/paTOS
tlvo, yiueadai.
irXripy]^ vii. 340, Hdt. V. 111.
cf. Xrifxaros jrXeos
Xenophov, Cyropaedia, probably furnishes dqyuv \pvxds
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iv. 174: avTifjifT'jjiros V. .56 and di/Tnrp6crw7roj v. 63, 136;
rdpaxos (for rapaxv) i^'- 495; OLaOwpdaOai vi. 418; pi\/0-
Kifovfos vii. 77.
Demosthenes provides phrases for speeches such as
(WLTeTiiyî^/Jiei'r) Tvpauvis iv. 172, Ttuwpt'as 5iaKpovea6ai iv.
257; perhaps also dvaicrdrjTeli' iv. 165, (k tC:v (vovtlou
vi. 183, ^poxov 250, aKev(Jjpr}iJ.a vii. 449.
iTTKjirdiv vii.
From Homer come dfaiaurt ii. 495, iv. 40 etc.
eixovTo Kal fiera kijJkvtCjv iii. 202, cf. kcjkvtu t' etxovTO
II. xxii. 409; ^/c0oper;' = " carry out corpse for burial,"
iv. 330; d/voXos "morsel" v. 432; dpiapa "conduit" and
dudos "dunff" V. 571; Tr€irappLit'{a) rjXois vi. 85; q>v\aKTTjp
(for 0i'Xat) vii. 291.
Sophocles. —
From the Elecfra come dcpade^v \pvxvs B.
iii.212, El. 980, and Opaaos 6ir\i^(Lv B. iii. 153, EL 995 f.,
and we may confidently infer that we have a paraphrase
of a line in the near context of that play (opa ttovov
TOL x^'P'5 ovbkv evri'xd El. 945) in B. iii. 495, v. 501
reminiscences of this play and of the Ajax occur also in
A. xv-xvi. We
tind also ddp^Tos npoêuslu B. v. 66 from
Track. 726 ; ivaK-qiTTeiv Oeoi B. v. 408, probably from
O.T. 27; Trpoa-4yaOeiu B. vii. 348, c/. O.C. 330 etc., and
immediately after f?? Kai liUqXtv from Track. 235 ovbkv ;
vyu^ (Ppoi'dv, B. V. 326, cf. Phil. 1006.

X'rRGiL. —
Like a rather younger historian of the same
— —
period Tacitus the civ^pyb^ (for Josephus can here
hardly be responsible) seems to have interwoven some
\'irgilian reminiscences into the narrative. The sack of
Jotapata (as in Tacitus the siege of the Capitol under
Vitellius, Mackail, Latin Literature 219) recalls the sack
of Troy. Compare B. iii. 319 -rrfpl ydo r'qv {crxdriqu (pvXan-qv,
Kad' rjv duetriu re twj/ OeifCJi' (Ookovv ^x^'" '^^'^ KaddirreTaL
fxd\i(TTa K^KOTTUiixevujv [=mortalibus aegrisj ewdivbs virvos
. . . 323 flF. vffvxv '"'pos ro reixos. Kal wpuiros fTnâivei
jecraj'
TlItos . . .
• d7ro(70dâfTes de rovs (pvXaKas daiacrii' els tt]v
iroXiu with Aen.
ii. 263 " primusque Machaon fiF. . . .
. . Invadunt urbem somno vinoque sepultam

.
I
caeduntur uigiles. Tempus erat quo prima quies
. . .
mortalibus aegris incipit et dono divum gratissima '
serpit." The personified 'i'-qurj B. iii. 433 f. (with the

allusion to facts embroidered by fiction, TrpoTfa-xfSidfeTo ye
pLr]v Tots Treirpa-^/ieVoiS Kai rd /xtj ya/o/xeva) recalls the picture
INTRODUCTION
of Fama in Aen. iv. 173 ff. ("et pariter facta atque
infecta canebat " 190) ;cf. B. i. 371.
The portrait of John of Gischala in B. ii. 585 flF.
curiously resembles that of CatiHne in Sallust, Cat, 5.
The War contains no allusions to authorities such Sources,
as are interspersed throughout the Antiquities. The

historian in this earlier work is silent as to his sources,
merely leading us to infer from his proem that his
information is largely first-hand and based on his own
recollections as an eyewitness (i. 3), that he had new
materials and constructed the framework of the
narrative himself (cfakoTrovos ... 6 /xera tov Kanâ
Aeyeti/ Kal to aojfxa Trj<; IcTToptas KaracTKeva^'cuv I'Sioi'),
and that he collected the facts with laborious care
(i. 15 f.).
These scanty hints can be supplemented by a few-

notices in the works produced in later life, the
Contra Apionem and the Life. Here again he empha-
sizes the personal part which he took in the contest, as
commander in Galilee in the opening campaign, after
his capture in constant touch with the Roman generals,
and during the siege of Jerusalem associated with
Titus behind the Roman lines. He tells us that
throughout the siege he made careful notes of the
proceedings in the Roman camp and was kept aware
of events within the city by deserters, whose in-
formation he was alone in a position to understand
{Ap. i. 47-49). We know, moreover, from the War^
that he was employed on more than one occasion as
intermediary to urge his besieged compatriots to
surrender. We learn further that King Agrippa, who
was kept supplied with a copy of the War as it
appeared in parts, was in correspondence with the
author throughout its production and offered to
INTRODUCTION
furnish him with information about facts not generally
known {I'ita 364- ff.).
But, besides his own notes and recollections and

such further information as he may have obtained
from Agrippa, the author appears to have had access
to another document of the first importance, the
" memoirs " or " commentaries " (t'-o/jU'vy/jta-a) of
Vespasian and Titus. No reference to this source is
made in the JVar itself; this silence is In accordance
with the historian's consistent practice of naming no
authorities in this work, but may, perhaps without
injustice, be partly attributed to vanity. He would
have us know that the framework of the narrative is
his own (o-oi/ja Toior), and a mention of this source,
whatever weight it might add to his authority, might
detract from his personal fame. At any rate, like
his acknowledgement of indebtedness to his Greek
assistants, his to the Commentaries only
allusions
appear in his laterworks, in reply to the adverse
criticism which his Jenish War evoked from Justus
and other rival historians. His previous silence on
other matters (ra /xexpl ivv a-ea-LOiinjixeia) evidently
formed one of the complaints of his critics (Fiia 338 f.).
Tlie Commentaries are thrice mentioned. Replying
to the criticisms of Justus of Tiberias, Josephus
reminds him of hostilities for which he and his
fellow-citizens were responsible at the opening of the
war before \'espasian's arrival, and which were after-
wards brought to that general's notice. He adds:
" This is no unsupported assertion of my own. The
facts are recorded in the Commentaries of the emperor
\'espasian, which further relate how insistently the
inhabitants of Decapolis pressed Vespasian, when at
Ptolemais, to punish you as the culprit " {Vita 342).
INTRODUCTION
Ptolemais was the first place to which Vespasian led his
army from Antioch, his original base (B. iii. 29) we ;
here learn that the Commentaries went back to the

opening of the campaign. Again, attacking the
same opponent, Josephus writes " Perhaps, how-
:
ever, you will say that you have accurately narrated

the events which took place at Jerusalem. How,
pray, can that be, seeing that neither were you on
the scene of action, nor had you perused the Com-
mentaries of Caesar, as is abundantly proved by your
"
account which conflicts with those Commentaries ?
{Vita S5d>). Again, of certain malignant critics who
have dared to compare his Jewish War to a school-
boy's prize composition {ioa-n-ep eV ctôA?/ jxiipaKLwi'
yv/j.i'oa-fjLa TrpoKdcrBai vo/jLi(ovTi^), the author writes :
" Surely, then, one cannot but regard as audacious

the attempt of these critics to challenge my veracity.
Even if, as they assert, they have read the Commen-
taries of the imperial commanders, they at any rate
had no first-hand acquaintance with our position in the
opposite camp" (Ap. 1.53-56). These two last passages,
in which Josephus is contrasting his own qualifica-
tions with those of others, clearly imply that the Com-
mentaries were before him when he wrote the War.
Indeed, as has been suggested by a recent writer
(VV Weber, Josephus und Vespasian, 1921), there is
reason to think that our author has made extensive
use of these documents. The Commentariiprincipales,
itmay be supposed, were the notes, presumably in
Latin, made on the field of action by the Roman com-
manders and their staff, which might sometimes be
put out in a more literary shape as the official record
of the campaign, like the Commentarii de Bello Gallico
of Julius Caesar. From this or from some other official
INTRODUCTION
source must come the information with regard to the
disposition of the Roman legions in a.d. 66, which is
strikingly confirmed by other evidence and is here
worked up into the great speech of King Agrippa
{B. ii. 3i5 tf.) Another passage which looks Hke a
direct extract from the Commeritaries of Titus is the
concise itinerary of the march of that general from
Egypt to Caesarea, with its bare enumeration of the
various stages, though it must be remembered that
Josephus accompanied him (B iv.658-end). Whether
Weber is right in referring to this source the geo-
graphical sketches of Palestine interspersed through-
out the narrative may perhaps be questioned, but
the description of the Dead Sea with the mention of
Vespasian's visit of inspection (B iv. 477) lends
support to his view {cf. the rather similar account in
Tacitus, Hist. v. 6).
Weber goes so far as to maintain that the backbone
of the whole history is a *' Flavian work." of which the
theme was the rise to power of the Flavian dynasty.
In his opinion, this work opened with a sketch of the
disposition of the legions in a.d. Q& (utilized in Agrippa's
speech), included much of the material of B. iii-vi.
and ended with the passage which stands in Josephus at
vii. 157 : it was used by Pliny the Elder and Tacitus. In
his review of Weber, Laqueur denies the existence of any
such literary work, on the ground that Josephus severely
criticizes all previous publications on the war (B. i.
ad init.).
las of For the pre-war period (Books i-ii) we can confi-

iSCU«.
dently name one writer, frequently mentioned in the
Antiquities, as having furnished material also for the
—
JVar Nicolas of Damascus (c. 61- B.C. to the end of
the century), the intimate friend of Herod the Great
and of Augustus, and author of a universal history
in 144 books and other works, including probably a
xxii
INTRODUCTION
separate life of Herod. From Nicolas undoubtedly
is derived the detailed history of Herod's house,
which fills two-thirds of Book i, and of the accession
of Archelaus (opening of Book ii), in which he him-
self played an important part. Here again Josephus
had the advantage of a first-rate, if somewhat biased,
contemporary authority After Archelaus the nar-
rative unfortunately becomes meagre, expanding into
rather greater fullness when the reign of Agrippa I
is reached. With regard to him the historian would
obtain information from his son, Agrippa II, and for
the events leading up to the war he might draw on
his own recollections. For the slight sketch of the
Hasmonaean house the history of Nicolas is perhaps
again the authority ; the historian shows no acquaint-
ance in the War with the first book of Maccabees, of
which he afterwards made large use in the Antiquities.
As historian of the Jewish War Josephus thus credibi
comes before us with apparently high credentials ;
at any rate few war historians in ancient or modern

times can have enjoyed so rare a combination of
opportunities for presenting a veracious narrative of
events. How does his work appear when tested by
the highest of standards, the Historic of ike Pelopon-
nesian War ? It is natural to compare the Jew and
the Athenian because, widely different as were the
characters of the two, there were points of similarity
in their careers. Like Thucydides, Josephus com-
bined the functions of general and historian like ;
him he failed as a commander and was consequently

brought into close contact with the enemy and enabled
to view the war from the standpoint of both belli-
gerents (Thuc. iv. 104 ff., V. 26 " associating with both
sides, with the Peloponnesians quite as much as with
xxiii
—
INTRODUCTION
the Athenians, becau-e of my exile," cf. Jos. B \. 3);
^vhile the Jewish historian, unlike the Greek, had the
further advantage of the use of the official record of
the campaign compiled by, or under the supervision
of, the enemy's generals.
With access to these first-hand sources, with the
weighty authority both of his imperial patrons and
of King Agrippa behind him, and with the possibly
more questionable benefit of good literary assistants,
the historian's narrative as a yihole cannot but be
accepted as trustworthy. Unfortunately reserva-
tions must be made. Josephus lacks the sober im-
partiality of Thucydides and, with all his boasted zeal
for truth, shows on occasions, when his statements
are subject to control, a lax sense of the meaning
of that word. The Comme?itaries themselves were
written from the Roman standpoint, and the pro-
Roman bias of this client of the conquerors, who
from the first had recognized the hopelessness of
resistance to imperial Rome, is frequently evident.
His repeated references to the clemency of the
Roman generals, his hero Titus in particular, and his
representation of them as the saviours of an oppressed
people, are specially open to suspicion.
In one crucial instance, a statement of Josephus
that Titus desired to spare the temple — is directly
contradicted by a later historian. The fourth-

century Christian writer, Sulpicius Severus, who has
been thought to be here dependent on the lost work
of Tacitus, states, like Josephus, that a council of war
was held on the subject, at which different opinions
were expressed, but here the roles are reversed and
it is Titus who sanctions the destruction of the
building. The passages are as follows :
xxiv
INTRODUCTION
Josephus, B. vi. Sulpicius, Chron. ii. 30.
238 ôvXrjv Trepl tov vaoii Fertur Titus adhibito consilio

239 irpovTldei. To'i.% ixiu ovv prius deliberasse, an templum
tanti operis euerteret. Etenim
nonnullis uidebatur, aedem
TTOTf 'lovbaiovi wavaacdai sacratam ultra omnia mortalia
f fajTeptfoi/Tas tov vaou illustrem non oportere deleri,
fxivovro%, (0' 5p oi vau- quae seruata modestiae
24-0 raxddev crvWeyovTai. tlu(s Romanae testimonium, diruta
d( iraprjuovv, ii fxev Kara- perennem crudeJitatis notam
XivoLeu avTou '\ohbaioi Kai praeberet. At contra alii et
fi-qbels f7r' avrov to. oirXa Titus ipse euertendum in pnmis
Oiiri, a Cjêiv. d de iroXeuLoleu templujn censebant, quo plen\us
(7n^6.i'T(s.KaTa(p\€y€Lu . . . ludaeorum et Christianorum
241 6 5( Tiros Qv8' av €Tnl3(xpT6<i religio tolleretur: quippe has
eV avTou TroXffxCjaiu ']ov- religiones, licet contranas sibi,
5aloi 0rj<jo.% avTLrCjvapbpCov isdem tamen ab auctoribus
dfjivpeladai. to. d\pvxo- ovbe profectas; Christ ianos ex
xara^XeêiP Trore ttjXikoij- ludaeis extitisse: radice sub-
TOV ?p-yov Vw/jLaiup yap lata stirpem facile perituram.
ôfadai T7]v I3\d(3rip. Cbatrep
Kal Koap-OP Tr}% r]y(/j.opias
avTOv pJpopTo^ .
The evidence of Sulpicius is somewhat vitiated by

the which can hardly be
final allusion to Christianity
correct ^ but the known partiality of Josephus leaves
;
him under the suspicion of having misrepresented

the attitude of Titus, in order to clear him of the
imputation of cruelty. Weber (Josephus u?id Ves-
pasian 72 f.) wMth others upholds Sulpicius against
Josephus Schiirer {Gesch. des jild. Folkes, ed. 3,
;
i. 631 f.) inclines to the middle view of Valeton

that Josephus, without actual mendacity, has by
the suppression of important facts created a false
impression.
" Dr. Eisler suggests that " Christian! " may be a general
designation for Jewish " Messianist " rebels; but here I

hesitate to follow him.
XXV
INTRODUCTION
For the earlier pre-war history Josephus has him-
self provided us ^vith a certain check upon his state-
ments and enabled us to form some estimate of his
treatment of his sources by the double narrative
which he has left us. The precise relation between
the two narratives cannot here be considered. The
fuller account in the Antiquities was based partly on
the same sources which he had used in the JVar,
partly on new information since obtained. The
subject matter has sometimes been re-arranged,
notably in the latter part of Herod's reign, where
the JVar separates the external history from the
domestic tragedies, while the Antiquities keep the
chronological order. There are, as is natural,
inconsistencies between the two accounts but,
;
generally speaking, it may be said that the author

faithfully follows his written authorities.
It is otherwise with the passages in which the War
overlaps with the Life. Here there are unaccount-
able discrepancies, and the autobiographical notices
of the historian must be pronounced the least trust-
worthy portion of his writings. The numerous in-
consistencies, of a minor or a graver character,
between the two accounts of his command in Galilee,
to which attention is called in the footnotes to B. ii.
569-64:6, betray either gross carelessness or actual
fraud.'' Laqueur, who holds the Life, or certain
portions of it, to be the earlier and more faithful
record, suspects the author of deliberate mis-
representation of some details in the War in order
" The latteralternative. Dr. Eisler informs me, is

rendered a certainty through his critical comparison of
the third, and again quite distinct, account in the Slavonic
Halosis.
xxvi
;
INTRODUCTION
to ingratiate himself with another patron, King
Agrippa.
Nothing, unfortunately, has survived of the earliest, other
narrative
probably Roman, histories of the war criticized by of the wa
Josephus in his proem, nor yet of the Jewish history
of Justus of Tiberias produced soon after a.d. ]o6,
in which his own work was criticized. We possess,
however, from the pen of Tacitus early in the second
century a brief sketch of the campaign up to the
preparations for the siege of Jerusalem {Hist. v. 1-13)
the sequel is lost. We have also the hves of Ves-
pasian and Titus written at about the same time by
Suetonius, and an epitome of this portion (Book Ixvi)
of the great Roman history of Dion Cassius (early
third century) made in the eleventh century by
Xiphilinus. The account of Tacitus presents some
interesting parallels not only with the War, but also,
on the origin of the Jewish nation, with the Contra
Apionem of our author. Though the Histories were
written at Rome almost within the hfetime of
Josephus, the Roman's antipathy to the Jews makes
it improbable that he ever consulted his works. But
both writers may be dependent on a common source,
such as the Flavian Commentaries.
The Greek text here printed is based on that of Greek tej

Niese, but is the outcome of a careful and independent ^"^ "^^'
investigation of the ms evidence collected in his great
edition. The mss and other ancient authorities
for the text, in so far as they have been used by
Niese, are quoted in the present work M'ith his
abbreviations as follows ^ :
" For particulars with regard to the versions I am indebted

to Dr. Eisler.
P Codex Parisinus Graecus 14-25, cent. x. or xi.
A Codex Ambrosianus (Mediolanensis) D. 50 sup.,

cent. x. or xi.
^J Codex Marcianus (Venetus) Gr. 383, cent,
xi. or xii.
L Codex Laurentianus, plut. Ixix. 19, cent. xi.
or xii.
V Codex Vaticanus Gr iS, about cent.
1 xi.
R Codex Palatinus (Vaticanus) Gr. 28i, cent. xi.
or xii.
C Codex Urbinas (\'aticanus) Gr. 84, cent. xi.

Exc." Excerpts made in the tenth century by order
of Constantine \'II Porphyrogenitus.
Lat. A Latin version known to Cassiodorus in the
fifth century and commonly ascribed to
Rufinus in the preceding century.
Pleg. Hegesippus, a corruption of Josepus or
Josippus another Latin version, wrongly
:
ascribed to S. Ambrose, written about

370 A.D. by a converted Jew, Isaac, as a
Christian called Hilarius or Gaudentius, the
so-called Ambrosiaster, a contemporary of
Pope Damasus (see Jos. Wittig in Max
Sdralek's Kirchengesch. Ahhandlungen iv ;
ed. Keber-Caesar, Marburg, 1864). A new

edition by Vine. Ussani for the \'ienna
Corpus is forthcoming.
Syr. A Syriac translation of Book vi in Translatio
Syra Pescitto \'et. Test, ex cod Ambrosiano
sec. fere vi phololith. edita cura et ad-
notationibus Antonii Maria Ceriani, Milan,
1876-1883.
To these may be added :
xxviii
Yos. =Josephus Gorionides or Yosippon, a Hebrew
paraphrase, derived from Heg., ed. Breit-
haupt, Gotha, 1727.
Slav. A critical edition of the Old Russian Version
by Vladimir Istrin is nearing completion.
The first four books are published in a German
version by Konrad Grass (see above, p. xi).
Among other mss occasionally quoted by Niese
are :
N Codex Laurentianus, plut. Ixix. 17, about

cent. xii.
T Codex Philippicus, formerly belonging to the
library of the late Sir Thomas Phillips,
Cheltenham, about cent. xii.
The MSS fall into two main groups, PA(ML) and

VR(C) M, L, and, to a less extent, G are inconstant
;
members, siding now with one group, now with the

other. The first group is decidedly superior to the
second. The two types of text go much further back
than the date of Niese's oldest mss, since traces of
the " inferior " type appear already in Porphyry
(3rd century) the diversity of readings must there-
;
fore have begun very early. Indeed some variants

appear to preserve corrections gradually incorpor-
ated by the author himself in later editions of
his work." Mixture of the two types also began
early, a few instances of " conflation " occurring
" A striking instance occurs in B. vi. 369, where, beside
the neater tovoi ttSj Xi/ulou viKpbu etx^" v (Trdafcj?, a more

. . .
prolix and apparently older phrase Kal wevXrjpcoTo veKpCju >) 5ta
(jTaaiv i) been left undeleted. See
8ia Xiiubu dTroXwXora-i/ lias
Laqueur, Der Historiker Fl. Josephus, p. 239, whose
jitd.
theory is confirmed, 1 am told, by Dr. Eisier's analysis of
the did Russian.
j.> 1 n-WJ^L. \^ 1 iw->
already in the fourth-century Latin version. P and

A, on which Niese mainly relies, appear to have
been copied from an exemplar in which the termina-
tions of words were abbreviated, and are to that
extent untrustworthy. The true text seems to have
been not seldom preserved in one of the mss of
mixed type, L in particular. The mixture in that ms
is peculiar : throughout Book and down to about
i
ii. 24-2 it sides with \'RC, from that point onwards

more often with the other group or with the Latin
version. In the later books L becomes an authority
of the first rank and seems often to have preserved
alone, or in combination with the Latin version, the
original text.
The translator must finally express his grateful

acknowledgement for the assistance which he has
received from the labours of many previous workers,
of various nationalities, in the same field notably
:
Dr. Robert Eisler, of whose forthcoming work on the

Slavonic version an English version is expected from
Messrs. Methuen, Benedict Niese (on whose edition
the Greek text is based), the Rev. Robert Traill, D.D.,
who fell a victim to his devoted exertions for his
parishioners during the Irish famine of 1 84-6—t? (for his
excellent translation), the Rev. William Whiston (for
his pioneering version, produced nearly two centuries
ago, as revised by the Rev. A R. Shilleto, 1889-90),
and last, but not least, Dr Theodore Reinach and his
collaborators (for his French translation and invalu-
able notes, (Euvres completes de Flavins Josephe^
tome V, Guerre des Juifs, livres i-iii, Paris, 1912).
Dr. Reinach has graciously permitted me to make
use of this work with its admirable commentary, and
XXX
;
my constant indebtedness to this brilliant scholar

willbe evident to the reader from the references in
the footnotes throughout this volume. The works of
R. Laqueur and W. Weber must also be mentioned.
The Map of Jerusalem is based partly on that

contained in the article Jerusalem in the Encyclo-
paedia Biblica (vol. ii), partly on one published by
the Palestine Exploration Fund. The translator
gratefully acknowledges the kindness of Messrs.
A. & C. Black and of Dr. E. W. G. Masterman, the
Hon. Secretary of the Palestine Exploration Fund,
in permitting him to make use of their respective
publications. He is further indebted to Dr. Master-
man for much helpful advice in the matter, as well
as to Mr. C. E. Mott, the Hon. Secretary of the
British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem but the;
responsibility for the form in which the map is here

presented rests solely with himself. The invaluable
Atlas of the Historical Geography of the Holy Land by
Sir George Adam Smith and Dr. J. G. Bartholomew
(Hodder & Stoughton, 1915) has been in constant
use.
Abbreviations
A = Antiquitates
. Judaicae.
Ap.= Contra Apionem.
B.= Bellum Judaicum.
V.= Vita.
cow;'.= conjectural emendation.
ed. pr. = editio pri?iceps (Basel, 1544.).
Eus. {HE. ; jP.£.) = Eusebius {Historia Ecclesiastica
Praeparatw Evangelica).
ins. = inserted by. om. = omit.
Conjectural insertions in the Greek text are
indicated by angular brackets, > doubtful ms read-
<: ;
ings and apparent glosses by square brackets, [ J.

The smaller sections introduced by Niese are
sliown in the left margin of the Greek text. Refer-
ences throughout are to these sections. The chapter-
division of earlier editions is indicated on both pages
(Greek and English).
xxxii
THE JEWISH WAR
VOL n
UTOPIA lOTAAlKOT nOAEMOT RPOS
PaMAIOVS
BIBAIOX A
(1) 'ETTeidr) TOP- ^lovSaicou Trpo^ 'Pojâtou?

TTo'AejLtoi^ avdTdura jxeyiGTov ov ixovov ruju KaQ*
rjjxd?, axeSou de Kai (Lv OLKofj 77ap6tArj0a^€i^ ^
TToAeojv 77p6? TToXeL? Tj idvcov edueac ovppayeurcov,
01 fj-kv 01) 77apaTV)(6vr€s TOLi.
2 ariKU)'; dvaypd(fiovGiv, ol 7Tapay€p6fjL€voi 8e ij
KoAaK€La rfi Trpog 'Pajfiaiovs rj p-ioei rep rrpog
^lovSaiovs KaraipevSourai tojp TTpayp-drojv, nept'

€)(€( §e airroh ottov p,kv Kar-qyopiav ottov 8e iyKUJ-
jiLov rd GvyypdfjLfxara, to S' aKpt^kg ttJ? tcTToptas'
3 ovba/jLOV, TTpovdefirjv eyco tol^ Kara rrju 'Pcofxalajv
rjyefjLOPLav, 'EAAaSt yXajoarj fieraâXdw a roTs

dvoj âp^dpoi<; rfj rrarpLcp ovvrdâg dve-nepiijja,
rrporepov, d(f)rjyT^Ga(jdaL, 'IceJcrr^TTO? Slardiov rraX?

[yeVet 'EjSpato?,]^ cf 'lepoGoXufxatv iepevg, avros
^ om. P Eus.
3
—
HISTORY OF THE JEWISH WAR

AGAINST THE ROMANS
BOOK I
(1) The war of the Jews against the Romans — the prefm
greatest not only of the wars of our own time, but,
so far as accounts have reached us, well nigh of all
that ever broke out between cities or nations has —
not lacked its historians. Of these, however, some, [nadeq
having taken no part in the action, have collected 5lLtorii
from hearsay casual and contradictory stories which
they have then edited in a rhetorical style while ;
others, who witnessed the events, have, either from

flattery of the Romans or from hatred of the Jews,
misrepresented the facts, their writings exhibiting
alternatively invective and encomium, but nowhere
historical accuracy. In these circumstances, I
Josephus, son of Matthias, a Hebrew by race, a Joseph

*^''^'*®'^
native of Jerusalem and a priest, who at the opening
of the war myself fought against the Romans and in
—
the sequel was perforce an onlooker propose to
provide the subjects of the Roman Empire with a
narrative of the facts, by translating into Greek the
account which I previouslycomposed in my ver-
3
JOSEPH us
T£ *PojfJLaLOV<; 7ToX€iJLrjoa<i TO. TTptora kol rols vcne-
pov TTaparvx^Jv i$ dvdyK-qg-
4 (2) yevofjievov yo-p, cu? e</»r]i/, pieyiorov rovSe
Tov KLvqpLaro? , iv 'Pa»/Ltatot? pikv €v6g€l rd OLKela,
*lovSaLOJU be ro vecjrepilôv rore rerapaypievoL?
eTTavioTT) rols Katpolg OLKpidôv /caret re X^^P^ '^^^
XP^JP-O-OLU, cos St' VTTepôXrjv dopvfôju tols pi€v iv
eX—lSi KTi]G€Ojg Tols S' eV dâtpccreoj? Seet yive-
5 odai rd Trpos ttjv dvaroXrjv iTretSr} 'lofSatot pLev ,
aTTav TO V77€p Kv(l)pdrr)u 6pi6(j)vXov ovverrapdrjaeo-

Bat rjXmGap, 'PajpLatovg S' ol re yeiroves
G(j)LOLv
TaXdrai TrapeKivovv /cat to KeXriKov ovk rjpe-
pL€L, pL€(jrd S' "û Trdvra Oopvôjv pLerd ^cpcoua, /cat
TToXXovs pL€v âoiXeLav 6 KciLpos dv€7T€L9ev rd ,
arparLCjTLKd Se yjpa peraôXrjg cXttlBl XrjpLpLarcxju'

C droTTOv r^yrjodpevos^ TrepLidelv TTXalôpevrjV eVt
nqXiKO'tnoLs Trpdypaoi ttiv dXiqdeiav, /cat Yidpdovs
pL€v /cat Ba^vXojPLOvg Wpdôw t€ rovg TToppcordrco
/cat TO VTTep ¥lv(f)pdrr)v 6p.6<f)vXov r]plv WSta^r^vovs
T€ yvojvat 8td rrjg eV^^" eVt/xeActa? d/cptjSojs", odeu
re yjpâro /cat 8t' oacop excop^creu Tradcvu 6 TToXepLO^
/cat OTTcog Karearpeijjeu, dyuoelv Se "KXX-qvag ravra
/cat 'PajpLaioju rovg prj eTnarparevaapievovg, evrvy-
Xdvovrag rj /coAa/cetat? rj TrXdopiaoL.
' Some Mss. have arowov ouu riyTjad/x-ni'. But chaps. (1) and
(-2) apparently form a single sentence, §§ 4 and 5 being a
parenthesis.
" Aramaic or Hebrew.

" The " up-country barbarians " intended are more pre-
cisely specified in § (3.
As Reinach points out, this is exaggerated. At the out-

'
break of war the Roman Empire was free from disorder.

i.e. the Germans.
<*
The references are respectively to
4
JEWISH WAR, I. 3-6
nacular tongue ° and sent to the barbarians in the

interior.^
(2) I spoke of this upheaval as one of the greatest Critical
magnitude. The Romans had their own internal Sairs k

disorders. The Jewish revolutionary party, whose East am
numbers and fortunes were at their zenith, seized
the occasion of the turbulence of these times for
insurrection.'' As a result of these vast disturbances
the whole of the Eastern Empire was in the balance ;
the insurgents were fired with hopes of its acquisi-

tion, their opponents feared its loss. For the Jews
hoped that all their fellow-countrymen beyond the
Euphrates would join with them in revolt while ;
the Romans, on their side, were occupied with their

neighbours the Gauls, and the Celts ^ were in motion.
Nero's death, moreover, brought universal confusion juneA.i ;
many were induced by this opportunity to aspire to

the sovereignty, and a change which might make
their fortune was after the heart of the soldiery.
I thought it monstrous, therefore, to allow the
truth in affairs of such moment to go astray, and that,
while Parthians and Babylonians and the most re-
mote tribes of Arabia with our countrymen beyond
the Euphrates and the inhabitants of Adiabene ^
were, through my assiduity, accurately acquainted
with the origin of the war, the various phases of
calamity through which it passed and its conclusion,
the Greeks and such Romans as were not engaged
in the contest should remain in ignorance of these
matters, with flattering or fictitious narratives as
their only guide.
the revolt of Gaul under Vindex (a.d. 68) and to that of the
Batavi under Civilis (69).
« In the upper Tigris region.
JOSEPHUS
7 (3) Katrot ye laropiag auras €7TLypd(f)€LV roX-
fjLcoGLi', if ah 77/30? TO) fiTjSeu vyieg SrjXovf /cattou
OK07T0V hoKOVGLV euLOLye OLafjâpTOLUCLV. ôvXovraL
jikvyap fieydXov? rovg 'Poj/xat'ous" aTToSeiKi'veLU,
KaraâXXovcnu Se del rd ^[ovSaioju Kal raTretvov-
8 GLW ov)( opo) Se, TTcos du eluai fieydXoL Sokol€v ol
fjLLKpovg vevLKTjKore?- Kal ovre to firJKO? atdoui'rat
rod ovre ro TrXrjOog rrjs 'PcofjLaLa>v Kafjiov-
TToXe/jLOV
crrjs orrparLas ovre ro pueyedos rcjv arpar-qydjv, ol
TToXXd TTepl rots 'lepoaoXvfjLOt? ISpcocraures, oipâi,
raTTetvovfjievov rod Karopdojp.arog avrol? dSo-
ÔVGLU.
9 (4) Ov fjirjv eyoj rol? eTraipovGL rd 'Pcopâlajv
dvrixjiiXoveiKcov avêcv rd rcJov 6pL0(f)vXa>v SLeyva)v,
dXXd rd fjueu epya /Ltcr' d/cpt/Seta? dfi(j)orepajv St-
eêLf.u, rovs S' eVt rolg TrpdyfxaGi Xoyovs dua-
rtO-qpLL rfj^SLadeaet, Kal rotg efiavrov Trddecn StSous"
10 erroXoSvpeod at rat? rrjs TrarplSos Gvp,<f>opals. on
ydp avrr]v GraGL? OLKela KadeiXev, Kal ra? 'Pco-
piaiojv -xêlpas d/coJaa? Kal ro rrvp inl rov [dytov]'
vadv elXKVoav ol ^Xovhaicov rvpavvoi, pudprvs avros
6 TTopdrjGas KaLGap TtVo?, eV Travrl roj TToXepLCx)
rov iiev SrjpLov eXerjOas vtto row crracrtacrrajv ^pov-
povpLevoVy TToXXaKLS he Ikojv r-qv oXcoglv rrjs
TToXecjs V7Tepridep.evos Kal SiSou? rfj TToXiopKia
11 Xpouov els pLerdvotav rojv alritov. el he ti? oaa
77po9 rovs rvpdvvovs rj rd XrjGrpLKOV avrdjp Kariq-
yopLKOJS Xeyotfiev rj rolg hvGrvxrjiiaGL rrjs rrarpihos
eTTLGrevovres GVKO(j>avroirj, hthoroj irapd rov rfjs
^ Holwerda inserts <i5Lq.>, - oni. PM*.

6
JEWISH WAR, I. 7-11
(3) Though the writers in question presume to Erroneou

give their works the title of histories, yet throughout menroP
them, apart from the utter lack of sound information, -êws by
they seem, in my opinion, to miss their own mark. SstodaL
They desire to represent the Romans as a great
nation, and yet they continually depreciate and dis-
parage the actions of the Jews. But I fail to see
how the conquerors of a puny people deserve to be
accounted great. Again, these writers have respect
neither for the long duration of the war, nor for the
vast numbers of the Roman army that it engaged,
nor for the prestige of the generals, who, after such
herculean labours under the walls of Jerusalem, are,
I suppose, of no repute in these writers' eyes, if
theirachievement is to be underestimated.
(4) Ihave no intention of rivalling those who extol Theautno
the Roman power by exaggerating the deeds of my flfehugs!
compatriots. I shall faithfully recount the actions
of both combatants but in my reflections on the
;
events I cannot conceal my private sentiments, nor

refuse to give my personal sympathies scope to
bewail my country's misfortunes. For, that it owed
its ruin to civil strife, and that it was the Jewish
tyrants who drew down upon the holy temple the
unwilling hands of the Romans and the conflagration,
is attested by Titus Caesar himself, who sacked the
city ; throughout the war he commiserated the

populace who were at the mercy of the revolu-
tionaries, and often of his own accord deferred the
capture of the city and by protracting the siege gave
the culprits time for repentance. Should, however,
any critic censure me for my strictures upon the
tyrants or their bands of marauders or for my
lamentations over my country's misfortunes, I ask
7
JOSEPHUS
icTTopta? I'Ofjbov GvyyvJjjx-qv ro) Trddei' ttoXlv [{JLevY
yap 817 Toju VTTO 'Poj/i.atot? Traocvv rrjv -qixeripav
€771 TrXîorov re evSaifjiovLa? crvve^-q rrpoeXSeZv kol
12 Trpo? eoxarou oviJL(f)op6jv avdc? KaraTreaelv . ra
yovv TrdvTOJv (ztt' alojvo? aTVî^P'O-'Ô- Trpos tq
^lovhaiojv rjTT-qadai Sokw Kara GvyKpcoLV, Kal
rovTcov OLTLOs ovhel<^ dXX6(j)vXoSy wore df.LT]xavov
-qv oSvpfxojv eTTiKparelv. €l 8e ri? olktov okXt)-
porepog StKaarij?, rd fxkv Trpdyfjuara rfj IcrropLa
e'i-q
TrpouKpiviroj, rag 8' 6Xo(l)vpG€L<; ra> ypd(f)OVTi.

13 (5) KairoL ye i7nrLixi-jGaLi± dv avros hiKaiojs
TOLS 'RXXr/vajv XoyloLQ, ol nqXtKovrajv /car' avTOVs
TTpayfidrajv yeyeuqfMevojv, d Kara GvyKpiGiv iXa-
XLGrov? dTToheLKvvGL rovs TrdXai rroXefiovg, rovrojv
/lev KddrjvraL Kpiral rols (j>LXorLp,ovpLevois cTT-qped-
C,ovr€?, ojv Kal rcij Xoyw ttXcovcktovgl, Aet-
€L
TTovrai rfj TrpoaipeGCf avrol 8e rd AGGvplojv Kal ^
M-t]Sa)V Gvyypd(f>ovGLV cjGTrep rjrrov KaXcos vtto

14 rojp dp)(ai(jjv Gvyypa(j)eojv dTnqyyeXfjLeva. Kairoi
roGOvrco rij? iKeivcov rjrrdjuraL Svvdfji€w? eV rco
ypd(f)€Lv, OGCp Kal rrjg yvajfir]?- rd ydp Kad^ ainovs
€G7TovSail,ou €KaGroL ypd(f)€LV, OTTOV Kal rd vapa-
rv)(eLV TotS" rrpayfiaGiv €7tol€l rrju arrayyeXiav
ivapyij Kal rd ifjevheadaL Trap* €lS6glv aLG\pdv tjv.
15 rd y€ p.T)v /xi^-qixr] rd [lJ.r}Y TrpoiGropijOevra 8i8ovat
Kal rd rdjv ldia>i> xpdvojv rols p-ed^ lavrdv gvv-
LGrdv€iv irraivov Kal fiaprvpiag d^Loi^' (jyiXoTTovos Se
ov^ d (lerarroLcou OLKOxôpîav Kal rd^tv dXXorpiaVy
' PAM : on), the rest : Destinon conj. ulav (after Lat.
solam). 2 A'^^'^"^ Lat, : om. the rest.
"Literallv *'
which is contrary to the law of history " :
cf. B. V. 20/
8
^
JEWISH WAR, I. 11-15
his indulgence for a compassion which falls outside

an historian's province.^For of all the cities under
Roman rule it was the lot of ours to attain to the
highest felicity and to fall to the lowest depths of
calamity. Indeed, in my opinion, the misfortunes
of all nations since the world began fall short of
those of the Jews and, since the blame lay with no
;
foreign nation, it was impossible to restrain one's

grief. Should, however, any critic be too austere
for pity, let him credit the history with the facts,
the historian with the lamentations.
(5) Yet I, on my side, might justly censure those historian c
erudite Greeks who, living in times of such stirrinff contempoi
C5
. .
f, , ary events
actions as by comparison reduce to insigmricance the is superior
wars of antiquity, yet sit in judgement on these ^^^^^^^'j^^j.
current events and revile those who make them their ancient
special study —
authors whose principles they lack,
"^^^ ^^^'
even if they have the advantage of them in literary

skill. For their own themes they take the Assyrian
and Median empires, as if the narratives of the
ancient historians were not fine enough. Yet, the
truth is, these modern writers are their inferiors no
less in hterary power than in judgement. The
ancient historians set themselves severally to write
the history of their own times, a task in which their
connexion with the events added lucidity to their
record ;while mendacity brought an author into
disgrace with readers who knew the facts. In fact,
the work of committing to writing events which have
not previously been recorded and of commending to
posterity the history of one's own time is one which
merits praise and acknowledgement. The indus-
trious writer is not one who merely remodels the
scheme and arrangement of another's work, but one
VOL. II B 2 O
JOSEPHUS
dAA' o /Ltera rod Kaiva \iyeiv koX to atu/xa tt^?
IG LOTopLag KaraGKevdôjv lSlov. Kayoj fxev dua-
Xcvfiacn /cat 7701^01? fJLeyLCTTOL? dXXochvXo? a)u "EA-
XrjGL T€ Kal 'Pco^taioi? tt7i^ ^vrj^rjv tojv Karopdoj'
fj-drcou Tolg Se yvr]GLOig Trpo? fjikv rd
dvariBrnML-
Kal rag St/ca? Ke^-qvev evdeojs ro orojia
X-q/jL/jLara
Kal r) yXdJaaa XeXurat, 7Tp6<; he rrfv loTopiav, evda

\pr] rdXrjBrj Xey€Lv Kal fxerd ttoXXov ttovov rd
TTpdyfiara ovXXeyen', 7T€<j)i}xa>vTaL Trapevre^ rot?
dodeueoTepoL^ Kal fxrjSe ywcoGKOVOi rd? Trpdêi?
70JW ypdêiv. TLfjcdaOo) Sr) ttq/d' tjulu to
rjye/JLOucoi'
T7J<; LGToplag dXy]d€^, errel nap* "EaXXtiglv rjfjLeXrjTaL.
17 (6) WpxatoXoyelu fxev S?) rd ^lovSatcov, TiVes" t6

6i^T€? Kal 07TC0? drraviGnqGav AlyvTTTLOJU, ^copav
re 00171^ €7TrjXdou dXcofxeuot Kal iroGa €î]9 Kar-
eXaôv Kal ottoj? fxeraveGTTjGav, uvu re aKaipov
(hrjB-qv elvat Kal dAAcu? TTepirrov, €7T€lSi]7T€P Kai
\ov8aLCxju 77oAAot TTpo ijjLOV rd row Trpoyoviov
avverdâvro ftcr' dKptêiag Kai nve? 'EAAt^vcov
€K€Lva rfj TTarpicp cfycoufj fxeraâXoi^reg ov ttoXu
]S rrjg dXi]0€La<^ hn^fiaprou. ottov S* ol re rovrojv
Gvyypa(f)els eTravaavro Kal ol -qp-erepoi 7Tpocl)rjraL,
rrjv dpx-qi> eKeldev TTonjGoixai rrj'i Gvvrdêtog.
rovr ojv Se rd rod Kar^ ifxavrou TToXepLOV 8t-
fieu
eôhiKojrepov Kal p.ed^ do-qs dv eêpyaoias hvvuj-
p.aL 5tet/Ltt, rd Se rrpoyeveorepa rrjs ^P-'rj? rjXiKLag
e-Lhpap,(jL) Gwrofxajs'
19 (7) cLs 'Avrloxog 6 KXrjOel'i 'K7n(f)aurjg eX(l)v\
* Perhaps " successively."

" An
allusion to the works of Demetrius, Philo the elder,
Eupolemus, etc.; c/. Ap. i. '218, where Josephus speaks
in the same terms. Subsequently he thought that these
10
who uses fresh materials and makes the framework

of the history his own. For myself, at a vast ex-
penditure of money and pains, I, a foreigner, present
to Greeks and Romans this memorial of great achieve-
ments. As for the native Greeks, where personal
profit or a lawsuit is concerned, their mouths are
at once agape and their tongues loosed but in ;
the matter of liistory, where veracity and laborious

collection of the facts are essential, they are mute,
leaving to inferior and ill-informed writers the task
of describing the exploits of their rulers. Let us at
least hold historical truth in honour, since by the
Greeks it is disregarded.
(6) To narrate the ancient history of the Jews, the Limits o
origin of the nation and the circumstances of their Soîj'J^j
migration from Egypt, the countries which they Jewish
traversed in their wanderings, the extent of the negiectec
territory which they subsequently" occupied, and the
incidents which led to their deportation, would, 1
considered, be not only here out of place, but super-
fluous seeing that many Jews before me have
;
accurately recorded the history of our ancestors, and

that these records have been translated by certain
Greeks into their native tongue without serious
error. I shall therefore begin my work at the
**
point where the historians of these events and our

prophets conclude. Of the subsequent history, I
shall describe the incidents of the war through which
I lived with all the detail and elaboration at my
command for the events preceding my lifetime 1
;
shall be content with a brief summary.

(7) I shall relate how Antiochus, surnamed
earlier works still left room tor a new " archaeology "
{A. i. proem).
n
' :
JOSEPHUS
Kara Kpdro? 'lepoaoXvfia Kal Karaoâjv ereat
rpioi Kal fjLrjcrlv e^ vtto tojv Waafiajvalov Traihojv
eVâAAerat -717? ;\;c(j/)as" erreid^ ojs ol rovrcov ey-
yovoL TTcpl rrj? âatXeta? StacrraCTtaaavre? ctA-
Kvoav els ~o. Trpdyfiara 'Pa>p,aLOvg Kal YIojjl-
TTTjiovKal CO? 'HpcoSrjs 6 Wi'TLTrdrpov KareXvoe
20 T-qu hvvaoTeiav airrcou errayayoju ôctolou, ottojs
re o Aao? ftera rriv 'Wpa'jhov reXevTrju Kareara-
aiaaev \vyovGTOv pkv 'Pco/xatcov -qyefjiOvevovTOS,
KvlvtuXlov Be Ovdpov Kara rrjv ^copav ovtos, Kal
(jjs €Tet hojheKdroj rrjg Sepa>vos apx^js o rroXepios
dveppdyrj, rd re ovpL^dvra Kara \\eoTLOv Kal oaa

Kara} rds Trpcvrag 6pfj.d? eTrrjXdov ol ^lovSaloL rot?
OTrXotg
21 (8) OTTOJ? re rd? TrepiOLKovs ireixâai'TO, Kal
cu? yepojv eirl rols Keariov TrraiajJiaoL heiaas Trepl
TOJV oXuju OveoTTaoLavov i(f)LarrjOL toj TroXefjLco,
Kal ojs ovTos fxerd rod Trpea^vrepov rcov Traihcov
€iV TTjv ^lovhaiojv x^P^^ eveâXeu, oarj re XP^'
pL€vog 'PojfjLaLOJv or par La Kal tocrot? avfifiaxoLS
eloeTTaLoevT' el? oXyji' r-qv FaAtAatW, Kal oj? rcov
TToXecou avrrjs d? fieu oXoax^pco? Kal Kara Kpdros
22 d.g 8e 8t' ofioXoylag eXaêv evda b-q Kal rd rrepl
rrjs 'Pcoiiaccjov ev TToXepLois evraîa? koI rrjv daKTj-
OLU rcjjv rayjjidrcov y r-qg re FaAtAata? eKarepas
rd hiaor-qpâra Kal r-qv <f)V(7LV Kal rou? rrj? 'lou-
Sata? opovs, ert re rrj? x^P^^ '''W IBtor-qra,
XtfjLva? re Kal Trrjyd? rdg ev avrfj, Kal rd rrepl
eKaorqv ttoXlv rcov dXiOKopLevcuv Trddrj fierd aKpi-
» irapd LVXC.
' 0001% avfjLpLdxois €i<T^-irai<Tei> conj. (after Niese and Kaber)
5aoi aufiâxoi (KOirrjaay MS3.
12
Epiphanes, took Jerusalem by storm and, after hold- Summar

ing it for three years and six months, was expelled Book i.
from the country by the Hasmonaeans next how ** ;
their descendants, in their quarrel for the throne,

dragged the Romans and Pompey upon the scene ;
how Herod, son of Antipater, with the aid of Sossius,

overthrew the Flasmonaean dynasty of the revolt Book
; ii.
of the people, after Herod's death, when Augustus

was Roman Emperor and Quintilius Varus provincial
governor ; of the outbreak of war in the twelfth
year of Nero's principate, the fate which befell
Cestius and the success which attended the Jewish
arms in overrunning the country in the opening
engagements.
(8) Then I shall proceed to tell how they fortified
the neighbouring towns how Nero, apprehensive for Book
; iii.
the Empire in consequence of the reverses of Cestius,

entrusted the conduct of the war to Vespasian of ;
his invasion of Jewish territory, accompanied by his

elder son ; of the strength of the forces, Roman and
auxiliary, with which he penetrated into Galilee, and
of the towns of that province which he captured
either by main force or by negotiation. In this
connexion I shall describe the admirable discipline "o iii- fr.
of the Romans on active service and the training

of the legions the extent and nature of the two
; 35 iii. ff.
Galilees,^ the limits of Judaea, the special features

of the country, its lakes and springs. I shall give a c/. iii. so
precise description of the sufferings of the prisoners
taken in the several towns, from my own observation
<»
Or. " the sons of Asamonaeus."
* Upper and Lower.
13
JOSEPHUS
^€ias, d)S cidou rj erraOov, dleLUL. oide yap tojv
ifiavrov tl avfi6opow aTTOKpuipofJiaL, fieXXcov ye
rrpos eldorag epelv.
23 (9) "Ettci^* 6u? rjhrj Kafivovrajv ^lovhaioLS rcov
Trpay/jLOLTajv dvrjOKeL fxev Xepcov, OveGTraGtavo? he
irrl 'lepoGoXv/jLOJi' copfirj/jievo? vrro rrj? rjycfiovLa?
avdeXK€Tai' rd re yevofjieva rrepl ravrrjs avrcp
24 Giqfiela Kal ra? eVt 'Poj/xrj? pieraôXds , kol (hs
avros V7TO row GrpaTLCxJTOJU aKOJV avTOKpdrojp
dTToheLKVVTaL, KOL dTToxojprjGavTos €7TL Slolk-^G€L
Tcov oXojv €L? rrjv AlyvTrTOv eGraGLaGdr] rd rcbv
^lovhaiaw , ottoj? re eTraveGrrjGav avroLS ol rvpav
VOL, Kal rd? tovtujv npo? dXXijXov? hiaSopds'
25 (lO) Kal d>g dpag aTTO rrj? AlyvTrrov Tlrog
bevrepov el? t7]v )(wpau eveBaXev, orrajg re rag
SwdfieL? Kal OTTOV crvvrjyaye Kal OTTOGag, Kal
OTTOjg tV rrjs GrdGeojs r) TToXig SieKecro rrapovrog
avrov, rrpoGôXdg re OGag eTTOLrjGaro Kal oTTOGa
Xojfjuara, rreptftoXovg re rojv rpccov reixow kol rd
fierpa rovrojv, r-qv re rrjg TToXeojg oxvporrjra Kal
26 rod lepov Kal rov vaov r-qv StddeGLv, en Se Kal
rovrojv Kal rod ôjfxov rd fierpa rrdvra /xer'
aKpijêtag, eOq re eoproju evLa Kal rdg enrd

dyveiag Kal rdg rwv lepecov Xetrovpyiag, en
he rdg eodrjrag rwv Upeow Kal rov dp^t-^peajg,
Kal olov Tjv rov vaov rd dyiov, ovhev ovre
" Lit. " the seven purifications," referring doubtless, as
14
;
or personal share in them. For I shall conceal

nothing even of my own misfortunes, as I shall be
addressing persons who are well aware of them.
(9) I shall next relate how, at the moment when Book i\
'^'^^'
the Jewish fortunes were on the decline, Nero's death
occurred, and how Vespasian's advance upon Jeru-
salem was diverted by the call to imperial dignity ;
the portents of his elevation which he received, and

the revolutions which took place in Rome his ;
proclamation by his soldiers as Emperor against his iv. eoi.

will ; the civil war which, on his departure for Egypt 656. '\'-
to restore order to the realm, broke out among the

Jews, the rise of the tyrants to power and their Book v
'^- ''' ^
mutual feuds.
(10) M}^ narrative will proceed to tell of the second iv. 658.
invasion of our country by Titus, starting from Egypt
how and where he mustered his forces, and their v. 47.
strength; the condition to which civil war had v. 1.
reduced the city on his arrival his various assaults
;
and the series of earthworks which he constructed ;
further, the triple line of our walls and their dimen- v. i36.
sions the defences of the city and the plan of the
;
temple and sanctuary, the measurements of these v. 184.

buildings and of the altar being all precisely stated ;
certain festival customs, the seven degrees of purity,'^

the ministerial functions of the priests, their vest- v. 231.
ments and those of the high priest, with a description
of the Holy of Holies.'' Nothing shall be concealed,
Reinach suggests, to the zones or rings into which the Holy

City was divided, and accessible to persons of various degrees
of ceremonial purity. A list of these, omitting the innermost
ring (the Holy of Holies), is given in the Mishna, Kelim, i. 8
(quoted in Schiirer, GJV^, ii. 273); Josephus gives an
incomplete enumeration in B. v. 237, cf. Ap. ii. 102 fF.
* " The holy [place] of the sanctuary."
15
.
JOSEPHUS
aTTOKpuTTTOfievos ovre TrpooTidei'^ rot? 77€<f)Ojpa-
27 (11) "ETietra hUêiiu r-qv re row Tvpdvvow irpos

Tov? ofioc^vXov? Kal rrju
(xjfiorrjTa 'Poj/jLalajv
(f)€LSaj Trpos rov? d?ô(f)vXovg , Kal ogolkls Ttro?

oworaL rrjv ttoXlv Kal rov vaov eTndvfiojv irrl Sc^ta?
rovs orraGLalôvTa? TrpovKaXeaaro. hLaKptvo) 8e
rd Trddrj rod S-qfiov Kal ra? cn-'fi<f>opd?, ooa re
VTTO rod TToXefiov Kal ooa vtto rrj^ crrdaeajg Kal
28 ocra vtto rov Xiixov KaKOjOevreg idXojaav. Trapa-
Xeli/jco 8e ouSe rd? row avrofxoXajv drvxias ouSe
rds rojv aL)(iiaXojrojv KoXdcrei?, ottojs re 6 vao?

aKOvros iveTrp-qodri Kalaapo? Kal ooa rcov Upojv
KeLiirjXlajv eV rov rrvpos rjpTrdyr), r-qv re rrj? oXrj?
TToAecos" dXojGLv Kal rd rrpd ravrrj? cn^/xeta /cat
repara, Kal r-qv alxfJiaXcoGLav rojv rvpdwcov, rcov
re dyhpaTTohiGdevrcov rd ttXtjOos Kal els tjv eKa-
29 GroL rvx'qi' hLevepL-qOrjGav Kal oj? 'Poj/jLaloL fiev
e7Te^rjX£ov rd Xetipava rov TroXefiov Kal rd epv-
fiara rcov -xcjjpicov KaOelXov, Tiros Se iraGav eV-
eXdcjjv r-qv )(copav Kareonqoaro, r-qv re vtto-
Grpo^-qv avrov rrjv els TraXlav Kal rov dplafjLôv.
30 (12) Tavra Trdvra nepiXa^cjjv ev eTrrd ^l^Xlols
Kal fjL-qSefxlav rots emGrajievoLs rd TTpdyfiara Kal
TraparvôvGL rco TToXefxa) KaraXtTrcjw -q fxepufjecos E
d(f)opiJLrjv Tj Kar-qyoplas, rots ye r-qv dX-qdeiav
dyaTTOJGU', dXXd fi-q TTpds -qhovrjv^ dveypaipa. TTOiiq-
GOfiaL he ravr-qv rrjs e^rjy-qGeojs dpxrjv, -qv Kal

rcov KecfyaXalojv eTTOfqGd/jLrjv
31 (i. l) SrciCTeoj? rols hvvarois ^lovbalcov ep,TTe-
16
nothing added to facts which have been brought to

hght.«
(11) I shall then describe the tyrants' brutal treat-
ment of their fellow-countrymen and the clemency
of the Romans towards an alien race, and how often
Titus, in his anxiety to save the city and the temple,
invited the rival parties to come to terms with him.
I shall distinguish between the sufferings and
calamities of the people, culminating in their defeat,
as attributable respectively to the war, the sedition,
and the famine. Nor shall I omit to record either Book vi.
the misfortunes of the deserters or the punishments
inflicted on the prisoners the burning of the Temple,
;
contrary to Caesar's wishes, and the number of the

sacred treasures rescued from the flames the taking ;
of the whole city and the signs and portents that vi. 288.
preceded it the capture of the tyrants, the number
;
of the prisoners and the destiny allotted to each vi. 414. ;
nor yet how the Romans crushed the last remnants Book vii
of the war and demolished the local fortresses how ;
Titus paraded the whole country and restored order ;

and lastly his return to Italy and triumph.
(12) All these topics I have comprised in seven
books. While I have left no pretext for censure or
accusation to persons who are cognisant of the facts
and took part in the war, my work is written for
lovers of the truth and not to gratify my readers.
I will now open my narrative with the events named
at the beginning of the foregoing summary.
(i. 1) At the time** when Antiochus, surnamed

" C/. Ap. ii. 80, 107, for the " discoveries " of Antiochus
Epiphanes in Holy of Holies and the " unspeakable
the
mysteries " supposed to take place there. c. 171 b.c. ''
17
.
JOSEPHUS
aovoTjg KaS^ ou Kaipov 'AvTto;ô? o KXrjdel^ 'Etti-
(f>avrjg hL€(f)€p€TO TTcpl oXtj? Hvpla? TTpog UroXe-
pLOLOv TOP eKTOv {t) S' -qv avroig Trepl
(jyiXoripia
hvvaoTeia?, eKdcrrov row eV d^LcofJiaTL purj (})epov-
Tog Tols op-OiOLS V7Tor€TdxOo.L) ÔvLa? pikv els tojv
,
dpxiepeojv eTTLKparrjoa? eêâXe rrjg 7t6X€Cj<; rovg

32 Toj^la vlov?. ol Se Karacfyvyovreg Trpo? Âvtloxov
LK€T€Voav airrols rjyepLOGL )(poj/x€vov etV ttjv 'loi;-
Saiav epiâXelv. TreiOeraL §' o âoiXevs chppLT]-
pLev'os TrdXat, /cat pcrd TrXeLGTrfs hvvdpieojs ainos
opp^Tjoas TTjv re ttoXlv alpel Kara Kpdros kol ttoXv
ttXtjOos roiv YlToXefJiaLOj Trpooexovrajv dvaipel,
raZs re dpTrayals dveh-qv eVaîet? rovs orpar no-
ras avros kol rov vaov eavX-qcre Kal rov ivSeXe-
Xi-op-ov ra)v Kad^ -qpuepav evayiapLow eTravaev €77*
33 er-q rpia kol pbijva? e^. 6 8* apxtepev? 'Oi^tW
Trpos YlroXepialou biacfyvydw Kal Trap' avrov Xa-
^(jjv roTTOv ev rep ' HXcoTToXirrj vopLOj ttoXixvtjV re
roZs ^lepoooXvfioig aTreiKaGpêv-qv Kal vaov eKrioev
opLOLOv TTepl d>v avdt? Kara ;;^c6pav SrjXojoopiev
34 (2) 'AvTid^w ye p-rjv ovre ro Trap* eXrriha Kpa-
rrjooL rrjs TToXews ovd^ at dpTrayal Kal 6 rooovrog
<f)6vo9 rjpKeoeu, vno 8e aKpaoias rradcov Kal Kara
pLvqpLrjv (hv Trapo} rrjv rroXiopKLav eiradev rjvdy-
Katev ^lovhaiovs , KaraXvoavrag rd Trdrpia, ^pe<j)7j
re avrojv cbvXdrreiv aTrepirpirira Kal ovg eTndveiv
35 roj jjojpLoj' 77 pos a Trdvres pêu 'qneidovv , eo(f>dr-
rovro he ol boKLpLOjraroL. Kal HaKXthr]? 6 7re/x-
^ Trapd Naber, Niese: irepl mss.
" " The refrular course," literally " continuity," i.e. the
Tdwui or continutus (standing) burnt offering. "Sacrifices";

18
Epiphanes, was disputing with Ptolemy VI. the Antiochn

suzerainty of Syria, dissension arose among the EpiphaiK
Jewish nobles. There were rival claims to supreme t^^'^'^
power, as no individual of rank could tolerate sub- and inter
jection to his peers. Onias, one of the chief priests, ™m^pie^*^
gaining the upper hand, expelled the sons of Tobias worship.
from the city. The latter took refuge with Antiochus
and besought him to use their services as guides
for an invasion of Judaea. The king, having long c. 170 b.c
cherished this design, consented, and setting out at
the head of a huge army took the city by assault,
slew a large number of Ptolemy's followers, gave his
soldiers unrestricted licence to pillage, and himself
plundered the temple and interrupted, for a period
of three years and six months, the regular course of
the daily sacrifices." The high priest Onias made
his escape to Ptolemy and, obtaining from him a site
in the nome of Heliopolis, built a small town on the
model of Jerusalem and a temple resembling ours.
We shall revert to these matters in due course.^
(2) Not content with his unlooked for success in Religious
capturing the city and with the plunder and whole- P^^secuti
sale carnage, Antiochus, carried away by his un-
governable passions and with the rankling memory of
what he had suffered in the siege, put pressure upon
the Jews to violate the code of their country by leav-
ing their infants uncircumcised and sacrificing swine
upon the altar. These orders were disobeyed by all,
and the most eminent defaulters were massacred.
Bacchides,^ who was sent by Antiochus to command
the Greek word is that elsewhere used for the Lat. parentatio
or offering to the manes of the dead. B. vii. 421 ff.
**
" The mention of Bacchides is, as Pteinach notes, an

anachronism ; he did not appear on the scene till some
years later, A. xii. 393, 1 Mace. vii. 8.
19
JOSEPHUS
^êt? VTT^ ^ AvTioxov (f)povpapxo?, rfj (f)uaLKi^ irpoG-
Xaôjv (hfioT-qri to. doe^rj TrapayyeXfjLara napa-
vop.ia<i ovhepLiav KareXiTrev vrrepôXrjV, /cat /car
avhpa rovs d^toAdyou? atVt^d/xevo? Kal KOLvfj KaO^
Tj/jiepav ivSeLKvvfjLcvo^ oiJjlv dAojcreaj? rfj ttoXcl,
fJi^xpi-rat? VTTepôXalg tojv dhiKrjpbdrojv tovs tto.-
oxovras ch djivvrfs roXpiav rjpediGC.
36 (3) Mar^ta? yovu vlo? WcraficovaLOV tojv Upeojv
ef? aTTo Kcofjirjg McoSeelv 6Vo/xa, ovvauTrioas fJLerd
X^^pos OLK€Lag, rrevre yap vUls rjaav avrcp, kottLoiv
dvaipeL rov BaKxi^^^]^- Kal Trapaxp^P'd jjlcv Setaas
ro TrXijdog tojv (f)povpwv els to, oprj KaTa(f)€vy€L,
37 TrpooyevojjL^vcov he dno rod hrjpuov ttoXXcov dvadap-
OTjoas KdreiGi Kal GVjjiâXdw p^dx'O vlko. re rovs
ÂvTLOxov Grpar-qyovs Kal rrjg 'louSata? eêXavvei.
TTapeXddw he dno rrjs evrrpaytag els hvvaGreiav
Kal hid rrjv dTraXXayqv rwv dXXo(l)vXa)V dpâg rcjv
a<f)erepa)V eKovrojv, reXevra *Iou8a roj rrpeG^v-
rdrcp rcjv Traihojv KaraXiTrajv rrjv dpxT]i^.
38 (^) '0 he, ov yap rfpefJU^GeLv Âvrloxov vtt-
eXdfjLâve, rds r' eTTixojpiovs GvyKporel hwdfieis
Kal TTpds 'PojfjLalovs TjpvJros enoL-qGaro (jjiXiaVy
Kal rov ^K7TL(i>avrj TrdXtv els rrjv x^P^^ e/x^dA-
39 Xovra^ fierd Kaprepds TrXrjyrjs dveoretXev. dno he
depjjLov rov KaropdaypLaros wppLrjoev enl rrjv ev rfj I
TToXei <f)povpdv, ovTTCo yap eKKeKonro, Kal eKâ- '*
AtL»i^ dno rrjs dvoj noXews Gvvojdel rovs Grpanoj-
ras els rrjv Kara)' rovro he rov aGreos ro fiepos

^ A Lat. (vid.) : daôKbvTa the rest.
« Mattathias (1 Mace).
" Apelles according to A. xii. 270 ; the officer is unnamed
in 1 >lacc. ii. 25.
20
the garrison, with these impious injunctions to back

his innate brutahty, was guilty of every excess of
iniquity, torturing distinguished individuals one after
another, and daily parading before the eyes of all
the appearance of a captured city, until by the
extravagance of his crimes he provoked his victims
to venture on reprisals.
(3) These began with Matthias," son of Asa-
Rising of
^
monaeus, a priest of a village called Modein, who hiL.
forming an armed band of himself and his family of
five sons, slew Bacchides " with choppers. Fear of
the large garrison drove him to seek refuge at the
moment in the hills but, on being joined by many
;
of the common people, he summoned courage to

descend, fought and defeated the generals of
Antiochus, and drove them out of Judaea. This
success brought him supreme power his expulsion ;
of the foreigners led his countrymen willingly to

submit to his rulersiiip, which, on his death, he be- c i67 b.c
queathed to Judas, the eldest of his sons. '^
(4) Judas, assuming that Antiochus would not re- Exploits

mam mactive, besides recruiting a native force, of Judas
—
made an alliance he was the first to do so with -Îacca- —
the Romans ^ and when Epiphanes ^ again invaded
;
the country struck hard and forced him to retire.

Flushed with this success, he attacked the garrison,
not yet ousted from the capital, expelled the troops
from the upper city and confined them to the lower
portion of the town, known as Acra. Being now i65 b.c.
" According to 1 Mace. ii. 4, Judas was the third of the
five sons.
^ Another anachronism : the treaty with Rome, if the
narrative ofI Maccabees (viii.) is to be trusted, fell under
Demetrius (162-150 b.c).
* Or rather his generals Lysias and Gorgias (I Mace).
21
JOSEPHUS
"A/cpa KeKXrjTat- Kvpcevaa? de rov Upov rov re
Xojpou iKddrjpe Travra kol TTeptereixioe, /cat to.
TTpos Tas XeLTOVpyias OKev-q Katva KaraaKevdaa?

€tV Tou vaou €LGrjV€yK€V ojs" rcov rrporepajv /xe/zta/x-
jjievojv, âjfiov re ojKoh6}xriGev ercpov Kal tcop
40 evaytopLoyv rjpâro. XafjiBavovcrrjg Se dprc ro lepov
KaTCiarrjiJLa rrj^ TToXeoj? reXevra fxev WvrLO)(o^^,
KXrjpovoixog he rrjg âGiXeiag avrov Kal r-fj? Trpog
^lovSalovs aTTey^deias 6 vlos Avrloxos yiveraL.
41 (5) YiVvayaycjv yovv irel^wv fxev^ fjLvpidSas Trevre,
1777761? S' €19^ TTevTaKLorxf-Xiovs , eXe(f>avras he dyhoij-

Kovra ifJi^dXXei hid rrj? ^lovhatas el? ttjv opeiv-qv.
Srjdaovpoi' fxev ovu TroXixvqv alpel, Kara he tottov
o? KaXelrai UedLaxapla, OTevrjS ovGiqs rrj? rrapohov,
42 'louSas- vTTai'Ta fierd rrjg hwd/jueoj? . Trplv he gvu-
di/jat TOL? cf)dXayya? 'EAcaâpo? o dheX(f)6? avrov
TTpoihoju rou viprjXorarov rcjv eXecbdvrojv nvpyoj
re fjLeydXo) Kal irepixpyGOis TTporeLX^GfJiaGL kcko-
Gfji-qfieuou, VTToXaûjv err* avrov rov Wvrloxou eluai
rijjv re Ihiojv e/CTpe;^ct ttoXv Kal htaKoiJjas rd
Grlôs row TToXefJLLOJV errl rov eXe(pavra hLt]vvGev.
43 e(j)LKeGdaL fiev ovv rod hoKovvros elvai âoiXeaj?
ov)( olog re yjv hid rd v(po?, 6 he rd Orjplov vtto
rr)v yaGrepa rrX-qâg emKareoeLGev eavrw Kal gvv-
rpiêl? ereXevrTjGeu, fxrjhev irXeov hpdGag rov fxe-
ydXoL<; e-TTLâXeGdaL, Oefxevos evKXeias ev hevrepco rd
4 1 Lrjv. o ye fjirjv KVêpvojv rdv eXecfiavra Ihidjriqs rjv
Kav el Gvve^rj he etvai rdv WvrLOôv, ovhev TrXeov
'
Text emended by Destinon. ^ om, eij AM.
22
master of the temple, he cleansed the whole area and

walled it round, replaced the old and polluted vessels
for the services by others which he caused to be made
and brought into the sanctuary, built another altar
and reinstalled the expiatory sacrifices." The city
was just recovering its hallowed character when Anti-
bchus died, leaving his son Antiochus heir, alike to i64 b.c.
his kingdom, and to his detestation of the Jews.

(5) The latter, accordingly, having collected 50,000
infantry, some 5000 horse and 80 elephants, pushed
through Judaea into the hill country.^ After cap-
turing the small town of Bethsuron,^ he was met at
a spot called Bethzacharia, where there is a narrow
defile, by Judas at the head of his forces. Before
the opposing armies came into action, Eleazar,
brother of Judas, observing the tallest of the ele-
phants, surmounted by a huge howdah ^ and an
array of gilded battlements, and concluding that it
bore Antiochus, rushed out far beyond his own
lines and, cutting through the enemy's ranks, made
his way to the elephant. Being unable to reach the
supposed monarch because of his height from the
ground, he struck the beast below the belly, brought
its whole weight down upon himself, and was crushed
to death having achieved nothing more than to
;
attempt great things, holding life cheaper than re-

nown. The elephant-rider was, in fact, a commoner ;
yet, even had he happened to be Antiochus, his
" See note on § 32.

*»
There is an independent account of this battle of the
elephants in 1 Mace. vi. 28 if., of which Josephus made use
in his later work {A. xii.).
" According to Mace. vi. 50 {A.
1 xii. 376) Bethsuron
was not taken until after the battle.
** "
Greek tower."
23
;
JOSEPHUS
rjuvaeu 6 ToA/xvâas" rov doKelv err^ eArrtSt lôvrj
ciu
XafjLTTpov KaropdcofiaTOS iXeadai rov Bdvarov.

45 yiv^rai he kol KXrjhujv TaSeA</)tZ» ttjs oX-qg napa-
rdêco?' KapT€p(Jo<; p-kv yd.p ol 'louSatot koX />te;(/3t
TToXXov btrj-yajVLGavro, TrXrjdeL 8e V7T€pe)(ovT€£ ol
âaiXiKol /cat Sc^ta xpiqadpievoL rv)(rj Kparovai,
/cat TToXXcjv dvaipedevrcuv rov? Xolttov? e)(Ojv
'IoJ8a? etV rrfv To(f)VLrLKrjv rorrapxLCLV <f)evy€L.
46 'Ai^Tt'o;^©? 8e TrapeXdojv el? 'lepoaoXvpâ /cat Kad-
ioas oAtya? iqfiepa? eV aur?] /cara OTrdvLv rd>u
eTTLrriheicov dTTavicrraraL, KaraXiTTow p.kv <f)povpdv
ocrrju d-TTOXP'TjueLV vTreXdp^âue, rrjw 8e XoLTTrjv bwa-
piiv aTTayayajv x^tpiepLOVGav el? rrjv Hvplav.
47 (6) ripo? he rrjv vttoxo^P'QOlv rov âGiXeoj?

'louda? ovK rjpefxei, Trpooyevopevajv §' e/c rov
eBvov? TToXXojv /cat rov? hi.aooj6evra? e/c ri]? pLd^r]?
e-LGvyKporrjcra? Kara KOjp.rjV WKehaoav^ ovpL^dX-
Xet rol? ^ Avrioôv crrpar-qyoZ?, /cat <f)auei? dpioro?
Kara rrjv pdx'qu ttoXXov? re rojv rtoXe\.iiojv drro-
Krelva? dvaLpelrai. /cat /xe^' rjp.epa? oXlya? 6
dheX<f)6? avrov ^lojduvrjg eTTifôvXevdel? vrro rtov
ra ÂvrLoôv (j^povovvrojv reXevra.
48 (ii. 1) Atadeâ/xetô? he rovrov 6 dheX(f)6? 'Icu-

vddrj? rd re dXXa npo? rov? e7TL)(copLov? hcd (f)v-
XaKT]? Tjyev eavrov, /cat rfj Trpo? 'Ptu/xatou? (;^tAta
rrjV dp)cqv eKparvvaro, "Trpo? re rov W^no-ôv
^ Adasa Lat., perhaps rightly ; cf. A. \\\. 4-0;^.
* One of the eleven sub-districts of Judaea {B. iii. 55)

according to A. xii. 375 Judas withdrew to Jerusalem and
prepared for a "îege.
^ Strictly Nicanor, the general of Demetrius, 1 AMacc.
vii. 39 fF.
24
daring assailant would have gained but the reputa-

tion of courting death in the bare expectation of a
brilliant exploit. To Eleazar's brother the incident
proved an omen of the issue of the engagement.
For, long and stubborn as was the resistance of the
Jews, the king's forces, with superior numbers and
favoured by fortune, were victorious and, after
;
the loss of many of his men, Judas fled with the

remainder to the province of Gophna." Antiochus
proceeded to Jerusalem, where, owing to a shortage
of supplies, he stayed but a few days he then left
;
what he considered a sufficient garrison and with-

drew the rest of his army to winter quarters in Syria.
(6) After the king's retreat, Judas did not remain
inactive. Rallying the survivors of the combat and
joined by numerous new recruits from his nation, he
gave battle to the generals of Antiochus ^ at the
village of Acedasa where, after winning the honours
;
of the day and slaying a large number of the enemy,

he was slain himself.^ A few days later his brother lei b.c.
John also perished, a victim of a conspiracy of the

partisans of Antiochus.**
(ii. 1) Jonathan, his brother, who succeeded him, Jonathan

amongst other safeguards against his countrymen, ^fg^de?
strengthened his authority by an alliance with 161-143 b.
Rome ^ and made a truce with the young Antiochus.-^

<"
Judas was slain, not at the battle of A(ce)dasa, but in
a later engagement at Elasa (1 Mace. ix. 5) or Berzetho
{A. xii. 422). Cf. 1 Mace. ix. 35 f ; A. xiii. 10 f.
<*
.
" 1 Mace. xii. 1-4; A. xiii. 164 f.

f Greek " the son of Antiochus," i.e. presumably of
Antiochus IV Epiphanes. But the reference must be to
the treaty of .Jonathan with Antiochus VI Dionysus, 1 Mace,
xi. 57, A. xiii. 145. Josephus has confused Antiochus V
and Antiochus VI.
25
JOSEPHUS
TratSa StoAAaya? iTTOi-qaaro . ov ixtjv n rovrcov
49 'qpKeoev airrco Trpos aa<J3a.XeLav' TpvcfxDV yap 6
rvpavvos, eVtVpoTTos' fJikv ojv rod 'Avrtd;\;ou iraiho?,
eTTLôvXevcov S' avrco /cat Trpoadep, a-nooKevate-
adai Tovs (fjlXov? avrov TTecpajpLevog, rjKOvra rov
^lojuddrjv ovv oXiyoLS €1? YiroXîxatha Trpos Âv-
rioxov hoXo) cruXXafxBdvei /cat Siâa? cVt 'louSatav
crrpar€V€L' clr^ aTTcXaOel? vtto rod HifxcDvo?, o? "^v
dSeXcfyog rod 'IcjvdOov, /cat Trpo? r-qv -qrrav (hpyi-

cr/xeVo? Kr€LU€L rov ^lojvddrjv.
50 (2) yewacios drfj-qyo-ufxevos ra>v rrpay-
St/xoiv Se
fidrajv aipet fiev Tdiâpd^ re /cat 'Iottt^v /cat 'la/x.-
vetay rcDv TTpoaoiKcov, KareaKaipe 8e /cat ttî/
a/cpav TcrJv <j)povpojv Kpartjo-a?. au^t? 8e ytVerat
/cat 'AvTto;^6fj Gvixpbaxo? Kara Tpv(f)OJVos, ou iv
A(jL}poLg TTpo rrjg eVt MtJSous" arparela? eVoAtop-
51 /cet. aAA'iêhvuojTTTjuev rrjv rod /SacrtAea)?
ou/c
TrXeoveîavTpvchowa avveêXcov fxer^ ov ttoXv
yap 'Avrioxo? Kevheâlov rov avrod Grpariqyov
/jL€rd SuvajLteojs" Srjcocrovra rrjv 'louSatav eTre/jufjev
52 /cat /caraSouAajao/xet'ov Stâ>va, c) Se /catrot yi^-
patog OJV veavLKOjrepov dcfirjyrjo-aro rod TroXe/jLov
rov? p.€v roL ye utet? avrod^ pier a rujv eppojpLeve-
ardr OJV TTpoeKTrepLTreL, avro? 8e fjiotpav rrj? Svvd-
53 /xcco? di'aAa^wy eTTrjei /car' aAAo pLepog. ttoXXovs
Be Kdv rot? opeui TrpoXoxicro.? Traaats
7ToXXa)(od
KpareZ rals eTTiôXaZs, /cat viK-qoas XajjiTrpcos
dpxi'^p^vg dTTohe'iKvvrai /cat rry? Ma/ceSop'cov €7rt
1 Bernard {cf. A. xiii. 215): Fai-af or Zapd mss.

2 M Lat. : iw avrbv the rest.
" C/. 1 Mace. xii. 39 flF. ; A. xiii. 187 fiF.
26
JEWISH WAR, I. 48-53 (51-53 = ant. xiii. 225-227)
None, however, of these precautions proved a suffi-

cient protection. For the tyrant Trypho, guardian
of the young Antiochus, who was ah-eady conspiring
against his ward and attempting to make away with
his friends, treacherously arrested and imprisoned
Jonathan, when on a mission with a small retinue to
Antiochus at Ptolemais, and started on a campaign
against Judaea. Repulsed by Simon, Jonathan's
brother, and indignant at his defeat he then put his
captive to death. '^
Simon's administration of afftiirs was excellent.
(2) Simon's
He captured the towns of Gazara, Joppa, and Jamnia, 1*4^2*^131^8^0
in the vicinity of the capital, and, after overpowering

the garrison at Jerusalem, razed the citadel ^ to the
ground. Subsequently, he made alliance with
Antiochus ^ against Trypho, whom the king, before
(lis expedition against the Medes, was besieging at
Dora. Yet Simon's contribution to the fall of Trypho

failed to shame the king out of his cupidity for not ;
long after Antiochus sent his general Cendebaeus at

the head of an army to ravage Judaea and make a
vassal of Simon. The latter, though advanced in
jêars, took command of the war with juvenile energy ;
and, sending his sons ahead with the most able-

bodied of his troops, proceeded himself, with a
division of his army, to the attack on another front.
Having, further, posted numerous ambuscades in
different parts of the hills, he was successful in all
the engagements, and after a brilliant victory was
appointed high-priest and liberated the Jews from
''
Greek " Acra " ; A. xiii. 215 shows that Jerusalem
is referred to.
Antiochus VII Sidetes, A. xiii. 223.
" From this point
the two narratives in B. and A. are closely parallel.
27
JOSEPHUS
Kpar€La? fiera eVarov Kal il^SofJu^KOvra err] rous"
'louSatou? dTTaXXdrrei.
54 (3) GvqGK€L 8e /cat avrog imôvXevOel? ev
uvfjiTTOolu) V7t6 TlToXcfiaLOV Tov yafj^^pov, og
avTov rijv re yvvatKa Kal rovs ^vo TralSag iyKad-
eipâs eVt rov rpirov Îwduvrju, o? Kal 'YpKavog
55 eVaAetTO, rovs dvaip-qGOvras eTreiJUpev. npoyvovs
8e rrjw e(f)oSov 6 veavioKOS rrapayeveodai ets" rr]v
TToXiv rjuetyero, TrXeiGrov ro) Xaoj 7T€7ToiBa>s Kara
re {Jivqfxr)u row Trarpojcov Karopdoj/Jidrajv Kal
ploos rrjs TiroXefJiaLOV Trapavopiias a)ppLr]Ge 8e .
Kal YlroXefiaLog eloeXdelv Ka9^ erepav -nvX-qv,

eêKpovoOrj ye pLTjv vtto rod htjpôv raêajs hehey-
56 p.evojv rjhrj rov 'YpKavov. Kal 6 p.ev TTapaxprjPô.
duexojp'^^cr^v et? ri rcov virep 'lepixovvro? epv-
pidrow, o Saydjv KaXelrar Kopnadpievos he rrjv
irarpojav dpxtepujuvvqv 'Tp/cavo? Kal Bvaas rep
dew pLerd rdôvg irrl TiroXeixalov wppbTjuev Borj-
O-quojv rfj pLTjrpl Kal rols dheX(j)ols.
57 (4) Kat rrpooâXojv rqj (Jipovptoj rd f-tev dXXa
Kpeirrojv rju, rjrrdro 8e St/cat'ou nddov?. 6 yap
YlroXepLalos dnore Kararrovolro, r-qv re p.-qrepa
Kal roug dBeXcôvg avrov Trpodyojv IttI rov reL)(ovg*,
el? evGVVOTTrov r^Kilêro Kal KaraKp-qpivielv el p,rj\ ,
58 ddrrov dnavaGraLr], Str^Tret'Aei. Trpos a rov /x€IA

'YpKauov opyrjs TrXeitov olKrog elorjet Kal Seog, r^
be pLTjrrjp ovdev ovre Trpos rds alKuig ovre npo^
rov dTTeiXovpLevov avrfj ddvarov cVStSoucra )(elpas
(jopeye Kal Karr^vrLôXei rov Tralba /xryrt 77p6s" rrji
" Reckoning from 312 b.c, the first year of the Seleucid
era ; according to this reckoning Simon's high priesthood
28
JEWISH WAR, I. 53-58 (=ant. xiii. 228-232)
the Macedonian supremacy which had lasted for 170

years."
(3) He too, however, fell a victim to treachery, john
being murdered at a banquet by his son-in-law /^35'1^J5
Ptolemy. The latter, after incarcerating Simon's B.c.)opp
wife and two of his sons, sent a body of men to kill inîa\v°
the third, John, also called Hyrcanus. This youth, Ptolemy
forewarned of their approach, hastened to reach the
city, fully confident of the people's support, both
from their recollection of his father's achievements
and their hatred of Ptolemy's enormities. Ptolemy
also rushed to gain entrance by another gate, but
was repelled by the populace, who had with alacrity
already admitted Hyrcanus. Ptolemy forthwith with-
drew to one of the fortresses above Jericho, called
Dagon while Hyrcanus, having gained the high
;
priestly office held by his father before him, offered

sacrifice to God and then started in haste after
Ptolemy to bring aid to his mother and brethren.
(4) Attacking the fort, he proved superior in other
ways, but was overcome by his righteous feelings.
For Ptolemy, as often as he was hard pressed,
brought forward his mother and brothers upon the
ramparts and tortured them within full view of
Hyrcanus, threatening to hurl them over the battle-
ments, if he did not instantly retire. At this spec-
tacle indignation in the breast of Hyrcanus gave
way to pity and terror. His mother, unshaken by
her torments or the menace of death, with out-
stretched hands implored her son not to be moved
dates from c. 142 b.c, i.e. from the beginning of his leader-
ship,where it is placed in the parallel account in A. xiii. 213.
Cf. 1 Mace. xiii. 41 f.,
" In the hundred and seventieth year
was the yoke of the heathen taken away from Israel," and
Jerusalem started a new era of its own.
29
JOSEPHUS
avrrjg v^ptu eVi/cAaaêVra (fyeioaodat rod Svcr-
aeôvg, ye Kpeirrova rov eV ^ToA€^tatou
cl>? OLvrfj
Odvarov aOavaaias elvai hovros StVa? €</>' ols €ls
50 Tou oIkov airrojv TraprjvofjLrjGev 6 8e Îcodwrj^ .
oTTore p,kv ivdvfjLrjdecr) to Trapdarr-qiia rij? f.Lrjrp6^

Koi KaraKovaete rfj? cKealag, (Zpijurjro TrpoojjdX-
Xeiu, eVeiSav 8e^ KariBoL rvTTTOfJLevrjv t€ Kal arra-
paTrofJL6vrji> , id-qXvvero Kal rov ndOovs oXos 'qv.
CO rpiô/jLev-qg 8e Sid ravra rrjs TToAtop/cta? iTrearr]

ro dpyov erog, o Kara eVraertav dpyelrac napd
*Iou8atot? ofiOLOJS roL? eÔofidcnv rjpLepaLg. Kav
rovToj YlroXefiaLOS dvedelg rrjs TToXiopKias dvaLpel
rov? dS€X<f)ov£ Îcjdvvov gvv rfj firjrpl Kal êuyet
77/30? Zj-jvojva TOP i—LKXrjOevra KoruAav OtA-
adeAiêtas" 8' rji' rvpavvos.
CI (5) ^Xvrioxo? hk /car' opyrjv ow vtto Hificovo's
€7Tad€v orparevoag ctV rrjv ^lovSalav irroXiopKeL
rov 'YpKavov 7TpoGKadel,6}X€Vos rots' '\epoGoXv-
fiotg. 6 Se rov Aavihov rd<f)Ov dvolâg, og Si]
TrXovoLcoraros âoiXeojv eyevero, Kal v(f)eX6pL€VOS
vrrkp rpiGxiXia rdXavra rov re Âvrio-
;^p7^/xaT6UP'
Xov dvLGrrjOL rrjg TToXcopKLag Treioas rpiaKOGioLS

raXdvrois, Kal Sr] Kal êvorpo<êlv irpwros Mou-
Saia>v €K rrj'i rrepiOVGLas rjpâro.
62 (6) AvOl? ye fJLTjv a>s" Âvrtoxog inl MijSovs
GrparevGas Katpov dfivvrj? avroj TrapeZ^^v evOeojs ,
(ZpfjL-qGev eVt ra? ev Supta TroAet?, Kevd<^, orrep rjv,
^ e-rreiSap 5( MS>. : (Trel S' au Xiese.
" The sabbatical year: Lev. vvv. L

••
So J. vii. 393 in tin puiallel account
; in A. xiii. 349
30
JEWISH WAR, I. 58-62 ( = ant. xiii. 232-254)
by her outrageous treatment to spare the monster ;

to her, death at Ptolemy's hands would be better
than immortality, if he paid the penalty for the
wrongs which he had done to their house. John,
as often as he took his mother's unflinching courage
to heart and gave ear to her entreaties, was impelled
to the assault but, when he beheld her beaten and
;
mangled, he was unmanned and quite overcome by

emotion. The siege consequently dragged on until
the year of repose came round, which is kept septen-
nially by the Jews as a period of inaction, like the
seventh day of the week." Ptolemy, now relieved
of the siege, put John's brethren and their mother
to death and fled to Zeno, surnamed Cotulas, the
despot of Philadelphia.
(5) Antiochus, smarting under the blows which His war
Simon had dealt him, led an army into Judaea and, Ai?tiochi
sitting down before Jerusalem, besieged Hyrcanus (yjO ;
who, opening the tomb of David, wealthiest of kings,

extracted therefrom upwards of three thousand
talents, with three hundred of which he bribed
Antiochus to raise the blockade.^ The surplus he
used to pay a mercenary force, being the first Jew
to start this practice.
(6) Subsequently, however, the campaign of Anti- His
V.
ocnus agamst\ j-T,
•
the A/r J
Medes gave 1,-
him an opportunity i. -1. victories.
forrevenge.'^ He at once flew upon the cities of Syria,

expecting to find them, as he did, drained of efficient
Hyrcanus did not open the tomb until after the departure
of Antiochus.
" The account in A. xiii. 250 ff., is more trustworthy.
There Hyrcanus joins Antiochus in his expedition against

the Parthians (here called " Medes ") in 130 b.c. his attack
;
on the Syrian cities only began after the death of Antiochus

in 129 B.C.
31
.
JOSEPH LS
63 vTToXafjL^dvoji' row fiaxLfiojrepow €vpi]aeiv. McSa-
^r^v fi€u ovu Kal Hafiayau a/xa rat? ttXtjolov, en
he ^LKLfia Kal Wpyaptl^lu avro?^ alpel, 7rp6? at? to
\ovSaia)v yevog, ol TrepicoKovu to eiKaoOkv rw ev
'lepocroAu/i,oi? Upov} alpel he /cat rrjs 'ISou-
/Liat'a? aAAa? re ovk oAtya? Kal Whwpeou /cat
Maptcrai'.
G4 (7) TipoeXdojv he Kal p-expt Tâfiapeiag , evda
vvv eonv T.eâorrj 77oAt? ixj)^ 'Hpcohov KrtoOeloa
rod âoiXewg, Kal rravrodev avrrjv aTToreixôas
rovg vlelg eTrearrjoe rfj -TToXiopKLa WpiaroôvAov
Kal Âvrtyovov cbv ovhei' avievrcov Ai/xou fiev eis
roaovrov TrporjXOov ol Kara rrju ttoXlu, co? aâ-
65 crât Kal rujv drjdecrrdrajv. eTTiKaXovvrai he ôrj-
dov Wvrio-)(ôv rov eTTLKXiqdevra AoTrevhtov^ KOLKel- ^
vos eroLfiojg VTraKOVoas vtto rcjjv rtepl 'Aptaro-

ôvXov TjrrdraL. Kal 6 fieu p-^XP'- ^KvOonoXeaJS
hiojxd^l? VTTO rcov dheX(l>d)v eK(f)evyeL, ol 8' em
rov? âfiapelg VTroarpeipavres ro re TrXijdog
TrdXiv el? ro relxos ovyKXeiovaiv Kal rrjv rroXiv
eXovre? avrrjv re KaraoKd—rovoLv Kal rov? iv-
66 OLKOVvra? e^-qvhpaiTohiaavro Trpoxcopovurcou he.
rojv Karopdojpidrojv rrju oppL-qv ov Kareipvâv, dXXa

rrpoeXdovre? a/xa ri] hwdptei p-expi- Trj? TiKvdo-
TToXeo)? ravrr]v re Karehpapiov /cat rr^v evro? Kap-
pLrjXov rov opov? x^P*^^ aTraoav Kareveip,avro
67 (8) Wpo? he TO? evTTpayia? avrov re Îcoduvoi

Kal rojv rralhajv (j)d6vo? eyeipeL ordotv riov em-
Xojplojv, Kal TToXXol /car' avroju crvveXdovres
OVK rjpepLovu, piexpt- Kal Tjpo? <f>avep6v TToXepLOu Ik-
'
A. (in parallel passage) has evdis -.
r read oirwj.
* Niese: j«pi^ mss. ' 'AaTro^'Sto*' Mss.
32
troops. He thus captured Medabe and Samaga with

the neighbouring towns, also Sichem and Argarizin,
besides defeating the Cuthaeans,^ the race inhabiting
the country surrounding the temple modelled on
that at Jerusalem. He further took numerous cities
in Idumaea, including Adoreon and Marisa.
(7) Advancing to Samaria, on the site of which
now stands the city of Sebaste, founded by King
Herod, he blockaded it by a surrounding wall and
entrusted the siege to his sons Aristobulus and
Antigonus, who pressed it so vigorously that the
inhabitants were reduced by the extremities of
famine to make use of the most unheard of food.
They summoned to their aid Antiochus, surnamed
Aspendius,** who, readily complying, was defeated by
the forces of Aristobulus. Pursued by the brothers
as far as Scythopolis he got away they on their
;
return to Samaria again confined its people within

the walls, captured the town, razed it to the ground,
and reduced the inhabitants to slavery. Not allowing
the flowing tide of success to cool their ardour, they
proceeded with their army to Scythopolis, overran
that district, and laid waste the whole country south
of'' Mount Carmel.
(8) The prosperous fortunes of John and his sons, His

however, provoked a sedition among his envious f-l°^^
countrymen, larê numbers of whom held meetings gift o
proph
to oppose them and continued to agitate, until the
smouldering flames burst out in open war and the
" Tlie foreigners imported into Samaria at the time of the
exile,A. ix. 288, 2 Kings xvii. 24.
" Antiochus of Aspendus(in Pamphylia) = Antiochus VIII
or Grypus ; A. xiii. 276 names, instead of him, his half-

brother and rival, Antiochus IX Cyzicenus.
" Literally " within," i.e. " this side of."
VOL. II c S3
JOSEPHUS
68 piTTiadivTes rjTTCovTaL. to Xolttov 8* im^Lovs iv
evSaL/jLoi^la ^lojdvvrj? /cat rd Kara ttjv o-px^jv koX-
Atcrra Stot/C7]cras" eVt^ /cat TpiaKovra oXols ereoLV
€771 7T€Ure VLOLSTcXeVTa, IxaKapLGTOS OVTCOS Kal
Kara /xr^heu idaa? e</>' eavro) fiefKJidrji'ai rrjv rv)(r]v.
rpia yovv rd /cpartcrreuovra fiovo? ^'^X^^' '^W '^^
^PXW '^^^ edvov? Kal ttjv dpxicpcoGwrjv /cat Trpo-
69 (f>rjr €iav. wfiiXeL yap avro) to SaifiovLOv ct>? fxrjSev
Toju /xeAAdvTOJV dyvoelv, o? ye Kal irepl hvo tcjv
TTpeo^VTepojv vlcov otl iitj Sta/xeiôuat Kvpioi tcjv
TtpayixaTajv TrpoeiSev re /cat 7Tpo€<l)iqT€VO€V' (Lv
TTjv KaTa(jTpo(f)rju d^LOV d(f)rjy-qoa(jd at, Trap* doov
TTJ5 TTa-pajag evSai/jLOVta? aTreKXivav.
70 (iii. 1) Merd ydp tt/u tov Txarpd? TeXevTTju 6
TTpeo^VTaTos airrCjv WpioroôuXo?, ttjv dpx'rjv ct?
âoiXeiav /Lteraêt?, TrepLTideTai piev StdBrjfjLa Trpcj-
TO? /zerd t^t paKOOiooTov Kal e^SopLrjKOOTOv Trpco-
TOV €TOS, TTpOS Se fJL-qvaS Tpelg, €$ OV KaTTjei^ 6
Aad? etV Tr]v x^P*^^ drraXXayels ttj? eu Ba^vXdJi'L
71 SouAeia?* tcov Se dS€X(f>dju tov fxev (JLed^ iavTov
^
AvTiyovoVy eboKet ydp dyaTrdv, "qyeu tVort/xco?,
TOi)? hi* dAAou? elpyvvoL hi]oa£. Sea/Ltet Se /cat tt)v
pLTjTepa hievexdîcro-^ rrepl ttj? eôvoLa?, TavTrju
ydp Kvpiav tcjv oXcjv 6 Îcjdvvq^ aTToXcXoLneL, Kal
p^^xpt- TOGavTrj<i wpLOT-qTo? TTporjXdev, tuare /cat
At/Ltoj htacfiOeipaL SeSepLevqv.
72 (2) UepLepx^TaL 3e aurdi^^ -q TTOLvrj* etV tov
* ivi (with Hegesippus) Niese, cf. A. xiii. -299, xx. 2+0: iv
Tpiaif Mss. Lat., EN I having perhaps been read as EN l".
* AM
: KaTrjXOeu the rest.
« AMC: ai)rti(i.) the rest. * AM: riais the rest.
''
481 years according to A. xiii. 301. Both numbers are
34,
rebels were defeated. For the rest of his days John

lived in prosperity, and, after excellently directing
the government for thirty-one whole years, died
leaving five sons ; truly a blessed individual and one
who left no ground for complaint against fortune as
regards himself. He was the only man to unite in
his person three of the highest privileges the :
supreme command of the nation, the high priesthood,

and the gift of prophecy. For so closely was he in
touch with the Deity, that he was never ignorant of
the future thus he foresaw and predicted that his
;
two elder sons would not remain at the head of

affairs. The story of their dovvnfiill is worth relating,
and will show how great was the decline from their
father's good fortune.
(iii. On the death of Hyrcanus, Aristobulus, the aristo-
1)
eldest of his sons, transformed the government into lo^îll
a monarchy, and was the first to assume the diadem,
four hundred and seventy-one years " and three
months after the return of the people to their
country, when released from servitude in Babylon.
Of his brothers, he conferred upon Antigonus, the
next in seniority, for whom he had an apparent
affection, honours equal to his own the rest he ;
imprisoned in chains. His mother also, who had

disputed his claim to authority, John having left her
mistress of the realm, he confined in bonds, and
carried his cruelty so far as to starve her to death
in prison.
(2) Retribution, however, overtook him ^ in the
too large the decree of Cyrus for the return of the Jews is
;
dated 537 b.c, 432 years before Aristobulus I. The chron-

ology of Josephus appears to be based on the " seventy
weeks " ( =490 years) of Dan. ix. 24.
" See §§ 81 ff.
S5
.
JOSEPHUS
dS€X(t)6p *AvTLyovov, ou rj-yci-a re Kal rrjg âat-
Aetas" KOLVCovou etx^^' kt^lv^l yap /cat rovrov eV
htaôXcov a? ol Trovqpol rojv
y Kara ro âoiXeiov
€V€OK€vdoavT0. ra fieu Srj Trpajra Sltjttlgt^l tols
XeyofMei'OLS 6 ÂpLaroôvXo?, are Sr] /cat rov d8eA-
(l>6i^ dyaTTcou /cat StSou? (f)d6va) to, ttoAAo, tcou
73 XoyoTTOLOVjJiivcxjv . ojs S' o ^
Avriyovo? Xapurpos
diTO Grparelag "^XOev etV ttju ioprrjv, iu fj
gkyjuo-
TTOtetCTât TTarpLOV ro) deep, avve^rj piev /car'
eVetVab ra? rjpLepas voocp ;!^p7^(7aCTât tov 'AptCTTO-
ôvXoVy TOV he Avriyovov eVt ^ re'Aet ttjs ioprrj?
dva^dvTa perd raJv irepl avrov OTrXircoVy cb? ivrjv
lidXiara KCKoap-qpevov, TrpooKwrjoai ro rrXeov
74 vrrep rdBeX(f)oO. kolv rovrco npooLOvreg ol ttovt]-
pol ro) /SaatAet r-qu re TToprr-qv rwu ottXltcvu iS-q-
Xovu /cat TO Trapdor-qpLa rou Wuriyovou pLeiôv rj
Kar^ ISicorrju, on re Trapelr]^ perd p-eyiorov ovv-
rdypiaro? duaip-qacov avrov ov yap dvexeodai
npLT^v pLouou €K /SacTtAet'a? ^X^^> irapov avr-qu
Karaax^LU
75 (3) Tovroi? Kard piKpov aKiov intGrevorev 6
ÂpLGroôvXo?, /cat irpovoaJv rov pi'qO* V7to7TT€Voju
(f>av€p6? yeveodat Kal 7Tpor)G(f)aXLGdaL npo? to
dBrjXou KadLGTrjGL^ p,kv rov^ oojp.aro(f)vXaKas €i
TLVL Ta)V VTTOyaLOJV dXapL77€L, KaT€K€LTO S' cV T7^
Bapet rrporepov aO^t? S' AvTOJvia pLerovopia
odeLGT], TTpoordâ? di-OTrXou pL€u aTrexeodaL, kt€l
veiu 8e rou WuTLyovov, ei /xerd rcov ottXojv npoGLOL
Kal Tjpos avTOv enepLipev rov<; Trpoepovura^ dv-
76 ottXov iXdelu. rrpos rovro nduv rravovpyajg r
âaiXiGGa GwrdoGeraL puerd roju imôvXajv
^
C; irapiqei the rcbt. " oUotijoi LVN.
36
person ofhis brother Antigonus, whom he loved and

had made partner of his kingdom for he slew him; murders \
also, owing to calumnies concocted by knavish AnTigonn;

courtiers. Aristobulus at first distrusted their state-
ments, out of affection for his brother and because
he attributed most of these fabricated reports to
envy. But one day when Antigonus had come in
pomp from a campaign to attend the festival at
which, according to national custom, tabernacles are
erected in God's honour," Aristobulus happened to
be ill and, at the close of the ceremony, Antigonus,
;
surrounded by his bodyguard and arrayed with the

utmost splendour, went up (to the Temple) and
offered special worship on his brother's behalf.
Thereupon these villains went off to the king and
told him of the mihtary escort and of Antigonus 's air
of assurance, grander than became a subject, and
that he was coming with an immense body of troops
to put him to death, disdaining the mere honours of
royalty when he might occupy the throne itself.
(3) Gradually and reluctantly Aristobulus came to
believe these insinuations. Taking precautions at
once to conceal his suspicions and to secure himself
against risks, he posted his bodyguards in an unlit
—
subterranean passage he was lying at the time in
the castle formerly called Baris, afterwards Antonia
— with orders to let Antigonus pass, if unarmed, but
to kill him if he approached in arms. To Antigonus
liimself he sent instructions to come unarmed. To
neet the occasion the queen concerted with the
:;onspirators a very crafty plot. They induced the
<•
The autumn feast of Sukkoth or Tabernacles.
37
JOSEPHUS
TOVS yO-p 7T€[l(f)9€VTaS TTeidoVGLV TO, fl€V TTapOL TOV
âoiXeojs OLajTrrjaat, Aeyeiv Be npo? rov 'Avrt-
yovov ojs 6 aheX(f)6s OLKovoag orrXa re avrco rrap-
€GK€VaK€VaL KoXXlGTa KOI TToXepHKOV KOGfjLOV €V TTJ
FaAiAata, Sea fiev rrjv aGdiveiav avro? eVtSetv
eKciGTa KOjXvOeLT], vvv 8' eVet /cat âjpitêGdai
f.LeXXoL'?, BeaGaiT^ av T^Stara g€ iv rols ottXols-
77 (4-) Taur' aKOVGag 6 Wvriyovos, evrjyev 8' r^

TOV aheX(f)ov hiddeGi? fxriheu V7T07rT€V€LV TTovrjpov,
ix^P^^ P-^TO. Tcov ottXojv, CO? Trpog eTTtSetâ'.
y€v6p,6i'o? Se Kara rr]v GKOT€Lvr)v ndpoSov, Erpa-
rcovo? eKaXeiTo rrvpyos, vtto tcov CTCo/xaroûAa-
Kcov dvaipeLTai, jêâiov OLTToheLâg on TTO-Gav eu-
voiav KOI ^vGiv KOTTTei SiaôXr) Kal ovSev ovtojs
Twv dyadcoi' Tradow LGXvpov, o to) (f)d6va} pê^p^
Tjavros avTe)(€L.
78 (5) SavpaGai
8* dv rt? eV tovtco kol 'louSai',
"YjGGOlos yivos ovk cgtlv ore TrraiGas rj ipeu-

Tjv
oOels eV Tols TTpoarrayyeXpâGLV, o? ineiS-q Kal rore

TOV ÂvTiyouov eêacraro irapiovTa Sta tov Upov,
npos TOVS yvajplfj-ov? dueKpayev, rjaau 8' ovk
dXiyoL TTapehpevovTes avTco tojv pavdavovTOJV,
79 " 77a7rat, vvv epLol KaXov," e0^, "to Oavetv, 6t€
pov^ 7TpoTe6vrjK€v Tj dXrjdeLa /cat tl tojv vtt^ ipLOV
TTpopprjdevTcov BUiJjevGTaL' l^fj yap ÂvTiyovog
ovtogI Grjpepov d(j)eiX(jjv di'T^prjadai. ;^c/jpiop' 8e
avTO) TTpos G(f)ayrjv Srpartoi'o? nvpyos etpapTO'
Kal TOVTO pkv (1770 eâKOGLCov evTevdev GTahiojv
eGTiv, ihpai he ttjs r^pepas TJhrj TeGoapeg. 6 8rj
SO xpdvog eKKpovei to p,dvT€VpLa." tgvt^ eLTTojv gkv
dpcjTTos irrl crvvvoias 6 yepojv SteKapTepeLj Kal
^ Niese: /j.oi mss,
38
—
messengers to keep the king's orders to themselves,

and instead to tell Antigonus that his brother had
heard that he had procured for himself some very
fine armour and military decorations in Galilee that ;
illness prevented him from paying a visit of inspec-

tion ;
" but, now that you are on the point of de-
parture, I shall be very glad to see you in your
armour."
(4) On hearing this, as there was nothing in his
brother's disposition to arouse his suspicions, Anti-
gonus went off in his armour as for a parade. On
reaching the dark passage, called Strato's Tower, he
was slain by the bodyguard affording a sure proof
;
that calumny severs all ties of affection and of nature,

and that of our better feelings none is strong enough
to hold out interminably against envy.
(5) Another feature of this case which may well Predict!
excite astonishment was the conduct of Judas. He murfer
was of Essene extraction, and his predictions had Judas ti
never once proved erroneous or false." On this
occasion, seeing Antigonus passing through the court
of the temple, he exclaimed to his acquaintances
a considerable number of his disciples were seated
—
beside him " Ah me now were I better dead,
!
since truth has died before me and one of my

prophecies has been falsified. For yonder is Anti-
gonus alive, who ought to have been slain to-day.
The place predestined for his murder was Strato's
Tower, and that is 600 furlongs from here and it ;
is already the fourth hour of the day. So time

frustrates the prophecy." Having said this, the old
man remained plunged in gloomy meditation. A
« For the Essenes as prophets see B. ii. 159 with note.
39
.
JOSEPHUS
/Li€r' oXiyov avrjpriix^vos WvTLyovos T^yyeAAero
Kara ro vrroyatov x^PôVy o §17 Kal avTO Srpa-
Tojvo? IkqXÎto TTvpyos, ofiowvi-hovu rfj TTapaXlaj
KaLdapcLa. rovro yovv rov jxavTiv hicrdpaêv
81 (6) ÂpiGTOôvXoj ye fir)v €vdv^ rj nepl rov
^voovs /jLeraiieXeia vooov €vgki]7tt€L Kal npos
evvoLav rod (fyovov rrjv ipvy^-qv eôw dec rerapay
f >
fj.€vr)v Gvv€Ti]K€ro, ff-^XP^ "^^^ GTrXdyxvajv vtt
dKpdrov rrjg XvTrrj? GTraparrofJLevcov ddpovv atfJLa
82 ai'a/SaAAet. rovro ris rcov iv rfj depaTTeia rraihcov

iK(f)€pojv SaLfiovLw TTpovoia G(j)dXXerai Kad* ov
roTTov * Avrlyoiôg €G(f)aKro, Kal (jâwofJievoLS en
TOts" a77o rod (f)6vov gttlXols ro aifxa rod Kreivavros
i7T€^€X€€V. rfpOif] 8' evOvs olfjLOfyrj rojv OeaGa-
fievon', (Zorrep eTrirvihes rod rraihos eK€L irrcKara-
8'i GTTeiGavros ro alfia. rrj? Se ôrjg d/coJaa? o
jSacriAeu? rr]v alriav €7TVvddvero, Kal ixrjhevos
roXfjLwvros elrreZv fidXXov eveKeiro fiadelv ideXojv
reXo? 5'
dTTeiXovvri Kal îStaô/xeVoj rdXrjOes elrrov.
6 rovs 6(f)9aXfiovg efi—LTrX-qGL haKpvojv Kal
he
84 Grevdâ? ogov rjv avroj Svi'afjLLS elrrev " ovk
dpa Seov /leyav 6(l)6aXii6v eV epyois dSepLiroLS
XrjG€LV efieXXov, dXXd fie rax^la fiereiGu Slktj
4>6vov Gvyyevovs. P-^XP^ tou^ fJLOi, Gcofia duathe-
orrarov, rrjv dSeXcfxx) Kal pLifrpl KaraKpirov ^v^^v
8' avrol?^ eiTLGTreLGOj Kara
Kadeêis; P^XP^ rov^
fjLepos rovjiov af/xa; XaêrojGav dOpoov rovro,
Kal iJLr]Keri raTs" eK rwv ifxdjv GrrXdyxôjv x*^^^^
^ Niese ttoO mss.
:
' Destinon (with Lat.): ai'ros mss.
0
little later came the news that Antigonus had been

slain in the underground quarter, also called, like
the maritime Caesarea, Strato's Tower." It was this
identity of names which had disconcerted the seer.
(6) Remorse for his foul deed had the instant effect The enc
of aggravating the malady of Aristobulus. His mind

ever distracted with thoughts of the murder, he fell
into a decline until, sheer grief rending his entrails,
;
he threw up a quantity of blood. While removing

this, one of the pages in attendance slipped, so
divine providence willed, on the very spot where
Antigonus had been assassinated, and spilt on the
yet visible stains of the murder the blood of the
murderer. An instantaneous cry broke from the
spectators, believing that the lad had intentionally
poured the bloody libation on that spot. The king,
hearing the cry, inquired what was its cause, and,
when no one ventured to tell him, became more
insistent in his desire to be informed. At length,
under pressure of threats, they told him the truth.
Wîth tears filling his eyes and a groan such as his
remaining strength permitted, he said " My law- :
less deeds, then, were not destined to escape God's

mighty eye ; swift retribution pursues me for my
kinsman's blood. How long, most shameless body,
wilt thou detain the soul that is sentenced to a
brother's and a mother's vengeance ? How long
shall I make them these drop-by-drop libations of
my blood ? Let them take it all at once, and let
heaven cease to mock them with these dribbling
" For Strato's Tower on the coast, afterwards rebuilt by
Herod the Great and renamed Caesarea, see B. \. 408 ff".
The quarter in Jerusalem so called is not mentioned else-

where except in the parallel passage in A. xiii.
VOL. II c 2 41
JOSEPHUS
eTTeipajpeveadoj ro haifiovLOV." raur' etTTOju ev-
deoj? reXevra âoiXevoas ov ttX^lov eVtaurou.
85 (iv. l) Avoaoa 8' 77 yvvr] tov? dSeAôi)? avrov
PaoiXea KadioT-qaiv 'AAeâvSpoi^, rov koI Kad^
rjXLKLav Koi iieTpiOTrjTL npovxeiv SoKOVura. 6 8e
TTapeXOcjv els ttjv iôvoiav rov erepov pceu tojv
dSeXcfxjji' âoiXeLcjjvra kt€lv€l, tov 3e /caraAi/x-
77ai'6p.€Pou dyarrcovTa to l^rjv hi\a Trpay/jLarcov
86 {'2) FtWrat 8' avTco kol Trpo? top Addovpop

iTTLKXrjdcvTa YlToXefxatop avpLôXi] ttoXlv Âooj)(lp
TjprjKOTa, Kal ttoAAoi)? fi€P dpelXep tcop rroXefiLcop,
T) be PLKT] 77/30C UToXe/jLOLOP €pp€ip€P. inel 8'
oiiTos VTTO KXeoTTaTpas SLOJxdel? els

T-fjs fjii-jTpos
AiyvrrTOP dv€)(d)prjoep, 'AAeâi'Spo? Vahdpcup T€

ttoXlopklo. KpaT€L Kal WfxadovPTOs, o 8r} fieyLcrTOP
fjikv 'i)p epvfjLa tcop vnep ^lopSdprjp, to. ri/xtaSrara
8e Tojp OeoScopou tov 7jT]pcdvos KTiqpidTtop rip ip

87 avTOj. eTTeXdojp 8' eâL(j)Piqs 6 0eo8topos" ra T€
o(f>€Tepa Kal ttjp tov âcrtAecas" drrooKevi^p alpei,
TCOP 8* ^lovbalajp els fivplovs KTeipei. yipeTai 8'
eTrdpcj TTjS TrXrjyijs WXeâvbpos Kal TpaTTOfiepos
els TTjP TTapdXiOP alpel Tdtâp Te Kal 'Pd(f)Lap Kal
WpOqhopa T-rjP avdis vcf)^ 'HpcoBou tov âoiXecjJS
ÂypiTTTndSa e7n KXrjde to ap.
88 (3) 'Eâv8pa77o8to-a/xeVcu Se raura? enapiaTaTak
to ^lovhaiKOP ep eopTrj' fidXiOTa yap ep rats
* iv Ti/jLT] om. .Mss. : inserted by Hudson from A. xiii. 323.
" Salina (t\/. Salome) or Alexandra, ^. xiii. 330. Though

Josephus never expressly says so, it appears certain that
besides the throne, she gave Alexander Jannaeus her banc
in marriage. For her sub'sequent reign see ^ 107.
4t>
JEWISH WAR, I. 84-88 ( = ant xiii. 318-372)
offerings from my entrails." With these words on

his hps he expired, after a reign of no more than a
year.
(iv. 1) The widow of Aristobulus " released his alexan:
imprisoned brothers and placed on the throne 104^^3^^^
Alexander, who had the double advantage over the
others of seniority and apparent moderation of
character. However, on coming into power, he put
to death one brother, who had aspirations to the
throne the survivor, who was content with ^ a quiet
;
Hfe, he held in honour.

(2) He also had an encounter with Ptolemy, sur- His eaiij
named Lathyrus, who had taken the town of Asochis ^^^^^" ;
although he killed many of the enemy, victory in-

chned to his opponent. But when Ptolemy, pursued
by his mother Cleopatra, retired to Egypt,^ Alexander
besieged and took Gadara and Amathus, the latter
being the most important of the fortresses beyond
Jordan and containing the most precious possessions
of Theodorus, son of Zeno. Theodorus, however,
suddenly appearing, captured both his own treasures
and the king's baggage and put some ten thousand
Jews to the sword. Alexander, nevertheless, re-
covering from this blow, turned towards the coast
and captured Gaza, Raphia, and Anthedon, a town
which subsequently received from King Herod the
name of Agrippias.'^
(3)After his reduction of these places to servitude, 'f^y^j^^.^^^
the Jewish populace rose in revolt against him at against i
^ Or " loved."
<*
More correctly to Cyprus, where he reigned after his
expulsion by Cleopatra from the throne of Egypt A» ;
xiii. 328, 358.

"*
See B. i. 416 (where the name is givefl as Agrippeion).
43
.
JOSEPHUS
€vujxiaLS avTOJv orduLS airrerai. Koi iSoKCL jjurj
av Kp€LTTajv yeveadat rrjs to

eTnôvXrjs, el (jltj
êi/iKou avTO) Tiapeôrjdei' OtacSat /cat KiAt/ce?

rqaav T.vpov£ yap ovk eS^x^TO fiLoOocfiopovs Slol
rr^v eiJ.(f)vrov avra)v Trpos ro ^dvos aTrexdcLav.
80 Kreivas Se tcjv iTTavacrravTcov vrrep eâKiGXiXtovg
'ApajSta? rjTTTero, kol raxjTrj? eAtui^ roAaaStra?
/cat Woja^lra?, chopov re avroig eTTLrdâs, dv-
euTpeipev eVt AjxaOovvra. QcoScupov 8e Trpos- rd?
^
evrrpayias avrov^ KaraTrXayevros eprjfiov Xaôjv to

(f>povpLov KareoTKatpev
90 (4) "ErretTa (ivfxâXdjv 'OêSa to) Wpdôjp
âaiXel TTpoXoxioavTi Kara rriv TavXdvriv ivehpa^
avroj yevopLewrjg Trdoav dTTo^dXXec Tr]v orpandv
crvvLoodeZcrav Kara âOeias (f>dpayyo? /cat nXijde
KajjLi'jXajp ovvrpLêZaav. SLa(f)vyd)V 8' avro^ et'v
'lepoGoXvfjLa roj fxeyedet rrj^ oviiôpds rrdXa
91 fJLLaovv TO edvo? r^pediGev els eTravdaraaLV yivera .
he /cat TOT€ Kpeirrajv /cat /Lta;ât? eVaAATÂot? ovh

eXarrov TTevraKiGfjivpLajv ^Xouhaiojv dveZXev iv ii
€T€GLV. ov jJLTjv €v<f)paiver6 ye Tat? VLKaig ttj
iavrov âGiXeiav dvaXiGKcov' ddev TravGdficvo
Tojv ottXojv XoyoLS i-rrexeipei hiaXveGdai rrpog rov
02 VTTorerayixevovs . ol he fxaXXov €/jllgovv ttju /uerd
voiau avrov tou rponov ro dvcopiaXov nvvOa
/cat ,
pofieuco re [ro ainowY re av TTonjoag KaraGrelXeLt

avrovg, dirodavajv, eXeyov veKpd) ydp av htaX
XayrjvaL /xoAt? rat rooavra hpdGavrc. dfia he kq
rov "AKaipov eTTLKXrjdevra AT^^ry-ptov eireKaXovvr
^ avTov Lat., Hegesippus: avrov mss.

• omit Destinon has probably arisen out of rt
: tI &*»,
44-
one of the festivals for it is on these festive occasions

;
that sedition is most apt to break out. It was

thought that he would never have quelled this con-
spiracy, had not his mercenaries come to his aid.
These were natives of Pisidia and Cilicia Syrians ;
he did not admit to the force on account of their

innate hatred of his nation. After slaying upwards
of six thousand of the insurgents, he attacked
Arabia ; there he subdued the people of Galaad
and Moab and imposed tribute upon them, and then
returned once more to Amathus. Theodorus being
overawed by his victories, he found the fortress
abandoned and razed it to the ground.
(4) He next attacked Obedas, king of Arabia.
The latter having laid an ambuscade near Gaulane,
Alexander fell into the trap and lost his entire army,
which was cooped into a deep ravine and crushed
under a multitude of camels. He himself escaped
to Jerusalem, but the magnitude of his disaster pro-
^ôked the nation, which had long hated him, to insur-
rection. Yet once again he proved a match for them, fjjg lo^g
ind in a succession of engagements in six years killed war with
no fewer than fifty thousand Jews. His victories,
tiowever, by which he wasted his realm, brought him
ittle satisfaction ; desisting, therefore, from hos-
lilities, he endeavoured to conciliate his subjects by
Dersuasion. But his change of policy and incon-

nstency of character only aggravated their hatred ;
md when he inquired what he could do to pacify

Lhem, they replied " Die even death would hardly
;
reconcile us to one ffuiltv of your enormities." Thev ^"^ ^'^^^

simultaneously appealed for aid to Demetrius, sur- theUnread
45
.
JOSEPHUS
pahioj<; he VTraKovaaprog Kar^ ^XrrLda il€ll6vojv
Kal ii€Ta. cTTparid? tJkovto'^ uvveiiioyov ol 'louSatot
rot? GU/X/.Ld)(OL? TTepl îKLiia.
03 (5) \exerai 5' eKarepovs WXeâvhpos LTTTTcvaL
fj.ev )(lXlols, fiLado(f)6poLg be rrelol'^ OKraKLcrxiXioL^'
TTaprjv he avroj Kal to eiJi'oovi' 'lovSaiKov els
fjLupLOVS. Twv S* evavriojv In— el'? p.ev rjuav rpccr-
XlXlol, neâjv he /JLvptoi reTpaKLOxiXiOL. Kal —plv
els ;(etpas' eXOelv hiaKrjpvauovres ol âatXels eVet-
paJUTO Tcjju TTap^ dXX-qXoLS drroaraGewv , ArjiJLtjrpLos
fxeuTovs WXe^di^hpov puaOochopovs, WXeâvhpos
he Tovs dfxa Ar]fjLrjTpLCp ^lovhaiovs pieraTTeioeLV
9 eXrrLoas.
1 cos S' ovre ol ^lovhalot Ouijlcov,^ out€ ol
"EXXrjves eTTavaavTO TrlaTeojs, hieKpivov>70 rjhr) rols
95 ottXols avfiTTeoovres. Kparel he rfj fidx^] ^rjfi-q-
jpios, KalroL TToXXd raw WXe^dvhpov iJiLodo(f)6pcou
Kal iJjvxT]S ^py^ Kal x^f-pos eTTiheiâfievcov. x^P^^
he TO -eXos TTJs TTapardêcos Trapd hoâv dfxchore-
pois' ovre yap SrjpLrjrpicp Trapefieivav vlkojvtl ol
KaXeaavres, Kal Kar* oIktov rrjs fJLeraôXijs 'AAe-
(di'hpoj 77 po a excoprjaav els to. oprj KaTa(f)vy6vTL
'\ovhaLOjp eâKLGxlXiOL. ravr-qv rr^v poTrrjv ovk
qveyKev Arj/jLi^rpLos, aAA' VTToXaôjv rjhr] fiev dîo-
p.axov elvai ndXiv WXeâvhpov, pLerappelv he Kal
-nav TO edvos els avrov, dvex^Jîprjaev
im (6) Ol) p.r]u TO ye Xolttov nXijOos VTToxcupy]
odvTOjv Tcjjv GVfjLfidxojv KaTedevTO ra? htacôpds
ovvex'^S he Ttpos WXeâuhpov tjv avrois 6 TToXepLOS.
• C: of,KU3i> PAM Lat., whence Destinon restores opyCjv.
"Demetrius III, king of Syria; his nickname is else
where given a5 Eukairos, "' the timely," here Akairos, " the
untimely."
46
named the Unready." Hopes of aggrandizement

brought from him a prompt response. Demetrius
arrived with an army, and the Jews joined their
aUies in the neighbourhood of Sichem.
(5) Their combined forces, amounting to three
thousand horse and fourteen thousand foot, were
met by Alexander with one thousand horse and
eight thousand foot, mercenaries besides these he
;
had some ten thousand Jews who were still loyal

to him.^ Before action the two kings endeavoured
by proclamations to cause desertion from the
opposite ranks ; Demetrius hoped to win over
Alexander's mercenaries, Alexander the Jewish allies
of Demetrius. But, when neither would the Jews
abate their resentment nor the Greeks their fidelity,
they ended by referring the issue to the clash of
arms. The battle was won by Demetrius, notwith-
standing many feats of gallantry and strength dis-
played by Alexander's mercenaries. The upshot,
however, proved contrary to the expectations of
both combatants. For Demetrius, the victor, found
himself abandoned by those who summoned him ;
while Alexander, who took refuge in the hills, was
joined by six thousand Jews, moved by compassion for
his reverse of fortune. This turn of affairs was more
than Demetrius could stand and in the belief that
;
Alexander was now once more his match and that the
whole nation was streaming back to him, he withdrew.
(6) The remainder of the people, however, did
not, on the withdrawal of their allies, drop their
quarrel, but waged continuous war with Alexander,
''
The numbers in A, xiii. 377 are different there :
Demetrius has 3000 horse and 40,000 foot, Alexander 6200

mercenaries and about 20,000 Jews.
47
JOSEPHUS
rov? AoiTroi)? CLTT-^Xaocv
fLexpi- rrXeicTTOvs OLTTOKrea'ag
Kal ravTrjv KaTaGTpeipdfJLevog
€iV Be/LteaeAii' ttoXlv,
97 alxfJ-aXcoTOvg dvr^yay€V eiV 'lepoaoAu/xa. -npov-
Koipev 8' avTOj 8t' V7T€pôXr]u opyrjs €t9 doeêtau
ro rrj? dnioTTiros' twv yap Xr]<f)d€vrojv oKraKo-
movs dvacrravpojoag eV pLâr] rfj ttoXel yvvalKa? re
Kal TEKva avrojv d7T€o4)a^€V <eV>^ rat? 6ip€GL, Kal
ravra ttlvojv Kal (jvyKaraKeLjievog rat? TraXXaKiOLV
98 d(f)€copa. TouavTiq Se KardnX-q^LS ecrx^v rov 8rJ/xoi/,
cucrre rwv Kara r-qv iTnovaav
dirLoraoLaarwu
vvKra OKraKiox^Xiovg eô) 'louSaia? oAt7?,
(f>vy€LV
ofs" opog rrj? (f)vyfj? 6 ÂXe^dvhpou Odvaros Kardarq.
roLOvroL£ epyoi? oipe Kal jjl6Xl<; -qcrvxLau rfj âoLXeia

TTopLuag dvcTTavaaro rcov ottXluv.
99 (7) Tiverai 8e avrat TrdXii' dpx'q 6opv(Sa)v Âv-
rioxo£ 6 Kal Alovvgos^ irriKXriOeis, I^rjjjuqrpiov
fi€V d8eA<ôs' ctJ^', reXeurdlog 8e rd)v djTO SeAeL'/cou.
rovrov yap Setaa? arpareveGdaL inl rous "ApajSa?
(LpijL-qpevov, ro fieu piera^v rrjg vrrep ^ AvriTrarpihos
7Tapojp€LOV Kal row 'Iottt^? alytaXcju SLara(f)p€V€L
(f>dpayyL âdela, Trpo 8e rrjg rd^pov relxos rjyeLpeu
vip-qXov Kal ^vXivovs 7Tvpyov<^ iver^Kr-qvaro rd?
100 eu/xapet? ipôXdg d7TO(f)pdrr ojv. ov fx-qv elpâl ye
rov Avrioxov lgx^gcv ipLirp-qGas yap rovs TTvpyov?
^
Kal r-qv rd(j>pov ;)âjcra? hi-qXavve pLcrd ri]? Suvd-

pecos .OepLevos 5' iv Sevrepqj rrjv Trpo? rov kwXv-
101 Gavra dpLvvav evdus cttI rov? "Apaâ? fjei. rcov
S* d âoiXev? dvaxojpdJv €tV rd ;]^/)7]crt/.<.oSTepa rrj?
^ ins. Herwerden.
* Aioi'vcnos Mss. : for text rf. A. xiii. 387.
« In A. xiii. 380 Bethome (unidentified).

until, after killing a very large number of them, he

drove the rest into Bemeselis " having subdued
;
this town, he brought them up to Jerusalem as

prisoners. vSo furious was he that his savagery went His
to the length of impiety. He had eight hundred of ^^^êwf
his captives crucified in the midst of the city, and
their wives and children butchered before their eyes,
while he looked on, drinking, with his concubines
reclining beside him. Such was the consternation
of the people that, on the following night, eight
thousand of the hostile faction fled beyond the pale
of Judaea ; their exile was terminated only by
Alexander's death. Having, by such deeds, at last
with difficulty secured tranquillity for the realm, he
rested from warfare.
(7) A fresh cause of disturbance, however, arose
His last
in the person of Antiochus, surnamed Dionysus,

brother of Demetrius and the last of the Seleucid
hne.'' This prince having set out on a campaign
against the Arabs, Alexander, in alarm, dug a deep
dyke to intercept him, extending from the mountain-
side above Antipatris to the coast at Joppa, and in
front of the trench erected a high wall with wooden
towers inserted, in order to bar the routes where
attack was easy. However, he failed to check
Antiochus, who burnt the towers, levelled the trench
and marched across with his army. Deferring his
vengeance on the author of this obstruction he at
once pushed on against the Arabs. The Arabian
king began by retiring to territory more favourable
" Antiochus XII Dionysus, c. 86-85 b.c. Thie last of the

Seleucid line, before Syria became a Roman province in
64 B.C., was actually Antiochus XI 1 1 Asiaticus (Bevan,
House of Seleucus, ii. 266 f.).
49
JOSEPHUS
Xci)pa? TTpos rqv
eVeira tt)v lttttov €âL(f)vr]S
ixdxr]v,
eTTiarpeipas, tov apidfjiov, dra/^rot?
jivpia S* tjv
€7TL7TL7TT€L TOtS" 776/31 TOV ÂuTLOXOV. KapTCpd? §€

fidxy)? ycvofievr}?, €w? yikv Trepirjv Avrioxos dvT- *
€lx^^ V Swa/xi? avrov, KatTrep dveh-qv vtto twv

102 Wpdôjv d>Ol'€v6/J.€l'OL' TT^GOVTOS §€, KOL ydp TTpO-
€Kii'Svv€V€v det TOtS" -qTrajpievois Trapafô-qdojv,
iyKXivovoi^ rravreg, /cat to fieu rrXelaTov avTcov
iiTL re TTjS TrapaTOLêaj? kolv ttj (f>vyfj Sta^êtperat,
Tovg Se XoLTTOvg KaTa(f>vy6vTa? et? ¥>.ava} kcjo/jlyji'

Gndvei Tcou eVtrrySetcuy dvaXojdrjvai avue^r] TrX-qv
oXiyujv arravras.
^03 (8) 'E/c TOVTOV AapLaGKTivoL hid to irpos IlroAe-
fjLOLOV TOV ^Xevvaiov pXGOs WpeTav eTrdyovTai Koi
KadiGTWGLV kolXtj? Su/)ia? âcriAea. GTpaT€V€TaL
8' OVT09 eVt Tr)v 'louSatW /cat f^'^XV ^'^^^crct?
104 AAeâi/Spoi' /card GvudT]Ka<; d^'e;\;c(Spr]o€^'. 'AAe|--
avSpo? Se rieAAat' eAcoi^ eVi Fepacrai^ ^€t TT-CLAtf
Tcoi' GcoScopov KTTifidTOJV yAt;\;o/.tei'os', /cat rpto-t
TOV? (f)povpov? 7T€pi^6XoLs aTTOTCLX^croi? 8t;â' f^(^XV^
105 TO ;^ctjptov TrapaXaixj^dvec. KaTaGTp€(f)€TaL 8e /cat
FauAa'^Tî^ /cat ZeAcL'/cetai^ /cat tt^v 'Ap'rto;)(OL>
cf)dpayya KaXovfiiv-qv , 77-pd? ot? Fd/xaAav (jypovpLOV

KapT€.p6v iXojv, TOV dpxovTa ^ruirjTpLov iv avTcp
TTapaXvGas* e'/c ttoXXcov iyKXrjfjLdTOJv, eTrdveiGLV els
\ovhaiav, rpla rrX-qpcoGas eTiq Trjs GTpaTelas-
do/Jievoj? 3' 1^770 TOV edvovg iSexOr] 8td ttjv €V-
^ Bekker; ( KKXlvovaiiv) mss.

' From ./. xiii. 391 : 'Avav or Wuua mss.
^Destinon: 5id mss.: rf. A. xiii. 393 jj anaxl-, and for the
phrase 5ia fidxv^ B. iv. 372.
* A'ô'"'' : the other mss. have Tre/jtXi'traj or TreptSiVaj (r/.
-<4. irepi45iaev),
50
for battle, and then suddenly wheeling round his

cavalry, ten thousand strong, fell upon the troops of
Antiochus while in disorder. A hard fought battle
ensued. So long as Antiochus Hved, his forces held
out, though mercilessly cut up by the Arabs. When
he fell, after constantly exposing himself in the front
while rallying his worsted troops, the rout became
general. The bulk of his army perished either on
the field or in the flight the rest took refuge in the
;
village of Gana, where all save a few succumbed to

starvation.
(8) On the death of Antiochus, the inhabitants of
Damascus, from hatred of Ptolemy, son of Mennaeus,
brought in Aretas and made him king of Coele-
Syria.^ The latter made an expedition into Judaea,
defeated Alexander in battle, and after concluding
a treaty withdrew. Alexander, for his part, captured
Pellaand proceeded against Gerasa, hankering once
more after the treasures of Theodorus.^ Having
blockaded the garrison by a triple line of walls, he
carried the place without a battle. He also con-
quered Gaulane and Seleuceia and took the so-called
" Ravine of Antiochus," He further captured the
strong fortress of Gamala and dismissed its com-
mander, Demetrius, in consequence of numerous
accusations. He then returned to Judaea after a
campaign of three whole years. His successful career
brought him a cordial welcome from the nation yet ;
Ptolemy was king of Chalcis and the surrounding dis-

°'
Coele-Syria (c. 85-40 B.C.) ; Aretas was king of the

trict in
Nabataean Arabs.
" Cf. § 86.
51
1 .
JOSEPHIS
TTpayiaVy Kal Xaf.L^dv€L ttjv avaTravoLV rov TroXe/JLEtv
106 dpxrjv rerapraiaLS he nepLoSoig TTvperow
voGOV.
cvoxXov/JLeuo? SiaKpovoeadac^ ttjv voaov
4^'^^'0
ttclXlv oupd/xei'o? TTpay/jbdrcov. Sio Srj aTpareiais

dKalpoLS lavTOV imhibov? Kal ^latôjievos Trapd
ovvai.Lii^ TO ooifia irpos ra? ivepyela? ciTTTÂAaêi^.
TeAeura yovv iv fjicaocs rot? dopvÔLS GTp€(f)6/x€uos
âcnXevaa? eTTTOL Trpos rots €ikoglu err].
107 (v. 1) KaraActWi Se
ttî' âaiXeiav ÂXc^dvSpa
yvvatKL TTerreLGjjLevo? TavTfi (xdiXiOT^ av vrraKOV-

rfj
aai Tovg 'louSat'ofS', eVetSi] rrjg ojpior-qros avrov
fjLaKpdv drroSeovaa Kal raZs Trapavoyiiais dvd-
108 iGrafievT] row SrjfjLoi' els evi'OLav TTpoorjydyero} Kal
ov hnj/jLaprev rijs eA77iSo?" CKpdr-qaev yap rrjs
o.px^S TO yvvaiov hid hoâv eucreêta?. rjKplôv
yap Sr) fidXiora rov edvov?^ rd Ttdrpia Kal rovg
TTXrjfjLfieXovvTas: eiV rov? t'epous' vopiovs i$ ^PXV^
109 rrpoe^dXXero. 8vo S' avrfj Traihojv ovrojv i^ 'AAe^-
dlSpOV, r6l> fjL€V 7Tp€G^VT€pOU 'YpKaVOV Sid T€
TTjV -qXiKiav d-oSeiKi'VGLv apxiepla Kal dXXcos ovra
vojQeGrepov rj ctjore eVo;Âeti^ Trepl rajv oXcov, rov
Se vfojrepov WptGToôvXov 8ta depfio-r^ra Karelx^v
IhLCJTiqV
1 10 (2) Wapa(j)Vovrai he avrijs els ttjv eôvGiav
âpiGaloL, Gvuraypid tl 'Iou8ata>y hoKovv evGe-
êGTepov elvai rcov dXXojv Kal tovs vopLovs aKpt-
1 1
êarepov d<î]yeZGdai. tovtois TrepiGGOv hr] tl
TrpoGelxev r) 'AXe^dvhpa oeao^rnievr]^ nepl to
Oelov. ol he TTjv aTzAorr^ra ttjs di'dpcorrov /card
* Bekker: 5iaKpo0caa6ai mss.

* irporjydyfTo AM : npoa- issupported by B. i. 153.
' fdfiov PAM*. * M margin: ceônfi'-q the rest.
52
rest from war proved but the beginning of disease.

Afflicted by a quartan ague, he hoped to shake off
the malady by a return to active hfe. He, accord-
ingly, plunged into ill-timed campaigns and, forcing
himself to tasks beyond his strength, hastened his
end. He died, at any rate, amid stress and turmoil, Hisdi
'^ ^'^
after a reign of twenty-seven years.
(v. 1) Alexander bequeathed the kingdom to his Queer
wife Alexandra, being convinced that the Jews would ;^gt69
bow to her authority as they would to no other,
because by her utter lack of his brutality and by
her opposition to his crimes she had won the affections
of the populace. Nor was he mistaken in these
expectations ; for this frail woman firmly held the
reins of government, thanks to her reputation for
piety. She was, indeed, the very strictest observer
of the national traditions and would deprive of office ^
any offenders against the sacred laws. Of the two
sons whom she had by Alexander, she appointed the
elder, Hyrcanus, high priest, out of consideration
alike for his age and his disposition, which was too
lethargic to be troubled about public affairs the ;
younger, Aristobulus, as a hot-head, she confined to

a private life.
(2) Beside Alexandra, and growing as she grew, Growi
arose ^ the Pharisees, a body of Jews with the g^^S
reputation of excelling the rest of their nation in the
observances of religion, and as exact exponents of
the laws. To them, being herself intensely religious,
she listened with too great deference while they, ;
gradually taking advantage of an ingenuous woman,
* Or perhaps " banish

from the realm."
* Literally, " grew up beside into her power " (like
suckers round a tree).
53
JOSEPHUS
fiLKpou V7n6vT€S ^1^7] Kal 8toiK'r/Tat Tojv oAojv
eyivovTOy Slojk€LV T€ Kal Kardyetv ovs iSeXoiev,
Xv€Lv re Kal heoyLelv. KaOoXov 8' at fikv airoXav-
(T6t? Tcui' âaiXeiojv iKeivujv -qoav, ra S' avaXoj-
112/xaTa Kal at Bvax^peLat rrjs WXe^cii'Spa?. SeLur]
S* -û TO. fieiCco hiOLKelv, ovy-

hvuafjLLv re del
Kporovaa hiTrXaoiova KarecrrrjGev Kal êvLKrju avv-
I'lyayev ovk oXiyrju, clj? fJ-r] fiouow KparviêcrdaL ro
oLKelov edvo<;, <j)oêpdv Se Kal rolg e^wdev elvai
Swdorai?. eKpdrei he rojv fieu dXXcov ai3rr),
Oapicjatot 5' avrrj?.
113 (3) Aioyeurjv yovi^ riva rwv eTnoTJpLOJV, (f>iXov
KreivovoLV avroi,^ avfi-
'AAeâi'Spoj y€y€vrjij.evov y
ôvXov eyKaXovvreg yeyovevat neplrcjv duaorravpco-
devrojv v7t6 rod âoiXeajs OKraKooiajv. iwrjyoi' 8e
rrfv WXe^duhpav eh to Kal rov^g dXXovs hiaêLpi-

oaodai ru)V Trapo^vudvrojv eV eKeli'Ovs rov WXe^-
avhpou- evhibovor}? 8' vtto 8eicri8at/xoi^ta? dvrjpovv
lUoUb eSeXoiev avroi. 7TpoG(f)€vyovoL oe 'Apioro'
ôvXcp -<JL)V Kivhvvev6vr(jjv ol Trpovxeiv BoKovureg,
KaKeluo? veiOei ttjv p.T)repa 4>€LoaodaL p-kv 8ta, ro
d^LOjfia Tcou di'hpoJi', eK-ep.ipaL 8' avrov?, el p.r)
Kadapovg eK ri]? TToXecu?. ol p.ev ovv

VTrelXt-jclieu,
hodelariq eoKebdodrjoaw di^d rrji/ )(copaw.

dSeiag
115 WXe^dvSpa de eKTrepupaoa e-rrl Sap-aoKov orpartdi^,
7Tp6(f>aoL^ 8' -qv n-oAe/Ltaios" aei dXiôw rrju ttoXlu,
ravrrju p.ev v-ebeâro prjdeu d^LoXoyov ipyaoa-
\\Q pLevrfV Tiypdu-qu 8e rou Wpp.evi(jjv âaiXea npoo-
Kadeôpievov nToA€/Ltai8t Kat TToXiopKOvira KAeo-
* o^T&i Destinon,
54
JEWISH WAR, I. 111-116 ( = ANT. xiii. 409-419)
became at length the real administrators of the state,

at Hberty to banish and to recall, to loose and to
bind, whom they would. In short, the enjoyments
of royal authority were theirs its expenses and
;
burthens fell to Alexandra. She proved, however,

to be a wonderful administrator in larger affairs, and,
by continual recruiting doubled her army, besides
collecting a considerable body of foreign troops so ;
that she not only strengthened her own nation, but

became a formidable foe to foreign potentates. But
if she ruled the nation, the Pharisees ruled her.
(3) Thus they put to death Diogenes, a dis-

tinguished man who had been a friend of Alexander,
accusing him of having advised the king to crucify
his eight hundred victims." They further urged
Alexandra to make away with the others who had
instigated Alexander to punish those men and as ;
she from superstitious motives always gave way, they

proceeded to kill whomsoever they would. The
most eminent of the citizens thus imperilled sought
refuge with Aristobulus, who persuaded his mother
to spare their lives in consideration of their rank,
but, if she was not satisfied of their innocence, to
expel them from the city. Their security being thus
guaranteed, they dispersed about the country.
Alexandra sent an army to Damascus, on the Aiexand
pretext of the constant pressure put upon that city pô'îicy?
by Ptolemy the troops, however, returned to her
;
without having achieved anything remarkable. On

the other hand, by means of treaties and presents,
she won over Tigranes, king of Armenia, who was c 70-69
« §97.
55
JOSEPHUS
Ttdrpav ovvdrjKais koI hojpoLS v7n]ydy€ro (f)ddu€L .
5' cKelwos OLTTavaaTds Slol rd? oIkol rapa^ds c/jl-
ê^X-qKOTog etV rrjv WpfievLav A^vkoXXov.

117 (4') Kdv rovrcp vooovarjs WXe^dvhpa? 6 veco-
T€pos Tojv Traihojv ^ ApioroôuXog top Katpov
dpTtdoas pLerd rdjv OLKeicvv,^ ^'^X^^ ^^ TroAAou? Kal
Trdvrag €vvovs Sta Tr]v deppLonqra, Kparei pikv rdjv
cpvpLdroju drrdi'Tajv, tols 8' eV tovtcuv xPVI^^^^^
pLLodo(f)6povgddpoLoas eavrov dTToh^LKWOi jSacriAea.
\\% rrpos ravraobvpopLeuou rou *YpKav6u tj pL-qr-qp
OLKTelpaoa riqv re yvvaiKa Kal rovg TratSa? 'Aptaro-
ôvXov KaQeipyvvoLV ei? rriv Avrcoviav (fjpovpuov ^
S' rjv TO) ôpetcp KXipcari rod Upov 7TpooKeipi€vov,

TrdXai pL€u, CO? ((fy-qv, Bapt? 6uop,ai,6pL€iôi', avdig
be ravTYj? rv^dv Trjg TTpooiqyoplag iiriKpaTqaavros
WvTOJVLOV, KadaTTep drro re rod Heâorov Kal
WyptTTTTa êâoTTj Kal XypnrTnds TToAet? eV-
^
119 ojvopidod-qGav . irplv he eTreêXBelv ^ AXe^dvhpa rov

WpLGTOôvXov rrj? rd8eX(f)OV KaraXvuecos reXevra
hiOLK-qaaaa rrfv dpx'qv ereotv evvea.
120 (vi. 1) Kat
KXrjpoiôpLog p.ev tjv tojv dXojv 'Yp-
Kavog, Kal tojoa r-qu âoiXeiav evexeipioev,
d)
hvvdpieL he Kal (l)pou-qpLaTi rrpoelxev 6 Wpiaro
povXos yevopLevqs he avrolg nepl tcov dXcov ovpL
.
ôXrjg TTepl 'lepLXOvura KaTaXiTrovre? ol ttoXXoI rdi

'YpKai'OP p-eraâivovaLV Trpo? rou ^ ApioroôvXov
121 o he p.erd rujv avpLpLeii'dvrojv ^Sdvet ovpi(j>vy(jJi
irrl r-qv Avrojviav Kal Kvptevaag tow rrpds oojriq
^
^ olKeiwv Herwerden : oIk€tC}v mss. and Niese.
" Cleopatra or Selene (A. xiii. 430), daughter of Ptolemy
Physcon, and married to several of the Seleucid kings. Wi

56
JEWISH WAR, I. 116-121 ( = ANT. xiii. 419-xiv. 5)
seated before Ptolemais, besieging Cleopatra." He,

however, had to beat a hasty retreat, recalled by
domestic troubles in Armenia, which Lucullus had
invaded.
(4) Alexandra now falling ill, her younger son Revolt of
Aristobulus seized his opportunity and with the aid '^^^ 1°^ ,
oi his lollowers —
a numerous body, every one or
whom was devoted to him because of his fiery
—
nature took possession of all the fortresses and,
with the money which he found there, recruited a
mercenary force and proclaimed himself king. The
complaints of Hyrcanus at these proceedings moved
the compassion of his mother, who shut up the wife
and children of Aristobulus in Antonia. This was a
fortress adjoining the north side of the temple,
which, as I said,'' was formerly called Baris, but
afterwards took this new name under Antony's
supremacy ;
Augustus and Agrippa gave
just as
their names ^ and Agrippias.**
to the cities of Sebaste
But before Alexandra could take action against
Aristobulus for his deposition of his brother, she Her death
expired, after a reign of nine years.
(vi.1) Hyrcanus, to whom even in her lifetime hyrcanu:
his
-1 " abdicai
mother had entrusted the kingdom, was sole heir '"
to the throne, but m capacity and courage was aristo-
.
favour
surpassed by Aristobulus. A battle for the crown JjJ.'^^gV.c.

took place near Jericho, when most of the troops of
Hyrcanus deserted him and went over to Aristobulus.
Hyrcanus, with those who remained with him, hastily
:ook refuge in Antonia and secured hostages for his
earn from Strabo. xvi. 749, that Tigranes on his retreat
Vom Syria carried off Cleopatra as a prisoner and sub-
lequently put her to death.
§ 75. * Samaria.
Formerly Anthedon, § 87.
57
,
JOSEPHUS
ptav oyiiqpow ravra 8' -^v r) WpLoropovXov yvvrj
fjiera rojv 7€KV(x>v. d/xe'Aet rrplv dvrjKearov TrdOovg
ht€Xvdr)oau , ojore âaiXeveiv fj,ev ^ ApioroôvXov
'YpKavov be eKordvra Trj<; aAAr]? d7ToXav€LU TLfirj<;
122 ojo-ep dd€X(i>6v âatAeco?. eVt tovtol? StaAAayeV-

T€^ ev Toj Upoj KOI Tov Xaov rrepieoTOJTos (f)iXo-
(f)p6i'cos dXXrjXovs doTraodfJLevoL SiT^/xeiât' rds otVt'as"
WpLGTofSovXos IJL€V ydp et? TOL /SaatAeia, 'YpKavog

8' dvexojprjG€v elg ttjv ÂpLoroBovXov oiKLav.
\2'^ (2) Aeo? 8e rols re aAAot? toii^ WpLoroôvXov
hiacbopojv efJLTTLTTTCL 77ap' eArrt'Sa Kpar-qaavros kol
lidXiora WvTLTrdTpoj 77aAat hLapaoovpLevo). yivos

8' T^y 'ISou/aaios-, TTpoyoioji' re eVe/ca /cat ttAoutou
124 /<ai 717? aAAr^? lgxvo? TTpcorevcvv rod edvovs.
ovtos
dfia KOL TOV 'YpKapou Wpera 7Tpoo(f)vy6ura toj
âoiXcL rijg Wpa^las dvaKTiâaudaL rrjv /SaatAetay
CTTet^cy, Kât TOV Wperav hiâaOai re tov 'YpKavov
KOI Karayayelv eVt ttî- dpx'rjv, ttoAAq /zey tov
^ ApiOTofôvXov etV TO 7)^0? hiafâXXajVy voXXd 8'
€7raLva)v rov 'YpKavov [TraprjveL Seâadai],^ Kal
(Lg 7Tp€7Tov etrj tov ovtoj XapLrrpas TrpoeoTCJTa
vrrepex^Lv X^^P^ '^V dhiKOvpLevcp^' dhi-
jSaCTtAcias"
Ketadai 8e tov 'YpKavov (jT€pr]d€VTa Trjg Kara to
125 TTpâêlov avroj TrpoomKOVGiis apx^j?- rrpoKara
OKevdoag 8e dfKfiOTepovg, vvKTOjp dvaXaôjv tov
'YpKavov (1770 TTjs TToXâjs dTToSiSpdoKei Kal GVV
Tovcp <l)vyfj xP^'^l^^ô? ^'V '^'Tjv KaXov/jLCvqu IleTpav
hiaG(x>l,€TaL' âoiXîOv avTrj ttjs 'Apaîa? ioTLV.
12t) ev6a TOJ 'ApeVa tov 'YpKavov eyxîpioag Kal
TToAAci fJLeV KadofliX-qGaS, TToXXolS 8€ ScopOLg V7T
eXBojVy hovvaL hvvapav avroj TTcldeL ttjv KardôvGav
* cm. Bekker. * tCwv ddiKov/ji^vbju Destinon.
58
JEWISH WAR, I. 121-126 (-ant. xfv. 6-17;
safety in the persons of the wife and children of

Aristobulus. However, before any irreparable harm
was done, the brothers came to terms, to the effect
that Aristobulus should be king and Hyrcanus, while
abdicating the throne, should enjoy all his other
honours as the king's brother. The reconciliation
on these terms took place in the temple. In the
presence of the surrounding crowd they cordially
embraced each other, and then exchanged residences,
Aristobulus repairing to the palace, Hyrcanus to the
house of Aristobulus.
(2) The unexpected triumph of Aristobulus alarmed Antipat*
his adversaries, and, in particular, Antipater, an old aKf of^*^^
and bitterly hated foe. An Idumaean by race, his Aretas,
ancestry, wealth, and other advantages put him in rdns\at(

the front rank of his nation. It was he who now "yrcam
persuaded Hyrcanus to seek refuge with Aretas,
king of Arabia, with a view to recovering his king-
dom, and at the same time urged Aretas to receive
him and to reinstate him on the throne. Heaping
aspersions on the character of Aristobulus and en-
comiums on Hyrcanus, he represented how becoming
it would be in the sovereign of so brilliant a realm
to extend a protecting hand to the oppressed and ;
such, he said, was Hyrcanus, robbed of the throne

which by right of primogeniture belonged to him.
Having thus prepared both parties for action,
Antipater one night fled with Hyrcanus from the
city, and, pushing on at full speed, safely reached
the capital of the Arabian kingdom, called Petra.
There he committed Hyrcanus into the hands of
Aretas, and, by dint of conciliatory speeches and
cajoling presents, induced the king to furnish an
59
JOSEPHUS
avTou' Tju S' avri] TieCcou re Kal LTTrretov 7T€1'T€
yLvpidheS' TTpo? tjv ovk avTeoêv "ApLaroôvXo?,

aX\' eV TT7 TrpcoTTj GVfxôXfj AeKpdcls €t? 'lepo-
127 ooAvfia GVi'eXavverai. nav €(f)drj Kara Kpdros ^r]-
<f)6€is , €L /JLT) ^Kavpos 6 'Poj/JLaLOW orpaT-qyog in-

avacrrds avrcbu rols KaLpol? eAucjc ttju TToXiopKLav
OS i7T€p.(f)dri pikv €19 ^vpcav citto ' Apfxevias vno
nofiTrrjLOV Mayt-ou TToXep-ovvros rrpos Tiypdv-qv,
7Ta.pay€v6fieuo? Se etV AafxaoKov eaXcvKvlav Trpoo-
^drojs MerÂAou /cat AoXXlov Kal toutov?
V7t6
p.€TaGTrjaag eTrcLb-q rd Kara rrjv ^lovhaiav luvdero,
,
Kaddrrep €<f)^ epfiaiov rjTTelxdr].

128 (3) riapeXOourog yovv et? rr)v \ojpav rrpioêis
evdiojg TjKOv napd row dbeAchow, eKarepov Seo-
piivov ôrjdelv avroj. yiverai S' iTTiTTpoaOev rov
biKaiou rd rrapd ApiGroôvAov rpiaKoota rdXavra'
'
roGovrov yap Xaôw ^Kavpos eTTLKT] pvK€V€r ai rrpos

T6 'YpKauov Kal rovs "Apaâ?, d—eiXcov 'Pajfiaiovg
Kal riofiTT-qLov,
€L fJLT] XvG€Lav rrju TToXiopKiav.
129 dv€xojp€L 8'
€K rrjs '\ovhaias €tV OiAaSe'Aêiay
'Apera? KaraTrXayets, Kal TrdXtv eiV Aa/xaa/cov
J30 I^Kavpos. WpLGroôvXoj 8' ovk aTzexP'qGev ro /irj
dXdJi'aL, TTaGav hk r-qv hvvapnv eVtauAAc'âs* etTxero
Tois" TToXepLLOtg Kal rrepl rov KaXovfiei'OV ilanvpcova
ovpLâXuw avrols vrrep eâKiGXf-Xlovs Krecvei, fieO^
ow Kal roi' ddeX(f)6u rov 'Avmrdrpov Oa^Xtajva.
131 (4) 'TpKauo? 8e Kal Avrtnarpos rtov 'Apdôjv '
a(f>aip€6€vre? iJLere(j)€pov eVt rovg ivavriovs rr)V

iX-niha, Kairethq WofXTT-qiog iviojv r-qv "Lvpiav el?
* A, xiv, 19. " 50,000 cavalry besides infantry."
60
JEWISH WAR, I. 126-131 ( = ant. xiv. 19-34)
army, fifty thousand strong, both cavalry and in-

fantry ,<* to reinstate his ward. This force Aristobulus
was unable to resist. Defeated in the first encounter
he was driven into Jerusalem, and would there have
been speedily captured through the storming of the
city, had not Scaurus the Roman general, intervening inteivt
at this critical moment,

raised the siege. The latter gcTuru
had been sent into Syria from Armenia by Pompey in the
the Great, then at war with Tigranes. On reaching quarrel

Damascus, which had recently been captured by 65 b.c.
Metellus and Lolhus, he superseded those officers,''
and then, hearing of the position of affairs in Judaea,
hastened thither to snatch what seemed a god-sent
opportunity.
(3) Sure enough, no sooner had he entered Jewish
territory, than he received deputations from the
brothers, each imploring his assistance. Three hun-
dred talents offered by Aristobulus outweighed con-
siderations of justice Scaurus, having obtained that
;
sum, dispatched a herald to Hyrcanus and the

Arabs, threatening them with a visitation from the
Romans and Pompey if they did not raise the siege.
Aretas, terror-struck, retired from Judaea to Phil-
adelphia, and Scaurus returned to Damascus. Aristo-
bulus, however, not content with having escaped
capture, mustered all his forces, pursued the enemy,
fought them in the neighbourhood of a place called
Papyron, and killed upwards of six thousand. Among
the slain was Phallion, Antipater's brother.
(4) Deprived of their Arab allies, Hyrcanus and Both
Antipater turned their hopes to the opposite party, appeal'
and when Pompey entered Syria and reached pompe^
* The meaning of the phrase kuI tovtov^ ixtTaaT-qcrai
(omitted in A.) is uncertain.
61
JOSEPHUS
AaixacTKOv rjK€v, eV avrov KaracjievyovuLV , Kcil
hiâ hojpeojv, als Koi Trpo? rov Wperav St/cato-
Xoylai? xP^H-^^^^y KariqvrLôXovv fiLcrfjcrai fxev rrjv
*ApLGTOôvXov îav, Kardyeiv 8' eVt rr^v âoL-
Xeiav Tov kol rpoTTco kol Kad^ rjXiKLau Trpoo-qKOvra.
132 ov pL-qv ouS' WpLGToôvXog VGripei TreTToidcjs rfj
T.Kavpov 8copo8oKLa, Traprjv re kol avros co9 otov
T€ âoiXiKcoTara KeKOGp^-qKajs iaDTOv. aho^-qoa?
Se Trpos" ras depaTreias Kal pLTj (j)€pcov hovXe'ueiv
rats ;\;peiai? TaireLvorepov rod oxripLaro? cltto \iov
TToXîos^ XcoplêraL.
1^3 (5) raur' dyatâ/crvjcras" YlopLTn]LO?, TToAAa
ripos"
Kal rcjjv 'Yp.Kauov LKerevovrcov (ZppL-qcreu eV
TTepl ,
WpLGTOôvXov, duaXaôjv rrjv re 'PojpLa'iKr^v Svva-

134 ^Li; Kal TToXXovs CK TTJ? Supta? CTU/u,/xa;(ou? iirel .
8e TTapeXavvojv IleAAav Kal '^kvBottoXlv rJKev etV

Kopea?, oOev rj ^lovSalcuv apxerai X^P^ Kara rrju
pLeaoyeLOv dvLovrojv, OLKOvaa? ovp.7Te4>€vyevai rov
WpiGTOôvXov el? ÂXe^dpSpeiou, rovro 8' ecrrlv
(f)povpLov TU)v TTavv <j>LXorip.ojs eîiGKTjpievojv vrrep
6pov£ vip-qXov KeLpLevov, Trepupas Karaâiveiv avrov
135 eKeXevGev raJ 8' tjv pLev oppLTj KaXovpLevcp SeGTTO-
.
TLKcorepov hiaKivhvveveiv pidXXov -q VTraKOVGat,

KaOecopa 8e ro TrXrjdo? dppojhovv, Kal TTaprjVovv
ol 4)lXol GKenreGdat r-qv 'PojpLaLOJV lgxvv ovGav
dvvTTOGrarov ols -neiGdel? KdreLGiv Trpos Yiop,-
.
TTrjLOv Kal TToXXd TTepl rod St/catco? dpx^LW ciTro- s
136 Xoy-qdels VTreGrpeipev elg ro epvpLa. irdXiv re

rdSeXchov TTpoKaXovpLevov Kara^ds Kal SiaXexOels
* At'oc TToXews Spanheira Atos i?\{oi' 7r6\ea;s (probably arising

:
from a glossed text Ato? ^ Aiov tt.) or AioaTroXewj >iss.
62
Damascus, took refuge with him. Coming without

presents and resorting to the same pleas which they
had used with Aretas, they implored him to show
his detestation of the violence of Aristobulus, and to
restore to the throne the man whose character and
seniority entitled him to it. Nor was Aristobulus
behindhand ; relying on the fact that Scaurus was
open to bribery, he too appeared, arrayed in the
most regal style imaginable. But feeling it beneath
his dignity to play the courtier, and scorning to
further his ends by a servility that humiliated his
magnificence, he, on reaching the city of Dium, took
himself off, ^
(5) Indignant at this behaviour, and yielding to Aristobui
the urgent entreaties of Hyrcanus and his friends, prepared
Pompey started in pursuit of Aristobulus, with the war with
Roman forces and a large contingent of Syrian
auxiliaries. Passing Pella and Scy thopolis, he reached
Coreae, at which point a traveller ascending through
the interior enters the territory of Judaea. There
he heard that Aristobulus had taken refuge in
Alexandreion, one of the most lavishly equipped of
fortresses, situated on a high mountain, and sent
orders to him to come down. At this imperious
mmmons Aristobulus felt disposed to brave the risk
•ather than obey ; but he saw that the people were
;errified, and his friends urged him to reflect on the
rresistible power of the Romans. He gave way,
'ame down to Pompey, and after making a long
lefence in support of his claims to the throne, re-
urned to his stronghold. He descended again on
lis brother's invitation, discussed the rights of his
" A. has " he went off (from Damascus) to Dium and

hence to Judaea."
63
JOSEPHUS
7T€pi rujv ScKalcDV a7T€iGLV /jLrj kojXvovtos rov
YloijL7Tr)LOV. fjLeao? S' rjv iXTTtdo? Kal Seovs, ko.
Karrj€L fiev cL? SvacuTT-qacov YlofjLTT-qLov ttolvt* im-
Tpe7T€LV aVTO), TTaXlU 8' dv€âLV€U et? TTjU O-Kpav
137 a*? TTpoKaraXveiv hoêi^v avrov. iiTei jjievroL
IJ-T]
UofiTTTJio? iîcrraodai re rwv (f)povpiOjv eKeXevev

aura) /cat, TrapdyyeXfia raju (f)povpdp)(Oji' i-)(ovTOj\
fjLovaLS 7T€L6apx€Lv Tttt? avT oyp6.(f)OLS eTTiaroAat?
rjvdyKaêv avTOv iKdcrroLg ypdcpeiv cV;(coperi^, Trote
p.ev rd TTpooraxOeura, dyavaKTT]oa^ Se dvexd>priae\
els 'lepocToAu/xa /cat TTapeoKeudêro noXeîelv 7Tp6<:
13S (6) '0 8', ov yap eSldou XP^^^^ rat? Trapa

OKevals, evdeojg elrrerOy Kal TtpooeTreppcooev ttj
opjjLTjv 6 yiidpiSdrov ddvaros dyyeXdels avrco irep
'\epLXovvra, evda rrjg 'louSata? to moTarov (J)Olvlk

re Trd/jLTToXvv Kal ^dXaafiov rpe(f)eL. rovro XidoL
dêoLv eTTirepiVOvres rd Trpepiva Gvvdyovoiv^ Kar
139 rds TOfids eKhaKpvov. Kal orparoTrehevodpievo
ev TO) x^P^^ pLiav ioTTepav eojdev rjireiyero rrpc
rd *IepoCToAu/i,a. KararrXayels he rr]v e<f)ohov 'Api
GTOôvXos LKeT-qs dnavTa, ;!^pi]/xaT6t>P' re VTroax^<^*
Kal TO) pierd rrj? rroXecxjs eTTiTpeTTetv Kal eavrc
E:
140 x^XeTTaivovra KaraoreXXei rov YlopLTrrjiOv. ov /xr
Tt rojv ojpLoXoyrjpevojv eyevero' rov ydp enl rr

KopLLhrjv rcov xP'^JP-drajv eKTrepi(f)devTa Ta^lviov oil j].
*ApLoroôvXov (fypovovvres ovhe rfj TToXet hexovrai

141 (vii. l) ripo? ravra dyavaKrijoas YlopLTrrju •e!-.
WpiOToôvXov pLev e(f)povpeL, mpos he rrfv ttoX

eXOojv TTepLeoKorreL ottoj? Set rrpoaâXeZv, rrjv ' 1-
oxvporrjra rajv retxo^v huaperaxetpLorov opdjv k

* avKM^ôvai VNC
64
case, and withdrew, unimpeded by Pompey. Torn

between hope and fear, he would come down deter-
mined by importunity to force Pompey to deliver
everything to him, and as often ascend to his
citadel, lest it should be thought that he was pre-
maturely throwing up his case. In the end, Pompey
commanded him to evacuate the fortresses and know-
ing that the governors had orders only to obey
instructions given in Aristobulus's own hand, insisted
on writing to each of them a notice to quit.
his
Aristobulus did what was required of him, but in-
dignantly withdrew to Jerusalem and prepared for
war with Pompey.
(6) Pompey, allowing him no time for these pre- Pompey
parations, followed forthwith. A
further impetus to Jerusalem
his pace was given by the death of Mithridates, news
3f which reached him near Jericho. (The soil here
is the most fertile in Judaea and produces abundance
3f palms and balsam-trees the stems of the latter

;
ire cut with sharp stones and the balsam is collected

it the incisions, where it exudes drop by drop.) At
:his spot Pompey encamped for an evening only and
it daybreak pressed on to Jerusalem. Terrified at
lis approach, Aristobulus went as a suppliant to
neet him, and by the promise of money and of the

lurrender of himself and the city pacified Pompey 's
vrath. However, none of his undertakings was ful-
illed ; when Gabinius was dispatched to take
for
)ver the promised sum, the partisans of Aristobulus
efused even to admit him to the city.
(vii. 1) Indignant at this treatment, Pompey kept Pompey
\.ristobulus under arrest and, advancing to the city, jerusâlem

arefully considered the best method of attack. He ^^ ^•^^
loted the solidity of the walls and the formidable

VOL. II D 65
.
JOSEPHUS
Tr]v 7tp6 TovTOjv cf)dpayya (f)oêpa.v to re Upov
evTo? rrjg (f)6.payyos oxvpcorara 7eT€L\LG}xivoVy
ware rod aareo? aXioKopiivov Bevrepav ehat
Kara(j)vyriv tovto rol? rroXepiioLS
U2 (2) XiaTTopovvro^ 8' erri ttoXvv xpovov ordoi?
TOt? evhov iix7TL7Tr€L, rwv fjLev WpLoroôvXov
TToXefielu d^LOVuraju Kal pveodai rov âotXea, rcov
Se 70. 'TpKavoO (jypovovvrojv dvoLy€LU YloiJLTrrjLco ra?
TTvXag' TToAAoi)? Se rovrov; irroUi to heo';, d<f>-
143 opcjura? ei? 7191^ rcov 'Pajfj-alcov evra^lav. rjrroj-
[XeVOU §€ TO WpLGTOÔvXoV jdCpog €1? TO UpOl'
dv€XojpriO€V Kal ti]v Guvdrrrovoau drr^ avrov rfj
TToXei y€(f)vpav dTTOKoifâvre^ dvTtax^^^ et? eoxarov
TTapeoK€vdl,ovTO. rcou Se iripojv SexofJieuojv 'Pcj-
fiaiovs rfj TToXei /cat rd âoiXeia Trapahihovrajv,
irrl fieu ravra 11 0/1777)10? eVa TtDi^ u</)' iavrco
orparrjywv Yletocova €i07T€jjL7T€L fierd arparidg'
144 OS" BtaXaâjv ^povpals rrjv ttoXlp, eTTetSi] toju et?
TO Upou KaTa(f)vy6vT(jjv ovSeva
Adyot? eTreideu
ovfi^-quaLy rd Trepi^ et? 77 pooôXds evrpeTnêv
exojv Tovs TTepl rov *YpKai^6u e't? re rag emuoLas
Kal rds VTTTjpeoias Trpodvfxov?.
145 (3) Auto? Se Kard rd rrpoodpKTiov KXifia rrjv
re rd(f)pov exou Kal ttjv (f)dpayya Trdoau, vXr]v
ovfi(f)opovGr)s rrjg Svvdfieojs. ;(aA€7rdi' 3' rju re
dvarrXripovv hid ^ddog aTreipou Kal tojp' 'louSaicui-
146 Trdvra rporrov elpyovrcov dvojOev. Kav dreXeGro^
ejieivev rolg 'Pco/xat'ot? d 7701^0?, el fx-q tq? e/S8o-
fj.dbas €7TLrr)pa)v 6 Floft 771710?, cV af? 77at'Td? epyoi

Sid rrfv 6prjGK€Lav x^^P^^^ drTiGXOVGLV 'louSaioi, tc
X^P-OL vifjov ri^s Kard X^^P^ GVjj.ôXrj<^ etpyatu rovs
Ob
task of their assault, the frightful ravine in front

of them, and within the ravine the temple also so
strongly fortified as to afford, after the capture of
the town, a second Hne of defence to the enemy.
(2) However, during his long period of indecision,
sedition broke out within the walls the partisans of
;
Aristobulus insisting on a battle and the rescue of

the king, while those of Hyrcanus were for opening
the gates to Pompey. The numbers of the latter
were increased by the fear which the spectacle of
the perfect order of the Romans inspired. The
party of Aristobulus, finding themselves beaten, re-
tired into the temple, cut the bridge which con-
nected it with the city, and prepared to hold out to
the last. The others admitted the Romans to the
city and delivered up the palace. Pompey sent a
body of troops to occupy it under the command of
Piso, one of his lieutenant-generals. That officer
distributed sentries about the town and, failing to
induce any of the refugees in the temple to listen to
terms, prepared the surrounding ground for an
assault. In this work the friends of Hyrcanus keenly
assisted him with their advice and services.
(3) Pompey himself was on the north side, en-
gaged in banking up the fosse and the whole of the
ravine with materials collected by the troops. The
tremendous depth to be filled, and the impediments
3f every sort to which the work was exposed by the
lews above, rendered this a difficult task. Indeed,
;he labours of the Romans would have been endless,
lad not Pompey taken advantage of the seventh
lay of the week, on which the Jews, from religious
jcruples, refrain from all manual work, and then
)roceeded to raise the earthworks, while forbidding
67
JOSEPHUS
orparLcora'i' vrrep jiovov yap rod crco/xaro? dftu-
147 vovTai^ rols aa/S/Sarot?. rjh-r) 8' dvaTT€7rXT^pojfJL€vr]?
TTJs TTvpyovg viIj7]Xov£ iTnor-qGa? ro)
<f)a.payyos
;^c6^taTt /cat rrpoaayayajv rag €K Tvpov Koynodeioas
ixrjxava.'g eTreipdro rod T€l)(ov?' dvecrreXXov Se at
TTerpoôXoL TOU'^ KadvTTepOev KcoXvoura?. dvTelxoi^
8' eVt 7tX€lou ol Kara rovro to fiepog rrvpyoi
iJLeyedec re /cat /caAAet Siacfjepovre?.
148 (4') 77oAAa rait' 'PcofialcDU KaKOira-
"Ei'â 87)
dovvrcov 6 IIo/xTTT^tos- rd re dXXa rrj^ Kaprepiag
Tovg ^lovSaLOV? d7Tedavixat,ev, /cat pLaXLcrra rod
pL-qhev TTapaXvcrai rrjs 6priOKeia<^ ev /xeaot? rols
êXeoLv dvetX-qpLevovs' ojorrep yap elp-i]vr]'g âOeta?
Karexovo-qg rrjv noXtv at re Ovaiai Kad^ -qpiepai'
/cat ol evayiopLol /cat ndoa deparreta Kara rd/cptês"
iêreXelro rep Oeco. /cat ovhe /car' avrrjv rrju
dXwoiv TTepl ro) â>pLa) (fyoi'euop.evoL rdjw /ca^'jf
r)f.Lepav vopi.ip.ojv etV rrjV dpi-jcrKeLav dTreor-qGav.y
149 rpiro) yap p.i]vl rrjg eva rfjji^
TToXiopKLas /xdAi?
TTijpyojv Karapptipavre? ro lepoi
eloeTTLTrrov els
6 he Trpoj-os v—ep^rji.'aL roXfMijoas ro relô? SuAAc
Trat? Tjv Oaucrros" KopvrjXLOS /cat yLter* avrou e/ca-
rovrdpxoiL hvo Ooupio?^ /cat (^dîos. etnero 8«
eKaarcp ro lSlou orL(f)os, /cat Trepioxovres rravra^^
ro lepov eKreivov ovs pi€u rep vacp Tipoocfievyovras
ovg he djxvvopievovs rrpos oXlyou.
^ +Kai V'RNC Lat. (eliani).
2 Lat., Heg. : 4>pot'ptos mss.
" Military engines for flinging stones and other missiles

**
A. xiv. 66 gives tiie precise year (Olympiad 179 an<
the Roman consuls of 63 b.c.) and adds "on the day of th
fast," i.e. probably the Day of Atonement (10th Tishr
September-October). Dio Cassius, xxxvii. 16, says " on th
68 •
his troops to engage in hostilities for on the

;
sabbaths the Jews fight only in self-defence. The

ravine once filled up, he erected lofty towers on the
earthworks, brought up the battering engines which
had been conveyed from Tyre, and tried their effect
upon the walls the ballistae," meanwhile, beating off
;
resistance from above. However, the towers, which

in this sector were extraordinarily massive and beauti-
ful, long resisted the blows.
(4) While the Romans were undergoing these
severe hardships, Pompey was filled with admiration
for the invariable fortitude of the Jews, and in
particular for the way in which they carried on their
religious services uncurtailed, though enveloped in a
hail of missiles. Just as if the city had been wrapt
in profound peace, the daily sacrifices, the expiations
and all the ceremonies of worship were scrupulously
performed to the honour of God. At the very hour
when the temple was taken, when they were being capture o
massacred about the altar, they never desisted from '^'iQTemp
the religious rites for the day. It was the third
month of the siege ^ when, having with difficulty
succeeded in overthrowing one of the towers, the
Romans burst into the temple. The first to venture
across the wall was Faustus Cornelius, son of Sulla ;
fter him came two centurions, Furius and Fabius.

Followed by their respective companies, they formed
1 ring round the court of the temple and slew their
victims, some flying to the sanctuary, others offering

i brief resistance.
labbath " {^v rrj tov Kpouov n/j.^pa) ; and it has been held
)y some that " the fast " named in Josephus's non-Jewish
•ource meant the sabbath, according to a mistaken and wide-
pread idea in the Graeco-Roman world that the Jews fasted
)n the sabbath (Schiirer).
69
JOSEPHUS
150 (5) "Kpda 77oAAot TcJou lepeoju ^t^r^pet? rovs
TToXefJLLOV? IvLovras ^Xenovrc? aOopvôj? IttI Trj<i
6pr]GK€La? efieivau, a7T€.vhovre<^ he d7T€G(f)dTTovTo

Kal dvjiiujvres [/cat] tt^? Tjpos to Belou 6epa7T€La<;
iu Sevrepqj ttjv ocar-qpiav TiOefievoL. TrXeLGTOt 8*
VTTO ro)v 6f.LO(f)vXoju aiT LOT aoLauTajv avrjpovvTO Kai
Kara tlov Kpi-jjivow eppiTTTOV iavTovg aTTetpoL' Kal
TO. rrepl to t€lxo? 8' eutoL iJ.avi6jvT€S €i> tols
}o\ afjir])(âuLaLS UTTenprôav Kal ovyKaT€<j)XeyovTO 'lof- .
Saicou ixkv ovv durjpedrjaav pLvpioi Kal hiG\iXLOL,

^PojfjLalow Se oXtyoL f-ih- irdw v€Kpoi, Tpaf/xartai
8' eyevovTO TrXeLOug.
152 (6) Ou8ej^ 8* OVTOJ9 eV Tat? t6t€ GVfi(f)opaLg

KaOrjiliaTO tou edvovs oj? to Tecos dopaTov dyiov
€KKaXv(f)deu VTTO Tcjv dXXo(^vXcjjv TTapeXdujv yovu
.
ovv Tois" rrepl auTOU 6 YlofJiTnJLOS ei? tou vaou

evda p.6va) QepnTOV rju TrapUvai to) dp)(^L€pel, to
ei'hov ededoaTO, AL';î'iav re Kal Xvîôv? Kal rpa
TTelâu Kal onovBela Kal dvjxiaT-qpLa, oXoy^pvoo
TrdvTa, TrXridos T€ dpajfJiaTcov oeacopevfjiei'ov Ka
153 Upojv xpripidTajv etV raAai^Ta 8(a;)(tAta. oirre 8»
TOVTOjv ovT€ oAAou Tivos Tcov Upojv KeipnqXioj^
rjipaTo, dXXd Kal /JLerd fxiav ttjs dX<jjoea>s rjiiepai
KadSâi TO lepov rolg veojKopois TrpoaeTaêv Ka
Tag i^ edovs imTeXelv dvoias. avOi? 8' drroSetâ'
'YpKauou dpxi€p€a, Ta re aAAa TrpoOufioTaTO
I
lavTov eV Tji —oXiopKia TrapaaxovTa, Kal Sidrt t<
h-ara ttjv x<^p<^^ rrXrjdo? d-niaT-quev ^ ApLorofiovXo
ovfiTToXeixelv^ djppLrjpievoVy €K tovtuju, onep rj
rrpoGrJKOu dyado) gt paTrjyo) , tov Xaov evvoia nXdo
154 Tj bdei npoG-qydyeTO. ev hk tols alxp-O-XcoTOt
70
JEWISH WAR. I. 150-154 ( = ant. xiv. 70-73)
(5) Then it was that many of the priests, seeing

the enemy advancing sword in hand, calmly con-
tinued their sacred ministrations, and were butchered
in the act of pouring libations and burning incense ;
putting the worship of the Deity above their own

preservation. Most of the slain perished by the
hands of their countrymen of the opposite faction ;
countless numbers flung themselves over the preci-
pices; some, driven mad by their hopeless plight,
set fire to the buildings around the wall and were
consumed in the flames. Of the Jews twelve thou-
sand perished ; the losses of the Romans in dead
were trifling, in wounded considerable.
(6) Of all the calamities of that time none so
deeply affected the nation as the exposure to alien
eyes of the Holy Place, hitherto screened from view
Pompey indeed, along with his staff, penetrated to the
sanctuary, entry to which was permitted to none but
the high priest, and beheld what it contained the :
candelabrum and lamps, the table, the vessels for

libation and censers, all of solid gold, an accumula-
tion of spices and the store of sacred money amount-
ing to two thousand talents. However, he touched
neither these nor any other of the sacred treasures
ind, the very day after the capture of the temple,
Tave orders to the custodians to cleanse it and to
•esume the customary sacrifices. He reinstated Hyrcanus
^
^yrcanus as high priest, in return for his enthusiastic If high
upport shown during the siege, particularly in de- pnest.
aching from Aristobulus large numbers of the rural
opulation who were anxious to join his standard.
ly these methods, in which goodwill played a larger
lart than terrorism, he, like the able general he was,
onciliated the people. Among the prisoners was
71
JOSEPHUS
iXr]4>d-q KOL 6 WpLGToôvXov TTCVêpOS", o 8' aVTO^
•û Kal dcLO? avTO). /cat rovg atrtcuTarou? fjLev rov
TToXd/jLOV TTcAeVci KoAdCei, OauCTTou 8e /cat tou?
fjL€T avTov yevvatajs dya)VLoaiievov<; Xajj-Trpots
dpLOT€LOLs ha>pr]odfji€vo? rfj re X^V? '^^^ '''^^^
'JepoaoAu/xotj eTnrdoaeL (j)6pov.

155 (?) 'A(ê/\o/êvo? 8e tou eduovg Kal rds €v kolXtj
ILvpia 77dAei?, a? €tAor, VTreraêv roj /car' eKeluo
*Pa>ju,ata>P' aTparrjyu) KaTarerayixivaj kol pLovoL^
avrovg rot? tSiots" opoL<; TrepteVAetaei^. dvaKritêi
Se /cat FctSapat' utto 'louSatcov KareaTpapLpteviqu,
TaSo-ptrr] tlvl tcov ISlojv dTreXevdepojv Ar]p.rjTpLaj
156 X'^P'-^^H'^^^^ •
"rjXevdepojaev 8' d??' airraji-' /cat tols
eV TT^ pL€Ooy€Lcp TToAet?, oCTa? /i'J7 </)âaai-Te? /ca--
euKaijjaVy "Ittttov HkvBottoXLv t€ /cat IleAAai^ /cat
2a/xapetav /cat 'la^vctai' /cat Maptaai' "A^cDrot' re
/cat 'Apedovoav, opLotojs be Kal rag irapaXiovs

Tdtav AdJpa Kal ttjv TrdXat p-ev JlTpdrcovo?
^loTTTT-qv
TTvpyov KaXovpLei'rjv,vortpov he pLeTaKriodeladv

re V(f>^ 'Hpcu8ou jSacriAeoj? XapLTTpordroL^ Kara-
157 GKevdapLaGLv Kal pLeTovop.aodelaav Kaiaapetai^. a?
Trdoas Tot? yviqoLOLS dTTohovs TToAtVat? /caTeTafe^
eis" TT7i^ ^vpLaKTjv eTrapxiav. TrapaSovg 8e ravrrji
T€ /cat TT]!^ 'lof8atai/ /cat ra /ze;^pt? Aiy^TT'Tou /cai
Ei)</)paTou Y.Kavpa) hUireiv Kal hvo rcbv raypidrcou
auTO? 8ta KtAi/cta? €tV 'PcupLrjv rjTTeiyero rov
ÂpLoropovXov dyojv pterd rrjg yevedg alxp-dXcorov
158 hvo 8' iâai^ avroj Ovyare'pe^ Kal hvo vU??, (hv c
erepos p-ev WXeâihpos e'/c rrjs ohov 8taSt8paCT/cet
• Named Absalom {A. xiv. 71

the father-in-law of Aristobulus, who was also his

uncle.'* Those upon whom lay the main responsibility
for the war were executed. Faustus and his brave Judaea
companions in arms were presented with splendid iributarj
^^"^^
rewards. The country and Jerusalem were laid ^'^
under tribute.
(7) Pompey, moreover, deprived the Jews of the J^^^'q^^^'
cities which they had conquered in Coele-Syria, territory
placing these under the authority of a Roman

governor appointed for the purpose,^ and thus con-
fined the nation within its own boundaries. To
gratify Demetrius, one of his freedmen, a Gadarene,
he rebuilt Gadara, which had been destroyed by the
Jews. He also liberated from their rule all the
towns in the interior which they had not already
razed to the ground, namely Hippos, Scythopolis,
Pella,''Samaria, Jamnia, Marisa, Azotus, and Are-
thusa likewise the maritime towns of Gaza, Joppa,
;
Dora, and the city formerly called Strato's Tower,

which afterwards, when reconstructed by King
Herod with magnificent buildings, took the name of
Caesarea. All these towns he restored to their
legitimate inhabitants and annexed to the province
of Syria. That province, together with Judaea and
the whole region extending as far as Egypt and the
Euphrates, he entrusted, along with two legions, to
the administration of Scaurus and then set out in
;
haste across Cilicia for Rome, taking with him his

prisoners, Aristobulus and his family. That prince Aristobu
had two daughters and two sons. Of the latter, J^ptwe t
one, Alexander, made his escape on the journey Rome. ;
''
/car' iKeluo, "ad hoc," or perhaps "of the Roman
governor placed over that region."
" A. adds Dium.
VOL. II D 2 73
P ,
JOSEPH us
ovv he Tul? dheXchalg 6 vecjorepo? 'A^'Ttyo^'o? ei?
' ojfi T/V eKOf-Liiero.
159 (viii. 1) Kd^ rovroj ^Kavpo? etV rr]v Wpa^lav
efjLâXdjv rrjs fiev Yierpag eipye-ro rat? hvax^pf-O-iS
eTTopdei hk TOL Trepi^ ttoXXo. kolu tovtw KaKOTradcov
iXifjLCjrrev yap rj orrparLOL. /cat rrpos rovro 'Yp/ca-
vos ineôrideL Bia *AvTL7Tdrpov rdTrtrrySeta TTefiTrajv,
ov /cat KadlrjGL UKavpos ovra crvvrjOrj Trpo? Wperav,
OTTOJS €7Ti y^pi'iixaoLV StaAucraiTO rov TToXe/iov.
TTeiderai S' d "Apaip rpiaKOOia hovvai rdXavra,
KOLTTL TOVTOig Z/cau/30? i^Tjyev tt]? Wpa^la? rrjv
Svi'afxtv.
IGO {-2) '0 6' a.7To6pd<^ raJu WpLorroôvXov Traihmv
Y\op.7T-qLOv WXeâvhpos XP^^'^ Gvvayayoju X^^P^
ovx^T]^ âpvs fjv 'YpKai^cp /cat rrju ^lovhalav
Karerpex^Vy eSd/cet re dv KaraXvaac raxôj? avrou,
09 y€ rjSi-} /cat to Karappi<^6ev vrro rio/xTTT^toi/
T€LXO? eV 'lepoaoXvijLOL^ dva/crtêit^ iddppei rrpoG-
^XBojv, €L firj TaûLog elg Hvptau 7T€fJL(f)d€L?
^Kavpoj SLaSoxo? rd re dAAa yevvaZov direheLêv
lavTov eV TToAAot? /cat eV ^ AXeâvhpov (Lpfi-qaev.
161 d 8e Setca? tt/jos" ttî^ €<f)oSou SuVa^tV re TrXeioj
avveXeyev, a>? yeviodai pLvpLOv? p-ku onXlra?
Xi-XLOvg Se /cat TrevraKoaiovg LTTTrelg, /cat rd eVt-
TT^Seia rdjp x^P^^^ ^'^^^X'-^^^' WXe^dvSpetov re
/cat 'Tp/cavtW /cat Ma;!âipoL'VTa 77/30? rot? 'Apa-
^toi9 opeoLv.
162 (3) Yaîviog he fierd pLepovg rrjg orpar tag
Mdp/coi^ AvrojvLov TTpoTrepnlsag avrog etnero rrju
^
^ Niese (so it is called elsewhere): 'Tp/fd»'(e)tof .mss.
Accordinj? to Appian, Syr. 51, there were two inter-

"
mediate governors of Sjria between Scaurus and Gabinius,

<4
JEWISH WAR, T. 158-162 ( = ant. xiv. 79-84)
Antigonus, the younger, was conducted with his

sisters to Rome.
(viii. 1) Meanwhile Scaurus had invaded Arabia. Antipate
Being held up at Petra by the difficulties of the scSL

ground, he proceeded to lay waste the surrounding against
country, but here again suffered severely, his army

being reduced to starvation. To relieve his wants
Hyrcanus sent Antipater with supplies. Antipater
being on intimate terms with Aretas, Scaurus dis-
patched him to the king to induce him to purchase
release from hostilities. The Arab monarch con-
senting to pay three hundred talents, Scaurus on
these conditions withdrew his troops from the
country.
(2) Alexander, son of Aristobulus, the one who Revolt o
escaped from Pompey, in course of time mustered ^^^^^1^^
a considerable force and caused Hyrcanus serious Ariscoui;
annoyance by his raids upon Judaea. Having already
advanced to Jerusalem and had the audacity to begin
rebuilding the wall which Pompey had destroyed, he
would in all probability have soon deposed his rival,
but for the arrival of Gabinius, who had been sent Govemn
to Syria as successor to Scaurus." Gabinius, whose j!,^!''^"
valour had been proved on many other occasions,

now marched against Alexander. The latter, alarmed
at his approach, raised the strength of his army to
ten thousand foot and fifteen hundred horse, and
fortified the strategic positions of Alexandreion,
Hyrcania, and Machaerus, adjacent to the Arabian
mountains.
(3) Gabinius sent Mark Antony ahead with a hq defe?
division of his army, following himself with the main Aiexand
viz.Marcius Philippus (61-60 b.c, Schiirer) and Lentulus

Marcellinus (59-58 b.c).
75
. .
JOSEPHUS
oX-qv €)(cov BvvafjLLV oi 6e rrepi roi WvTLTTarpov
€7tl\€Ktoi Kal TO dXXo rdyixa tcou 'lovhaicou, wv
ÎdXiXO? rjpx^^ '<o.l YletdoXao? ovfjifiiâvre? TOt?
,
yidpKOV AvTCijVLOv rjyefjLOGLv vtttjvtojv *AAe^-

TTepl ^
dvSpoj. Kal iJL€T* OX) TToXi) TTaprjv d/jLa rfj (f)dXayyL

163 TaîvLOS- €i'0Vfi€vr]v Se rrjv toju TToXepiiojv SvvafiLV
ovx L'770yu,€tVas' AAe'âvdpo? di'€xd>p€i Kal ttXtjoiov
'
77817 'XepoGoXvpLCov yevoi-LCvos dvayKdlerat ovfi-

âXelv, Kal Kara TrjU fid^'^ji' iâKioxiXiov? dno-
âXcx)v, d)v TpLGX^XiOL fj,€u eneuov Tptox^XiOL he
itojyprjdiQGav, <f)€vy€L gvv rolg KaraXetcfÔelGLV ei?
^
AXe^dihpetou.
164 (1) Vaû'Log §6 Trpo? to WXe^diSpeiou eXOdiV
eVetSv) TToXXov^ evpev eoTpaTOTreSev/JLevov^, iiret-
pdro Gvyyvo'jpLrj^ V7togx^G€l TTepl toju rjpLapTr)-
fxevoju irpo fidx'>]9 avrov? TrpoGayayeGdaf /jLT^Seu
Se jjLeTpLOv (f)pouovuTOJU aTTOKTeiua? TToXXovg Tovg

165 AotTTou? aTTeKXeiGev et? to epvfia. Kara Tavrrjv
dpLGrevet ttjv pLdxrjv 6 rjye}.Ld>v Md/DACO? Wvtwvlo?,
navTaxov yevvalo'^ del ovSapiov 8'
fieu (f>aveL<s,
ovrcog. FgISlvlo^ Se tov? eâiprjGOVTa? to (f>povpLOV
KaTaXirrdjv avTO^
eTTijei Tag p.ev dTTopdrjTOV^ TToXei?
KaOiGTaixevo^, ra? he KaTeGTpa}.ip.evas dvaKritôjv

166 ovverroXiGdiiGav yovv tovtov KeXevGaPTO£ TtKvdo-
ttoXls Te Kal Hafidpeia Kal Âvdrjhdjv Kal 'A770A-
Xojiia Kal Îdfiveta Kal 'Pd(f)€La Ma/3tcra re Kal
Whwpeog Kal Fd/jLaXa^ Kal "A^coto? Kal d'AAai
TToXXai, Tojv OLKrjTopojw dofxei'Lo? icf)^ CKdoT-qu
GVvdeOVTQJV
167 (5) Mera he ttjv tovtcov eTTLfxeXetav erraveXdayv
77/30S" TO ^ AXe^dvhpeLov eTTeppojoev ti)u TToXtopKiau,
^ VC : 1 d/iaXa the ifcst . Gadara Lat. : Gaza ^.[j

76
body. Antipater's picked troops and the rest of the

Jewish contingent under the command of Mahchus
and Peitholaus joined forces with Antony's generals
and proceeded against Alexander. Gabinius ap-
peared before long with the heavy infantry. Alex-
ander, unable to withstand the combined forces of
the enemy, retired, but wlien approaching Jerusalem
was forced into an engagement. In this battle he
lost six thousand of his men, three thousand killed,
and as many prisoners. With the remnant of his
army he fled to Alexandreion.
(4) Gabinius, following him thither, found many of
his men camping outside the walls. Before attacking
them, he endeavoured, by promise of pardon for past
offences, to bring them over to his side but, on ;
their proudly refusing all terms, he killed a large

number of them and confined the remainder in the
fortress. The honours of this combat went to the
commanding officer, Mark Antony ; his valour, dis-
played on every battlefield, was never so conspicuous
as here. Leaving the reduction of the fort to his
troops, Gabinius made a parade of the country,
restoring order in the cities which had escaped and rest
devastation, and rebuilding those which he found in country.
ruins. It was, for instance, by his orders that

Scythopolis, Samaria, Anthedon, Apollonia, Jamnia,
Raphia, Marisa, Adoreus, Gamala, Azotus, and many
other towns were repeopled, colonists gladly flocking
to each of them.
(5) After supervising these arrangements, Gabinius
returned to Alexandreion and pressed the siege so
77
JOSEPHUS
<jj(jre 'AAe'âiSpo? aTToyvov? rrepl rojv oXojv im-
KripvK€V€rai -pog avrou, ovyyvajodrjuat t€ tow
r)iiaprr]fi€vajv S€6pL€vo? Koi ra ovfXfxivovTa^ (jypovpia
TrapadLSov? 'TpKaviau Kal Maxatpovvra- avOis he
168 Kal TO WXe^6.vbp€LOv ivex^^pi-oeu. a rravra Ta-
jSato? €vayovar)g -rjg WAe^di^hpou p.r]Tp6? Kar-
€(jrpei/j€v, wg p.r] ttolXlv oppLTjTTjpLou yivoiro devrepov
TToXe/jLOV TTaprjV he iieiXiGGOfxevri rou Faf^LULOU Kara
heo<; Tojv eTTL rfis 'Pa)iJLr]<^ aix/jLaXojrow, rov re
169 avhp6<; kol tojv dXXow reKvow. fxerd he ravra etV
'lepoGoXviJLa Fa^tVio? 'YpKavov Karayayojv kol
rrju rov lepov Trapahov? KrjheyLOviav avro) KadtaraTo
TTjv dXXrjv TioXireiav eTTL TipoGTaaia tcDi^ dpLGTow.
I'O hielXev he Tidv to edvos el? Trevre Gvvohov?, to
fiev ']epoooXv[jLOLS TrpoGTaâ?, to he FaSapot?, ol
8' Tra GVVTeXojGLV els WfiadouvTa, to he reTapTov
els 'lepLXOvPTa KeKXrjpojTo, koi tco TrefXTrTco SeV-

<f)a>pLS drreheLxOr] ttoXls rrjs FaAiAata?, daêVoj?
he TTJs e^ eios eTJiKpaTeias eXevdeptodevTes to
XoLTTOV dpLGTOKpaTLO. hLWKOUVTO.
171 (6) Mct' ov -roXv ye iirjv avTols dpx'q yiverai
Oopvûjv ÂpLGTOôvXos aTTohpds €K 'PojjJirjS, OS
avdis TToXXovs ^Jovhatajv eTTLGVviGTrj, tovs fJLev
eTridvfiovvTas p.eTaôXrjs, tovs S' dyajTcovTas avTOV
TTcUat. Kal TO p.ev vpojTov KOTaXafôpLevos to
* AXe^dvhpeLov dvaTeixiteiv eVetparo' ws he Fa-
îvLOS huO Hioevva Kal WvTOjvLcp Kal Yepouiauco
1 cxWri<p'^(UTa PAM.
• awooovi Reinach would read ciufopia, " councils," as
;
in the parallel passage A. xiv. 91.

* So the M5S. in B. and A. but we should rather read
:
Gazara, i.e. the O.T. Gezer, about half-way between Jeru-

salem and Joppa. The Hellenistic town Gadara in N.
78
;
vigorously that Alexander, despairing of success, sent

him a herald with a petition for pardon for his
offences and an offer to surrender the fortresses of
Hyrcania and Machaerus, still in his possession
subsequently he gave up Alexandreion as well. All
these places Gabinius demolished, to prevent their
serving as a base of operations for another war. He
was instigated to take this step by Alexander's
mother, who had come to propitiate him, in her
concern for her husband and remaining children,
then prisoners in Rome. After this Gabinius re- AHatocn
constitu
instated Hyrcanus in Jerusalem and committed to
him the custody of the Temple. The civil adminis-
tration he reconstituted under the form of an aris-
tocracy. He divided the whole nation into five
unions ^ one of these he attached to Jerusalem,
;
another to Gadara,*^ the third had Amathus as its

centre of government, the fourth was allotted to
Jericho, the fifth to Sepphoris, a city of Galilee.
The Jews welcomed their release from the rule of an
individual and were from that time forward governed
by an aristocracy.
(6) They were soon, however, involved in fresh Fresh re
a"<^/®-
troubles through the escape of Aristobulus from
D
Rome. r^ jj-in mustering
Once more 1,he succeeded ^
a
•
capture
Anstobu
I
large body of Jews, some eager for revolution, others

long since his devoted admirers. He began by
seizing Alexandreion and attempting to restore the
fortifications ;but on hearing that Gabinius had
dispatched an army against him, under the command
Peraea had been severed from Jewish territory by Pompey.
The names are elsewhere confused (Schiirer). Judaea proper
is thus represented by three towns, Gahlee by one, and
Peraea by one (Amathus), a little E. of Jordan, to the N. of
the river Jabbok.
79
.
JOSEPHUS
OTpariav CTref-nfjeu eV avroi', yvov? a.V€X<-op€.L errl
172 flaxen povvr o? Koi rov /leu axpi^crrov o^Xov
.
d7T€(f>opTLGarOy fxovovs S' imjyero rovg wttXl-

ofievovg, ovras etV oKTaKLUxt^^tov^ iv ols koi ,
YiîdoXaos rjv 6 €^ 'lepoGoAvfjLajv VTTOOTpaTrjyos

avTOjJLoXijora? fiera ;!^tAtaji^. 'PajfiaToL 8' irr-qKO-
Xovdovv, Kal yevojxii'iq^ ttoXXov
uvi-LôXtjs fJ-^XP^
fiev ol TTepl rov ^ ApiOToôvXov îCKaprepovu y€v-
vaiojs ay(jjvLt,6iA€voi, riXos he ^laodevreg vtto tojv
'Poj/J-aLOJU TTLTTTOVGL fXeV TTeVTaKLGX^XtOL , TTepl Se
bLGXiXlovs ave(j)vyov els nva X6(j)0Vy ol he XolttoI
XlXlol ovv *ApLGToôvXoj hiaKoifjavTes rrjw <f)dXayya
Twv 'Pajfialajv el? }^\axo.Lpovi-'Ta avveXavuovrai.
173 eida hrj ttjv TTpcoriju eoTrepav 6 âoiXevs rot?
epeiTTLOL? ivavXiodjievos: ev eXTriai fieu rfv dXXr)v
avvaOpoLoeLv hvvafiLv, dvoxT]^' tou TToXefiov hthovros,
Kal TO (fypovpLoi^ KaKOjg (Lxvpov TrpooTreoovTcuv he
vnep hvvafJLLV
'PcjfjLaLOJW errl hijo -qfiepas avrtap^cov
dXioKeTaL koi ÂvTiyovov rod Traihog, o? a7ro
/xer'
'PcopL-qs avro) ovvaTrehpa, heopiojTiqs errl TaîvLov
dvTjxOr] Kal dno Taîviov TrdXiv els 'Pcofi-qv.
174 TOVTOV fjiev ovv rj ovyKX-qros elpêv, rd reKva 8*
avTov hirfKev^ els ^\ovhaiav TajjLviov St' eTnaroXaJif,
hrjXcooavros rfj ÂpLOTOôvXov yvvaiKL rovro dvTL

rrjs TTapahoaeojs raJu epvfjLdrojv cofioXoyrjKevaL
(~) Po-î-vioj 5' eirl Yldpdovs (Lpfirj/jLevoj orpa-
175
reveiv yiverai UToXepLalos ipLTTohiov, ov^ vtto-
orpei/jas d?:' Rixhpdrov Karrjyev els AtyvTrrov,
^ Si^Kev Destinon (after Lat. ; rf. dyrjKfv A.\.): diiiyep
MS5. 2 Hudson : 5j mss.
" A. xiv. 92, and many mss. of B.

vServilius, * Cf.
§ 168.
' Ptolemy Auletes, driven from the throne of Egypt by
80
of Sisenna, Antony, and Servianus,** he retreated

towards Machaeras. Disencumbering himself of his
rabble of inefficient followers, he retained only those
who were armed, numbering eight thousand among ;
these was Peitholaus, the second in command at

Jerusalem, who had deserted to him with a thousand
men. The Romans pursued and an engagement
took place. Aristobulus and his men for long held
their ground, fighting valiantly, but were ultimately
overpowered by the Romans. Five thousand fell ;
about two thousand took refuge on a hill Aristobulus

;
and the remaining thousand cut their way through

the Roman lines and flung themselves into Machaerus.
There, as he camped among the ruins on that first
evening, the king entertained hopes of raising another
army, given but a respite from war, and proceeded
to erect some weak fortifications but, when the
;
Romans attacked the place, after holding out beyond

his strength for two days, he was taken, and, with
his son Antigonus, who had shared his flight from
Rome, was conducted in chains to Gabinius, and by
Gabinius was sent back once more to Rome. The 56b.c.
Senate imprisoned the father, but allowed his chil-

dren to return to Judaea, Gabinius having written
to inform them that he had promised this favour to
the wife of Aristobulus in return for the surrender
of the fortresses.*
(7) An expedition against the Parthians, on which Further
Gabinius had already started, was cut short by ^Vfeit o"
Ptolemy," to effect whose restoration to Egypt the Aiexand*
former returned from the banks of the Euphrates.

his subjects, induced Gabinius bj' a large bribe to undertake
his restoration (55 b.c). He had since his expulsion in 58
been working for this at Rome and had obtained the in-
fluential support of Cicero.
81
JOSEPHUS
€7nrr]h€LOLg €tV aTrav-ra xpojixevog Kara rr]v arpa-
Teiav 'YpKauo) /cat Wutlttoltpoj' Kal yap -x^pi^fxara
Kal oirXa Kal alrov Kal eTTiKovpovg Wi'TiTrarpo?
Trpoarjyev, Kal rov? ravTrj ^lovSalov^ (f)povpovvras
7G.S Kara ro Hr^XovcrLOu e/xôAa? napelvai TaîvLov
1T>3 €7T€LG€V. rTjS 8' aXXrjs ILvpiag rrpog rou TaîVLOV
XOjpLGpLOV KLvr^deLGrjg Kal ^lovSalov? ttolXlv oltt-
eorrjoev WXeâvdpog 6 WpioroôuXov , ii^yLorrjV hk
GvyKpori]cag dvvapnv ajpfxriro rrdpra? rov? Kara
177 TTju )(copav 'PajpLacovs dveXelv. Trpo^ o Va^Lvtos
Sttcras", rj6r] 3e Traprjv oltt^ AlyvTrrov rot? rfjhe
dopvÔLg TjneLypievos irrl rivas piev row
, d(f)€orcor<jji>
ÂvriTTarpov TrpoTrepufjag pLeri-eiaev ovvepi^vov hk
,
^
AXe^dvhpoj rpelg p-vpidês, KdK€LPO£ wppc-qro
TToXepelv. ovrojs e^doiv rrpog pidxriv. virrjvrojv
8' ol 'JofSatOi,
Kal GvpLâXovrojv nepl ro Îra^vpiov
opog pLvpLOL p-kv dvaipovvraL, ro bk Xolttov ttXyjOos
17S cGK^hdodrj (f>vyi]. Kal Fa/ScVio? iX6d>i' eh '\epoo6-
Xvpia rrpos ro WvriTidrpov ôvXrip.a KareGrrjaaro
rrjv TToXireLav. evdev oppLTôa^ ââraLOju re
p-axf) Kparel Kal Midpthdrr^v Kal ÔpGavrjV (f)v-
yovra? eV YldpOajv Kpv(j)a p,kv d7T€7T€pnp€V, vapd
hk roLS GrpariojraL? eXeyev dTTohpavai.
179 (8) \\dv rovr oj KpdGGOS avroj 8ia8o;ô? iXddjv
napaXapL^dvei ^vpiav. ovros el? rrjv inl T\dp-
6ov9 Grpareiav rov re dXXov rod ev 'XepoGoXvpoiq
vaov )(Pvg6v Trdvra irepielXev Kal rd SiGXiXta
rdXavra rjpev, (hv d7ieG\ero Flo/x 777)10?. hia^ds
" Or " river-mouths." For the charge of the river Nile
entrusted to the Jews cf. Ap. ii. Q^.
'As Reinach remarks, this detail, which has no relevance tc
Jewish history, shows that Josephus is abridging a genera
history. The language, both here {Kpvcpa dw^TTfu-êi') and
82
JEWISH WAR, I. 175-179 ( = axt. xiv. 99-105)
For this campaign Hyrcanus and Antipater put their

services entirely at his disposal. In addition to pro-
viding money, arms, corn, and auxiliaries, Antipater
further induced the local Jewish guardians of the
frontiers ° at Pelusium to let Gabinius through. His
departure, however, was the occasion for a general
commotion in Syria and Alexander, son of Aristo-
;
bulus, heading a new Jewish revolt, collected a vast

army and proceeded to massacre all Romans in the
country. Gabinius was alarmed. He was already
on the spot, news of the local disturbances having
hastened his return from Egypt. Sending Antipater
in advance to address some of the rebels he brought
them over to reason. Alexander, however, had still
thirty thousand left and was burning for action.
Gabinius, accordingly, took the field, the Jews met
him, and a battle was fought near Mount Tabor, in
which they lost ten thousand men the remainder
;
fled and dispersed. Gabinius then proceeded to

Jerusalem, where he reorganized the government in
accordance with Antipater 's wishes. From there he
marched against the Nabataeans, whom he fought
and defeated. Two fugitives from Parthia, Mithri-
dates and Orsanes, he privily dismissed, giving out
to his soldiers that they had made their escape.**
(8) The government of Syria now passed into the Crassus
hands of Crassus, who came to succeed Gabinius. thelemp
To provide for his expedition against the Parthians, -^^-^s b.c
Crassus stripped the temple at Jerusalem of all its
ôld, his plunder including the two thousand talents
left untouched by Pompey.'' He then crossed the
inthe parallel A. xiv. 103 (ry 8e \6yui d-rredpaaau avrou),

'
is
oased on Thuc. i. 128.
'
' §§ 152 f.
83
i
JOSEPHUS
5^ Tov Kv(f)pdTrju av76v ov vvv Kacpos Xeyetv.
J 80 (9) riapôus" Se fieTO. tov Kpdooov eVtSia-
âlvELV eiV Si'piar ojpfi-qiievovs du€K07TT€V Kaa-
0109 €L9 ri)v i-rxp-)îav SLa(f)vyci)v. TrepLTToirjoa-
fiei'o? §' avTTjV eTTL 'louSata? rj-elyero, /cat Tapi-
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rov }l.vcf)pdr-qv VTreGrpeipev, Udpdovs hiaâiveLV dv-
eipôjv, TTepl (Lv iv irepois epovfjiev.
183 (ix. 1) KaiGap 8e HofJiTT-qLOv Kal rrjs ovy-
KXr\rov (f}vy6vrcov VTrep t6v Îovlov 'PcofJLrjs Kal rcoi
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^ Hudson : KiiTf){.v mss.
' i.fi. the Euphrates (^ 182).

" This promise is not fulfilled; the corresponding phrase
84
Euphrates and perished with his whole army ; bur of

those events this is not the occasion to speak.
(9) After the death of Crassus the Parthians rushed Cassius
^^"^^ ^-"^
to cross the river" into Syria, but were repulsed by
Cassius, who had made his escape to that province.
Having secured Syria, he hastened towards Judaea,
capturing Tarichaeae, where he reduced thirty thou-
sand Jews to slavery and put to death Peitholaus,
who was endeavouring to rally the partisans of
Aristobulus. His execution was recommended by
Antipater. Antipater had married a lady named Rise of
^^"^^''^
Gypros, of an illustrious Arabian family, by whom
—
he had four sons Phasael, Herod afterwards king,
—
Joseph, and Pheroras and a daughter, Salome. He
had, by kind offices and hospitality, attached to him-
self persons of influence in every quarter above all, ;
through this matrimonial alliance, he had won the

friendship of the king of Arabia, and it was to him
that he entrusted his children when embarking on war
with Aristobulus. Gassius, having bound over Alex-
ander by treaty to keep the peace, returned to the
Euphrates to prevent the Parthians from crossing it.
Of these events we shall speak elsewhere.''
(ix. 1) When Pompey fled with the Senate across Julius
the Ionian Sea, Gaesar, now master of Rome and ^g^^c!^
the empire, set Aristobulus at liberty and, putting ;
two legions at his service, dispatched him in haste

to Syria, hoping by his means to have no difficulty
in bringing over both that province and Judaea with
inA. xiv. 122 is ws Kal vtt' aWwu SeSTjXwrat. It is uncertain
whether Josephus in this and kindred phrases, mainly re-
lating to Parthia and the Seleucids, has thoughtlessly taken
over a formula from his source, or whether he actually wrote,
or contemplated writing, a work which has not come down
to us.
85
.
JOSEPHUS
1S4 d^€o6ai. (j)6dv€L d' o (hSovos Kal rrji^ Wptaro-
ôvXov 77 podviiiav koI to,? Kaicrapos" iXTrlBag'
<f)apfidK(i) yovv dvaipedels vtto rojv rd IXofiTTrjiov
<f)poi'Ovvrajv M^'XP' ttoXXov fiev ovhe rachi^s eV rfj
Trarpcva X^P9r H-^'^^X^^' eKeiTO Se jue'Atrt avu-
Tr]povfjL€i'0? 6 veKpds [aurou] €cl»? utt' Wvtcovlov
'\ovhaioi? i77€fj.<f)d7] TOtS" âciXiKOL? p-vrjixeioi?
evTa4>rio6p.evos
ISo (2) 'Avatpetrat Se kol 6 vlos ainov 'AAef ay-
Spas' TreAc/cei utto ^klttlojvos eV 'AvTto;êta, Ilo/Lt-
TTTjiov TOVT^ €77 LOTeiXauTog Kal y€vojX€ur)s KaTTj-yoplas

Tipo rod ^-qfjiaro? d>v 'PojjjiaLOUs e^Xaifjev. roue
8' avrov YlroXefialos 6 }>\€vvaLov Trapa-
d8€X(f)ovg
Xaôjv, OS €KpdT€L rfj? VTTO ru) Xi^dvcp XaAxtSo?,
OtAtTT/Ttaiiâ rdv vlov eV avrov? el? WoKaXojx'a
186 7repL7T€L. KaKeh'O? drroGrrdGa? rrjg WpLoroôvXov
yvvaLKO? WvrLyovov Kal rd? d3eA(/>a? avrov 77p6?
rov Ttaripa dv-qyayev dXov? hi* epojn yap.ei rrjv.
Irepav^ Kal fierd ravB^ vrrd rod rrarpo? hC avrrjv

Kr eiver ai' yafiei ydp YlroXepLaLO? rrjV 'AAe^-
dvhpav dveXdjv rov vlov Kal Std rov ydpLov /CTySe-
fjLOVLKcijrepo? avro? rjv 7Tp6? rov? d3eA(ôus".
i&7 (3) WvriTTarpo? 8e /uerd rviv Y\oii7Trjiov reXev-
rrjv p.era^d? idepdrtevev Kaloapa, /cciTreiS?) Mt-
OpL^drrj? 6 n.€pyaiJ,rjv6? fjLed^ rj? rjyev eV AlyvTr-
rov bvidfjieoj? eipyopLevo? rcuv Kara to Ylr]Xov-
OLOv ifxôXdjv iv WoKdXojVL Karelx^ro, rov? re
"Apaâ? ^€vo? d)V €7T€lo€V €7TLKOvp-fJGai Kal avro?
* PA Heg-. : veunepav the rest (perhaps rightly).
" Q. CaeciUus Metellus Scipio, father-in-law of Pompey

and governor of Syria defeated by JuHus Caesar; at the
battle of Thapsus i6 b.c.
86
the surrounding country to his side. But the zeal

of Aristobulus and the hopes of Caesar were thwarted
by maHce. Poisoned by Pompey's friends, it was Death of
long before Aristobulus obtained even burial in his
native land the corpse lay preserved in honey until
;
it was sent to the Jews by Antony for interment in

the royal sepulchres.
(2) His son Alexander also perished under and of ;
^
Pompey's orders, he was beheaded at Antioch by ^^°
which he was accused of the
Scipio," after a trial in
injuries which he had caused to the Romans. Alex-
ander's brother and sisters were taken under the
roof of Ptolemy,^ son of Mennaeus, prince of Chalcis
in the Lebanon valley, who sent his son Philippion
to Ascalon to fetch them. The latter succeeded in
tearing Antigonus and his sisters from the arms of
Aristobulus's widow and escorted them to his father.
Becoming enamoured of one " of the princesses, the
young man married her, but was subsequently slain
by his father on account of this same Alexandra,
whom Ptolemy, after murdering his son, married
himself. His marriage made him a more attentive
guardian to her brother and sister.
(3) Antipater, on the death of Pompey, went over
Services
to his opponent and paid court to Caesar. When Antipatei

Mithridates of Pergamus, with the army which he was f°
^^^^^^
leading to Egypt, was forbidden to pass the Pelusiac 48-47 b.c.
frontier^ and was held up at Ascalon, it was Antipater

who induced his friends the Arabs to lend their
assistance, and himself brought up an army of three
* See § 103. Another reading " the younger."
"^
^ Or "arm of the Nile." The authorities at Pelusium

must have sent early notice refusing him a passage; Ascalon
was six days' march from that mouth of the Nile {B. iv.
361 ff.).
87
JOSEPHUS
rJK€i^ ayoji' ^Xovhaiuju
etV rpiaxiXiov; OTrAiVa?.
188 TTapcopurjueu Kal tov? iv ûpia 8vuaT0vg irrl
8e
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Xeixaiou Kal Îdfi^Xixou, 8t' oi)? at ravrrj 77oAetg
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varpov Ig\vl rrpog to IlrjXovoLOv iêXavi'CL, koj-
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8e KOiV jfi vpooôXfj hLacriJjLOTaro? WvTLTrarpog'
TO yap Kad^ avTOu pL^pog rov rdxov? hLappi\â<;
TTpoJTOS €10 €77 1'lhriOeV €tV T-qV TToXlV fieTCL 7(Zv OVl
avTuj.
190 (4) Kat TO riTÂot'atoi-' fieu IdXoj, Trpoow 6
avTou lovTa elpyov avBi^ ol ttju Ôvlov vpooayo-
pevofievTju \<jjpav KaTexouTes' rjoav 8e 'louSato.
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KcoXveiP €7T€io€u, dXXd Kal TCiTrtTT^Seta tv} ^vvd/j.^
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^
192 alyiaXov tov 7TOTap.ovtojv yap /ca^' iavTO

eKpaTeL to Xatou eôjv Kepa^' eVreiTa TrpooTreooj
TOt? biojKovoL Mt^ptSa'rr/i^ dveKT€iV€V ttoXXov? acq
fJL^xpt TOGOVTov Tovs KaTaXeiTTOfievov^ ibLwêv
(Ls Kal TO GTpaTOTTeSov avTojv iXelv. 6yho-qKOUT(
" Son of Sohemus {A. xiv. 129), not the son of Mennaeu
mentioned above (§ 185), though living in the same regior
Nothing more is known of him and Jamblichus.
88
thousand Jewish infantry. It was he who roused in

support of Mithridates persons so powerful in Syria
as Ptolemy,** in his Lebanon home, and Jambhchua
through whose influence the cities in those parts
readily took their share in the war. Emboldened
by the reinforcements which Antipater had brought
him, Mithridates now marched on Pelusium, and,
being refused a passage, laid siege to the town. In
the assault it was Antipater again who won the
greatest distinction ; for he made a breach in
the portion of the wall which faced him and was
the first to plunge into the place at the head of his
troops.
(4) Thus Pelusium was taken but the conqueror's
;
advance was again barred by the Egyptian Jews who

occupied the district which took its name from Onias.*
Antipater, however, prevailed on them not only to
refrain from opposition, but even to furnish supplies
for the troops ; with the result that no further re-
sistance was encountered even at Memphis, whose
inhabitants voluntarily joined Mithridates. The
latter, having now rounded the Delta, gave battle to
the rest of the Egyptians at a spot called " Jews'
camp." In this engagement he, with the whole of
his right wing, was in serious danger, when Antipater,
victorious on the left where he was in command,
wheeled round and came along the river bank to his
rescue. Falling upon the Egyptians who were pur-
suing Mithridates he killed a large number of them
and pushed his pursuit of the remainder so far that
he captured their camp. He lost only eighty of '^
^ For the Jewish temple built in Egypt by Onias, a re-
fugee from Jerusalem, see B. vii. 421 tf.

« A. " fifty."
^9
.
JOSEPHUS
Be IjLOuov? tojv Iblcov aTreâXev, /cat Mt^ptSarT]? eV
rfi TpoTTTJ TTepl oKraKOoiovs . oojBels S' avro? Trap'
iXTTiSa fidpTVsa^duKavo? ytVerat irpos Kaioapa
raw ÂvTLTrdrpov KaropdajfjidTcov
193 (5) '0 5e t6t€ fJL€V tov dvhpa rols eVatVoi? kol
rat? iX—LGLV etV toi)? VTrkp eavrov KwBvi'ovs eV-
eppojGev, if ol^ ttolglv TrapaôXajrarog dyojvLGrrjS
yei'Ofievog Kal 77oAAa rpcodelg €</>' oXov G)(€h6u tov
194 GcofiaTog elêv TO. Grjixela rrj'i dperfjg. avOtg he
KaTaoTqGdfjievos tq Kara ri)v AtyvTrrov co? eV-
avTjKev els Hvpiav, TToXi-eia re avrou rfj 'Pa>ijLaLOju
ibcDprjGaro Kal dreXeia, Trjg re dXXt]? TLfirjs /cat
cf)LXo(f)povT]Geajg eveKev ^tÂcutop' eTroiiqGev, Kal r-qv
dpxi-^poJGVvrjv be St' avrov eveKvpujGev 'YpKai'oj.

195 (x. 1) Kar' avro oe Kal Âvrlyoi-os 6 WpLGTo-
ôvXov TTpoq rov Kai'crapa Trapojv ytVerat irapa-
hoôjs AvTrndrpo) ixetLovo? npoKOTT-qg airiog- Seoi'
^
yap* aTTohvpeGOai rrepl rov Trarpos 7Te(f)ap/jLd)(9a t

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Kal TTepl Td8eX(})ou ',

rrjv 1Lklt:lojvo? wiJiorrjTa
pLefjLcfyeGdaL Kal jjLrjbeu els rou eXeov Trapa/jLLâu
(j)6ovep6v Trddos, 6 S' inl rovroig 'TpKavoO Kal

196 ÂvTLTTdrpou Kar-qyopei rrapeXdow, ojs napavo-
jidnara fiev avrov fierd twv dheX(j)on> TTdGr]^
aTTeXavvoLev Tijg Trarpiov yrjs, 77oAAd 8' et? to

edi'os avTol hid Kopov e^v^pit,OLe\' , Kal otl^ ttju
ei? AtyvTrTov GViipLaîo-v ovk eV evvoia ainaj
TTeiJUpeiau, dXXd Kara beos roju rrdXat SLa(j)opd)i/

1 ',oOi' LVRC. » 5*071 LVR.
90
his men Mithridates in the rout had lost about

;
eight hundred. Thus saved beyond all expectation,

Mithridates bore to Caesar's ears ungrudging witness
of Antipater's prowess.
(5) The praise bestowed by Caesar at the time on Honours
the hero of the day and the hopes which it excited A°i?ii*paie
spurred Antipater to further ventures in his service.
Showing himself on all occasions the most daring of
fighters, and constantly wounded, he bore the marks
of his valour on almost every part of his person.
Later, when Caesar had settled affairs in Egypt and
returned to Syria, he conferred on Antipater the
privilege of Roman citizenship with exemption from
taxes, and by other honours and marks of friendship
made him an enviable man. It was to please him
that Caesar confirmed the appointment of Hyrcanus
to the office of high-priest.
(x. 1) About this time Antigonus, son of Aristo- Antigonv
bulus, waited upon Caesar and. contrary to his inten- I'ji^tipate
tions, became the means of Antipater's further before
promotion. Antigonus ought to have confined him-
self to lamentation over his father's fate, believed to
have been poisoned on account of his differences with
Pompey, and to complaints of Scipio's cruelty to his
brother,'^ without mixing up with his plea for com-
passion any sentiments of jealousy. But, not content
with that, he came forward and accused Hyrcanus
and Antipater. They had, he said, in utter defiance
of justice, banished him and his brothers and sisters
from their native land altogether they had, in their;
insolence, repeatedly done outrage to the nation ;
they had sent supports into Egypt, not from any

goodwill to Caesar, but from fear of the consequences
'^
§§ 184 f.
91
.
JOSEPHUS
Kal TTjv 7Tp6? Tov nofJLTTTJiov SiXlaw 6.7ToaKeva}l,6-
fievoi.
197 (2) ripos" Tavd^ 6 ^ Ai'TLTTarpo? dTToppLiJjas rrjv
eodrJTa to TrXijOog ineh^LKwev tCjv rpavfidrcou,
Kal TTepl }i€v rrj<? €1? Katcrapa evuota? ovk ecfy-q
Xoyov Selu avroj' K^Kpayevat yap to owfia oloj-
198 rrcovTO?' WvTiyoi'OV 8e OavfidCeLU ttju roXfiai', cl
7ToX€f.LLOu 'Pcofxaiajv VLO? wv Kal 'Pcofiaicow Spa-
776701;Kal TO veojTepoTTOLO? etuai Kal oraouohr]^
avTOS TTarpojov e-)(Ojv, Trapd tco 'Pajfiaicuv rjyefJLOvL
Karrjyopelv e7TLKe\€ipr]Kev irepcov Kal TT^Lpdrai
rvx^lv dyadov tlvos, Seow dyaTrdv otl frj- Kal yap
vvv ecjiUodai TTpayadTcou ou tooovtov hC dTTopiav,
aXX Iva 'louSat'ou? hiaoTaaidarj rrapeXBuw Kal XP''!'
OTjTaL Kara rwv hovrtov raZs d(f)opiia'i^
199 (3) Tov-wv Kalaap dKovoas 'YpKai'oi^ fxev
d^Lcorepov rrjg dpxL€pojGVvr]s a77€0vî'aTO, 'Ap-Tt-
Trdrpcp be hvvaoreia? alpeaiv eScoKev. 6 8' eVt
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€7TLTp07TOg 'louSaia? dTToheLKVVTai , Kal TTpOOeTTL-
rvyxdu€L Ta TeLX^] T-fj^ TraT piSog dvaKTcaai Kar-
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avTov biKaioovvrj? o-qyiîov Kal ttjs TarSpo? ioo-
fi€uag^ dpcTTJg.
201 ('!•) ^ AuTLTTa-po? 8e Katoapa 'npo-ip.ilja<; eV Trys
Su/ata? €(V 'JouSat'ai^ V77€OTp€ip€U. Kal vpojroi
pi€vTO Telxo^ dueheifiaTO T-fjs 77a7/3t8o? vno flo/i-
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^ Niese : ecofj-(i'r)s or xao^fôi' ms-^.
" Or " procurator.'
92
of old quarrels and to obliterate the memory of their

friendship for Pompey.
(2) At these words Antipater stripped off his clothes
and exposed his numerous scars. His loyalty to
Caesar needed, he said, no words from him his ;
body cried it aloud, were he to hold his peace. But

the audacity of Antigonus astounded him. The son
of an enemy of the Romans, son of a fugitive from
Rome, one who inherited from his father a passion
for revolution and sedition, presuming to accuse
others in the presence of the Roman general and
looking for favours when he ought to be thankful
to be alive ! Indeed (said Antipater), his present
ambition for power was not due to indigence he ;
wanted it in order to sow sedition among the Jews

and to employ his resources against those who had
provided them.
(3) After hearing both speakers, Caesar pronounced caesar
Hyrcanus to be the more deserving claimant to the A^j^^patei
high-priesthood, and left Antipater free choice of
office. The latter, replying that it rested with him
who conferred the honour to fix the measure of the
honour, was then appointed viceroy ° of all Judaea, and makt
He was further authorized to rebuild the ruined walls ^J jy^'êa
of the metropolis. **
Orders were sent by Caesar to
Rome for these honours to be graven in the Capitol,
as a memorial of his own justice and of Antipater's
valour.
(4) After escorting Caesar across Syria, Antipater Antipate
returned to Judaea. There his first act was to rebuild govermru
the wall of the capital which had been overthrown of Judaea
by Pompey. He then proceeded to traverse the JJivn ham

country, quelling the local disturbances, and every-
^ In A. xiv. 144 this permission is given to Hyrcanus.
93
.
JOSEPHUS
ovfjLôvXo? d)V eKauTOLs, OTL ra }i€u 'YpKavov
^povovvr€S eV oX^co kol Kad^ rjovxt-oa^ ^Lojoovrai,
TCx)Vre Ihiojv KTrjixdrcov Kal kolvtjS €Lp-qvq<^ airo-
202 AauovTCS" et he TTeidoLvro rats ipyxpal^ IXttlglv
Tojv vecxjrepilêLv IttI Kepheoiv olkclol? idcXovrojv,
CWS" aVTOV T€ 7T€Lpd(JOVGLV OLVTi K'i'jSeflOVOS SeCTTTOT^p
Kal 'YpKavov dvrl âcrtAecu? rvpavvov, 'PcoâtofS"

yc fJL-qv Kal KaLuapa TToXepLLOV? dvd^ -qyejiovcov Kal
(jyiXojv ov yap dveêoOai pLeraKLVOvpLevov eK rry?
203 apxT]? ov avrol Karearrjaav a/xa Se ravra Xeyojv
.
Kal 8t' avrov Kadlararo rrjv ^copav, opwv rov

*YpKav6v vajd-fj T€ Kal âaiXelag drovwrepov
âadriXov pL€i> Si], row TralScov rov Trpeo^vrarov,
'lepoGoXvpôw Kal row rrept^ urpariqyov KaBiorii)-
OLV, rov he ftcr' avrov 'Wpojhiqv IttI rols 'looi^
eareiXev els FaAtAatai^ Kopihfj veov.
204 (o) '0 he d)V (fivaei hpaomjpLO? vXr]v evBeoJS
evpluKeL ro) (f)povT]pLarL. KaraXaôjv ovv ^KCeKiav
rov dp)(LXrj(jrrjv rd Trpooex^ '^fj ^vpia Kara-
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pdXiora roLS ^vpoLS rjydTrrjro^ Ke)(apLop,evov' vp,-
velro yovv dvd re rag Kcopca? Kal ev rats iroXeoLv
'\\pojhy]s cog avrolg Kal rag Kri]oeig
elpi]vriv
avaoeoojKOjg . eK rovrov Kal ê^rcp
yU'erat S'
KataapL yvcopipiog ovri ovyyeveZ rov pLeydXov
2o>j KatGapog Kal hiOLKOvvrL rrjv ^vplav. rrpog he top
dheX(f>6v evhoKLpuovvra Kal âod-qXog e(f)iXorLp,elro
r7]v dyadrjv epiv, rovg ev rolg 'lepoaoXvpLoig ev-
^ TjydirrjToconi. {c/. A. j r)-fanr]aai') : qye'iTo PAM : KarupduKi

the rest.
94
JEWISH WAR, I. 201-206 ( = ant. xiv. 156-161}
where combining menaces with advice. Their sup-

port of Hyrcanus, he told them, would ensure them
a prosperous and tranquil existence, in the enjoy-
ment of their own possessions and of the peace of
the realm. If, on the contrary, they put faith in
the vain expectations raised by persons who for
personal profit desired revolution, they would find in
himself a master instead of a protector, in Hyrcanus
a tyrant instead of a king, in the Romans and Caesar
enemies instead of rulers and friends for they would
;
never suffer their own nominee to be ousted from his

office. But, while he spoke in this strain, he took
the organization of the country into his own hands,
finding Hyrcanus indolent and without the energy
necessary to a king." He further appointed his eldest
son, Phasael, governor of Jerusalem and the en-
virons the second, Herod,'' he sent with equal
;
authority to Galilee, though a mere lad.

(5) Herod, energetic by nature, at once found Youthful
material to test his metal. Discovering that Ezekias, herod h
a brigand-chief, at the head of a large horde, was Galilee.
ravaging the district on the Syrian frontier, he caught
him and put him and many of the brigands to death.
This welcome achievement was immensely admired
by the Syrians. Up and down the villages and in
the towns the praises of Herod were sung, as the I
restorer of their peace and possessions. This exploit,

noreover, brought him to the notice of Sextus Caesar,
I kinsman of the great Caesar and governor of Syria, c 47 b.c.
[Phasael, on his side, with a generous emulation, vied His broti

Aîth his brother's reputation; he increased his popu- go^ê^nm
''^'^"**'^'
" Anincorrect term; Hyrcanus had only the title of
'thnarch, A. xiv. 191, etc.
" Herod the Great, whose history fills the greater part of
he remainder of this book.
95
JOSEPHUS
vovcrrepovs Kadtardfjieuo?, Kal 8t* avrov /i,ev excov
rrjv ttoXlv fxrihkv 8* d77etpo«:aAtci? et? T-qv iôvulav
207 i^v^pitcxjv . evdev^ ÂwTLTrdrpco depaTreia re r^v €k
rov edwovg âaiXtKrj /cat rLjjbal Trapd ttclVtcov cos"
beoTTorrj tujv oXcjv ov purju avro^ rrj? -npos 'Tp/ca-
208 (6) WiJ.-q)(avov 8' eV evTrpayiais (f)d6vov 8ia-

(j)vy€LV. '\pKav6? yovv rjBrj fiev /cat /ca^' eauroi^
Tyau;^,^ TT-po? TO /cAe'os' toji^ veavioKOJV eSaKuero,
fidXiGTa 8' iXv7T€L rd 'HpcoSov Karopdd>pLara Kal
KTjpvK^s irtdXXiqXoi rrjc Kad^ €KaoTOV evSoîag
7TpoGTpe)(ovre?. ttoXXol 8e rcbv iv rols âoiXeioL^
•
âoKdvLov ripeditôv, of? -q to iQ>v nalhudv ^ to
209 ^ \vT\.-ndrpov oojf^poviKOV TTpooioTaro, Xeyovres ojs
^
AvTi-udrpuj /cat rot? Riots' avrov Trapaxouprjoas
rcou KaOetoLTO rovpopia p.6vov âac-
Trpaypidrajv
Ae't/Jb €xojv ep-qpLOv iôvatas. /cat p-^xpt- tov^ TrXa-
vrjdy]oeraL /ca^' iavrov âatXeis €7TLTpe(f)wv ; ovSe

yap €.lp(jDV€V€odai rr^v iTTirpoTT-qv avrovg CTt, <f)av€-
povg 8* €LuaL heoTToras Trapojoapievovg eKelvov, €
ye p.rjT€ ivroXds hovro'S P'TJre eTnoTeiXavros avroi
Tooovrovg Trapd rov twv ^lovhaiojv vopiov di'TqprjKei
'Hpojdij'^- ov, et p-i^ âoLXevs ioTLv dXX en tStc6-
TT^S", 8€tt^ eVt Si/cryv tJk€lu diTohiooovTa Xoyov avra
T€ /cat TOl? TTOTptOt? VOpLOl?, OL Kr€iV€LV aKpiTOVS
OVK €<f}ldoLU.
210 (7) ToJtois" Kard puKpov 'YpKavo? e'ê/caieTc
/cat TTjv opyrjv T^Xevralov eKprjâg e/caAet Kptdr)
oopevov Toy Vipdjhrjv. 6 8e /cat tou irarpos Trap
^ inTfitjiv p. - Destinon : irov mss.
' cLKpiTovs Dindorf : aKpirua 3iss.
96
JEWISH WAR, I. 206-210 ( = ant xiv. 161-169)
larity with the intiabitants of Jerusalem, and kept

the city under control without any tactless abuse of
authority. Antipater, in consequence," was courted
by the nation as if he were king and universally
honoured as lord of the realna. Notwithstanding
Hyrcanus and his loyalty to him
this, his affection for
underwent no change.
(6) But it is impossible in prosperity to escape Hyrcanus
envy. The young men's fame already caused "gli'ifsV
Hyrcanus a secret pang. He was vexed in particular Herod anr
, his family
by Herod's successes and by the arrival of messenger
after messenger with news of each new honour that
he had won. His resentment was further roused by
a number of malicious persons at court, who had
taken offence at the prudent behaviour either of
Antipater or of his sons. Hyrcanus, they said, had
abandoned to Antipater and his sons the direction
of affairs, and rested content with the mere title,
without the authority, of a king. How long would
he be so mistaken as to rear kings to his own un-
doing ? No longer masquerading as viceroys, they
had now openly declared themselves masters of the
state, thrusting him aside seeing that, without
;
either oral or written instructions from Hyrcanus,

Herod, in violation of Jewish law, had put all this
large number of people to death. If he is not king
but still a commoner, he ought to appear in court
and answer for his conduct to his king and to his
country's laws, which do not permit anyone to be
put to death without trial.
(7) These words ffraduallv inflamed Hyrcanus ;
Herod's
\ ., 1 .
c u J trial and
until at last, in an explosion or rage, he summoned
. , ^
acquittal.
Herod to trial. Herod, on his father's advice, and
« Or " Ihienceforth."
VOL. II E 97
JOSEPHUS
aivovvro? Kal tojv irpayiidrajv hthovrcov Trapp-qaiav
dvTêi, (jypovpals hiaXa^cjv rrporepou rrjv FaAt-
Xaiau. 7J€L be /xerd Kaprepov^ ori(j)ov<;, wg piT]re
KaraXveiu hoêieu 'YpKavov aBpau' dycov bvvafj.Lv

211 {JL-qre yvfxvo? efxTreooL to) cjidovo). Se'^ro? 8e Kat-
oap SeLoag rrepl ro) veavia, ixiq tl Trapa Tolg e^'
dpols d77oXrj(j)deLS Trddr], 77e/Li77et 77/30? 'YpKavov
rovs TTapayyeXovvTag biapprjb-qi' OLTToXveLV 'Hpoj-
S-qv -717? (f)OVLKrj'i Slktis . 6 Se Kal dXXa>g cvpfx-q-
p.€vos, -qydTTa yap 'Upcohijv, d7T0iprj(j)LL,€raL.
212 (8) Kat o? VTroXafj-^Bdvajv dKOvros rod âot-

Xews hLa(l)vy€LV et? AafxaaKOu dvexd)pr]oev 77 pos
ê^TOv, rrapaoKevaôfxevos oi35' avdi? vrraKovoai
KaXovvTL. Kal TrdXiv ol 7rovT)pol Trapw^vvov rov
'YpKavov kqt' opyrjv re OL)(êodaL rov 'Hpcobiqv
Xeyovreg Kal TiapeoKevaofievov

/car' avrov' ttl-
OTevojv âoiXevs ovk elxev 6 n xprj Spdv, a»s
8' o
213 edjpa fieilova tov hid<f)opov. enel be vtto Sefrot

Kalaapos Kal orpariqyos dveheixdi) KoiXrjs Hvplas
Kal HapapeiaSy ov fiovov re Kar* evvoiav rr)v ck
rov edvov? dXXd Kal Swdfj-ec (f)0êp6? rjv, els
eaxo^ôv heovs Karerreaev 'YpKavos^,^ ooov ovttoj
rrpoohoKwv eV avrov 6pfn']GeLV fxerd orparids.
214 (9) Kat ov bLYjfxaprev ri]g ol-qoeojs' 6 yap
'Wpd>hrj<£ Kar^ opyrjv rrjg rrepl rrjv Slktjv dTTeiXi]?
arparidv ddpoiaas errl 'lepoooXv/juxjv rjyev Kara-
Xvoojv rov 'YpKavov. Kav e</)^>] rovro rroL-noas,
* apK(7ov conj. Destinon {A. \\ dTroxpcDToy).

* LVRC: XapLTrpaf PAM. » ins. P: om. the rest.
98
with the confidence which his own conduct inspired,

went up to the capital, after posting garrisons
throughout Galilee. He went with a strong escort,
calculated to avoid, on the one hand, the appearance
of wishing to depose Hyrcanus by bringing an over-
whelming force, and, on the other, the risk of falling
unprotected a prey to envy. Sextus Caesar, how-
ever, fearing that the young man might* be isolated
by his adversaries and meet with misfortune, sent
express orders to Hyrcanus to clear Herod of the
charge of manslaughter. Hyrcanus, being inclined
to take that course on other grounds, for he loved
Herod, acquitted him.<*
(8) Herod, however, imagining that his escape was
contrary to the king's wishes, retired to join Sextus
it Damascus, and made ready to refuse compliance
:d a second summons. The knaves at court con-
:inued to exasperate Hyrcanus, saying that Herod
lad departed in anger and was prepared to attack
lim. The king believed them, but knew not what
;o do, seeing his adversary to be more than a match
or himself. But when Sextus Caesar proceeded to

ippoint Herod governor of Coele-Syria and Samaria,
md he was now doubly formidable owing to his
)opularity with the nation and his own power,
hyrcanus was reduced to consternation, expecting
ivery moment to see him marching upon him at the
lead of an army.
(9) Nor was he mistaken in his surmise. Herod, His
urious at the threat which this trial had held over him,
11 1 T
toUected an army and advanced upon Jerusalem to
1
"Î^"^2?
retaliation
forestalled
lepose Hyrcanus. This object he would indeed have

« In J. xiv. 177 Hyrcanus merely adjourns the trial and
idvises Herod to escape.
99
-r '^
JOSEPHUS
€t fiT] 77 poeêXOour eg 6 re -rrarrip kol 6 dSeAôs
€K\aaav avrov rrju opfi-qv TrapaKoXovvreg [/cat]
avTOv a7:€iXfi Koi avardaet pLOurj fxerprjoai ttî
dfjLwav, (f)€LGaa6aL Se rov âcriAecu?, l-^' ov pi^xp
TOGavrrj? hwdpLetog TrporjXBev heiv re, et KXrjdeh
€771 dLKrjV Trapoj^vvrai, Kal rrepl rijg d(f>eo€Ojg €V
XapLarelv Kal pLrj -rrpog fieu to GKvBpojTTOv dTravTav

215 77€pt 8e TTj? oojTi-jpia? d^dpiGrov etvai. el 8e 8?
XoyLGTeoi' ecr) Kal rroXefiov poTrds ^paBeveoda
<6e(jj>, deojprjreov^ elvai vrjg Grpareias^ n
dhiKOv. bid hrj Kal rrepl rrjc VLKrjS ov \prjvaL^ Kad
dirav eveXiTLV elvai, iieX}\ovTd ye^ GvpLâXeZ
âGiXel Kal Gvi'TpoSco Kal TToXXdKig p.ev evepyerfi
XO-XeTTcp be ovheiTOTe, -nXrjU ogov TTOvqpols GVpL
ôvXoLS ;^pt(S/xei'os' eTrtGeioeiev avroj GKLdv dSiKij
fiaros. TTeideraL tovtols 'Wpojhrjig v7roXaf3dw ei
rag iXTTiSag avrapKe? elvai Kal to ttjv lgxv
eTTiheiâGdai to) eOvet.
216 (10) Kdv TOVTco yiveTai Trepl WTrdf-ieiav Tapax
'Pc/j/xatojv Kal TToXepiOS epL(j)vXLOS, Kat/ctAtou /x€
BaaaoLJ hid ttjv elg IlopLTT-qLOV evvoiav hoXo<hovi
GavTos ê'^TOv KaiGapa Kal ttju eKeivov SiVaîi
TrapaXaôvTO? y tojv S* dXXojv KatGapog arparr
ycov errl TLpLOjpia tov (f)6vov Bacrcraj GvpLâXovTa
217 p,€Td Trdo-rj^ ttjs SvvdpLeojg. olg Kal bed tov di
ijprjfji,evov Kal bid tov TreptovTa KaiGapa, (hiXoi
ovTag dp.(hoTepov£y 6 WvTLTTaTpog bid rcui/ Traiba
eTTepLipev GvpLfj.axLO.v- iJ.rjKViop.evov be tov 77oA<
^ om. VC.
* 6eu, dfuopriTfOi' conj. after Aldrich : deup-qriov PAMLF
6iQ. t\'.'iov VC (assimilation to A. ). \
' Destinon : arpaTias mss.

*
xPl PAM. • Bekker: re .ms3.
100
JEWISH WAR, I. 214-217 ( = ant. xiv. 181 ff.-216f.)
speedily achieved, had not his father and brother

gone out in time to meet him and mollified his rage.
They implored him to restrict his revenge to menaces
and intimidation, and to spare the king under whom
he had attained to such great power. Indignant as
he might be at the summons to trial, he ought on
tlie other hand to be thankful for his acquittal ;
after facing the black prospect of condemnation," he

ought not to be ungrateful for escaping with his life.
Moreover, if we are to beheve that the fortunes of
war are in the hands of God, the injustice of his
present campaign ought to be taken into considera-
tion. He should not, therefore, be altogether con-
**
fident of success, when about to make war on his

king and companion, frequently his benefactor, never
his oppressor, save that, under the influence of evil
counsellors, he had menaced him with a mere shadow
Df injury. To this advice Herod yielded, thinking
that he had satisfied his expectations for the future
jy this exhibition of his strength before the eyes of
:he nation.
(10) at Apamea the Romans had War of
Meanwhile
on their hands leading to civil war. Caecilius mur'rerôf
•.rouble
3assus, out of devotion to Pompey, assassinated
f^^^^^
5extus Caesar and took command of his army 46 b.o. ;
vhereupon Caesar's other generals, to avenge the

nurder, attacked Bassus with all their forces.
\ntipater, for the sake of his two friends, the de-
;eased and the surviving Caesar, sent them rein-
brcements under his sons. The war dragged
" For TO (TKvdpwirbv in this sense cf. A. ii. 156 (opposed
o acquittal), and B. i. 542.

* Or perhaps, with the other reading, " the injustice [of
lis case] might outweigh an army."

101
JOSEPHUS
fiov MovpKO? fieu OLTTO TT]S 'IraAia? Witigt lov^
napayiverai 8taSo;(o?.
218 (xi. 1) TiVVLGraraL 8e 'Pojâtot? /caret tovtov
Tov Kaipov 6 fieyas rroX^fio?, KaoGiov Kal Bpov-
Tov^ Kreivdvrcov So/\a> Kataapa, Kara^xoi^Ta rrju
^PXW ^*'^'
^^V '^P^^ '^'ct^ piTJvas imd. fieyioTov 8
€77t TU) <j)6vi^ yevofjuevov KLvrjixaros Kal Siaora-
oiaoBevTUJv TUiv hvvarCjv e/cacrros" iXTrloiv olKelai^
Ixojpei TTpos o ovjjLcfêpeLVKal Stj VTreXdj^lSavev,
Kal KdoGLO? €tV Hvpiav KaraXriipofievo? rag rrepi
219 ^ At: d pie Lav hwdpêis- evOa BacrCTO) re "SlovpKOi
Kal TO. SL€(jTa)Ta ray/xara SiaAAaâ? iXevOepo'i
fjLcv ÂTrdpLeiav rrjs TToXiopKias y rjyovpbevos 8
avTOs rrjs arparids iTT'êt (j>opoXoya)u rds ttoXels
Kal TTapd Svi'apLiu ra? elorrpdêL? 7TOLOvp,€vo?.
220 (~) KeXevodev 8e Kal 'louSatoi? elaeveyKeh w
eTTTaKooia rdXavra, 8eiaa? 'AvTiTTarpos" ttî^ ciTrct

At^j/ tov KaaoLov roTs re vlots SielXev eloTrpdrreu
rd )(p-qfjLaTa Kai riaiv dXXoi? rcov iTTLT-qheiojv Kan

rd)(o?, ev otg Kal ^laXl^^ tlvI tcov hia(j)6p(x>v
221 OUTOJ? 7]7T€Ly€V Tj di'dyKT] TTpojTOS 8' diTepieiXi
.
âro KdooLov *HpojSr]? ttjv iavrov pLoXpav ck rrj-

TaXiXata? KopLtaas eKarov rdXavra, Kal hu
Tovro iv roZs p^dXtora (f)lXo? rju. rous" 8e Xolttov
€tV ^pahvrfjra KaKiaas avracs idupLovro rat ^
222 TToXeuLv. r6(f)i'a yovv Kal 'A/^/xaow Kal Sv*

€Tepas Tojv Ta7T€LVOT€pcov €âvhpa7TohLodp.€VOS ^X^
^ Lat. ( = C. Antistius Vetiis, who besieged Bassus ii «
Apamea before the arrival of Murcus, Dio Cass, xlvii. 27)

avri Kaaalov P: di'rt KeaTiou A "Li^Tov the rest (apparentl'
:
from ./. I). 2 +6.<pi>u} PAMC.

" See critical note.
102
on and Murcus arrived from Italy to succeed

Antistius.**
(xi. 1) At this time the great war of the Civil war
Romans broke out, arising out of the death of Caesar, oKuihis"^^
treacherously murdered by Cassius and Brutus after Caesar
holding sovereign power for three years and seven

months.^ This murder produced a tremendous up-
heaval leading men split up into factions
; each ;
joined the party which he considered would best

serve his personal ambitions. Cassius, for his part, Cassius in
went to Syria to take command of the armies con- exactions?

êntrated round Apamea. There he effected a re-
conciliation between Murcus and Bassus and the
Dpposing legions, raised the siege of Apamea, and,
Dutting himself at the head of the troops, went
'ound the towns levying tribute and exacting sums
»vhich it was beyond their ability to pay.
(2) The Jews received orders to contribute seven
lundred talents. Antipater, alarmed at the threats
)f Cassius, to expedite payment distributed the task
)f collection between his sons and some of his
—
icquaintance, including so urgent was the necessity
)f the case —
one of his enemies named Malichus.
Jerod was the first to bring his quota the sum —
f one hundred talents —
from Galilee, thereby
ppeasing Cassius and being regarded as one of his
)est friends. The rest Cassius abused for dilatori-
less and then vented his wrath on the cities them-
elves. Gophna, Emmaus and two other places of
ess importance " he reduced to servitude. He was
" 3 years and 6 months," A. xiv. 270.

**
From the battle
f Pharsalia (9 August 48) to 15 March 44 the period was
jst over 3 years and 7 months.
Lydda and Thamna, A. xiv. 275.
103
0^'
.
J0SEPHU5
p€L fJL€v cu? Kal Ma/^t;ô^• dvaiprjoajv, otl fir) 07T€V-
aag €iG€77paêv, rovrov
eVe'cr^'Ci' Se rr)u /cat rr/i^
Ttuv aAAojv TToXeoju dTTivXetav WvrLTrarpo^ ra)(€a)^

iKarov raXavroLs dcpa—evGag KdcjGLOi'.
223 (3) Ov p.r]v MaAt;ô? dvaxcop'^joavro? Kacrcrtou
rrj^ y^dpiTos dTrejJLvrjijLovevaev WvTiTTdrpa), Kara
Se 70V TToXXdKLS ocurrjpo? imôvXriU iveaK€vd-
Lero G7T€vScov tov IpLTTohiov avrov roU
dj-'eAeti^
dSiKTJpLaGLi' WvTiTraTpos Se '^'rjv re ta;(t'i

ovTa-
Kal TO TTavovpyov rdvhpo^ VTroSelaa? biaBaLvei
rov ^lopbduTjU, orparou ddpoLGtoi' eh rr^v rr}?
224 emôvXrj^ dfivvav (^tupaOel? he WdXiôs dvaiheia
.
TcJjp WvTLTrdrpov rratSajv -epiyiveraL- tov re yap
'lepoGoXvfiojv 4>povp6v âGdrjXov Kal 'Wpojhrji

TreTTiGTevfjLevov rd orrXa rroXXalg dTToXoyiaLS Kat
opKotg €Kyor]revGa5 SiaAAa/cra? avroj irpo? roi
varepa Treidet yiveGdai. rrdXiv yovv vtt^ Wvtl-
rrdrpov Gajterat TreLGavrog }>\ovpKOU rov ron
orpaTrjyovvra 'Lvplag, 6? ojpp.rjTo Kreivai }s\dXi-)(ô\
ecf)' of? eveojTepiuev

225 (4-) tov vrpo? KdaGLOv Kal Bpov
T^vG-rdv-ro^ he
TOV KaLGapi re toj veoj kol Wptowlo.
TToXefjLov
KaGGLog Kal MovpKOS GTpaTidv ddpoiGavTeg eV
T7)c Zt'pt'as-, eTTeihT] p-^ya pepo? els tq? XP^'-'^
Wpojhri^ edoê, Tore p.ev avrou Supta? aTrdGrj-
empeXiQTrjP KadiGTaGiv hvvap.iv Treliju re Ka
irrmKrjv SoVres", perd he rrjv rov rroXepov Kard
XvGLV aTToheiêLv KacTcrtos' vrreGxero Kal 'louSata-
22t"^ BaaiXea. Gvve^-q 6' ^ AvTiTrdTpcv Trju re lgxvv toi
TTaLdog Kal TTjv iXiriha alriav aTzcuAeia? yeveGdai
" Or perhaps *' out of consideration for the large par
which H. had played in rendering assistance." The un

104
proceeding so far as to put Malichus to death for

tardiness in levying the tribute but Antipater
;
saved both his life and the other cities from destruc-
tion, by hastily propitiating Cassius with a gift of a
hundred talents.
(3) However, on the departure of Cassius, Malichus,
far from remembering this service of Antipater,
concocted a plot against the man who had often
saved his life, impatient to remove one who was an
Dbstacle to his malpractices. Antipater, dreading the
man's strength and cunning, crossed the Jordan to
:ollect an army to defeat the conspiracy. Malichus,
though detected, succeeded by effrontery in out-
vvitting Antipater's sons for Phasael, the warden of
;
Jerusalem, and Herod, the custodian of the armoury,

cajoled by a multitude of excuses and oaths, con-
sented to act as mediators with their father. Once
igain Antipater saved Malichus by his influence with
Vlurcus, who when governor of Syria had determined
put him to death as a revolutionary.
(4) When the young Caesar and Antony declared Antipater
var on Cassius and Brutus, Cassius and Murcus levied by

m army in Syria, and, regarding Herod's future Malichus.
issistance as a great asset," appointed him then and

here prefect ^ of the whole of Syria, putting a force
)f horse and foot at his disposal Cassius further
;
)romising on the termination of the war to make

lim king of Judaea. These powers and brilliant
xpectations of the son proved in the end the occasion
ertainty arises from the absence of a verb [yevrjaecrdai as in

1.XV. 264, or 7eiêcrâtas i6.307). The addition, avfx^€0\rj(T9oL:,
n cod. C is a gloss, due to misunderstanding of the Latinism
lagna pars.
**
Or " procurator " A. says " governor of Coele-Syria,"
;
less considerable and more probable appointment.

VOL. II e2 105
JOSEPHUS
ravra yap Setaa? d MaAi;ô? hLa(l)deip€i Ttiâ tojv
âoiXiKoju oli'oxoow ;YpT7/xacrtv Sovi'ai (fxipfiaKov
* AvTLTrdrpcp. kol 6 fxeu ayajvLopLa rrj? MaAt;i^0L'
TrapavopLta? yevopievo? pLera to avpLrroGLOV dvrjOKei,
rd T€ dXXa Spaar-qptog dvrjp Iv d(^riyiqo€L vpay-
fiarcou Kal rrjv dp)(rju dvaKrtiodpLevo? re 'YpKavco
/cat hLa(j)vXdâ<g.
227 (5) MaAt;ô? Se KaO^ VTrovotav rrj? cfiappLaKelag

opyi^6pi€vov TO TrXrjdog dpi'ovpL€vo? ^Treidev /cat
hviarwrepov iavrov KaT€GK€val€u ottXIt as ovy-
Kpordjv ov yap r]p€p,i]G€LV 'HpcvSrjv vTreXdpi[3av€Vy
OS" Srj Kal TTaprju avrtKa o-rparov dyow Itti
228 TLpLcvpia rod Trarpos. OaaavÂou Se rdS€X(f)ov

crupLpovXevGavTos avrqj rov dvopa
pLTj (f)av€pa)S
pLeriei'aL, hiaGraGidGeiv yap to ttXtjOos, Tore puev
a7ToXoyovpL€v6v r€ TtpoGUrai rov MaAt;ôv /cat riis
VTTovoias drroXveiv cvpLoXoyei, XapLTrpdv de TTOpLTrr^v
€77t rep rrarpl /crySeta? lreXeG€v.
229 (6) Tpanelg 8' eVt 2a/xa/D£tav CTTaoet rerapay-
pLevrjv KareGTi'ôaro rrjv ttoXlw €7T€ira /ca^' iopr-qv
VTr€Grp€<f)€v 'lepoGoXvpLa rovs OTrXiras dyow.
els
/cat 'YpKavoSj evrjyev yap hehoiKOJS rr)V
TrepLTTOJv
e(j)ohov MaAt;(os", eKOjXvev rovs dXXo<f>vXovs eiG-
ayayelv e</)' dyveijovras rovg eTnxojpiovs 6 he .
TTjS 7Tpo(f)dG€OJS KaracfjpovTjGas /cat tol? TrpoGrdG-

230 CTOiô? eloepxeraL Sta vvKrog. /cat 77aAtv MaAt;ô?
TTpoGidw eKXaiev WvrLTrarpov dvdvTreKpivero he
pLoXis 'Hpivhr]s rov dvpiov eTrexojv Kal KaGGLCo 8t*
imGroXiov rrjv rov Trarpos dvaipeGiv dTTOjhvpero
pLLGOvvrt Kal dXXojs MaAt;)ôv. d 5* avrco percevai
106
of his father's destruction. For Malichus, taking

alarm, bribed one of the royal butlers to serve poison
to Antipater. Thus, a victim of the villainy of
Malichus, Antipater expired after leaving the ban- 43 b.c.
quetâ man of great energy in the conduct of affairs,
whose crowning merit was that he recovered and
preserved the kingdom for Hyrcanus.
(5) Malichus, being suspected of poisoning him, Herod's
appeased the indignant populace by denial, and ^janchu"'^
strengthened his position by mustering troops. For
he never supposed that Herod would remain idle, and
in fact the latter appeared forthwith at the head of
an army to avenge his father. Phasael, however,
advised his brother not to proceed to open vengeance
on the scoundrel, for fear of exciting a popular riot.
Herod, accordingly, for the moment accepted
Malichus's defence and professed to clear him from
suspicion. He then celebrated with splendid pomp
the obsequies of his father.
(6) Samaria being distracted by sedition, Herod
betook himself thither, and, after restoring order in
the city, set out on the return journey to Jerusalem,
then keeping festival, at the head of his troops,
[nstigated by Malichus, who was alarmed at his
approach, Hyrcanus sent orders forbidding him to
ntrude aliens upon the country-folk during their
Deriod of purification. Herod, scorning the subter-
fuge and the man from whom the order came,
entered by night. Malichus again waited on him
ind wept over Antipater's fate. Herod, scarce able
:o restrain his wrath, dissembled in his turn. At
:he same time he sent a letter to Cassius, deploring
;he murder of his father. Cassius, who had other
grounds for hating Malichus, replied, " Have your
107
.
JOSEPHUS
rev (f)ou€a rov Trarpo? ayreTrtCTret'Aa? Kal Totb vcf)
lavTov yLXtdpxoL? XdOpa Trpooeraêu 'l^pcoSrj ôrj
fêlv €LS Trpd^LV hiKaiav
231 (7) Ka7retST7 AaoSiVetai' €.X6vto<s avrov avvfjaai'

Gi 7TavTa\69€v hwaroi Scupea? re kol ore^dvov
<f>€pour€g, 'Hpoj87]g fjLCU tovtou rf/ rifxajpia rou
Kaipov d(f)(jjpLG€v, MdAt;ô? he VTro-Tevoas, cLs e
Tipoj ytVeVai, tou re vlov ofjLTjpevovra Ttapd rol
TvpioL? VTTeâyayelv eyvoj XdOpa Kal avro? el
232 TT^v ^lovhaiau aTTohpavai r:apeGKevdt,eTO. Trap
(L^vvev 5' avrov rj rijg otorripias drroyvojOLS evdv
fieladaL Kal p.eilova- ro re yap edvo? eTravaori]-
aeiv 'PajpLacoLS TiXTnoeVy Ixaaoiov rcu rrpo? Âvno-
vLcv TToXefiw TTepLOTTojyievov, Kal âatXevaeLV avros
'XpKavov KaraXvoag eu/xapcu?.
233 (8) Ê.7T€yeXa 8' dpa re xpediv avrov rals
eXTrioLV. 6 yovv ^Wpajh-qs TTpoLdofievog avrov rrji
cpfirjv rov re 'YpKavov KaKeivov IttI helTrvov eKa-
Xety TTapearcora §' erretra rwv OLKerujv rivd 77p6c
avrov elueTTepîpev cLs eVt rrjv rov heiTTVOv Trapa-
OKevTjv, ro) be ovri TrpoeiTrelv rot? ;(tAtap;ôt9 e'^-
234 eXQelv eirl rrjv KaKelvoi rcov Kaooioi

evehpav.
77 poor ay iidra>v dvapLvrjaOevres errl rov npo rrji
TToXecjs alyiaXov eîjeoav ^L(t)ripeL<;, evBa Ttepi-
ordvres rov y\dXi\ov ttoXXoIs rpavp-aoLV dvaipovoLV
*^ pKavog he Trapaxpyjp-o. fxev Xvdel?^ vri" eKTrXvi-
^€01? eTreaev, (xoXig he dveveyKOJV 'lr{pa}hr]v hnqpajra
235 ri<; 6 Kreiva? elrj y\dXL)(Ov. drroKpaapLevov ht
rLVog rojv ^îXidp^cov " to \\aooLOV TrpoGrayfxa,'
Kaccrio? dpa,' ^cjjrj,
" Ka/ie Kal rr)v Ttarpiho
p.ov oojCei rov diiorepa>v €7tl(ôvXov dveXcov.'
elre he <f)povujv 'YpKavo? ovroj^ eW^ vtto heovi
108
revenge on the murderer." and gave secret orders

to the tribunes under his command to lend Herod
aid in a righteous deed.
(7) When Cassius took Laodicea, and the grandees
from all parts of the country flocked to him with
gifts and crowns, Herod fixed on this as the moment
for his revenge. MaHchus had his suspicions, and on
reaching Tyre resolved to effect the secret escape of
his son, then a hostage in that city, while he made
tiis own preparations to fly to Judaea. Desperation
stimulated him to conceive yet grander schemes he ;
bad dreams of raising a national revolt against the

Romans, while Cassius was preoccupied with the war
against Antony, of deposing Hyrcanus without diffi-
culty, and of mounting the throne himself.
(8) But Destiny derided his hopes. Herod, divin-
ng his intention, invited him and Hyrcanus to supper,
ind then dispatched one of his attendant menials
:o his house, ostensibly to prepare the banquet, in
'eaiity to instructthe tribunes to come out for the

imbuscade. Remembering the orders of Cassius,
:hey came out, sword in hand, to the sea-shore in
Vont of the city, and there, surrounding Malichus,
itabbed him through and through to death. Hyrcanus
From sheer fright instantly swooned and fell when ;
Drought, not without difficulty, to himself, he asked

Herod by whom Malichus was killed. One of the
rribunes replied " By Cassius's orders." " Then,"
âid Hyrcanus, " Cassius has saved both me and my
country, by destroying one who conspired against
joth." Whether he expressed his real opinion or
» iKKvOels C.
109
JOSEPHUS
ofjioae rfj Trpdêi \ujpojv elrrev, aS'qXov "^v. dXXa ^
yap WdXixov fikv ovtcos 'Wpojb-qs {.lerrjXdev.

236 (xii. 1) Kaaalov Se dvaxcjopiâavrog eV Supi'a?
TTaXiv ordoig iv 'lepocroXvfjLOL? yiverai, "EAtôs"

êrd (jrparidg iTravaordvros âua-qXco /cat Kara
TTjv ^\aXixov TLpuajpiav dpLVveadai deXovros
VTrkp
*}JpcuSrjv etV Tov dSeA^dv. 'HpwSrj^ Se ervx^v
fiev a)v Trapd Oa^t'oj tco arpanqyoj Kara Aa/xa-
GKou, ojppnqfiei'os Se ô-qdelv vtto vogov Kar-
237 elx^ro. Kau rovrco âodrjXo? Kad^ eavrov "EAt/co?
7Tepiy€v6pLevos 'YpKavov cuvetSiêv etV dxo-pôriav
a)v T€ "KXlkl av/jLTrpdêtev, /cat on rrepLopcor] roi^
dSeA(ôv' Tov yiaXixov rd <j)povpia Ka-raXapL^dvovra
TToXXd yap Stj^ KarelX-qTrro /cat ro Trdvrwv dxv-
pojTarov MaCTCtSay.
238 (2) Ov fjLrjv avroj n
TrpoT rrjv 'HpoSSou /3tai
rjpKecrev, o? dvappcoGdel? rd re dXXa rrapaXajJi-
^dv€L /cd/cetvov e/c rrj? MacrdSa? iKenqv d(f)rJK€V
i^-qXauev he /cat e/c rrjs FaAtAata? Mapta>iâ roi
Tvpiojv rvpawov tJSt) rpia KareGX'rjKora rcov epv-
fidrcoUy Tovg Se Xrj(f)devras Tvptovg eaojorei^ fiei
Trdvra?, rjaav S* ov? /cat Sajprjudfxcvo? drreTref-Hpev
evvotav lavTO) Trapd ri]? TroAeco? /cat toj rvpavva
239/At(TOS' 7rapaGK€val,6iJL€vo? 6 8e Maplajv tj^lcotc
.
fjLev rrj? rvpavviSog vtto Kacro-iou rvpawiuLV Trduai
StaAa/Sov'Tos" rrjv Hvpiav, Kara 8e to tt/jos" 'Hpo)-

Sr]v exOo? cruyKarrjyayev Avriyovov rov 'Aptcrro-
^
ôvXov, Kal TO TrXeov Std ^d^tov, ov Âvrlyovos

XP'rjpiaGiv TTpoGTroL-qodfJievo? ôrjdov etx^v ttjs KaO-
68ov x^PT/^^ ^' ^^ aTidpTajv 6 K-qhear-q? IlroAe-
/xatos" ^ AvTLyovo).
1 ^077 LVRC.
110
from fear acquiesced in the deed, was uncertain. Be

that as it may, thus was Herod avenged on Mahchus.
(xii. 1) The exit orCassius ironrSyria was followed 42 b.c.
by a fresh outbreak at Jerusalem. A certain Helix, Revolt of
^^^^'^^
with a body of troops, attacked Phasael, wishing to
punish Herod, through his brother, for the chastise-
ment which he had inflicted on Malichus. Herod at
the time was with Fabius the Roman general at
Damascus, where, though impatient to lend his aid,
he was detained by illness. Meanwhile Phasael, un-
assisted, defeated Helix and reproached Hyrcanus for
ingratitude both in abetting the rebel and in allowing
the brother of Malichus to take possession of the
fortresses. Quite a large number of these had been
taken, including Masada, the strongest of all.
(2) But nothing could avail the captor against the Herod
might of Herod. Once restored to health, he re- advTrsarie
covered the other forts and ousted him from Masada,
a supphant for mercy. He hkewise expelled from
Galilee Marion, the despot of Tyre, already master of
three of the strongholds. The Tyrians whom he took
prisoners, he spared to a man some he even sent
;
away with presents, to procure for himself the favour

of the citizens and for the tyrant their hatred.
Marion owed his position to Cassius, who had cut
up the whole of Syria into principalities. Hatred of
Herod had led to his taking part in bringing back the
exiled Antigonus," son of Aristobulus and in this he
;
was influenced still more by Fabius, whom Antigonus

had induced by bribery to assist in his restoration.
All the exile's expenses were met by his brother-in-
law,^ Ptolemy.
« C/. §173. * § 186.
Ill
V
.
JOSFPHUS
240 (3) ripo? ous '
V\ pojh-i-j<; dvTi7TapaTa^diJi€VO<; ctti
ru)u efifôAoJi' ^lovdaia? Kparel tt) fJ-axj], Kal

rrjs
Tov Wuriyouoi- 6êAacra? v-nerrrpeilêv els 'lepo
CToAu/xa rrdoiv dyairriroq wv errl roj KaTopdayfiari
Kal yap oi p.r] npooexovre'S TrdXat rore ojKeicjvro
241 hid rrjv 7Tp6<; 'YpKavov eTnyafilav avroj. Trporepov
^kv ydp rjKTO yvvaiKa ovk a row e7Ti)(ojpiajv
arj/jiou, Aojplg eyivvqaev Wvrl

eKoXetro, e^ t]?
TTarpov rore 8e yrjfjLas rrju .We^dvbpou rod 'Apicrro-

,
ôvXov Svyarepa, duyarptBrji' 8e 'TpKavou, Ma-

pidfxiJL-qv OLK€LO<; roj âuiXei ytVerat.
242 (4-) 'ETTei be KdoGiou rrepi ^lXlttttov^; dv
eXoures dve\ci)prioav et? p-kv ^XraXiav \\alaap em
he ri]s 'Actios' Wurcoviog rrpeoêvajxevoji' rcbv ,
dXXoju TToXeojv —pos Wvrajviop eis IjiOuulau tjkou Kai

*\ovhai(jji' ol hwarol Kar-qyopovvreg âaarjXov
Kai Hpcohov, /3i'a [leu avrov^ Kparelv raw rrpay-
p-drajv, 6uop.a he ^xovov rrepielvaL YpKauoj ripaov.
77p6? a TTapdw 'Wpcohrf^ Kal Te6epa7TevK(jj<; ovk
oXiyoLS .\vr(jWLOv xp-qp-aaiv oirrajg hieO-qKev, cos"
p.r)he Xoyov rcov exOpow duaax^'odaL. Kal rore

p.ev ovrtos hieXvOrjaav
243 (5) \vdtq he OL ev reXei 'louSatojf eKarov
dvhpe<; rjKOV els rr)u rrpos 'Ai'Tio;^€tai^ I^d(f)vr]v eV*
^
AvTOjVLOv rjhr) rep KXeondrpas epojri hehovXoj-
p.evov ol TTpoarrjodpLeuoL rovs aîojp.ari Kal Xoyco
0(f)(jtju hvuara)rdrovs Karrjyopovv rojv dheXcfxjju.
VTTiqvra he WeoodXas ajToXoyovp-evog avpLrrap-
244 eardjros YpKavov hid ro Kijhos Kal . Wvrcji'LOS
'
L*VR: TTji' Affi'ac the rest.
" Or rather, apparentlw betrothed : the marriage is re-

corded later in § 344.
112
JEWISH WAR, I 240-244 ( = ant. xiv. 299 ff-324)
(3) These enemies were opposed by Herod at the

entry to the territory of Judaea, where a battle took
place in which he was victorious. Antigonus being
banished from the country, Herod returned to Jeru-
salem, where his success won him all men's hearts.
Even those who had hitherto stood aloof were now re-
conciled by his marriage into the family of Hyrcanus.
His first wife was a Jewess of some standing, named
Doris, by whom he had a son, Antipater but now he ;
married'^ Mariamme, daughter of Alexander, the son His

of Aristobulus, and grand-daughter of Hyrcanus, and '^vuT^^
thus became kinsman of the king.^ Mariam
(4) After the death of Cassius at Philippi, the M. Anti

victors departed, Caesar going to Italy, Antony to f/Jadn-
Asia. Embassies from the various states waited Jewish
upon Antony in Bithynia, and among them came the against
Jewish leaders, who accused Phasael and Herod of '^'^°''.^^'
usurping the government and leaving to Hyrcanus H'Jm'di
merely titular honours. Herod thereupon appeared ^\^l^^\
and by large bribes so wrought upon Antony that judaea
he refused his adversaries a hearing. So for the time ^'^'"^^ ^^
being these enemies were dispersed.
(5) But on a later occasion a hundred Jewish
officials approached Antony, now a slave to his
passion for Cleopatra, at Daphne beside Antioch,
and, putting forward the most eminent and eloquent
of their number, laid accusations against the brothers.
The defence was undertaken by Messala,^ Hyrcanus
supporting him because of his marriage connexion
with Herod. After hearing both parties, Antony
*"
Hyrcanus incorrectly entitled " king," as in §203.
II,
'^
M. Messalla Corvinus, c. 70-3 b.c, attached
Vâlerius
himself in the civil wars respectively to Cassius, Antony and
Augustus author, orator and patron of literature, a friend
:
of Horace and Tibullus.

113
JOSEPHUS
OLKovaag iKaripojv 'YpKavov BicTTVi'ddvero rovs
eTTLTrjheLorepov?ouras apxeiv rod he rovs Tiept
Tov 'HpojSr]v TTpoKpivavTos,^ TjaSeis, rfv yap rjhrj
Kal êvos avrols Trarpojos, 8e;\;^£t? vtt^ 'Avrt-
Trdrpov (f)i\o(j)p6voJS ore eh tt^v 'louSatav avv
Ta^Lvico TTapeâXXev, rerpdpxas^ aTToSeiKwaiv rovs
dSeX<f)ovs Trdaav hioiKelv rrjv 'loi'SatW emrpeTTajv.
245 (6) YlpocrayavaKrovvrajv Se rojv rrpeGêojV Trev-
reKaiheKa /xev avXXaôjv elpyvvGLV, ov? /cat dv-
eXelv cjpjx-qGeVy rovs he Xolttovs fJêd* v^peojs dir-
rjXauev . rrpos o fjielôjv ev rols 'lepocroXvpiOLS yive-
rai rapax-q- î-Xiovs yovv TrdXtv errefjupav TrpeaêLS
els Tvpop, evda hierptêv Âvrcovios eVt 'lepo-
GoXvpLcov wpfjL-q/jievos. eVt rovrovs KeKpayoras
eKTTefjLTreL rov dpôvra rwv Tvpicnv KoXdL,eLV
TrpoGrdâs ovs oiv Xd^rj, GvyKaraGKevdl,eiV re^ rrjv
dpxrj^ TOLS vtt" avrov KaraGraOelGiv rerpdpxo.LS.
246 (7)Tlpo Be rovrov 77oAAa TTaprjveu rrpoeXdajv
eTTL rov alyiaXov 'Wpojh-qs gvv 'YpKavco ixiqd^
eavrols aTTOjXeias alriovs p^'qre ri] rrarpihi noXe-
l-Lov yiveGdai <f)LXoveiKovvras dKpiroJS- rcov he
en fidXXov dyavaKrovvrojv Avrojvios eKTrepiipas
^
orrXiras ttoXXovs piev dTzeKreivev , iroXXovs Be

erpojGev (Lv at re TreGovres ra<f)rjs Kal ol rpav-
247 pLarlac depajreias Tjitwdr^Gav vtto 'YpKavov. ov
fj-vv ol BLa(f)vy6vres rjpeixovv, dXXd rd Kara rrjV
TToXiv GVvrapdGGOvres Trapoj^vvav ÂvrowLOV WGre
/cat rovs BeGjjLojras diroKrelvaL.
248
(xiii. 1) Mcrd Se eriq Bvo Bapla(f)pdvov rod
^ vpoKpii'oi^Tos PA. 2 MVC: 5e the rest.
114
inquired of Hyrcanus who was the best quahfied

ruler. Hyrcanus pronouncing in favour of Herod
and his brother, Antony was dehghted, because he
had formerly been their father's guest and had been
hospitably entertained by Antipater when he accom-
panied Gabinius on his Judaean campaign. He, ac-
cordingly, created tlie brothers tetrarchs, entrusting
to them the administ.-ation of the whole of Judaea.
(6) The deputies giving vent to indignation, and
Antony arrested and imprisoned fifteen of them, and "Jlê^jew
was even prepared to put them to death the rest deputie; ;
he ignominiously dismissed. His action intensified

the agitation in Jerusalem. A second embassy,
numbering this time a thousand, was sent to Tyre,
where Antony had broken the journey to Jerusalem.
To check the clamour of this party he dispatched
the governor of Tyre, with orders to chastise all
whom he caught and to support the authority " of
the tetrarchs whom he had appointed.
(7) Before these orders were executed, Herod,
accompanied by Hyrcanus, came out to the deputies
on the shore, and strongly recommended them not
to bring ruin upon themselves and war upon their
country by injudicious strife. His words only in-
creasing their fury, Antony ordered out troops, who
killed or wounded a large number burial for the ;
dead and medical attention for the wounded were

granted by Hyrcanus. Those who escaped were,
even now, not silenced, and by the disturbance which
they created in the city so exasperated Antony that
he put his prisoners to death.
(xiii. 1) Two years later, Barzapharnes, the Par-

" avyKaraaKevdêLP rrju dpxw, after Thuc. i. 93.
115
JOSEPHUS
ndpOojv GarpoLTTOV crvu UaKopu) rco âuiXloJS via)
Xvpiau Karaaxoi^TO? Avoavias StaSeSey/xcVo?^ 7)67]
rr]v cipxV ''°^ Trarpo? reXevrrâavTos , OroAe-

/xaio? 8' ^{ewaiov, TreiOei tov oa-
171^ ovros 6
rpaTTTqv u7roCT;^€cr€i \iXiujv raXdvrajv kol Trevra-
Koaiojv yvvaLKCJV Karayayelv iirl rd âalXeta tov
249 AvTLyouov, KaraXvaai 8e tov 'YpKavov. tovtol?
^
VTTaxdel? YlaKopos avTos fiev fjet /caret ttjv Tiapd-

Xlov, Bapl,a(f)pdvqv he Sia fieaoyeiov Trpoa-
ti7S"
€Taêv ifJiâXelv. tojv 8' iTndaXaTTLCDV TvpLoi

ridKopov ovK eheâvTO KaiToi riroAep-atcDv kol
îdcovLcou 8e8ey/i,eVajv. o 8' olvoxou) tlvI tojv
âatXiKcov ofiajvvfjLOJ jiolpav ttjs lttttovnapaSov?
TTpoeiiâXelv CKeXevaev el? ttjv KaTa-
'Iou8atai',
GKeipofxevov re ra tcov TToXefiLOJV Kal irpos a 8eoi
ÔTjdrjcyovTa 'Avrtydvoj.
2o0 (2) Twv he XrjlofJLevcov tov KdpfirjXov ttoXXol
^lovhaloi ovrhpaf-LovTeg Trpos WvTcyovov rrpo-
dvfjLov? eavTovg errl ttjv elaôXr^v rrapelxov 6 .
he avTovs e-l tov KaXovfievov ApvpLOv 77poe77efnpev

TO \ojpiov KaTaXafSelv ev (L yevofievrj'^ (jvpiôXrjs
cuGaixevoL tov? TroXefMLOv? Kal hiojâvreg inl
'lepoGoXvfjLOJVeOeov, yevofievoi re TiXeiovs p^^XP^
251 Tcov âGiXeiiov TrporjXOov. 'YpKavov he Kal Oa-
GaT]Xov heâpLevcov avTov? Kap-epcv GTL(f)eL pidxr]
/cara dyopdv GvpprjyvvTaL, Kad^ tjv Tpeipd-
ttjv
p.evoL Tovg TroXepLiovs ot Trepl 'Wpcoh-qv KaTa-
KXeiovGLV el? to lepov Kal ^povpovg avTOjv dvhpa?
l^-qKovTa rais" 7rXr]GL0v otVtats" iyKaTeGTr]Gav.
252 TovTovg fiev^ 6 OTaGidtojv rrpo? tovs dSeAôi)?
Aao? eireXdajv efXTTLTrprjGLV, *Hpojhr]£ he tov hijpLov
^ diâSiSeyfieyos PAMC. ^ PA : ijl€i> oiv the rest.
]I6
thian satrap, with Pacorus, the king's son, occupied Parthii

Lysanias, who had inherited the principality oTsyH
Syria.
of his father Ptolemy, son of Mennaeus, induced the ^"^ ^^'
satrap, by the promise " of a thousand talents and
five hundred women, to bring back Antigonus and

raise him to the throne, after deposing Hyrcanus.
Lured by this offer, Pacorus followed the coast
route, directing Barzapharnes to advance through
the interior. Of the maritime towns, Tyre closed
its gates to Pacorus, Ptolemais and Sidon admitted
him. Entrusting a squadron of horse to one of the
royal cup-bearers who bore his own name, the prince
ordered him to proceed in advance into Judaea, to
reconnoitre the enemy's position and to lend
Antigonus such aid as he might require.
(2) While these troops were raiding Carmel, Jews Pacorus
flocked to Antigonus in large numbers and volun- jei^sai
teered for the invasion. These he sent forward with
orders to capture a place called Drymus.^ Here
they came into action, repulsed the enemy, rushed
in pursuit to Jerusalem, and, with growing numbers,
actually reached the palace. They were received by
Hyrcanus and Phasael with a strong force, and a
fierce battle ensued in the market-place. The
Herodian party routed their adversaries, shut them
up in the temple, and posted sixty men in the adjoin-
ing houses to keep guard over them. The section
of the populace that was in league against the
brothers attacked this garrison and burnt them to
death, which so enraged Herod that he turned his
" In A. this promise is given by Antig'onus himself; cf.

§ 257 below. " Oak-coppice."
'•
H7
JOSEPHUS
77oAAoL'S' kqt' opyrjv rwv dTToXojXorajv aratpet
ovfipaXcoi', Koi Kad^ rjfjiepav eVe/cêoyrcoy ciAArj-
Aots" /caret Xoxovs <f>6vog rjv a3iaAet77T09,

253 (3) 'Evo-raar]? S' ioprrj?, rj 7T€vr7]KOGTr] KaXel-
rat, TCL r€ Tiepl to lepou rravra Kal r] ttoXls oXr]
TrXi'-jdovg ra)v oltto rrjg yûjpas av air ipLTrXar at, to
ttXIov OTrXirwv. Kal OacTaTyAo? pLCu to Tet;ô?,

'H/DCoSt]? S' OU fJL€Ta TToXXoJV i(f)pOVpeL TO. âoL-
Xeia- Kal rolg TToXefiLotg iireKhpapiajv dauvTOLKTOLg
Kara to TrpoduTeiov^ TrXeioTOV? fxev dvaipel, Tpe-
TTcrai Se TrdvTas Kal Tovg fieu etV tyju ttoXlv, tou?
8e etV totovs Se €iV to efco x'^pa.KojpLa
lepov,
254 CTuy/cAetet.' tovtco SiaXXaKT-qv fi€v Âvtl-
/<:d^
yovog TTapaKaXel YlaKopov eloa4)eZvai, âodi^Xos

he 7T€iodels Tjj T€ TToAet Kal êvLO. tow Yidpdoi^
elohex^Tai fjueTO. TrevraKooiajv LTTTrecov, 7Tpo(f)daeL
fiev rjKovTa tov Travaai ttju oTdoiVy to S* dXrjdeg
255 'AvTtyop'OJ ôrjdov. tov yovv OacrarÂoi^ iv-
ehpevujv dve-ecGev irpos âpl,a^pdvrjv TTpeaêv-
oaodai TTepl KaTaXvaeoj? KatToi t€^ ttoXXo. aTTO- ,
TpeTTOvTog 'HpcoSou Kal TrapaivovvTos dvatpelv tov

eTTiôvXov dXXd jjltj rat? eVt/ôuAat? iavTOv €K-
y
hihovaL, <l)VG€L yap drriOTOv? Îvai tov? âp^dpov^,

eêtoiv 'YpKavov TiapaXaôjv Kal YlaKopog, co? .
TjTTOV V7T07TT6VOLTO, KaTaXlTTOW 77ap' 'HpCtj8r^

TLvd? Tojv KaXovjjievojv ^Y^Xevdepajv l7T7T€(jov toX?
AotTTOts" 7Tpo€7T€iJLipev OaoavÂoi^.
256 (4) 'O? S' iyevovTO /caret ttjv TaXtXaiav, tovs
^ PA Lat (so A. II): TrpoaapKTiov the rest.
» iyKXeiei PAM. ' re Niese : -y€ mss.
" Probal the cup-bearer, not the prince, fur, as Pteinach

.
remarks, tlie latter would have been in a position to treat

118
arms against the citizens and slew many of them.

Every day small companies sallied out against each
other, and slaughter was incessant.
(3) When the feast called Pentecost came round,
the whole neighbourhood of the temple and the
entire city were crowded with country-folk, for the
most part in arms. Phasael defended the walls ;
Herod, with a small force, the palace. With this he
descended upon the enemy's disordered ranks in the
suburb, killed large numbers of them, put the rest
to flight and shut them up, some in the city, others
in the temple, others in the entrenched camp out-
side the walls. Thereupon, Antigonus petitioned for
the admission of Pacorus as mediator.
**
Phasael
consented, and received into the city and offered
hospitality to the Parthian, who, with five hundred
horsemen, had come ostensibly to put an end to
strife, in reality to support Antigonus. With this
object, Pacorus insidiously induced Phasael to go on Phasael
an embassy to Barzapharnes with a view to the ê^nX
cessation of hostilities. So, notwithstanding the to leave
strong dissuasion of Herod, who urged his brother to on aiV
kill the schemer and not to abandon himself to his
embassy
to tJie
schemes, barbarians being (he said) by nature per- satrap
fidious, Phasael left the city, accompanied by
Hyrcanus. To allay suspicions, Pacorus left with
Herod some of the cavalry called by the Parthians
" Freemen " * with the remainder he escorted
;
Phasael on his way.

(4) On their arrival in Galilee they found the
directly with Phasael and there woiikl have been no need
for the subsequent embassy.
* More precisely 200 cavalry and 10 " freemen " (A,
xiv. 342). Most of the Parthian soldiers were slaves (Justin,
xli. 2. 5, quoted by Reinach).
119
,
JOSEPHUS
KaraXayi^dvovoLv roJ aarpdvr] d' €V€Tvy)(auov

,
vavovpyco^ o<f)66pa /cat rat? (f)LXo4>povrioeoLV ttjv

eriLÔhXriv KaXvTrrovri' ScZpa yovv Soi)? avToU
257 677-617' dva)(OjpcvvTas iXoxoi- Tolg 8' aiodiqoLS
ylve-ai tt^? IttlôvXtj^KaraxOelGtv ^t? tl tCjv
TrapadaXaoaicou )(^P^^^> ^ KaXelraL
'
Ek^Si 7777 cop*
€KeL yap rxiv re V7T6ox^<yi-v rcuv ;;^tAtaji^ rjKovoav
7aXdvrcov Kal to? Wvriyovo? rdg TrXeiora^ rcuu
Trap* avTol^ yvvaiKajv iv ralg TrevTaKOGiat^ KaO-
258 oGLCooetei^' VldpOoLi, otl re TrpoXoxîoiuro iilv
avTOig at vvKT€? 1)770 Tojv âpSdpcuv del, TrdXai
8' du Kal GVveXrj(l>drjGav, et fxrj Trepieiievov iv 'lepo-
CToAu/xot? 'Hpcudr^p TrpoTepov Xaêlu, cu? firj rrpo-

7Tv66^€uo<^ Tci kqt' avTov^ <j)vXdâi.To. tqCt'
ovKCTL Aoyo? t)!^ jjiovov dXXd Kal (f)vXaKdg Tjd-i]
,
TToppcudeu^ €avTd)V e^Xerrov.

259 (0) Ov iiTfi' âGdr]Xo<i KaiTOL ToXXd nap-
atuovuTOs '0(/)6AAiof <f)€vy€Li', TreTTVGTO yap ovro^
rrapd Sapa/^dAAa tov TrXovGicvrdrov Tore T.vpoju
Tr/p Gvvraû' ttj^ i—LôvXrj^ dXrjv, KajaXi-elv 'YpKa-
poi' v7TefxeLi'€v, dXXd toj Garpdnr) TTpoGeXOdjv duTL-
Kpvg cLveidiCev tyju iTnôvXi)v Kal /uaAicr^' ort ,
yevoLTO roLOvro? \piqpLdTujv ev€K€V' TrXeico ye PlTjv

airro? i;77ep Gojrrjpias ScoGeiv wv ^ Avriyovos vrrep
260 âcriAeia^ v—âx^ro. rrpos ravra Travovpycxj? 6
\\dp6o<,- drroXoyiaLg re Kal dpKOi? d770GK€va-
odp.euo<; ttjv vTroiplav cox^ro rrpos WdKopov . ev-
êcu? 5e Twv WdpOcjv olg rrpoG-
KaraXeL(l)devTOjv
ereraKTo (t>aodrjX6u re Kal 'YpKaiou GVveXdfxâvov
' AM : 7âôly7ws the rest. ^ baud procul Lat.

120
JEWISH WAR, 1. 256-260 (
inhabitants in revolt and up in arms The satrap,^ and are

with whom they had an audience, was a very crafty th?^'^'^^^
individual who disguised his plot under a show ofP''^rthian
benevolence he gave them presents, and then laid
:
an ambush to catch them on their departure. They

discovered the conspiracy at a maritime town, where
they halted, named Ekdippa.*" There they heard of
the promise of the thousand talents,^ and that the
five hundred women whom Antigonus had
devoted
to the Parthians included most of their own that ;
the barbarians invariably kept a watch upon them

at night and that they would long since have been
;
arrested, had not the conspirators been waiting till

Herod was caught at Jerusalem, fearing that the
news of their capture would put him on his guard.
This was now no mere idle gossip for already they
;
could see the sentries posted in the distance.

(5) Phasael, however, notwithstanding the urgent
exhortations to flee made to him by a certain
Ophellius, who had learnt the whole plan of the
conspiracy from Saramalla, the wealthiest Syrian of
his time, could not bring himself to desert Hyrcanus.
Instead, he went to the satrap and frankly reproached
him for the plot, and in particular for acting as he
had done from mercenary motives undertaking, for
;
his part, to give him a larger sum for his life than
Antigonus had promised for a kingdom. To this the
Parthian made a wily reply, clearing himself of sus-
picion by protestations and oaths, and went off to
join Pacorus.** Immediately after, certain Parthians
who had been left behind, with orders to do so,
<»
Barzapharnes.
*^
Achzib (ez Zib). half way between Tyre and the
promontory of Carmel.
' § 248. <*
Apparently the prince.
J2I
.
JOSEPHUS
TToAAa^ 77^0? 'rrjv iTTLopKcav Kal to aTnarov avTol?
Karapco/jLevovg
261 (6) 'Ei^ be rovTOj Kal rov 'llpojdrjv 6 7T€fJLcf)6€L?
olvoxoos iTTeôvXeve GvXXrj.êZv, e^co rov relxovs
aTTarrjaa? irpoeXdeZv, ojuTrep ivroXas Îx^^' ^ §6
OLTT^ a.pXV'^ VTTOTTrevojv rov? âp^dpov^ Kal Tore
TTeTTVcrfievos ets" rov9 TToXe/JLLOvg eixrrerrrojKevaL ra
fjL7]vvovra rrjv eTTLôvXrjv avroj ypdfjLiiara, rrpo-
eXdelv ovK rjôvXero, Kairoi /xciAa dîorrLGra>s rod
YlaKopov (hdoKovros heZv avrov VTravrrjaai rols
rds eTTLGToXds Kopbitovoiv ovre yap eaXojKevat
ToZs TToXepLLOLS avTcis Kal TTepuexeiv ovk Ittl-
2Cy2ôvX'qv, dAA' 0770cra hieTrpdâro OacraTÂos'. ervx^v
Se Trap' dXXatv TTpoaKrjKodjg rov ddeXcjyov cruv-
eiX-q/jifievoVj Kal TrpoafjeL 'YpKavov dvydrrjp [Ma-
pidfjUpLri / (jvverojrdrrj yvvaiKow, KaravriôXovoa

fxr) rrpoCevai pifjh^ eiLTTLGreveiv eavrov rjSrj (f)avepios
eTTLxeipovGL roZs âp^dpois.
263 "Ert Se rojv rrepl YldKopov GKeTrro/JLevwu,
(~)
dv Kpv(f)a rrjv eTTLôvXrjV dnapriGeLav, ov yap
TTCus
eK (f>avepov olov t' rjv dvSpog ovroj Svvarov^ rrepi-
yeveoBai, rrpoXaâjv 'HpojSrj? fierd row olKeio-
rdrojv rrpoGOJTTOJV vvKrojp IttI 'ISou/xata? ex(x>pei
264 Xddpa rojv TToXepiiojv aLGOofievoL S' ol IldpdoL
.
KarehiojKOV KdKeZvos ttjv jj,ev jJL-qrepa Kal rds

.
dSeX(l)ds^ Kal rrjv KadaJixoXoyrjpLev'qv TratSa fJLerd
1TToWd Destinon (with A. ''): rd re dWa MSS.

»Perhajis a gloss (Niese), or read MapidMM^s 5f /j-vtvp
(Destinon), cf. A. xiv. 3ol. ^ awerov LVR Lat.
* rds dbe\<pas Nlese, cf. A. \\ d5eX07ji' : rovs ddeXipovs MSS.
" Pacorus (§ 249) : A. incorrectly has evvovxos instead of

oivoxooi»
122
arrested Phasael and Hyrcanus, the prisoners cursing

them bitterly for their perjury and breach of faith.
(6) Meanwhile a plot to arrest Herod also was in Plot to
progress, and the cup-bearer " who had been sent to Herod.
execute it was, in accordance with instructions, en-
deavouring to lure him to come outside the walls.
Herod, howêver, having suspected the barbarians
from the first, had now learnt that letters informing
him of the conspiracy had fallen into the enemy's
hands. He, therefore, refused to come out, notwith-
standing the highly plausible assertions of Pacorus
that he ought to meet the bearers of the documents,
which, he said, had neither been intercepted by his
enemies, nor contained any mention of a plot but a
full report of Phasael's proceedings. But Herod had
already heard from another source of his brother's
arrest. Moreover, Mariamme, the daughter ^ of
Hyrcanus, most sagacious of women, came and
implored him not to venture out or trust himself
to the barbarians, who were now openly planning
his ruin.
(7) While Pacorus and his accomplices were still Herod's
deliberating by what stealthy means they might ^'jâîJia,^
achieve their design, as it was impossible openly to

triumph over so powerful an adversary, Herod fore-
stalled them and, unobserved by his enemies, set out
by night, with the nearest and dearest of his family,
for Idumaea. The Parthians, discovering his flight,
started in pursuit. Herod, thereupon, directed his
mother and sisters, the young girl who was betrothed
* Strictly grand-daughter
(§ 241) ; but A. xiv. 351 is here
probably correct in mentioning " the daughter of Hyrcanus,
the mother of his betrothed." His bride would hardly be
referred to in this way.
123
JOSEPHUS
r-qs fi'q'rpc? xrat rov veajrarov rcov a8cA<^cui' irpoo-
TCLâ? oheveix' auro? acr(/>aAai? jxera. tojv depa-
TTOvrojv dv€K07TT€ rov<; âp^dpov<;- Kal ttoXXov?
Kara. Trdaau TrpoaôXrju aTTOKreivag et? MaaaSap"
TO (hpovpiov rj7T€Lyero.
265 (8) Bapurepou? Se Kara, rriv (f)vyrju IldpOaju
'iouSatofs- er:eipaG€v, ivoxXrjoavra^ p.kv hiViveKajg,
QTTO 8' l^rjKOVTa rijg TrdAeoj? crraStait' /cat Trapa-
raâ/LteVous" €7TL€LKcig ttoXvv )^p6vov. evda Kparrioa?
'HpcoSr/s /cat 7roAAoi)9 aCrcui^ aTTOKreiva^ avdi'^
€LS fivrjix-qv rod KavopdcvpLaro^ €ktlo€1' to )(ojplov
âo-tAetot? TroAuTeAecr-aTotb
/cat eKooyLrjoev, Kal
aKpoTroXiv oxvpojrdrrjv dveheipLaro , 'WpojbeLOv re
266 eKdXeaeu a6' iaurov. rrjuLKavrd ye /xt^p' </)cJ-
yofTt /ca^' Tiixepav avrco TrpooeyivovTO ttoXXol, Kal
Kara 'Prjaau yeuofievcu^ rrj? ÎSovfiaia^ ^laxjrjTro?
dSeAtô? VTTaur-qaa^ avueôvXevcv tol'? 770AA01)?
ran/ iTTOjxivtov drrochoprLuaadai , firj yap di' rocrov-
rov 6)(\ov Seâadat rrjv MacraSaf rioav S' VTrkp
261 rov? ivvaKLGXiMovg . TreLodeU [ovv^"^ ^HpdoSr]? rov^
fiev âpvrepovs rrjg ;)^p6ta? biacjyrJKey di'd rrju
^]8ovp.alau bovg ifhohia, jjLerd he rdjv dvayKaio-
rdrcov rovg dXKifiojrdrov^ Karao\dju eiV to <f)pou-
piov- h Lao cuter ai. KaraXiTrdju 8' evravOa. raU
yvuai^lv oKraKOOLOV? (f)vXaKa^ Kal SiapKrj raTTi-
TT^Seta 77/30? TToXiopKiav avro^ eU rrjv ApaBiKTj'j ^
Werpav rjTreLyero.
263 (9) riapôi 8' ev 'lepoaoXvpLOL? i(f)^ dpTrayrju
rpaTTOfieiÔL rwv (jivyomwv eh to? oi/cta? eia-
* Kara. 'P. "/(vofi^vu} Niese : jrap-^crai' -^(uofxhu 5' eVi PAM :
/rara (ttjv) Qpr^;jav the rest, r/. .-/. xiv. 361 (fV Qprj<Tf.).
» om. PA.
12i
to him, with her mother, and his youngest brother to

continue their journey, and then, aided by his attend-
ants, secured their retreat, holding the barbarians at
bay. In every encounter he slew large numbers of
them, and then pressed on to the fortress of Masada.**
(8) But he found in this flight the Jews even
more troublesome than the Parthians, for they per-
petually harassed him, and at a distance of sixty
furlongs from the city brought on a regular action
which was prolonged for a considerable time. Here
Herod eventually defeated them with great slaughter ;
and here subsequently, to commemorate his victory,
he founded a city, adorned it with the most costly
palaces, erected a citadel of commanding strength,
and called it after his own name Herodion.^ Thence-
forward the fugitive was joined daily by many others,
and on reaching Rhesa in Idumaea was advised
by his brother Joseph, who met him there, to dis-
encumber himself of the bulk of his followers, Masada
being unable to accommodate such a crowd, number-
ing upwards of nine thousand. Herod, acting on
his advice, dispersed throughout Idumaea those who
were more an encumbrance than an assistance, after
supplying them with provisions and retaining the
;
most stalwart of them together with his cherished

kinsfolk reached the fortress ° in safety. Leaving
there a guard of eight hundred to protect the women,
with sufficient supplies to stand a siege, he himself
pushed on to Petra in Arabia.
(9) In Jerusalem, meanwhile, the Parthians gave
themselves up to pillage, breaking into the houses
" Above the west coast of the Dead Sea, near its lower
extremity.
* A description is given later, §§ 419 ff.
* Masada.
125
JOSEPHUS —
eTTLTTTOvKal TO âoiXeLQv a7T€x6iJL€VO(, fiovwv rcov
,
'YpKai'ov )(prjfjLdTCDV' rjv 8' ou TrAetco rpLaKOOLOJV

TaXdvTow. €77 €TvyxoLiôv Se /cat rcov dXXojv ovx
OGOtg TjXTTLaav' 6 yap ^Wpwh-qs eV ttoXXov rr]v
dTiLGriav tojv âp^dpcxjv i)(j>optoii€vo? eU ttjv 'I8ou-
piaiav Tct XajXTrpoTara tojv Kenxr^Xicov Trpoav-
eoKevaaro, /cat rayv avrco 77/Docre;ôi'raji^ o/xotctj? jr
269 eKaoTos WdpOoi he fxerd rag dpTrayci? eVt rooov-

. ii
Tov v^peojs exojprjoav cog eixTTXrjoai p,kv dKrjpvKTOv I
TToXefiov rr]v ;â>pav aTtaoav, dvdoTarov he TTOtijaai ii
TTjv Maptaatojy ttoXlu, pur) piovov he KaraoTrjaaL

âaiXea Avriyovov, dXXd /cat Trapahovvai avrco
^
Oacrar/AoV re /cat 'YpKavov heapLOjrag aiKioaodai.

270 o he 'YpKavov p.ev TrpooTreGovros^ avrog rd cora
Xco^drai rols ohovoLV, cog pLrjhe avdtg ev pLeraôXfj
TTOTe hviâcTO TTju dpxiepojGvurjP aTToXaêlv hel
yap oXoKX-qpovs apxiepdodai.
271 (lO) Tvy? Oacra7]Aou he dperrjg vorepitêi (f>8dGav-
Tog TTerpa TrpoGprjât ttjv KecjâX-qv, (Lg Kal GLhij-
pov Kal x^'-pdJi^ e'lpyero. KaKelvog piev, 'Hpojhov
yvqGLOv eavTov aTToheiâg dheX(f)6u Kal 'YpKavov
dyevveGrarov dvhpeLorara durjGKeL, TTOiTjGdpLevog
,
TTjv KaTaGTpo<prju rolg Kara tov îov epyoig k

272 TTperrovGav. Karexei he Kal dXXog Xoyog, cog dv-
eveyKat jxev e/c T-qg roTe TrXrjyrjg, 7Tep,<j)d€lg S' ta-
Tpog V7T^ WvTLyovov OepaTTevGai hrjOeu avTou epL-
TrX-qGeiev to Tpavpua h-qXi-jTrjplcov (f)appidKCxJV Kal
^ irpo<jTr(abvTos MLVR om. Lat. TrpoaTiaCjv the

: : rest, i.e.
" Antigonus personally assaulted H."
" Whether from sacrilejîous scruples, because H. was

high-priest, ormore probably as reserved for Antigonus, does
not appear.
126
of the fugitives and into the palace refraining only The

;
from the funds of Hyrcanus," which, however, J^fa?te,*^"oJ

amounted to no more than three hundred talents. Jerusalem
Elsewhere they found less than they had expected for AnUgconus ;
»" the
Herod, long since suspecting the barbarians of per- tlirone.
fidy, had taken the precaution of removing the most
precious of his treasures to Idumaea, and each of his
friends had done likewise. After the pillage, the
insolence of the Parthians proceeded to extremes.
They let loose on the whole country the horrors of
implacable ^ war, laid the city of Marisa ^ in ruins,
and, not content with raising Antigonus to the throne,
delivered up to him Phasael and Hyrcanus, in chains,
for torture. Hyrcanus threw himself at the feet of
Antigonus, who with his own teeth '^
lacerated his
suppliant's ears, in order to disqualify him for ever,
under any change of circumstances, from resuming
the high priesthood since freedom from physical
;
defect is essential to the holder of that office.^

(10) Phasael, on the other hand, courageously Death of
p^^^^*^^-
forestalled the king's malice by dashing his head
apon a rock, being deprived of the use of hands or
iteel. Thus showing himself to be a true brother of
tierod, and Hyrcanus the most ignoble of men, he
iied a hero's death —
an end in keeping with his life's
career. According to another account, Phasael re-
'overed from his self-inflicted blow, and a physician
:ent by Antigonus, ostensibly to attend him, injected
loxious drugs into the wound and so killed him.
* Or " undeclared."
* Mareshah {Khurhet Mer*ash), some 25 miles S.W. of
erusalem, in Idumaea (§ 63).
^ A. xiv. 366 omits this detail, saying merely " docked
is ears."
* C/. Lev. xxi. 17-23.
127
JOSEPHUS
Bia(f)6€ip€L€v avrou. OTTorepou 5' au dXrjOes fj,
TTji^ (ipXV^ ^X^*-

'^Ci/u.Trpai'. 6olglvyovv avrov /cat
rplv €K7TV€V(jai TTvdofievoi^ —apa yvvaiov tlvos
oj? *Wp(xihrj<; 6La—€(pevyoL, " vvv," elrrelv, " evOvfjLO?
aT7eifj,L Tou ixereXevaofJLeuov rov^ i\6pov? Kara-
Xlttojv iojvTa.'
273 (11) '0 fxev GLV ovrcog rcAeura. ndpdoL Be
KairoL htr^jjLaprr^KOTc? cbv /xdAtcrra irreOvfiovv yv-
laLKOjv KaOiuTacnv p.kv iv 'lepoGoXvpiOLS WvTLyouco
rd TTpdy/xara, hecrpLco-rjv 8' 'YpKavov dvdyovGiv
et? nqv riapdvrjurjv.
274 1) 'HpcoS-qs 8e avvrovcorcpov rjXavvev et?
!xiv.
zrv Wpaîav ws ert rdheX(f)ov lwvtos e—eiyofjievo^;
Xpri/jLara Trapd rov âcriAcco? Xaêlv, ols ijlovoi?
TTeiGeiv VTTep OaaaijXov rrjv rcov âp^dpojv riXmt,€v
TrXeoveîav. eXoyi^êro ydp, el rrjs Trarpcvas (juXia^
dpLvrfpLOveuTepos 6 "Apaip yevoiro Koi rov Sovuai
hojpedv fxiKpoXoyayrepo? , haveiGCLcrdai Trap' avroi
TO. Xvrpa pvGLOv dels rov rod Xurpoufxeuov rralSa
275 Kal ydp eTTrjyeTO rov ddeXcfiLSovv dura ircoi

iurd- rdXaura 8' rjv eroifios rpiaKOGia hovvai -po-
GrrjGdfieuos Tvpiovs rrapa/caAowra? to \pedjv b .
dpa TTjv avTOV GTTOvSrju ecfiOdKei Kal OaaarÂoi

TeOvqKorog els Kevov 'Hpcodrjs îAa8eA(/)0? rjv ox
276 p-')i^ ovde Trapd "Apaipiv evpiGKec (j>LXiav ovGav} (
yovv BaGiXevs avrow MaA;ôs" TrpoTre/jupas eK rij'

\(jjpas Kard rdôs rrpoGeraGGev dvaorpecheiv
7rpo6dGeL fxeu ;(pc;j/i,eiô? TidpOots, eTTLKTjpvKev
oaGOat ydp avrovs eKJâXelu Hpojdrju rrjs 'Apa '
^tas, roj be outl KaTaG\eLV TrpoaLpov/xeuos rd Trap ^

AuTinaTpov XP^^ ^^^^ p^rjSeu els rds eKeivov hojped
' îi'oicTai' LVRC (perhaps rightly).
i2S
JEWISH WAR, I. 272-276 ( = ant. xiv 368-372)
But whichever account be true, the initial act re-

dounds to his glorious credit. It is said, moreover,
that before he expired, being informed by a woman ^
of Herod's escape, he exclaimed, " Now I shall depart

happy, since I leave one behind me who will have
vengeance on my foes,"
(11) Such was Phasael's end. The Parthians,
though disappointed of their most coveted prize,
the women, none the less installed Antigonus as Hyrcanus
master in Jerusalem, and carried off Hyrcanus ^ ^ P"ôner
prisoner to Parthia.
(xiv. 1) Herod, in the belief that his brother was Herod,
still ahve, was now accelerating his march to Arabia, Mai^hus
hastening to obtain from its king the money by king of

which alone he hoped to move the avaricious bar-
'
barians on behalf of Phasael. For, should the Arab

prove unduly forgetful of the ties of friendship with
bis (Herod's) father and too mean to make him a
present, he counted on borrowing from him the
amount of the ransom and leaving in pledge the son of
the prisoner whom he wished to redeem for he had
;
with him his nephew, a lad of seven years old. He

was, moreover, prepared to give three hundred
talents, offering as his sureties the Tyrians who had
iôlunteered their services. Fate, however, proved
to have outstripped his zeal :Phasael was dead and ,
Herod's fraternal affection was all in vain. He found,

too, that the Arabs were no longer his friends. For
their king, Malchus, forwarded peremptory orders
to him instantly to quit his territory, pretending to
lave received formal notice from the Parthians to
;xpel Herod from Arabia ; in reality, he was deter-
nined not to repay his debts to Antipater, nor to be
VOL. II F 129
JOSEPHUS
dvTiTTapaax^h- xpflôvaiu rols t€kvols hvoajTrelodai.
ov/jLôvXoLg b' exprjTO ri]^ dvaiheLa^ rot? ofioiajg
OLTTOGTepeLi^ rd? Wv-LTrdrpov TrapaKarad-qKas 64Xov-
OLV Tjoav he rcov 7T€pl avrou ol SwarcoTaroL.
277 (2) *Hpa)Sr)<; fxev hrj TToXe/XLOV? rovs "ApajSa?
evpojv hC d <f)LXrdrovs rjXmêv Kal toi? dyye'Aot?
dTTOKpLudfjL€i'o<;^ (hs VTr-qyopeve to nddos VTrecrrpeipei^
€77 AiyvTrTou. Kai TTjv ixev TTpcorrji/ Kard
eoTrepau
TL T(jjv €.7TL\ojpiojv Upov avXitêrai rovs VTroXeKJ)-
dei'ras dvaXajô'jv , t^ 8' ^^17? els 'PivoKopovpa
TrpoeXdovTL Tct TTepl TTjv rdheXcfjov reXevrrjv dnay-
27S yeXXerat. npooXa^dju he Trevdovs^ ouov dTTe6i]Karo
(f)povrihojv f/eL Trpocojrepaj. Kal hrj ^pahecos 6
*"
\paih p.eravo-qaas e—efj-ipei' hid rdôvs rovs dva-
KaXeoovras rov v^piGfievou e<f)daiev he Kal rovrovs
.
'Hpcohrjs els Y\rjXovGLOv d(l>LK6pLevos evda rrjs ,
TTapohov fjL-q rvyxdvwv vtto rwv e<f>oppiOVvrojv^ rols\

TjyeiJLOOLi' evrvy\dveL KdKelvot rrjv re (j)-qp.-qu Kai
ro d^LCofjLa rduhpos alheodevres irponeinrovoa
279 avrov els AXe^dvhpeiav. 6 he TrapeXOdw els rrji
^
ttoXlu ehexOrj /xeu XafXTrpcus vtto HAeorrdrpas or pa

r-qyou eX~LCovoris eêiu els a rrapeoKevdCero
hiaKpovodaevos he rds TrapaKXiôeLS rrjs âotXlhos
Kal (irire -tjv aKfirju rod xî-f^^ôs VTToheioas ^f7Tf
rovs Kara rrjV ^{raXiav Bopvôvs eVt 'Ptu/xT^s
enXei.
* nroKpifOfxivos PLV. * vivBo'i PA.
* ((popfj-cvfTuv Spanheim : (ciôpuwuTuji/ mss.
Or Rhinocolura {el- Arxsh), the maritime town on th(

"
frontiers of Egypt and Palestine.

* Such seems to be the meaning of the text of the besl
MS9., literally Having taken as much of grief as he laic

**
130
JEWISH WAR, I. 276-279 ( = ant. xiv. 372--376)
forced by any sense of shame into making the

slightest return, for all he had received from the
father, to his children in their hour of need. His
advisers in this shameless conduct were the most
powerful men at his court, who like himself desired
to embezzle the moneys entrusted to them by
Antipater.
(2) Herod, finding the Arabs hostile to him for the makes hi
very reasons which had made him look for their warm ^';y ^'^
friendship, gave the messengers the reply which his
feelings dictated and turned back towards Egypt.
The first evening he encamped in one of the temples
of the country, where he picked up those of his
men who had been left in the rear. The next day
he advanced to Rhinocorura,'^ where he received the
news of his brother's death. His load of anxiety
thus replaced by as heavy a burden of grief,^ he
resumed his march. The Arab king, now tardily
repenting his conduct, dispatched messengers in
haste to recall his insulted suitor but Herod out-
;
stripped them, having already readied Pelusium.

Here, being refused a passage by the fleet stationed
in that port, he applied to the authorities, who, out
of respect for his fame and rank, escorted him to
Alexandria. On entering the city he had a mag-
nificent reception from Cleopatra, who hoped to
entrust him with the command of an expedition
which she was preparing but he eluded the queen's 1
;
solicitations, and, deterred neither by the perils of

mid-winter nor by the disturbances in Italy, set sail
for Rome.
down of care." Traill, followinjr an inferior text, renders
" Having indulged such sorrow as became the occasion, he
dismissed his grief " similarly Whiston and Reinach.
;
131
v^:a.
JOSEPHUS
280 (3) Ku'Svi-cvaa? Se Trepl Oa^ûAiai' Kal rov
<j>6prov ro nXelov eV/SaAojt' €iV 'PdSov 5ta-
/xdAis"
owleraL, o(f>6hpa rw Trpo? KdooLOV TToXefjLCo rerpv-

\(jjp.4vr]v, hexdels^ vtto flroAe/zat'ou Koi â7T<f)LVLOV
TLOV (j)iX(XiV. KaL7T€p 8' wv cV CLTTopia ;^p7]âT6ov
281 vav7Tr]yelraL Tpn-jp-q fieyiaTriV, iv fj
pLera tojv
(j>iXcjjv eiV Bpei^re'criop' Kara-Xevoas , KOLKeWep €t?
'PojpL-qv €7TeLxd€LS, TTpojTw Sid TT^v TTarpcpav (âXiav
ivervyxavev Avtojulco, /cat ra? re aurou /cat tou
yeVoys" avfjL(f>opa? €Kh(.-qyelTo , on re toi)? oIk€lo-
rdrovg eV (f)povpicp KaraXiTrajv TToXiopKOvpiivovs Sta
X^Lfjicovos TrXevoeiev Itt^ avrov LKerrjg.
282 (•i') 'At^rajytou 8e rJ7TT€TO rrpos rrju pL€TaôXr)V

OLKTO?, Kal Kara pvrjpLiqv jxeu rrj? ÂvTLTrdrpov
êvia^y TO 8e oXov /cat hid rrjv rov TrapouTog
dp^Trjv, eyvoj Kal t6t€ âcriXea KaOiurdv ^lovhaiojv
ov TTporepou aurds" €7TOLrjG€V reTpdp\riv. eurjyev Se
ovK eXarrov rrjg etV 'HpcoS-qv (f)iXoTLpiias rj rrpos
^
\vTiyovov hiachopd' rovrov yap hrj GraaLojSrj re
283 /cat 'PcofiaLotv exOpop VTreXdfiâi'ev Kataap^ ptev .
ovv €1X^1^ iroLporepov avrov rag WurLTrdrpov

orpareias^ dvaveovpi^.vo'; ,* a? /car' Alyvrrrov avrov
rep rrarpl crvvhiiqveyKev, ri]v re êviav Kal rrjv iv
aTTaoLv evvoLav, opujvrd ye pr]v Kal ro *\{pd>hov
284 hpaarrjpLOV Gwqyayev de rijv ôvXrjv eV Mecr- ,
fj
aaAas" /cat êr* atrrdt' ^ Arparlvog rrapaorrjadpievoL
rov 'Wpajd-qv rdg re Trarpcoag evepyeoiag Kal rr]u
avrov Trpos 'PajpLalovg evuoiav dtefrêaai^, aTTO-
êiKvvureg a/xa /cat noXepLLOv rov Wvriyovov ov
1 4-5e and om. 5'below MLVR.
' Kalaaf) PAM : Kaiaapa the rest,
* <xTpaT»77taj P: CTfjaTias most »ss.
• PM : di'ayeovfievoi' the rest.
132
JEWISH WAR, I 280-284 ( = ant. xiv, 377-384)
(3) Nearly shipwrecked off Pamphylia, after throw- and Rhoc
ing overboard the bulk of the cargo, he with difficulty

came safe to Rhodes, which had suffered severely
from the war with Cassius. Here he was welcomed
by his friends Ptolemy and Sapphinius, and, notwith-
standing his lack of funds, procured the construction
of an immense trireme, which carried him and his
friends to Brundisium, whence he sped to Rome.
He waited first on Antony, as and
his father's friend, to Rome.
told him the story of his own and his family's mis-
fortunes, and how he had left his nearest relatives
besieged in a fortress and crossed the sea in the depth
of winter to implore his aid.
(4) Antony was moved with compassion at his By Antor
reverse of fortune and influenced by the recoUec- l"e^sen?t
;
tion of Antipater's hospitality, but above all by declare

the heroic qualities of the man in front of him, of jê Je
determined then and there to make him king of the
Jews whom he had himself previously appointed
tetrarch.'* Besides admiration for Herod, he had as
strong an incentive in his aversion for Antigonus,
whom he regarded as a promoter of sedition and an
enemy of Rome. Caesar proved a yet more ready
champion than Antony, as his memory recalled
the part which Antipater had borne with his own
father in the Egyptian campaigns,'' his hospitality
and invariable loyalty, while his eyes rested on
Herod and read his enterprising character. So he
convened the Senate, to which Messala, seconded by
Atratinus, presented Herod and dwelt on the services
rendered by his father and his own goodwill towards
the Roman people demonstrating at the same time
;
that Antigonus M'as their enemy, not only from the

» §244. *
§§ 187 ff.
133
.
JOSEPHUS
jiovov e^ cor hn]V€xOr] raxôv, dAA' on kol rore
hia YlapBojv XdôL T-qv dpx'Qv 'PojjJLaLovs virepihajv
rrj£ be ov/kXtjtov Trpos" ravra KCKLvrj/jteur^s, co?
TTapeXdojv WvTcovLO? Kal rrpos tov Kara Yldpdojv
TToXefiou âGiXeveLU 'HpcuSrju ovp.(l)ipeLv eXeyev,
285 €Tn\l)-q(f>it,ovTaL Travres . XvdeLarjs Be rrjs jSouAr^^
Wi'TcovLO? fiev Kal Kacoap
^xovres 'Wpcohriv
fj-doow
i^Tjeoav, Trporjyov Se avv ralg aAAat? apxcls ol
vrraroL dvoovris re Kal to Soy/xa dvaQ-qaovTes €t?
TO \\a7TeTojXLOv TTjv he TTpojrrjV 'Wpo'jhr} ri]? âai-
.
^
Aeta? r]p,epav Avtojvlo'S eloTia airrov]}
286 (xv. l) Wapa he tov xpoi^'ou tovtov ÂvrLyovos

enoXiopKet rovs ev MaaaSa, Tots" fJêv aXXoL<^
eTTLTrjheLOL? hiapKOVfJuevov?, aTravtôvTa? he vharo^'
hio Kal ^laxjTjTTO? dheXcjyog 'Hpojhov ovv hiaKooioL?
Ta)v olKeiojv hpacr/jiov eôvXevero el? "Apa/Sa?,
OLK-qKoajs Tcov els ^Wpajhrjv dfjLapri'jpLdTCxju MaA;;â>
287 pcera/JLeXeLV. kolv ecpOr] KaraXiTTow rd (hpovpiov, el
p,rj rrepl rrjv vvKra rrjs eôhov avve^rj TrXeZurov
voaf TCOV yap eKhox€ia>v vharo? dvaTrXirjadevrajv
ovKer^ exP'Q'^^y </»i^y^?, ciAA' erre^rjeGav rjhr] tols
TTeplrdv \^VTLyovov, Kal rd fiev (f)av€pdj? avp,-
TTXeKOjJLevoL, rd he Xoxojvre? orvxvov? hiecfideLpov.
ov iJLTjv ev drrauLV evaroxovv eonv 8' ottt]^ Kal ,
avrol TTTaiovres dveaTpe(l>ov.

288 (-) Kdv rovTcp Bevrlhio? 6 'Pajfiaiajv arpa-
TT)yds 77eiJL<f)delg Ik Hvplas YldpOovg dveipyetv /xct'
CKelvovg etV ^lovhalav TrapeâXev, Xoyoj jxev ojs
ôrjOrjGOJV TOt? rrepl ^Xojgi-jttov, epyco 8' Wvriyovov
^ om. Niese with C. * birov PAM.

13 +
earlier quarrel which they had had with him, but

because he had also just been guilty of contempt of
Rome in accepting his crown from Parthian hands.
These words stirred the Senate, and when Antony
came forward and said that with a view to the war
with Parthia it was expedient that Herod should be
king, the proposal was carried unanimously. The
meeting was dissolved and Antony and Caesar left
the senate-house with Herod between them, pre-
ceded by the consuls and the other magistrates, as
they went to offer sacrifice and to lay up the decree
in the Capitol. On this, the first day of his reign, 40 b.c. (e
Herod was given a banquet by Antony.
(xv. 1) All this time AntigonuJ was besieging the Aniisom

occupants of Masada, who, though well supplied with ^^j^H^^l
all other necessaries, were in want of water. Iniamiiyin
these straits Joseph, Herod's brother, with two hun-
dred of his men resolved to escape to Arabia, having
heard that Malchus had repented of his criminal
treatment of Herod He was on the point of leaving
the fortress, when on the very night fixed for his
departure, rain fell in abundance the reservoirs
;
were replenished and Joseph saw no further need

for flight. Instead, the garrison now began to sally
out against the forces of Antigonus and partly in
open combat, partly by ambuscades, destroyed a
considerable number. They were not, however,
uniformly successful, meeting with occasional reverses
themselves and being forced to retire.
(2) Meanwhile Vêntidius, the Roman general dis- ventidiuj
patched from Syria to hold the Parthians in check, âHyrm.

had in his pursuit of them advanced into Judaea,
nominally to relieve Joseph and his friends, but in
135
JOSEPHUS
289 apyvpiovyievos. ey/Lora yovv 'lepoGoXvfjLcov avXi-
odfMevog, oj? XPVH-^'^^* avro? fikv
iveTrXiâd-q
dv€X<^p^t, fj-erd ttJs" 7:X€LGTr]s hvi^dfieojs, 'LlXajva

Se ovu pLepei KariXnrev,^ d)? p-r} KaTd<j><jjpov ro
Xijfifia 7TOL-qa€L€v Trdvras dTTavacrr-qaas *Avtl- .
yovo? 8e TrdXiv iXTritâjv WdpOovs iTrapiVveiv /cat
Zi'Aojva 7 ecu? idepdrrevev, cog pr]h€v ivoxXoirj -npd

TTjS 1X77 iho<;.^
290 "Hdf] be 'Upojbr]? Kara-eTrXevKOJS dtro rrjq
^3)
'IraAta? ei? riToAe/âtSa Kal Gvvayqoxdj? Svvapiu
OVK oXlyrju Îvojv re /cat 6po(f)vXojv rjXavvev 8ia
rij? FaAtAat'a? eV
Wi'TLyovov, ovXXapifiavovrojv
Bei^TtSt'ou /cat StAcejiô?, ovsAeAAto? vtt^ ^ Ps.vTOjviov
291 7T€p,(f)6€Lg 'Hpcobqu ovyKarayayelv eVeiaev. ervy-
XO.iêi' Se Bei^Tt'Stos" pêv iv rat? iroXeaLV ra? hid
YldpBov? Tapaxd? Kadiardpei'o?, HlXojv 8' eV

*IoL'8ata ;\;pr]/xaCTtP' i;??' 'Avrr/oiôu hL€(j)6app4.vos.
ov pirjv 'Wpcohrj^ loxdos rjTTopeL, Trpoiovn 8' avru)
Kad^ rjpLepau -qvêiTO rd rrj? Svvdpeoj?, Kal ttXtjv
292 dAiyoii' Trdaa rj FaAtAata Trpooedero. TrpovKeLTO
pikv ovv TO dvayKaiorarov dyujVLopa MaCTa8a /cat
TO pvoaodai Tipcarov tovs olk€lov? e'/c rijs TToXiop-
Ktas, yiverai 8' ep—ohiov ^\67T7Tiy ravTTjv yap exprjv
TToXepLiav ovaav eêXelv -rrporepov, ojg p,rj x<^povuT05
€7TL '\epOGoXvilOJV /CaTO, VOJTOV TL TOl? e;(^/Dot?
epup.a KaraXeLTTOLTO. ovvrjTtrev hk Kal lLiXa)v
dop.€vojg rrjs dnavaordoeoj? 7rp6(j}aoiv evpojv, <1>
7TpoO€K€LVrO ^\ovhaLOL bLd)KOVT€9.^ €77t ZOVTOVS

'HpojSrjg iKdpajidjv p,€r^ dXiyov arL<f)Ovg rpeirerai
raxôjs Kal HlXajva 8iaaojêt /ca/coj? dpvvofxevou,
^ Destinon : A.araXAotTrfi' .mss.
* TTpos rdj (\Tri5as C. ^ TrpoffrjKOifTts PA.
136
'
JEWISH WAR, I. 289-292- ( = ANT. xiv. 392-397)
reality to extort money from Antigonus. He accord-

ingly encamped in the immediate vicinity of Jeru-
salem and, after glutting his avarice, retired with
the bulk of his troops leaving, however, a detach-
;
ment under the command of Silo, to prevent the

detection of his mercenary proceedings which might
ensue from the withdra\val of the entire force.
Antigonus, on his side, hoping for renewed assistance
from the Parthians, meanwhile paid court to Silo, as
he had to Ventidius, to prevent any trouble from
him before his expectations were realized.
(3) But already Herod, having sailed from Italy Herod
n . ^ • 1-11
to Ptolemais and collected a considerable army of Cf V"""?
Palestine
loreign and native troops, was advancmg through 39 b.c.
Galilee u^ôn Antigonus. Ventidius and Silo, in-
duced by Dellius, Antony's emissary, to assist in
reinstating Herod, w ere co-operating. But Ventidius
was occupied in quelling local disturbances arising
out of the Parthian invasion, while Silo, corrupted
by the bribes of Antigonus, lingered in Judaea.
Herod, however, had no lack of support new recruits :
added daily to his strength as he advanced, and,

with few exceptions, all Galilee went over to him.
The most urgent task ahead of him was Masada
and, above all, the liberation of his relatives from
the siege. But Joppa was a preliminary obstacle.
For that town being hostile had first to be reduced,
in order that there might be no stronghold left in
enemy hands in his rear when he marched against
Jerusalem. Silo, glad of an excuse for quitting
Jerusalem, now proceeded to join him, hotly pur-
sued by the Jews. Herod with a small party flew
out upon them and soon routed them, rescuing Silo,
who was making but a poor defence.
VOL. II F 2 1 37 ,
.
JOSEPHUS
293 (4) *'E77etTa ^loTT-rju eXojv irpos rr^v MaaaSat^
pvGOfxevo? Tovg OLKelovg rj-etyeTO. /cat rcop eVt-
ôjpLOJv ov? iJL€u TTarpcva (jiiXia rrpoGt'jyev, ovg 8e to
avTOV kMos, ov^ d€ rfi? e^ a.fjL(t)OLU evcpyeoia^
dfiOL^Tj, TrXeLGTovs >'€ firju e'ATTts" tu? eV âatMoj^
êâiou, SvciVLKrjr6<;* re 77817 Sviâfiig yjdpoLGTO.
294 rrpoLOura S' Wv-iyovo? evi'-jbpeveu TOLTTLTi^BeLa tcou
-poXox^Ccvv eV olg ov6ev r) puKpa rov?
TrapoSojv ,
TToXeiJLLOvg k^XaTt-ev 'Hpa»8i7? 8e tou? €/<• iMa-

aa8a? olk€lovs TrapaXaôjv paSt'cu? /cat 'Prô-av* to
(f)povpLOu fJ€i Trpo^ TO. \epoo6Xvfxa- GvurjrrTe 5''
avTcp TO pL^Ta YîXcovog oTpaTicoTiKOv /cat 77oAAot

TUiV €K T-qg TToXeojg Ti]v LG)(vu /caraTTAayeVre?.
295 (5) T^TpaTO—eSevGafievovg 8e /caret to rrpog Bvglu
/cAi/Lta Tov dGT€o<; ol TavTr) (f)vXaKe<; €t6^€v6v re
/cat i^rjKovTilôv aurou?, dAAoi 8e K'ara gtl(J}0<;
€k6€oi^t€<; d7T€77€ipon'To TCOU TT poT€Taypiivo}v
'Hpd>hri<^ hk TO p.kv TipojTov KrjpvGGeiv Trepl to

T€L)(o<; e/ce'Aeuei/ a>9 eV dyadoj t€ Trapeit) tov S'qpiou
Kal eTTL oojTripia. rr]<; ttoXcoj^ fir]Sev firjhe^ roi)? ,
(f>av€povs ex^povs diivuGvpLcvog , ho'jooju 8e /cat rot?

'^'ii'o
îa(f>op(jL>-dTOLS dfjLvrjGTcau. eVet 5e dvTLTrap-qyo-
povfTes OL nepl tou WvTcyouou ovt€ KaTaKOveiv
tcl)u KrjpvypidTCjju eioju Tiud? ovre /xera/SaAAeCTâi,
TO XoLTtOv dpLVveGBai tov<; drro tov Teixovg €tt-
e~p€7Tev Tot? G(f)€T€poL9 OL Sf Ta)(e(jL>? uTTavTa? dno
Toju TTvpyoju eTpdipavTO tol? fjeX^GLv.
297 (6) "Efâ hrj /cat HlXojv dTreKaXvipaTO ttjv Sojpo-
ooKLaw €7TLOK€vaGdfi€vog ydp TToAAou? Tcov GTpa-
^ Naber: 5i'(r/<if77T05 ms3. : the same confusion occurs in

A. xviii. 23.
* Qprjaav M\'C: cf. § 2o(>. * Bckker : tx-qre mS3.
138
JFAVISH WAR, I. 293-297 ( = ANT. xiv. 397-406)
(4) Then, after taking Joppa, he hastened to He takes
Masada torescue his friends. The country - folk ffiê^ves'

rallied to him, some drawn by old aflfection for his Masada.
father, others by his own renown some in return
;
for benefits conferred by both father and son, but

the majority attracted by their expectations from
one whose claim to the throne seemed assured so ;
that by now he had assembled a formidable army.

Antigonus sought to obstruct his advance by posting
ambuscades in suitable passes, but caused little or
no injury to the enemy. Herod without difficulty
rescued his friends in Masada, recovered the fortress
of Rhesa," and then marched against Jerusalem ;
where he was joined by Silo's troops and by many

of the citizens, who were alarmed at the strength
of his army.
Herod
(5) Having encamped on the west side of the town,
his forces were assailed by showers of arrows and jerusaie
javelins from the guards posted at that quarter,
while others sallying out in companies made attacks
on his outposts. At the outset, Herod ordered
heralds to patrol the walls and proclaim that he had
come for the good of the people and the salvation
of the city, that he had no intention of punishing
even avowed enemies and would grant an amnesty
to his bitterest foes. But when Antigonus issued
counter-exhortations forbidding any to listen to these
proclamations or to go over to the enemy, Herod at
once gave his men permission to retaliate on their
assailants on the ramparts, and with their missiles
they soon drove them all out of the towers.
(6) And now Silos conduct betrayed his corrup-

tion. For he induced a large number of his soldiers
« In Idumaea, §266.
139
V'
-
JOSEPHUS
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re G(f)d? x€Lii€pLovvrag
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298 X^P^^^ 'HpajSr/9 S' Ivrvyxdvojv rolg re

e77€i/3aTO.
V7t6 tov Li'AcuP'a -qyefiooLv Kal Kara TrXrjdos rolg
orpaTicorais eSelro firj KaraXiTrelv airrov vtto re
Kataapo? kol Avrojviov Kal rrjs crvyKX-qrov Trpo-
'
TTep.cjydei'raXvoen^ yap av6i-]ix€p6v avrojv rds

299 duopias. Kal fxerd rrju hirôiv evOeojs^ oppufjoas
avro^ ets" Trjv "xôjpav roaavrrju avrolg emriqheicjjv
d(j}9ovLav eKOfjLLoeu, ojg Trdoa? aTTOKOipaL rag
^lXojuos 7Tpo(f)doeL<; et? re rag ^^rj? rj/JLepag fXTj
,
btaXi—elu rrjv \opriyiav 77 povoo'uixevog erreoreXXev

rolg 77€pt Ha/xdpeiau, (JjKeiojro 6' 77 TroXtg avrat,
olrov Kal olvov Kal eXaiov Kal ôoKrjfj.ara Kardyeiv
300 et? '\epLXOVvra. ravr' dKOVoag Âvriyovog 8t-
eTTefxipeu rrepl r-qv xojpav eXpyeLV kol Xo-)(dv rovg
OLrrjycvg KeXevcov. ol 8* VTT-qKOVov, Kal ttoXv
ttXtjOos OTrXLrdjv vnep rrju '\epLXOvvra ovvrjOpoiadrj'
huKadetovro he errl row opwv 7rapa<^vXdooovreg
30J TOL'9 rdmrrideLa eKKO/jLilôprag. ov pLTjv 'HpoSSr^?
rjpefjieL, beKa be OTreipag dvaXa^cov, cbv Trevre fiev
'PaifjaLOJu TTevre 8' 'loudai'oji/rjoav, exovoat Kal
IJ.Lo9o(f)6povs pttyaSas Trpog olg oXiyovg rojv LTTTrecuv,
€7tI rrjv 'XipLxovvra Tiapayiverai., Kal rrjv fjLev
ttoXlu evpioKei, nevraKooiovg he
KaraXeXeLfxfjieprjv
rd aKpa KareiXrjCôras ovv yvvai^lv Kal yeveaZg.
302 avrovg fiev ovv dTToXvet Xaôjv, 'Pto/zatot S*
'
iOt'ois PA.
* iidfwi om. PA Lat. Heg., but probably not a gloss from
A.\\ (e^î>$); iidiu% is the normal form of the adverb in B.
140
JEWISH WAR, I. 297-302 ( = a\t. xiv. 406-410)
to raise an outcry about a lack of supplies and to

demand money for the purchase of provisions and to
be marched to suitable wniter quarters, as the troops
of Antigonus had already completely cleared the
neighbourhood of the city and reduced it to a desert.
He, therefore, broke up his camp and attempted to
retire. Herod, however, interviewed first the
**
officers of Silo's staff and then the assembled troops,

and besought them not to desert him, holding, as he
did, a commission from Caesar, Antony, and tiie
senate; "for," said he, "this very day I will relieve
your wants." After making this appeal he instantly
set off in person into the country and brought back
such an abundance of supplies as to cut away all Silo's
excuses while, to ensure that there should be no
;
shortage in the immediate future, he instructed the

inhabitants of the district of Samaria, that city having
declared in his favour, to bring corn, wine, oil, and
cattle dov^^n to Jericho. Hearing of this, Antigonus
issued orders throughout the country to hold-up and
waylay the convoys. Acting on these orders, large
bodies of men in arms assembled above Jericho and
took up positions on the hills, on the look-out for
the conveyors of the supplies. Herod, however, was
on the alert, and with ten cohorts, of which five were
Roman, and five Jewish with mercenaries intermixed,
and a small body of horse, proceeded to Jericho. He
found the city deserted and the heights ^ occupied
by five hundred persons with their wives and children.
These he made prisoners and then released while ;
" Or " interceded with."

* rd aKpa here and in A.i not rV aKpay ("the citadel")
which might have been expected.
/ 141
.y
JOSEPHUS
ciOTrejovre? ro Xoittov aorv SirjprraGav 7TAr]p€LS
KaraXafi^dvoures ras" otVt'a? -avroitov K€L}i-qXiojv
> * itpi\ovvTOS fJLeu ovv <f)povpai> 6 âatXeus Kara-
XiTTOju vTTecrrpeipeu, Kal )(ei}xepiovrjav rrjv 'Pojfxaiojv
orpa-iav els to.-; 7TpooK€XOjprjKVta<;^ StacfyrJKeu
*I8ouaatav Kal FaAtAatat' /cat Haixapeiav. iir-
€TVX€i' be Kal AiTlyouo? Trapa ttj^ HlXwvo? hojpo-

^
SoActa? vTToheâudaL rod orparov polpav ev AJSSot?

OepaTTeuojv Wvtoji'lou.
303 (xvi. 1) Kat 'PojfjLaLOL fxev ev acbBoiôis dtij-yov
dueLfjLeuoL rwv ottXojv, ^Hpcohr)? 3' ovk rfpefxeL,
dXXd T-qv }xev ^Xhovpiaiav hLox^-XioLS 'nel.ols Kal
rerpaKoaiOLS l7t-€Vgiv hiaXapif^dvei 77e/x(/'a? rov
dheXfhov ÎcoarjTTOv, ojs fxrj tl veiorepLadeirj rrpos
Âvrr/ouov^- avro? 8e Tr)^ fx-qrepa Kal ooovs e/c
MacraSa? oiKecov? i^Tjyayev fierayayajv el? Sa/za-

peiav Kal KaTaGTrjadpLevo? docfyaXws ry'et rd XotTrd
TTjS FaAtAata? Karaarpeipofxeuos Kal rd? *Ai^Tt-
yovov <j)povpd? eêXdacov.
304 (2) Hpo? he rrjv SeTT^coptv eu vLcêrcp G(f)0-
hpordrcp hiavvoas dKovirl napaXapL^dweL rr^v ttoXlv,
7Tp6 rrJ£ e<j)6hov tojv (f)vXdKCov eK(i>vy6vr cjv evda
.
rovs eTTOjxevovs vtto tou xeipicovos KaKcoBevras

dvaXaôjv ttoXXtj S'
, rjv dcfiOoula rtov err Lrrjheictjv
irrl Tovs omqXaloL? (LppL-qro XrjGrds, ol

ev rols
TToXXrjv rrjg ^^cupa? KaraTpe)(ovTe? ovk iXdrroj KaKa
305 TToXefjLOu hierideaav rovg eTTixcopLOU?. TrpoTrepupas

he TreCojv rpla reXrj Kal pblau iXrjV LTT-ecou Trpd?
^ C (adding 7rc>\rt5): irf/onfx- the rest.

- 'At'Tiydi'Ov VC •'
on the part of A." (perhaps rightly).
14^^
JEWISH WAR, I 302-305 ( = ant. xiv. 410-415)
the Romans fell upon and rifled the rest of the town,
where they found the houses full of treasures of
every sort. Leaving a garrison in Jericho, the king
returned and dismissed his Roman army to winter Winter (
quarters in the districts which had joined his standard,

Idumaea, Galilee, and Samaria. Antigonus, on his
side, to ingratiate himself with Antony, induced
Siloby a bribe to billet a division of his troops in
Lydda."
(xvi. 1) W^hile the Romans were
thus hving on the Herod's
from arms, Herod, never idle, campaig
fat of the land, at rest
occupied Idumaea with two thousand foot and four ^dumaec
hundred horse, which he sent thither under his
brother Joseph, to prevent any insurrection in favour
of Antigonus. His own care was the removal of his
mother and other relations, whom he had rescued
from Masada, to Samaria having safely installed
;
them there, he set out to reduce the remaining

strongholds of Galilee and to expel the garrisons of and Gaii
Antigonus.
(2) He pushed on to Sepphoris through a very
heavy snowstorm and took possession of the city
without a contest, the garrison having fled before
his assault. Here, provisions being abundant, he
refreshed his troops, sorely tried by the tempest,
and then started on a campaign aeainst the cave- ^^ ^^f^'
the bri"(
dwelling brigands, who were infesting a wide area at Arbli
and inflicting on the inhabitants evils no less than
those of war. Having sent in advance three battalions
of infantry and a squadron of cavalry to the village
" On the west frontier of Judaea an action in the enemy's
;
favour apparently intended to weaken the allegiance of the

Roman troops.
143
l;.dLiK
JOSEPHUS
"ApprjXa KcofJLrjv, avro? fxera reoaapaKOvra rjiiepa?
eTTrjXOev fiera rrjg Aoltttjs Suiâ/xecus". ov iir]v 7Tp6?
rrju e<ôhov eSetaau ol TToXefiLoi, /i-ero. 8e rwv
OTtXoJV dTTrjVTOJV, ifJL7T€LpLaV fXeV TToXeflLKTjV €XOVT€S,
306 TO Opdao? XrjOTpLKov
Se crvfiâXovres yovv rw
.
a(f>erepcp Seûo ro evcovvfjiov Kepa? row 'HpcuSou

Tperrovrai. TrepceXOajv Se Taê'cD? 'HpcuSr^? eV toO
Kad' iavTOV Se^tou rrpooeBoi^det, Kal to p.kv olk€lou
i7T€aTp€(f)€U €.K TYJS 4>VyT]? , TOL? Sc StaJKOVOLU
ifXTTLTTTOJV dv€K07TT€V TrjV OpfJLTJv , p^^XP^ "^^^ KaTOL
orofxa TTpoaôXds pLrj6epovreg iêKXiuav.
307 (3) '0 Se ecD? 'lophdvov KTelvoju €lt7€to Kal
5'
TToXv pL€V avrow p,€pOS hi€<fid€Lp€V, OL XoLTTol
VTTep rov 7TOTap,6v ioKehdodrjcrau, ojore 7r]v FaAt-
Xalav eKK^Kaddpdai (hoôjv, rrXrju KaBooov ol tol9
OTTYjXaLOL? ep,(f)OjXevovr€? vTreXetTTovTO- Kdrrl tovtols
308 eSet SLarpLî]^. Slo br] Trpujrov rots GrparicoTaLg
rds €K Tojv 7T€7Tovr]pL€vajv inLKapTTLas drTeSlBou,
hiavepiojv eKdoTcu ^paxp^d? eKarou TrevrrjKOVTa
dpyvptov Kal rot? -qyepcooLV TToXvTrXaaioua, <Kal>^
hL€7T€p.lp€V €tV OV? €X€LpepLL,OV GTa6pOV£. Oe/OCOpOl
Be TO) veajrarcx) raJv dSeXi^cov iTTeareXXev rrjg re
dyopd? avTols -OLelodai Trpovoiav Kal retx^^^LU
ÂXe3dvSp€L0i'. KdKelvog dp:(j)0Tep<jDV iTTepeXrjdrj.
309 (4) 'Ei^ 8e rovTcp Trepl pkv Adiqvag hLrjyeu ^
WvTcovLog, Sevrihiog 8' eVt rou Trpog Yidpdovs

voXepLOV ILiXujvd re Ka\ Wpujhiqv pi€r€7T€pL7T€TO,
KaraorrjoaadaL Trporepov i—LGTeXXcvv rd jrepi
^lovhaiav. 'HpwSrjg 8* aa/xeVco? TtXajva npog
^ I have inserted the conjunction which seems necessary.
Without it the sense would be "and sent much larger sums

to the officers in their various winter quarters."
U4
JEWISH WAR, I. 305-309 ( = ant. xiv. 415-421;
of Arbela," he joined them forty days later with the

rest of his army. Nothing daunted by his approach,
the enemy, who combined the experience of seasoned
warriors with the daring of brigands, went armed to
meet him, and, coming into action, routed Herod's
left wing with their right. Herod instantly wheeling
round his troops from the right wing, where he was
in command, came to the relief, and not only checked
the flight of his own men, but falling upon their
pursuers broke their charge, until, overpowered by
his frontal attacks, they in turn gave way.
(3) Herod pursued them, with slaughter, to the
Jordan and destroyed large numbers of them the ;
rest fled across the river and dispersed. Thus was

Galilee purged of its terrors, save for the remnant still
lurking in the caves, and their extirpation required
time. So, before proceeding further, Herod awarded
to his soldiers the fruits of their labours, distributing
to each man a hundred and fifty drachmas of silver
and to their officers much larger sums, and then
dismissed them to their various winter quarters. He
instructed Pheroras, his youngest brother, to take
charge of the commissariat department^ and to
fortify Alexandrion both tasks received his brother's
;
attention.
(4) At this time Antony was residing in the neigh- and exter
minates t
bourhood of Athens, and Silo and Herod were sum- cave-
moned by Ventidius for the war with Parthia, being dwellers.
instructed first to settle affairs in Judaea. Herod

gladly dismissed Silo to Ventidius, and set out him-
" Irbid, near the Lake of Gennesaret, N.W. of Tiberias.
''
In A. xiv. 418 it is not Herod's troops which Pheroras is
instructed to provision, but Silo and the Romans, whose
supplies Antigonus at the end of a month had cut short
(see § 302).
145
r
JOSEPHUS
Bev'TLSiou oLTToXvaag avro? IttI rov? Iv roTg otttj-
310 Aatoi? iarpdrevcjev. ra be GTr-qXaia ravra Trpog
CLTTOKp'q/jLvoL? ovhapioOev Trpoond, rrXayta?
opeoLV rjv
Be dvoSov? pLOvou eôvTa crrevordTag rj 8e Kara .
jjieTCxJTTOU a-ura)v irirpa Karereivev et? âdvrdra?
<t>dpayya? opBios €7nppiTT0vaa ral? ;;âpaSpais',

cjCTxe Tov âoiXda p.^xp'- ttoXXov p.eu dvopeli^ irpos
ro dpLrjxavov rod tottov, reXevralov 8' iTnvoia
311 )(p-qaaGBaL o<f>aX€pajrdTr). roi)? yovv dXKipLov?
Kadipicov eV Xdpva^Lv eVtet TOiS- urop^LOt^, ol Se
aTTeocâTTOV re avrovg ovv yeveal^ kol irvp evieaav
Tols dp.vvop,evoLS. ôvX-i)dcls 8' e^ avrojv kol
TTepLGCJoaL TLvag 'HpojSvyS" eK')]pv^€v dvaxojp^^^^
77/30? avrov. rcov he ideXovalajs p-ev ou8et? Trpoo-
edero, /cat rctJi' îalop.eva>v Se ttoXXol rrj? al^P-a-
312 Xcooias TrpoeiXovro Sdvarov. evBa Kal rcov yrjpaLOJV
TiSy eTnd TTaihcov Trarrjp, p-erd Trj? p.7]Tp6s Beo-
p,€vov<; Tov? TratSa? eTTiTpeihai G(f)LGLu lêXdelv enl
Se^ta KTeivei rpoTTco roLcoBe kgB^ eva Trpo'Cevai
KeXevGGs auTO? loraro irrl to GTop-tou^ /cat rov
del TTpoLOvra tojv vlwv d77eG(f)a'r7ev. e^ aTTOTtrov
he 'HpcoSr]? eTrSXeTTOjv to* re TrdOei GvvexeZTO^ /cat
Toj rrpeG^VTTj heîdv ojpeyeu (êLGaodat tojv jeKvojv
313 TTapaKaXojv , ovhev evhov^ tcDi' Xeyo-
6 he rrpos
pLevojv, dXXd /cat rov 'Hpwhr^v elg
TrpoGOvethiGag
TaveivorrjTa, errl toI? TraiGlv avaipel Kal rr^v
yvvalKa, Kal KaraâXdjv /cara tov Kprjp.vov toi)?
feKpov^ reXevralov eavrov eppupev.
'
PA : dTroxupflf the rest.
2 Niese from the parallel passage in u4.
Tci' arotxiov
' So most Mss.. r/. B. vii. 300: CLudxfTo Niese with C.
" Or chests.'
146
JEWISH WAR, I. 309-313 ( = axt. xiv. 421-430)
self on a campaign against the bandits in the caves.

These caves, opening on to mountain precipices,
were inaccessible from any quarter, except by some
tortuous and extremely narrow paths leading up to
them ;the cliff in front of them dropped sheer
down into ravines far below, with water-courses at
the bottom. The king was, consequently, for long
baffled by the impracticable nature of the ground,
but at length had recourse to a most hazardous
scheme. By means of ropes he lowered the most
stalwart of his men in cradles " and so gave them
access to the cavern-mouths these then massacred
;
the brigands and their families, hurling in fire-brands

upon those who resisted. Anxious to save some of
them, Herod, by word of herald, summoned them to
his presence. Not one of them voluntarily sur-
rendered,'' and of those taken by force many pre-
ferred death to captivity. It was then that one old
man, the father of seven children, being asked by
them and their mother permission to leave under
Herod's pledge, killed them in the following manner.
Ordering them to come forward one by one, he stood
at the entrance and slew each son as he advanced.
Herod, watching this spectacle from a conspicuous" ,
spot, was profoundly affected and, extending his

hand to the old man, implored him to spare his
children but he, unmoved by any word of Herod,
;
and even upbraiding him as a low-born upstart,*^

followed up the slaughter of his sons by that of his
wife, and, having flung their corpses down the
precipice, finally threw himself over after them.
^ Jnt. 427, on the contrary, mentions many cases of

surrender. Or " commanding."
'^
^ Cf. § 478 ;
"
perhaps for his abject spirit."
147
^
JOSEPHUS
314 (o) ^€ipovTaL f.L€u ovrws ra OTT-qXaia Koi rovs
€u auTOib 'HpcuST7? Ka-raXiTTOji^ 8e rov orrparov
fjLolpai^ CQ-qv a7TO-)(priO€LV VTTcXdfJLâvev Trpos to,?
i7TavaoTdGeL<; kol GoAc/xaloi^^ eV avrijg irrl Sa/xa-
peias V7T€OTpe(f)€i', OTrXtra^ p.kv rpiox'-^'-ov? ('7777619
315 he dyoju iâKOOLOvg eV WvTLyovo]/. evda rrpos
TTjv d7:o\d>pr]uiv avrov Xaôvres dheiau ol<^ eôs
rju dopvêlv rr^vYaXiXaiav Kreivovoiv fxev QoXe-
fxalov^ Tov orpar-qyov dSoKrjroj<; Trpoo7T€G6vre<;,
eTTopdovv Se ttju x^P*^^ 7TOLovp.evoL rds dva(f>vyds
€1? Ta eXr) Kal rd Svoepevurira tojv )(a)pLO)v
316 TTvdofievos he 'HpcuSr^s" T-qv eTravdoraoLV hid rdxovs
€7Teôrjdei Kal ttoXv p.ev avrojv TrXrjdos hia(f)6eLpeL_
TO (fipovpia he Trdvra TToXLopKLats eêXujv ertiripiLoi
TTj^ lieraôXrjs eloeTrpdâTO rtapd tojv TroXeoJv
eKa-TOV rdXavra.
317 (6) "HSr^ 8e Yldpdow p-eu eêXiqXapevojv dvrjp-q- ,
peuov he UaKopov, Bevrihio? eTTtcrreiXavro'i Âv

Tojuiov rrefXTTet Hpcohrj /car' 'Avrt
ovp-iJLdxovs
youou hvo rdyfjiara. rovrcov 8<
î-Xlovs (777761? Kal
701^ OTpa-Tjyov ^laxoupdv \vr'i.yovo<; LKerevoev 81
^
(TTLOToXwu eavro) ôrjBov d(l)LKeo6aL, rroXXd t«

77€pc' TYJ^ 'Hpcohov ^La<^ [Kal eTTrjpeias Trjg /Saat
XeiasY dnohvpopevos Kal xp-qjiara hojoeiv vttigx
SIS vovpevog. 6 he, ov ydp Kare(i>p6veL <rov Trepipavro*.
dXXujs re Kal irXeiov'^ 'Hpujhov 81801^70?, €iV /lei
7171^ Trpohooiav ovx V7n]Kovaei', V770KpLv6p.evo^ 8«
<j)LXiav KardoKOTTOS fjeu toju Wuriyopov npaypdrajv
' PA : U.rc\€ixo.iov the rest (as in A \\).

*
frc\iu{.uv LVRC. ^ -i-Te MSS.
* The bracketed words only in MVC; omitted, probabb
hrough horaoioteleuton, by the rest-
P T\iQi' the rest.
* :
148
JEWISH WAR, I. 314-S18 ( = ant. xiv. 430-435)
Herod having o thus mastered the caves and

(5) Fi'esh îs
\ y ,n Galilei
theirinhabitants, leaving behind him under the queued.
command of Ptolemy a contingent sufficient, in his

opinion, to repress insurrection, returned towards
Samaria, bringing to meet Antigonus a force of three
thousand heavy infantry and six hundred cavalry.
Thereupon, emboldened by his departure, the usual
promoters of disturbance in Galilee made a surprise
attack on his general Ptolemy and slew him, and
proceeded to ravage the country, finding refuge in
the marshes and other places difficult to search.
Apprised of the revolt, Herod returned in haste to
the rehef, killed a large number of the rebels,
besieged and destroyed all their fortresses, and im-
posed on the towns, as the penalty for their defection,
a fine of a hundred talents.
(6) The Parthians having now at last been expelled êntidins
and Pacorus slain, Ventidius, under instructions from Parthians
Antony, dispatched a thousand horse with two

legions to support Herod in opposing Antigonus, the
officer in command being Machaeras. To this general
Antigonus wrote, imploring him instead to come to
his own assistance, complaining bitterly of Herod's
high-handed and abusive treatment of the realm,"
and adding a promise of money. Machaeras, not Machaera
^^
being prepared for such contempt of his superior's his
"
orders, especially as Herod was offering him a larger atutud?'

sum, declined the temptation to treason, but, feigning
amity, went off to spy out the position of Antigonus,
* Or perhaps " the throne."
U9
JOSEPHUS
6' avTOV TTjv hidvoiav Wvriyovo? ttju re ttoXli

(iTTeKXeicrev Kal aTTO rcov tci^cDv tu? TToXefiLo:
TifivvaTO, yL€\pL<; alBovixevog Max'^t-pd^ els 'Aft-
fiaovvra 7rp6? 'Hpa)8r)u dua)(cup€L Kal Trpog ttji
StafjLaprtau dvfjLovfievo? oool? e7T€Tvyxav€v ^\ov-
haiois dvfjp€L, firjBefJLLav rwv HpcvSeiojv <êt8w 7701-
'
ovueiôg, aAA* ws Wi^riyoueioLS xpajfj.€vos aTraGLV.

320 f7j 'E(;^' olg xaAerrrjuas 'HpcuSry? ojpixrjuev fxei
ajjivvaadat Ma;âtpdi^ oj? rroXijiLOv, KparrjGa? 8e
'
Trjs opyrjg rjXavvev ~p6s Autcoulov KaT-qyop-qotui

TTj? 'Slaxo.ipd -napavoixias . 6 8' eV 8iaAoytcrju.o"
tCjv rjiJLapTr]/ji€PCov y€v6pLeuo<; rax^co? ixera^LcvKeL re
Tou âoiXea /cat noXXd Seryêt? eauroj SiaAAarrei.
^
321 01) p-Tiv 'HpcL)877? i—avGaTO rrjg rrpos \vt(Jjvioi
op/jLTj^- dKrjKod)^ 8'
avTou fierd TToXXrjS Svudfxeoj';
po G 77 oXep-ovvT a XapLOGaroLS, ttcXls 8' cgtIu Ev-
77
(f)pdrov TrXiqGLOV Kaprepd, Odrrov -qTreiyero rou

Katpov iTTiTTJBetov opcov TTpog re €77-t8eiâ' ai'Spet'a?
322 Kal 70V pidXXov dpeaaodaL tov Wvtujviov. yiverai
yovv €7T€X6d)u reXos avrolg Trj<i TToXtopKLag, ttoXXovs
p-kv âp^dpoju dnoKTeiva<;, TToXX-qu 8e 07:0-
TCx)v
^
T€pL6p.evog Xeiav, cjore idv \xkv Xvtojviov 6avp.d-
Lovra Kal TrdXai ttj^ dpeTrj? avrou t6t€ p.dXXou
ovToj<; ^x^Li^ Kal -poGdelvaL -oXv rat? t€ aAAat?
Tt/xats avTov Kal rat? ft? rijv âGiXeiav IXttLglv,
ÂvTLOXOv 8e Tov âGiXea dvayKaGOrjvaL rrapa-
SovvaL rd Sa/xocrara.
323 (xvii. 1) Kdv tovtw OpaveraL rd Kara ttju
'lovbaiaif 'Hpcodou vpdyixaTa. /careAeAotVet p-kv
ydp ^\d>Gr,7Tov tov dh€X(i)6v €7tI rdjv oXujv vap-
ayyeiXas pLrjdkv p-kxpi- ttjs v7TOGTpo(^ris avTov napa-
130
JEWISH WAR, I 319-323 ( = a>jt. xiv. 435-448)
without listening to Herod, who tried to dissuade

him. Antigonus, divining his intention, refused him
admittance to the city, and repulsed him from the
walls as an enemy ; until at length Machaeras, for
very shame, was forced to retire to Emmaus and
rejoin Herod. Infuriated by his discomfiture, he
killed all the Jews whom he met on his march, not
j
even sparing the Herodians, but treating all alike as I
friends of Antigonus.
(7) At this Herod, in indignation, hastened to Herod
attack Machaeras as an enemy, but, restraining his A^,"^[on^y
anger, set out instead to lay before Antony an>nthe
accusation of his enormities. Machaeras, reflecting samosata
on his errors, pursued after the king and by dint of
entreaties succeeded in pacifying him. Herod, not-
withstanding, continued his march to join Antony ;
the receipt of intelligence that the latter with a
large army was assaulting Samosata, a strong city
near the Euphrates, quickened his pace, as he saw
in this a favourable opportunity for displaying his
courage and strengthening his hold upon Antony's
affection. His arrival, in fact, brought the siege to
a conclusion. He killed numbers of the barbarians
and secured booty in abundance, with the result
that Antony, who had long admired his valour, now
held it in even higher respect, and largely increased
both his honours and his high expectations of sove-
reignty ; while King Antiochus was compelled to
surrender Samosata.
(xvii. 1) Meanwhile Herod's cause had suffered a Defeat an
grave reverse in Judaea. He had left his brother nTrod?
Joseph in charge of the realm, with injunctions to brothner
Joseph.
take no action against Antigonus until his return,
151
JOSEPHUS
Kivelv rrpo? 'AvTLyoi'ov ov yap St) /Seâtov elvat
MaxcH'pa.i^ GvpLfiaxov e^ d>v eSpaoev. 6 Se cog
rJKOuaev ovra TToppaj-droj rov dheXcjiou, a/xeATJaaj Jl
TcDv TTapayyeXjiaTajv eVt '\€pLXOvvros ixcopet fierd

rrevre as (JvveTTepLijjev Ma;âtpa?' fjî Se
OTreipciiV,
324 Tov OLTOV dpTrdoojv iv aKfifj rod Bepovg. eVt-

6€p.ei'ojv Se €v roZg opeaiv Kal ralg hvox^jpiaLS
Tcov evavTLOjv avrog re 6vqoK€L, fidXa yeuwaiog eV Tjj
Kal to 'PajfiaiKov irav 8ta</)êtpcTaf
p.dxij (f)av€Lg,
veoovXXeKTOL yap -qaav Ik rrjg Y^vpias at OTielpaL,
Kal ovBev avralg iveK€Kparo tcov irdXai arpa-
rLcorcjv KaXovfievajv, irrafivvciv TOt? aTTîpois
TToXefXOV SvvdfJL€WOV.
325 WvTLyopoj 5e ovk dTTexprjcreu tj ulkt], Trpo-
(;2)
touovtov opyrjg, (Lore Kal veKpov atVt-

rjXdev be et?
oaoOai Tov Îcvgtjttov KpaTiôag yovv tljv oojpidTOjv
aTTOTepLvei rrjv K€(l)aXrjv avrov, Kairoi TrevrrjKovra
rdXavra Xvrpov avr-qg êpcopa rdSeX(f)ov SthovTog.
326 rd 8e rrjg FoAtAatas" /xera rrjv WvTiyovov vlkt^v
ivecorepiodr] irpos roaovrov, coo-re rovg rd 'HpcoSov
(fipovovvrag roov Swaroiv irpoayayovres^ etV ri^v
Xifiprjv Karehvaav ol Trpocexovreg 'Avrtyovoj.
fiere^dXXero 8e ttoAAo, /cat rfjg 'ISou/xata?, eVâ
}i\a)(aLpdg dverelxi-^^v tl tow e'pu/zarcuv rtrâ
327 KaAetrat. tovtojv Se oudev ovttoj^ ttIttvgto *\\pci}-
Si]g' jieTa yap ttjv Ha/xoadTcov dXtooiv AvrojvLog ^
fjLevKaTaoT-quag enl Trjg Hvpiag Hoaaiov Kal

TTpoardâg 'Wpojhr] ôrjOeti' eV* 'Avrtyoyov aj^ros"
etV AiyvTrToi' dvex^jprjoev, Soaatos" 8e hvo fiev
^ Niese. with Lat. : irpoaaytiyouTes or tt poa ay ov res >iss.
ovotv oiiru} M : ovbiiru) LVR : oviru) PA : ovbh iru Bckker.
* Of Gennesaret.
152
because the previous conduct of Machaeras proved

him to be an untrustworthy ally. No sooner, how-
ever, did Joseph hear that his brother was at a safe
distance, than, disregarding instructions, he marched
towards Jericho with five cohorts sent to him by
Machaeras, with the object of carrying off the corn- Summer
^^^•^•
crop in its midsummer prime. On the way he \vas
attacked by his adversaries on difficult ground in the
hills ;after displaying great gallantry in the battle
he fell, and the whole Roman force was cut to pieces.
For the cohorts had been recently levied in Syria
and had no leavening of the so-called " veterans " to
support these raw recruits.
(2) Not content with his victory, Antigonus was Further
so far carried away by rage as actually to do outrage Qaiuee ^
to Joseph's corpse. Being in possession of the bodies idumaea,
of the slain, he had his head cut off, notwithstanding
the ransom of fifty talents with which Pheroras, the
brother of the deceased, offered to redeem it. In
Galilee this victory of Antigonus led to so serious a
revolution that his partisans dragged out of their
houses the men of rank who were in favour of Herod
and drowned them in the lake."* There was defec-
tion also in many parts of Idumaea,^ where Machaeras
was rebuilding the walls of a fortress called Gittha.
Of all this Herod knew nothing.
as yet T'or after
the capture of Samosata Antony had appointed
Sossius governor of Syria, with orders to support
Herod in opposing Antigonus, and had then taken his
departure for Egypt.^ Sossius, thereupon, sent on
^ A. has Judaea the position of the fort is uncertain.
;
Smith and Bartholomew {Hist. Atlas of Holy Land, map 44)

place it S.W. of Hebron.
" This, as Reinach points out, is an error. Antony passed
the winter of 38-37 b.c. at Athens (Plut. Ant. 34).
153
.
JOSEPHUS
ray/xara TrpoarrejTeLAeu etV ^lovSalaw 'HpcoSi]
ovfjiijLaxoJ^) avro^ 8e fj-erd Trjt'T7P' oveipoi oacfiel? rov TaheXôv ddvarov
-poar]p.aivovuLv , Kal /xerd rapax'rj? eKdopovn rrjs
KOLTrjg elofjeaav dyyeXoL rrj? ovfx(f)opdg. 6 8e
oXlyov fjL€v TrpoaoLfjLcuâg tuj -ddei, to rrX^lov he
-rod 7T€vdov? vrrepde/jLCvos, eVt Tovg ixdpov<i rjTrei-
329 y^TO, TTOiovfievos^ ttjv -opeiav vrrep hvpajjLLV. Kal

Siavvaas eVt tov Xijâvov oKraKoatov^ p,kv rwv
—epl TO 6po<; 77 poaXafj..3di'€L ovixjxdxovs, ^Pajfialojv
8e ev Tdyfia TavTV crvvrjiljev. fxeO' d)v ov TrepLpLeluas
rjfiepav et? T-qv FaAiAatav eveâXev, tol'? re TroAe-
i.dovs VTravTidaavTa? ctV o KaTaXeXoirreaav x^Pôu
330 -peTTCTaL, Kal TrpoaeâXXev fxeu ouvexdj? toj (f)pov-
Oicp, TTplv 8e eXelv ;!êt/xa>i^t ^taaêt? pâAeTTcurdTOJ
rat? ttXtjolov ivGTpaTOTTeSeveTaL KcopiaLS irrel 8' .
avTO) ixeT^ oAtya? rjpLepa? Kal to Sevrepov Trapd

WvTOjVLOV^ TdyfjLa cruvepLLêv, Setcrayre? T-qv lox^v
ol 77oXep,LOL Sid vvKTOS iêXiTTov TO epvjxa.
»^31 (J.) Kat TO XoLTTov Sid '\epLXOVVTOs jjet 07T€v8ajV
fj
Tdx^crra Tovg TabeXôv (hovel? pLeTeXdelv evda*
Kal SaLpLovLov TL avTO) (jvpLâiveL Tepag, e^ ov Trap*
eArrt'Sa uojdel? diSpog deoSiXeaTdTov 86$au dirr^vey-
KaTo. TToXXol p,€v ydp avTO) tCjv iv reAet uvv-
eLGTidOrjaav Kar' eKeivrju ttjv lorrepav, hiaXvOevTos
he TOV ovpLTTooLov pLeTa TO TrdvTas eêXdelv 6 oIkos
1 Destinon : ' XvTiOxaav y\S9. * + oe L\'RC.

3 M : 'AvTuvLw the rest. * +5^ LVRC.
154
two legions into Judaea to assist Herod, and followed

himself close behind with the rest of his troops.
(3) But while Herod was at Daphne, near Antioch, Herod
he had a dream distinctly warning him of his brother's paie^tfue
death, and springing in horror from his bed was met
by the messengers bringing news of the catastrophe.
After brief lamentation for his loss, he deferred
further mourning for another season and set out in
haste to meet his foes. By forced marches he pushed
on to Lebanon, where he received a reinforcement
of eight hundred of the mountaineers and was joined
by one of the Roman legions. With these allies,
without waiting for daylight,^ he invaded Galilee ;
he was met by the enemy, but drove them back to
the position which they had just left. He made
repeated attacks upon their fortress, but before he
could capture it was compelled by a terrific storm to
encamp in the neighbouring villages. A few days
later he was joined by the second of Antony's legions.''
whereupon the enemy, alarmed at his strength, under
cover of night evacuated their stronghold.
(4) His subsequent march, accelerated by the de- His
sire for speedy vengeance on his brother's murderers, escTpât'
took him through Jericho. Here he had a pro- Jericho.
vidential and miraculous escape, the surprising nature
of which won him the reputation of a special favourite
of heaven. A large company of magistrates had
dined with him that evening, and no sooner had the
banquet ended and all the guests departed, than the
" The Greek might mean " without a day's delay " ; but
the rendering above seems fixed by the parallel hi A. xiv. 452

{uvKTos duaards); TrepifxtueLu \n Josephus usually means "to
wait for.'' But the narrative is here abbreviated ; in A.
the night march starts not from Lebanon, but from Ptolemais.
" §327.
155
V.^c'
JOSEPHUS
332 €U^€'a)? avveTTeGev. rovro Kal KLvbvvwv Kal ocdtt]-
pias KOLVou eVi ro) fieXXovri TToXefiw Kpivas elvai
arjfjLeiov vrro ttjv eoj Ste/ciVet tt^v- UTpanav. Kal
70JV ivavrlow €ls lâKLOXiXiovs arro rwv opwv
KaraTpexoi'Tes aTTen^LpujvTO rtuv tt pOT €7 ay p.ivojv,
Kara X^'-P'^ P-^^' ov}JL7TX€K€G6ai tols 'Poj/âtot? ov
o<f)6bpa Troppcudev 8e ;(e/3/xaaty Kal
dappovvT€<s,
TraArot?' eâXXov, cuare gvxvov? Ka'Ta-irpcooKeLV.
iv w Kal avTOS 'HpojSrjs TrapeXavvwv ttolAtoj^ Kara
rrjv TrXevpav aKovritêraL.
333 (5) Bou/\d/Ltci^09 he ^ AvrLyovo<^ jir] p.6vov ToXfJLrj

Tojv o(f)erepajv oAAa Kal TTXrjdei TTepielvat boKelv,
TiaTTTTOV TLva Twu
arparids ivrl ira'ipwv fxera
334 Hafjidpeiav ovv rjv Ma-
77ept77e/Lt77et.' Toirrqj* fiev
Xdipd^ ayajvLop.a, 'HpwSrj? 8e rryi/ TToXepiav Kara-
hpapLOjv TTeure pikv TToXix^'as KaraoTpecêrai, Slo-
X^Xiov; 8e rwv iv avral? hia<f)deip€Ly Kal ras
OLKLa? ifirrpijuac vTreorpeipev IttI to orparoTreSov
TjvXioro he TTepl rrjv KaXovpievqv Kava KWfjL-qv.
^^> Ylpoaeyivero S' avrqj Kad^ rjixepav ttoXu
335
TrXijdoi ^lovhaLOJV €k re ttj?^ 'lepixovvro? kolk r-fjs
oAAr/? x^P^^> ol fiev hta puoos to 77^0? Âvriyovov,
ol S' IttI tols avrov KaropdajfiaGLU KeKivq/jLcvof
Tou? ye ixrjv rroXXovs evrjyei' eViû/xta pLeraôXi]?
aXoyos Kal 6 p.ev rjTrelyero ov/JLâXelv, ol he
.
TTepl YlaTTTTov ovTe TTpos TO ttXtjOos ovre Trpos rrjv

opiJirjv VTToheioavre? avrov Trpodvfioj? avreTre^riXdov.
336 y^vofieurj? he ttiS Trapardêoj^ rd /xcv aAAa fJ-eprj

TTpos oXiyov dvreox^v, 'Hpcuhr^s he Kara fJLVTjiirjv^
'
Hudson; TreX-oIj Msa. * ttsXtu >is3.
' I'A : (iriirftJiTrd the rest. * Destinon toltwu mss.
:
* Niese : aur^j mss. • /xr}vn> LVRC.

156
JEWISH WAR, I. 33^-336 ( = a\t. xiv. 455-458)
building collapsed. Seeing in this an omen alike of

perils and of preservation during the coming cam-
paign, he at daybreak put his troops in motion.
Some six thousand of the enemy rushed down from
the hills and assailed his vanguard they had not
;
the courage come to close quarters with the

to
Romans, but pelted them from a distance with stones
and darts, wounding many of them. On this
occasion Herod himself, while riding along the lines,
was struck by a javelin in the side.
(5) Antigonus, wishing to create an impression of
the superiority of his men, not only in enterprise
but in numbers, dispatched an army to Samaria
under one of his comrades named Pappus, whose
commission was to oppose Machaeras. Herod, mean-
while, ravaged the enemy's territory, subdued five
small towns, slew two thousand of their inhabitants,
set fire to the houses, and returned to his camp.
His present headquarters were in the neighbourhood
of a village called Cana."
(6) Multitudes of Jews now joined him daily from He defeat
Jericho and elsewhere, some drawn by hatred of cre7ieJ-a?'of
Antigonus, others by his own successes, the majority ^'Î'igonus
by a blind love of change Herod was burning for
a fight, and Pappus, undeterred either by the number
or the ardour of his adversaries, advanced with
alacrity to meet them. On coming into action the
enemy made a brief stand in other parts of the line ;
but Herod, with his memories of his murdered
" We should doubtless read, as in the parallel account,

A. due north of Jerusalem near the
xiv. 458, Isana, a place
frontier of Judaea and Samaria.
157
JOSEPHUS
rod <l)ov€vdevTO^ 6.he\6ov TrapaâXXofxevos cog au ,
TLoano rovg alrLOug rov (i)6vov, ra\€.w<; rcxiv KaO'

iavTOv eKparei Kal fxer' €K€lvov? eVt to crvvearo^
337 atei' rpeTTOjjLevo? aTravra^ SicoKeL. (fyovo? S' rji'
rroXvg, rcov jxeu et? rrju avve^codoufievajv ef

KcoiJ.r]v
7]g (ZppLTjUTO, ToO 8e 77pO(JK€Lp,€VOV TOt? UCTTaTOts

Kal KT€LVOVTO? OLTTeLpOV?. GVVeLCTTTLTTTeL 8e TOL';
TToXefiLOL? etaoj, Kal rrdaa /xer ottXltoju OLKca
vivaKTO, ra reyrj §' rju vrrepOev dfjLVvofJLevojp Kara.-
338 rrXea. KaTTeiSr) Trepirjv rwv eôjdeu, ra? OLK-qoeig

OTTapdrroju €IXk€v rov? evhoOev. Kal rol? fieu
TToXXolg i—LKaraa€LCOv rov? opocbov? ddpoov?^
dvfipei, rov? vrroêvyoura? Se rcou ipeLTTLOjv ol
orpanajrai îdi-qpei? dveSexovro, Kal roaovrov
iacjopevdrj veKpoJv ttXtjOo?, ware ra? oSov? cltto
339 <f)payfjuai rol? Kparovoiv. ravrrjv rrjv TrXrjyqu ovk

rjueyKau ol TroXcfiLOL- ro yovv e7TLOvXXey6p.€vov
avroju ttXtjOo? oj? iOedoaro rov? dvd rrji/ Kojjjirjv
h\.€(hdappLevov?, el? (I)vyr]v SLeoKeSdadr], Kav evSew?
rfj VLKT] redapprjKO)? 'HpcoSr]? errl

'
lepoaoXv/j.coi'
rjXaaev, el (xi) yêifXcoi^L BteKOjXvdr) o(f)oSpordraj
rovr^ epLTToSiov eKeu'co re TraureXov? Karopdajfiaro?
Kal Tirrrj? ÂvrLyouq) Karearr], ôvXevojjLeuco Kara-
Xi—elu rjSrj rrjv ttoXlv.
340 (T) 'Hpcobr]? 8e TTpo? ioTrepav [rj^r^Y rov?
4)lXov? KeKfjLrjKora? errl SepaTreia rov ocop-aro^
Staêt? Kal avro? oj? tjv en 6epp.6? eK rojv orrXcji
Xovoo/jLevo? fjeL orparicorLKcorepow el? yovv avro.
TTal? eLTTero. Kal rrplv el? ro âXaveZov eloeXdeiv
ivavriov avrov ri? eKrpe\eL rojv TToXefjLtwv î(j)rjpri?
1 dei P. 2 pM .
d^p^t^s the rest.
' ora. PAM Lat.
158
JEWISH WAR, I. S36-340 ( = a\t. xiv. 458-463)
brother, hazarding all to be avenged on his murderers,

quickly overcame the troops in front of him, and
then, successively directing his attacks upon any
that still held together, routed the whole body. A
scene of carnage ensued, the enemy driven pell-mell
back into the village from which they had issued,
Herod pressing upon their rear and massacring un-
told numbers. Rushing with his foes into the village,
he found every house packed with soldiers and the
roofs thronged with others who attacked him from
above. After defeating his enemies in the open, he
pulled the buildings to pieces and dragged out those
within. Many perished in a mass under the roofs
which he brought down upon their heads, while those
who escaped from beneath the ruins were met by
the soldiers with drawn swords and there was such
;
a heap of corpses that the streets were impassable
to the victors. This blow was too much for the

enemy those of them who rallied after the battle,
;
when they saw the village strewn with dead, dis-

persed and fled. WMth the confidence of his victory,
Herod would instantly have marched upon Jerusalem,
had he not been detained by a storm of exceptional
severity. This accident impeded the completion
Df his success and the defeat of Antigonus, who
was by now meditating the abandonment of the
capital.
(7) That evening. Herod having dismissed his Another
*^"'
:ompanions to refresh themselves after their fatigues, ScTpe.
ft-ent himself just as he was, yet hot from the fight, .
-O take a bath, like any common soldier, for only a

•ingle slave attended him. Before he entered the
3ath-house one of the enemy ran out in front of
lim, sword in hand, then a second and a third,
159 A
\ 1^
JOSEPHUS
341 e7T€LTa Seurepos" Kal Tpiro?, i^rjg Se TrAetou?. ovroi
Kara7Te(f)€vyeaav fxev eV rrj? Trapardêoj? et? ro
âXavelov coTrAta/xeVot, reoj? 8' V7T07T€Trrrj)(6T€? Kal
BiaXai'ddi'ovTe?, ededaavro row âatAea, Au-
ct»9
devre^ avrov fjLeu iraperp^xov yvfivou

vtt" iKTrX-qêco?
ovra rpefMOures, ettl 8e rd? €^66ovs ixo^povv. toim

/xei' ovu dXXojv ouSet? Traprju Kara Tvxr]u 6 ovX-
X-qipofievo? TOV9 di>hpa9, 'H/dcoSt] 8' drte^P'^ to

fjLTjSev TTaOelu, (Lore SiacfêvyovGLV Trdvres.
342 (8) Tt^ 8' vorepaia WdTTTTOv /lep rou ÂvTLyouov
GTparTjyov KapaTOpL-qua?, dvfiprjro 8' eVt tt^s"
TTapardêojs , 7T€pi7T€L tyju K€(f)aXr}v êpwpa rd-

rou (I>ov€v6€vto? avrcov d8eX<f)ou- Kal
SeXcfjo) TTOLurjv
343 yap ovros rjv 6 tov Îcvar^TTOV aveXojv XcjL)<f)T^- .
aavTOS 8e rov ;êt/xajj/o? -qXavveu inl 'lepoaoXvpLUJU

Kal P'^xpi' TOV T€LXOvs dyaydfV rr^v 8uVaatP', ovv-
Tjyero 8' avrw rpirov ero? i^ ov âaiXev'S eV 'PcvfMrj
dneSeSeLKTo, rrpo rod Upov orparoTT^heveraL
ravrrj yap r)u eirifjiaxov, KaS^ o Kal nplu etAei-
344 YiofjLTrrjLOS rr]u ttoXlv. SieXdtv 8e et? ^pyo- Tr)i
urpaTidv Kal rd Trpodoreia, rpia fxei

Tep-cov
eyetpetv ;(cu/xaTa Kal —vpyovg eTTOLKohofJielv avTols
KcAeJet, KaraXiTTOJi^ 8e rov^ dvvTLKOjraTovg rwi
iraipuiv irrl rwv epyojv avrds et? âfjidpetau fjei
TTjv WXe^di'Spou rod WptaroôvXou pLeriajv dvya-
re pa KaOojfxoXoyrjiJLevrjv cog e(j>ayi€V,
, avrco /ca^
rrdpepyov 7roLOViJLevo<;^ rrjs TToXiopKias rov ydpLOv
qSr] yap V7r€pr)(f)dv€L rovg TToXepLLOV?.
345 (9) rT^/xa? 8e VTrearpcipev inl 'lepoooXvfjLOj].
* PA: woielrai the rest,
l60
JEWISH WAR, I. 341-S4.5 ( = ant. xiv. 463-468)
followed by more. These were men who had escaped

from the combat and taken refuge, fully armed, in
the baths. There for a while they had remained
lurking and concealed but when they saw the king,
;
they were panic-stricken and ran trembling past

him, unarmed though he was, and made for the
exits. By chance not a man was there to lay hands
on them but Herod was content to have come off
;
unscathed, and so they all escaped.

(8) On the following day he cut off the head of He besie^
Pappus, Antigonus's general, who had been killed in sprin^ôr
the combat, and sent it to his brother Pheroras in ^^^•"'
retribution for the rûrder of their brother for it ;
was Pappus who had slain Joseph." When the

tempest abated, he advanced upon Jerusalem and
marched his army up to the walls, it being now just
three years since he had been proclaimed king in
Rome." He encamped opposite the Temple, for from
that quarter the city was open to attack and had
on a previous occasion been captured by Pompey."
He then appointed his army their several tasks, cut
down the trees in the suburbs, and gave orders to
raise three lines of earth-works and to erect towers
upon them. Leaving his most efficient lieutenants
to superintend these works, he went off himself to
Samaria to fetch the daughter of Alexander, son of His
Aristobulus, who, as we have said, was betrothed to wfth'*^^
him/^ Thus, so contemptuous was he already of the Manamm
enemy, he made his wedding an interlude of the
siege.
(9) After his marriage he returned with a larger
<'§§323f. "§284. « § U5. "§241.
VOL II Q l6l
.
JOSEPHUS
fi€7a jielt,ovo<s^ Suudfieoj?' avvfJTTTe S' avro) Kat
HooGLO'; /iera TrXeiorr]? orpaTid'^ l7T7T€Coi> re /cat
7T€<â)u, 7^1/ TTpoeKTrefjupa? Slo. rrjg fxeooyeiov Trjv
346 7Top€Lai> avTO? Slol ôh'ckt)? inoL-qoaTO. ovv-
adpoLodelor]? 8e rrj? oX-qg Swdfieoj? eh evSeKa fieu
TeXrj TTetoJv, LTrTrels Se lâKLG-^LXlovs S'^^ "^^^ ^^^
TiVpias ovfipLdxajv, ol fdepos ovk oMyou rjoau,
KaTaajpaTO-nebevovrai rod fôpeiov r€i)(Ovs TrX-qoiov,
avro? fxeu rreTTOLdoj? rol? rrj<^ ovyKXijrov Soyfiaoii',
St' Su âoiXevg drreSeSeLKro, Hoooio? 8e Âurcovioj
ro) vefupavri rrjv utt' avrco orparidv 'HpcoSj]
o-vp.pLa\ov.
347 (xviii. 1) Toii^ 8*
dvd rrjv ttoXli' ^louSatoju ro
rrXrjdo? IrerdpaKro' Kat ydp nepl rov
ttolklXoj?
vaov ddpoitojLevov ro dodeviorepov eSaifj-Ovia Kal
77oAy\d deaohiorepou irpos rovs Kaipovs iXoyortoiei,
Kal rcJav roXp.riporepa>v Kara. orL(f)0£ -qoau Xrjarelai
TToXvrpoTTOL, fidXiora rd Tiepl rrju ttoXlu dprra-
t,6vrajv eVtrr^Seta K-ai ix-qTe lttttols p-ijre dvbpdoii
348 vrroXeLTTO/jLevoju rpo(f)T]u. rod ye jj-tju p.axip-ov re
evroKrorepov e-eraKro rrpos dpivvav rrj? ttoXl-
opKLa?, rov? re ;;^cyi^vwTa? elpyov otto rod reixovs
Kal rots dpydvoL? dvrLixri-)(aviop.evov dei n kcjoXv/jlo
Kaivorepov ev ovhevl hi* ovruj? cu? ev rat? fxeraX-
Xeiais TTepLYJoau rwu TToXepLLCov
349 (2) To) he âoiXel irpd? p.ev rds Xxjortias dvreTi-
ei'o-qdijoav XoxoL 8t' d>u dveareXAew rds hieKhpop-d?,
77/30? he rr]v rwv eTtLrrjhîojv drroplap at TroppojOei
ovyKOjjLihaL, rcjv he ixa\op.evojv Trepirju rfj 'PajfjLaLwi
^ 7r\e/ffT/js PAM : TrXft'oi'OS tt/s Destinon.
« C/. § 327.
62
JEWISH WAR, I. 845-S49 ( = ant. xiv 468-474)
force to Jerusalem. Here too he was joined by sossius

^
Sossius " with an imposing army of horse and foot, EJô're
'«rusaie
which that general had sent on ahead through the
interior, while he himself took the route by Phoenicia,
The total strength of the united armies amounted
to eleven battalions of infantry and six thousand
cavalry, not including the Syrian auxiliaries, who
formed no inconsiderable contingent. The two
generals encamped near the north wail Herod with :
the confidence inspired by the senatorial decrees,

which had proclaimed him king Sossius relying on
;
Antony, who had dispatched the army under his

command in support of Herod.
(xviii. 1) Throughout the city the agitation of the The siea
Jewish populace showed itself in various forms. The

feebler folk, congregating round the Temple, in-
dulged in transports of frenzy and fabricated numer-
ous oracular utterances to fit the crisis. The more
daring went out in companies on marauding expedi-
tions of all kinds, their main object being to seize all
provisions in the neighbourhood of the city and to
leave no sustenance for horse or man Of the military
.
the more disciplined men were employed in repelling

the besiegers, from their position on the ramparts
beating off the excavators of the earth-works and
constantly contriving some new means of parrying
the enemy's engines but it was above all in their
;
mining operations that they showed their superiority.

(2) To stop the raiders the king arranged am- capture
buscades, by which he succeeded in checking their ^,^j"^^''
incursions ; to meet the shortage of provisions he whoiesa

'"^^^^'^'
had supplies brought from a distance while as for
;
the combatants, the military experience of the

163
JOSEPHUS
€fiv€Lpia, xaiTOL T6Xfirj<^ ovSefilav KaraXLTTOvToju
350 VT:€pfio\riv (fjaiepoj? /xeV ye ou^ ovpeppr^yuvvro rots'
Poj/âtOtS" €7tI TTpOVTTTCp TO) 6aV€LV 6ia hk TCOU
,
VTTOuofjLOJU eV peootg avTols iânivriq i<âivovro,

Kal -npiv KaraoiLodrji'ai reixovs erepovtl tov
dvTajx^povv KadoXov re €L7T€lvY ovre xepalu ovr^
imvoiaLS €Kap.vov et? eoxarov avTiox^lv St-
351 eyvojK6r€S aj-teXî nqXiKavr-qs SvudfjLeo)? nepLKad-
•
€l,op.€.vri'^ -€UT€ fxriGLV SirjueyKau rqu noALopKLau,

eojg ToJu Wpcodou nveg eTnAeKTOJV €7n^'fjvaL rou
Teixov? Oaparjaaure? eLOTTLTrrovoLV els ttju ttoXlu,
€(f>' oh iKaTovrdpxo-i
ôooiov. npojTa Sc rd nepl
TO Upou rjMoKero, Kal rrjs Sum/uecu? eneLO-
Xvdeiorjg —ai'raxov (pouo? tju fxvpLos, tojv fiev
'
PajpLatoju rfi noXiopKLag
Tpt^fj rrjs 3ict>pytCT/x€-
I'ojv, TOV Se ~epl 'HpwSrû ^lovbalKOV purjSey vtto-
352 XiTriadaL oirovhdlôi^Tos dvrirraXov. io(f)drrovTO 8e
TTapnTXrjOels ot€Voj7ToIs Kal Kara rd?
€U re rots'
otKt'a? Kal rd) vao) 'TTpoo(j>€vyovT€<;'

avvajdovfjievoL
Tjv T€ ovT€ vqTTLOJV ovT€ yqpcxjs cAeo? OL>r€ doOeveias
yvvaiKajv, dXXd KairoL 77€pi~€ix7TovTO£ tov âau-

Ae'oj? Kal (j)€iheadaL TrapaKaXovvro? ovhels CKpd-
rrj(j€v rrjg 6€^Ld<;, aAA' ojonep /xc/jurjuoTe? Trdoav
353 TjXLKLaV €7T€^7]€CTaV. €.vda Kal WvT [yOVOS f^'QT^ '^^'i
ndXai fJiTJT€ TTJ? roTC Tdx^]? evvoiav Xa^djv KdTeioiv
p.iv diTO TTjs jSapecus", TTpooniTTTeL Se rot? SooCTtou
vooiv. KdKelvo<s fJLriSev avTOv oiKreipa<s Trpo? ttjv
p.€TalioXi)v iTteyeXaoiv re dKpaTdjs Kal ^ Ai/TLyoi^rjv
* uef >e oi/ M : Mf" ve PA : Mf" ovv ov the rest.

« oni. PA.
" Or (omitting the negative with PA) **
They openly tlung
themselves."
164
JEWISH WAR, I 349-353 (-ant. xiv 474-481)
Romans gave him the advantage over them, although

their audacity knew no bounds. If they did not
openly themselves against" the Roman lines,
fling
to face death, they would through their
certain
underground passages appear suddenly in the
enemy's midst and before one portion of the wall
;
was overthrown they were erecting another in its

stead. In a word, neither in action nor ingenuity [I
did they ever flag, fully resolving to hold out to the

last. In fact, notwithstanding the strength of the
beleaguering army, they sustained the siege into
the fifth month ^ until some of Herod's picked men
;
ventured to scale the wall and leapt into the city,

followed by Sossius's centurions The environs of the
Temple were first secured, and, when the troops Summei
^^'
poured in, a scene of wholesale massacre ensued ;
'^
for the Romans were infuriated by the length of the

siege, and the Jews of Herod's army were deter-
mined to leave none of their opponents alive. Masses
were butchered in the alleys, crowded together in
the houses, and flying to the sanctuary No quarter
was given to infancy, to age, or to helpless woman-
hood. Nay, though the king sent messengers in
every direction, entreating them to spare, none stayed
his hand, but like madmen they wreaked their rage
on all ages indiscriminately In this scene Antigonus,
regardless alike of his former fortune and that which
now was his, came down from the castle and threw
himself at the feet of Sossius. The latter, far from
pitying his changed condition, burst into uncontroll-
A. xlv. 487 appears to state, on the contrary, that

''
Jerusalem was taken " in the third month " or even in less.
the first wall being captured in 40 days, the second in 15
{ih. 476).
165
. ,
JOSEPHUS
eVaAeact'' ov
a>? yvvaiKa ye Kai (ppovpas
yn^v
eAevdepou aAA' o fiev bedels e(f)vXdTT€TO
d(f)-qK€u,
3o4 (3) UpouoLa S' û HpcvSr] KpaTovvrt rcov
TToAef-Lioju -ore KparrjaaL Kai rwv dX\o(f)vXctJv
ovixp.dxojv wppuriTO yap to êuiKOU nX-qdos errl
Beav rod re lepov Kai rcov Kara rou uaou dyicjv.
6 he jSaatAei)? rov<i p.ev napaKaAow, rols 8' an-
eiAovfievoSt eariv S' ou? ^-at rots ottAoi? dveoreiAev
Tjrrris âXeTrajrepav rr]u ulktjv VTToAafx^dvoju , el
355 TL dOedrcou Trap* avrcou 6(f)deir]. hLeKcvXvaev
raju
6e 77877 Kol rds Kara r-qu ttoAlu dprrayds, noXXd
hLareivop.evo'^ TTp6<; Hooulov, el xprjiidrcov re Kai
dvhpojv rr)u ttoXlv 'PojfxaloL Kevujoavres Kara-
XeiipovGLU avroi' epyyxLa<; fSaoiXea, Kai cu? €77t
rooovrwv ttoXltwu (f)6vaj f^pa^v kîI tyju rrj? olkov-
Z56 p.evrj<; riyep.oviav dvrdXXayp.a KpivoL. rou 8e duTi
rrj<; TjoXLopKias rd? dpTrayds SiKalw? rots orpa-
TtojTQt^ eTTLTperreLV â/ueVof, avros e<f)ri hiavefielv
eK TOW Ihiow )(pyip.drojv tov<; fxiodous eKaorois.
ovroj<; re ttju Xotn-qv e'^cxjurjadij.ei'og TrarpiSa rag
VTrooxeaeiS eTtXi)pa>Gev XajiTrpoji fxev yap eKaarov
OTpariojT-qv, duaXoyajg be rous riyepbovag, /SaatAt-
Kcljrara Se avrou eSojprjoaro ôgolou, cu? /nrySeVa
357 )(^piip.dra>v dTreXBelv he6p.evov "Looolos 8e xpvoovv
.
diâtfels Ttp 8eaj are(f)avov dvel,evêv dTTO Xepo-

uoXvfjLOjv, dyojv 6ea(ia)rr]u Wi^rlyovov ' Aurwvlcp.
rovrov p.ev ovu <f)LXoipvxT]oaura p.expi<; eoxdrou bid
iljvxpd<i eXTTLbo<; aftoj rrjs dyevveia^ rreXeKvs
eKbexerai.
358 (4^) SaaiXeus be 'Hpo')br)<; 8ia«:p(Va? ro Kara
TYji' tioXlv TrArjOo'^ rods p.ev rd avrou (^poi^rjoai^ras
l6fi
JEWISH WAR, I 35S-358 ( = ant. xiv. 481-xv. 2)
able laughter and called him Antigone. ° He did

not, however, treat him as a woman and leave him
at liberty : no, he was put in irons and kept under
strict guard. ,
(3) Now
master of his enemies, Herod's next task êrod
was to gain the mastery over his foreign allies for ; piofanai
this crowd of aliens rushed to see the Temple and "[j^'^'J'P
the holy contents of the sanctuary. The king ex- of city.
postulated, threatened, sometimes even had recourse
to weapons to keep them back, deeming victory
more grievous than defeat, if these people should
set eyes on any objects not open to public view.
Now too he put a stop to the pillage of the town,
forcibly representing to Sossius that, if the Romans
emptied the city of money and men, they would
leave him king of a desert, and that he would count
the empire of the world itself too dearly bought with
the slaughter of so many citizens. Sossius replying
that he was justified in permitting the soldiers to
pillage in return for their labours in the siege, Herod
promised to distribute rewards to each man out of
his private resources. Having thus redeemed what
remained of his country, he duly fulfilled his engage-
ment, remunerating each soldier liberally, the officers
in proportion, and Sossius himself with truly royal
munificence so that none went unprovided. Sossius,
*,
after dedicating to God a crown of gold, withdrew

from Jerusalem, taking with him to Antony Anti-
gonus in chains. This prisoner, to the last clinging Antigon
with forlorn hope to life, fell beneath the axe, a ^'^lih.
fitting end to his ignominious career.
(4) King Herod, discriminating between the two
classes of the city population, by the award of
" Or in the general's Latin " Antigona."
Jfi?
JOSEPHUS
5'
€ViovaT€poi"^ rat? Tnîfu<; KaSlaraTO, rov^
Ai^TLyovetous^ dirjpet. kuI Kara arTdvw
XPV' rjoi]
lidrcov ooov ilx^v Koofxov KaravofiLOTevGa<i Wv-

359 rtovio) Kai rots nepl avrou di'€7T€iJHp€v. ov firjv eis
anav^ i^wvqoaro ro fxijSei^ naBelv yjSrj yap
*
A.VT<jjVLO<; Tip KAeoTTcfrpa? h'pcori 8te^âp/xeVo?
rjrrojv ndoLV ri^s €Tn6vpia<; KAeoTrarpa he
rju iv ,
SieêXOoCaa r-qv yevedv rrjv iavrris OJS pirjSeva

rojv d(f> at/iaTO? vnoXeiTreoBaL, ro Xolttov €7tl tov;
3f)U eôjdev i<f>6va, Kal rous €u riXei ^vpwv hia^dXXovaa
Tipos Tov ^ \vTojuLOV dvatpelv eTreiBev, cu? dv rwv
KT-qaeajv endoTov pa6ta>9 yivop-durj heoTToris, en-
6' iK-eivovoa rrju TrXeoueîau inL '\ovSaiov<^ Kal
"
Apaâ? v-eipydCero tov<; CKarcpcoi' /âcriAet?
'\\pojSr]i^ Kal MdXxov duaipedijvai.
3f3l (5) 'Ei^ fJ-€p€L yovv Ttjov TTpooraypLarajv €7TLvi]ipag
TO Krelvai p,kv dvhpa<; dyaOoug /cat
AuTcui^LO';
fâaiXeLS r-qXiKOVTOVs dvooLOv riyrjoaro, to Se
rovTiov eyyiou îXov;^ hL€Kpovoaro- TroAAa he rrj^
Xd)pa<; avTcbu dnorepoixeuog Kal hi] Kal rov ev ,
IdpiXouvTi (f)OLVLKa)ua, eu c5 yevvdrai ro ^dXaapov,

'
bibuDOLV avrfj rroXet? re ttAt^p- Tvpov Kal îhcouos

3b2 xds €ur6<; 'KXevdepou TTorapov Trdoa?. (Lu yeuo-
pevT) Kvpia Kal TrpoTrepîpaoa pexpis E,V(f)pdrov rov
Avrwvioi^
'
eniorparevoira Ilapôt? r)XBev els
'\ovbaiav 8i' ArrapLeias Kal !\aâaKOV
^ Kdvravda .
' Msnrrai LVRC.

» fjiXcij hÂ fclxc. Lat. 0i\o<i fhai the rest.
: Text and
nieaninu uncertain. 1 follow the Latin quod autem his '
iiiOtte ptopius est, inter amicos non habuit." Perhaps

^leadlng ^./Aoj iltra^) " but of any closer fnendslup he showed
no sign.
08
—
JEWISH WAR, I. 358-362 ( = ant. xv. 2-5, 88-96)
honours attached more closely to himself those who

had espoused his cause, while he exterminated the
partisans of Antigonus. Finding his funds now re-
duced, he converted all the valuables in his possession
into money, which he then transmitted to Antony
and his staff. Yet even at this price he failed to
secure for himself complete exemption from injury ;
for Antony, already demoraMzed by his love for

Cleopatra, was becoming wholly enslaved to his
passion, and Cleopatra, after killing oft' her own Cleopatra
^
family, one after another, till not a single relative Herod°

remained, was now thirsting for the blood of for-
eigners. Laying before Antony calumnious charges
against high officials in Syria, she urged him to put
them to death, in the belief that she would have no
difficulty in appropriating their possessions ; and
now, her ambitions extending to Judaea and Arabia,
she was secretly contriving the ruin of their respective
kings, Herod and Malchus.
(5) One part, at any rate, of her orders brought anci
Antony to his sober senses he held it sacrilege to ^r'ô^mhu^
:
take the lives of innocent men and kings of such realm.

—
eminence. But what touched them more nearly
he threw over his friends. He cut oft^ large tracts of
their territory —
including, in particular, the palm- 34 b c.
grove of Jericho where the balsam grows and pre- ^ —
^'^"^^'^^
sented them to Cleopatra, together with all the towns

to the south of" the river Eleutherus,'' Tyre and
Sidon excepted. Now mistress of all this land, she
escorted Antony, who was starting on a campaign
against the Parthians, as far as the Euphrates, and
then, by way of Apamea and Damascus, came into
**
Greek " within," i.e. " on this side of."
" North of Tyre.
VOL. II G 2 169
JOSEPHUS
'HpcfjS)]9 cVêiAtaaerai, fjiiadoGrai Se Kal ra ttjs

jSaatAet'a? anoppayivra xtopia hLaKoaum^ TaXduTwu
eis" eKaoTOu ii'tauroi', Trpu7T€fji7T€L S' amrju fxexpi-
363 n /Âouaiou Trdor) depaTreia KaTOXpcjop-ciôs . Kal
ov ttoXu 7Tapi]u €K ndptioji' WinojULOS dyojv
/lxct'
alxpdXojTou \pra^d(^r]u tov Ttypduov rraTSa hwpov

'
KAeoTxctTpa pLerd yap rcou XPVH-^'''^^ '^"' "^V^

Aeias" dndcrris 6 UdpUos evdus exo.piodr].
364 l) 1 oO 6' 'AxTtaKoO TToXepiov ovveppu)-

(xix.
*
yoTos 7Tap€OK€vaoTo p.kv 'Wp(j)6i']<; Avtojuloj ovve^-

opp.dv, rjhrj dAAcjw rcbv Kara "^lovhaiau
ruiv re
dTn]\\aypL€vo<; Kal K€Kparr)Kd><s 'Vp/ca-
dopvf^cov
Wa?, o Sr] x^P'-^^ V '-^^TLyovov Karelxû dBeXcf)T).
365 Si€KX€LoUri ye f.iTju rravovpycxj^ vtto rrjs KAeo-
Trdrpas avixf-ieraax^li' rcou Kivbwcoi' * Avrujvicp- rot^
ydp âoiXevoLv ^ d>s €(f)apev, emôvXevovoa rreidei
rdu WvrcxjVLOv *\\pd)hri SLamorevoai roi^ Trpog
"ApajSa? TToXepLOi'j Iv' rj Kpanqoauros 'Apa^ta? rj
Kparrjdevros 'lofSaia? yevrjrac SeaTroTt? Kal dare-
pep rdjv SuuaGrciju KaraXvar) rov erepou.
366 (2) "Eppeipeu p.evroL KaO' 'HpojSrji' ro pou-
Xevp-a- Trpcorou p.ev ydp pvoia ^Kard\^ rcbv iroXe-
p.iojv dywv Kal ttoXv ovyKporrôa^ lttttlkoi' cVa^-
LTjOLi- avroLS rrepl AloottoXli^, eKpar-qoev re Kairoi
' oni. F.
"This Artabazes (Artavasdes) was not a Parthian, but

kincr of Armenia, who, having joined Antony in an attack
on his namesake Artavasdes, king of Media, deserted him
and was subsequently taken captive by Antony (Phit. Ant.
50). Josephus or his source appears to have confused the
170
JEWISH WAR, r. 362-366 ( = ant. xv. 103-111)
Judaea. There, by large bounties, Herod appeased

her ill and agreed to take on lease for an annual
will,
sum of two hundred talents the lands which had
been detached from his realm. He then escorted
her to Pelusium, treating her with every mark of
respect. Not long after Antony returned from
Parthia bringing, as a present for Cleopatra, his
prisoner Artabazes, son of Tigranes for upon her, ;
together with the money and all the spoils of war,

the Parthian " was instantly bestowed.
(xix. 1) On the outbreak of the war of Actium Herods

Herod prepared to join forces with Antony for he ; uieVrai
was now rid of disturbances in Judaea and had 32 a.c.
captured the fortress of Hyrcania, hitherto held by

the sister of Antigonus. The craft of Cleopatra,
however, precluded him from sharing Antony's perils.
For, as we have stated,^ she had designs on the
kings, in pursuance of which she now induced
Antony to entrust the war against the Arabs to
Herod, hoping, if he were successful, to become
mistress of Arabia, if unsuccessful, of Judaea, and
by means of one of the two potentates to overthrow
the other.
(2) Her scheme, however, turned to Herod's ad- victor at
^'o-mjou:
vantage For, beginning with raids upon the '^
enemy's territory, he mustered a large body of

cavalry, flung them at the foe in the neighbourhood
of Diospolis*^ and, though he met with a stubborn
two namesakes (Reinach). in the parallel account, A. xv.
104, he is not called a Parthian.
" §360. " Or " reprisals."
* In Coele-Syria,not (as stated in Shilleto's Whiston)
Lydda, which only received the name Diospolis at a later
date it has been mentioned in § 132.
;
171
JOSEPHUS
Kaprepojs avTiTTaparaâfxevajv Trpos 8e ttjv rJTrav
.
pLeya yiverat Kivrjfjia rojv Âpdôjv, /cat orvp-

adpoLoOivres eiV \\dvada rrjs KoiX-qs ILvpias aTreipoL
3G7 TO TrXrjdos tov? 'JouSatous" €p,€VOV. evda /jlctcl
rfjs SvvdjjLeojg 'HpojSrjg eTreXddw iTreipdro TTpo-
p-rjOeorepov dt^riyelodat rod TToXeaov xrat arparo-
vehov eKcXeve Tetp^têtv. ov p.'qv VTT-qKovoev to
TrXrjdos, dXXd rf] Trporepa vlkj) redapp-qKores
wpjiTjoav €7TL rov£ "Apaâ?. Kal Trpos p^€V rrju
TTpojT-qv ipLôXrjv TparrevTas ihiojKov, iTTiôvXeve-
rai he 'Wpojhrjs ev rfj 8loj^€i, rov? eV tcju Kaiâ-
Oujp i7TL)(OjpLOV? dvevros W9-qvLOJVOs, o? rjv avTot
368 Toji'' KXeoTrdrpa? OTparrjycov alel Sia(/>o/3os" Trpos*
yap rrjv tovtow iTridecLV dvadapprjoavre? ol "Apa-
^€s €77 LOT pecfiour at Kal ovvdijjavTe^ to ttXtjOos rtepl
TreTpcohrj Kal hvoâra )(Ojpia rovs 'Wpojhov rpe-
TTovTai TrXeloTOv re aurtDt' (f>6vov elpydoavTo. ol
8e hiaoajdivTeg eV tt^s" p-dxTj^ €ls "Opp.it,a Kara-
<f)€vyovoLv, 07T0V Kal TO OTpaTOTTcSou avrojv TrepL-
GxdvTes avTavhpov elXov ol "Apa/Ses".
3^59 (3) Mer' ov ttoXv he ttjs (jv{jL(f)opdg ôrjdetav
dyojv 'Vipwhrjg TtaprjV ttjS ^^pela? vuTepav. rav-
TT)? rrj^ TrXriyfj'g a'tTLov avroj to ra)V raîdpxojv
aTTeides KaTeoT-q- pir) yap eâTnvaiov rrjg ovp.-
poXrjs yeuofjLevrj^ ou8' ay Wdi^vuov evpev Kaipov
i—LôvXri^. e-LpojprjaaTO /xeVroi rov^ "Apaâg
avdtg del T'qv xo'jpav KaTaTpeâjVy cog dvaKaXe-
S70 oaodai ttju piiav avTotg VLK-qv TToXXdKis. dpLVVo-
pLevw he Tovs exOpovg eViTTtTTTet avpL(f)opd hai-
jxovLOS dXXrjy /car' eVo? pev rrjg âoiXeias e^hofiov,
" Canata or (ana in ./. xv. IIJ.

' Unidentihed the name
; is not mentioned in A.
172
JEWISH WAR, I. 366-370 ( = a\t. xv. 11U12I)
resistance, defeated them. This defeat occasioned

a great commotion among the Arabs, who assembled I'e is
in vast numbers at Canatha ^ in Coele-Syria and there at Catfati

awaited the Jews. Herod, arriving with his troops,
endeavoured to conduct operations with due caution
and ordered the camp to be fortified. His orders,
however, were defied by the rank and file, who,
flushed with their recent victory, rushed upon the
Arabs. With their first charge they routed them
and followed at their heels but during the pursuit
;
a snare was laid for Herod by Athenion, one of

Cleopatra's generals, who had always been hostile to
him, and now let loose upon him the natives of
Canatha. Encouraged by their allies' attack, the
Arabs faced about and, after uniting their forces on
rocky and difficult ground, routed Herod's troops
with immense slaughter. Those who escaped from
the battle took refuge in Ormiza,^ where, however,
the Arabs surrounded and captured their camp with
all its defenders.
(3) Shortly after this disaster Herod arrived with

reinforcements, too late to be of use. This calamity
was brought upon him by the insubordination of the
divisional officers; for, had they not precipitated an
engagement, Athenion would have found no oppor-
tunity for a ruse. However, Herod subsequently
avenged himself on the Arabs by constantly raiding
their territory, so that they had frequent occasion to
rue ^ their single victory. But while he was punish-
ing his foes, he was visited by another calamity an —
act of God which occurred in the seventh ^ year of
" Such, or " regretfully recall," seems to be the meaning.

<^
Reckoning from the year of the taking of Jerusalem,
37 B.C., as the effective beginning of Herod's reign.
173 J
0^
JOSEPHUS
aKfidôvTog Se rod Trepl "Aktlov rroXep.ov. apx^'
/xeVou yap^ eapog r) yrj oeLaOelaa ÔGKruxarajv {jlcv
aireLpov TrX-qdog avdpLOTTOjv Se rpels hie(j}deLp€v
^vpidSag, TO Be crTpariajTiKou efieivev d^Xaês'
371 vnaidpov yap r]vXl^€TO. kolv tovtco tovs "Apa/Sa?
erri /xetôi' dpdoo<i -qpev 7] ^17/^17 TrpooXoyoiTOLovoa
TOL? OKvdpojTTOLS del Ti ;\;aAe776urepoi'* ojg yovv

aTrdoris 'louSata? /careppt/xjiteVr^? oliqQivTes cp-qfjLov
rrjs xujpas Kpariôew wpprjuau €ls aur/^p', rrpo-
OvadfievoL rovs Trpeoêis ot Trapd ^lovSaicvv ervxov
372 -rJKOvre'g 77po? avrovs. Trpos he r-qv ifjiôXrjv Kara-
irXayev to ttXtjOos^ kcA fieyeOei GVfJL(f)opa)i' in-
aXXrjXajv eKXvrov avvayayajv
'Wpojh-qs CTreLpdro
TTapopiidu 677t rrji' dfivvav Xeyow rotdSe'
373 (i) " YlapaXoycorard pLOt SoKel to irapov vpLwu
KaddTTjeoOaL beos' rrpos /J-eV ye to.? haipioviovs
TrX-qyds ddvpelv eiKos 7)1% to 8' airro Kal 77/56?
dvBptoTT iviqv e(f>ohov Trdoxeiv avdvhpojv.^ eydj ydp
rooovTov dnoheco KareTrrrixevai rov? TToXefiiovs
fierd Tov oeiopLOV, a)o6^ VTToXapL^dveiv rov Seov
"Apaijjiv heXeap rovro KadeiKevai rod hovvai 8tVa?
rjpLlv ov ydp rooovrov ottXois tj xepoiv TreTroiBores
doov rats avrofjidr as rjfjLcoi' Gvp.4)opals 'Qkov aSa-
Xepd 8' eXTrlg ovk e^ OLKetag lgxôs dAA' e^ dXXo-
374 rpias rjpTrjpLevrj KaKOTrpayias- ovre 8e to Svg-
rvxe'LU ovTe Tovvavriov ev dvOpojTTOis êâiov, dXX
eoTLv ISe'LV e7TaiieLpopieu7]v el? eKdrepa rrjv rvxrjv.
^
^PX- y°-P C : Kara yap a.pxoiJ-(vov the rest : kol -yap apx-
Destinon.
2 idvos LVRC. ' avavbpov ?\M Lat.
"
Cf. B. iii. 433 ; Josephus may have known Virgil's
description of rumour (Fama), Aen. iv. 173 ff.
* This speech is quite independent of that contained in
174
JEWISH WAR. I. 370-374 ( = avt. xv. 121-127).,
his reign, when the war of Actium was at its height.

In the early spring an earthquake destroyed cattle Eartbq'
innumerable and thirty thousand souls; but the army, springe
being quartered in the open, escaped injury. At ^^ "•^•
the same moment the confidence of the Arabs rose,
stimulated by rumour which always exaggerates the
horrors of a tragedy." Imagining that the whole of
Judaea was in ruins and that they had only to take
possession of an abandoned country, they hastened
to invade it, after massacring the envoys whom the
Jews had sent to them. So dismayed were the
people at this invasion, and so demorahzcd by the
magnitude of these successive disasters, that Hero d
called them together and endeavoured to rouse them
f f-*^
to resistance by the following speech.*
(4)
" This alarm which has now laid hold of you Herods
seems to me most unreasonable. To be disheartened l^%l~^
by the visitations of heaven was natural but to be cIhccdso
;
^^°'^^^-
similarly despondent at the attack of a human foe
is unmanly, f'or my part, far from being intimidated
by the enemy's invasion following the earthquake,
1 regard that catastrophe as a snare which God has
laid to decoy the Arabs and deliver them up to our

vengeance. It is not because they have confidence
in their weapons or their might that they are here,
but because they count on our accidental calamities ;
but hopes are fallacious which are dependent not

on one's own strength, but on the misadventures of
another. Moreover, with mankind fortune is never
permanently either adverse or favourable one sees ;
her veering from one mood to the other. Of this you
A. XV. 127. It in some respects recalls that of Pericles in

Thuc. ii. 60 ff. (the earthquake is here a " visitation of
heaven," as the plague is there).
1 75
-
JOSEPHUS
Kal TOVTO ildOoLT^ oiv €^ OLK^LOJV VTrohciyfiOLTOju-
rfj yovv vporipa Kparovvroju iKpoLTt-joau
IJ-O-XD
rjpLCJU ol TToXe/JLLOL, Kal Kara to eiVos- i^vv aXix)-
GOVTai KpaTTjoeLv SoKovi^res. ro fikv yap ayav ttc -
7Toi66<; d(f)vXaKTOu ol <f)6ôL Se SlSogkovoiu rrpo'

y
firjdeiav c5are e/xoiye kolk tov SeSotKoro? Vficov^

375 TTapioraraL Bappelv. ore yap edpaovveode iripa
rov Seovro^ Kal Kara roju i)(6pa)u rrapd rrju e/xiju
yviofiTjv iâjpfxyjaare Katpov eoycv r) ' Adr]UL(jjuo<^
,
ivebpa vvul be 6 okvo^ viiow Kal ro Sokovu dOvfiou

376 ao(f)dXeLav e/ioL uLKr]<; iyyvdrai. )(prj [leuroL ye
P-expi rov fxeXXeiv'' ovtcos €)(eLu, iv he rols epyoL<;
iyelpai rd (l)povr)pLara Kal rreloai rovg doeêord-
rovs, <^? ovr^ dvBpojTTeiov ri KaKov ovre 8ai//o
VLOV raTTeLVtooei TTore rrjv ^\ovhaiojv dvhpayaBiav,
e(^' ooov rds ipv^ds exovoii', oube TrepLoiperai ris
"ApajSa rujv eavrov dyadow heoTTorrjv yevofievou,

6u 77ap' oXlyou^ rtoXXdKLS aixi^'dXonov eXaêv.
377 /-^^S vp-dg rapaaoeroi rd rcov dipvâjv Kivrjfiara,
prjB^ vnoXai-L^duere rov oeiopidv irepas avp.(J)opd^
repas yeyovevaf (f)Vf7LKd yap rd rojv (TToi\eiojv
rrddn) Kal ovbev dvdpojTTOL^ rrXeov -q rrjf ev eavrolg
f^Xd^rjV eTTLcjieperai. Xoipov p.ev ydp Kal Xifiou Kal
row ;!^ôp'icuj^ ^paG/j.dju Trpoyeuoir* du ri aqi^Lelov
^pa^vrepov avrd he ravra rrepiypa(f)-qv ex€L ro
,
fieyedog. errel ri hvvarai pelt,oi> r](ids rov oei-

37 S opLOV fSXddfai Kal Kparrjoas 6 7T6XefJLO<;*; repas"
^ ^(doiK^fxi ifxds PAiM.
2 ante proelium Lat., reading m^XP' ^"'' iro\eix(iv.
' napn 'Xu-fOu LVR. * iro\(uio<: Cocceius.
' ' During the period of waiting " seems to be the mean-
ing ifthe text is right.
* Cy. Arisiot. Meteor, ii. 8 for premonitions of earthquakes.
176
JEWISH WAR, I. 371.-378 (c/ ant. xv. 127-146;
might find an illustration in your own experiences :
conquerors in the first battle you were then conquered

by our enemies, who in all probability, expecting a
victory, will now be defeated. For excessive con-
fidence throws men off their guard, whereas fear
teaches precaution so that your very timidity is to
;
me reassuring. When you displayed uncalled for

temerity and, disdaining my advice, dashed out upon
the foe, Athenion had his opportunity for a ruse ;
but now your hesitation and apparent despondency

are to me a sure pledge of victory. Appropriate,
however, as are such feelings before an impending
battle," when once in action your spirits must be
roused and you must teach these scoundrels that no
disaster, whether inflicted by God or man, will ever
reduce the valour of Jews, so long as they have
breath in their bodies, and that not one of them
will consent to see his property pass into the hands
of an Arab, who has often so narrowly escaped
becoming his prisoner.
Do not let the convulsions of inanimate nature
disturb you or imagine that the earthquake is a
portent of a further disaster. These accidents to
which the elements are subject have physical causes,
and beyond the immediate injury inflicted bring no
further consequences to mankind. A pestilence, a
famine, subterranean commotions may possibly be
preceded by some slighter premonition,^ but these
catastrophes themselves are limited by their very
magnitude to their instant effects. I ask you, can
war,'' even if we are defeated, do us more harm
than the earthquake ?
" Our adversaries, on the other hand, have one
'^
Or, with the conjectural reading, " the enemy."
177
JOSEPHUS
f.Ui'TOL f.UyLGTOV aXcoaecog yiyov€v to'l<^ e^'^pots"
OVK avTOixdrco? ovSe Sta x^tpog aAAorpta?, ol
TTpeoêi? r)fi€Tepovs Trapa tov 7t6.vtow dvOpomoiV
vopiov ojfJLCJS dneKTeivav Kal roiavra toj deoj
Ovj-Lara rrepl rod TToXefjLov KareoTeipav .^ aAA' ov
SLa(f)€Vôvrai rov ixeyav 6(l>Ba\ii6v avTov Kal rrji^
dvLK-qrov heîdv, hojoovoLV 8' rnxiv avriKa SiVas",
dv TOV TTarpiov (f)povi]iJLaro? -qSrj OTidoavT^s rifjico-
379 poL Tcoi' rrapedTTOvSrjjjievojv dvaorcajx^v . ltcj ng
ovx VTTep yvvaLKOs oi5S' virkp reKViov ouS' VTrkp
KLvhvv^vovcrqs TrarplSos, oAA' VTrep rwv Trpeopeoji'
d/jLVvofievo?' eKeZvoi arparr^yi'âovoLV tov rôXifxov
ÔWTOJV TjfjLCVl'/ dfl€LVOV.
T'tJjV TTpOKLvSvveVGCO §€
Kdyd> xpajfievo? vfiZv TTeidi-jVLOL?' ev yap lgt€ ttjv
iavTCJV dvhpeiav dvvTTOOTaTov, idi> pirj TrpoTreTeia
TLVL ^Xa^rJT€.
380 (5) TovTOL? TTapaKpoT-qoas tov OTpo/rov c6?
iojpa TTpodviJLOv?, 'd6v€v TOJ Beep Kal /lera tt]!*
Ovoiai' bUâwev tov ^lophdviqv TTOTafiov /xera Trjg

Swdpicoj?. OTpaTOTT^hevodfievos
8e Trepl OiA-
abeXêLav iyyvg tojv TroXcpLiajv Trepl tov /xeraî)
(fjpovpiov TTpos avTOVs riKpoôXil,€TO ÔvX6lJL€VO?
iv Td^^L GVfjLâXeLV eTvôv yap KaKelvoi TLvas
7Tpo7Te7TOfjL(f)6T€s Tov£ KaTaXr]ipop.€vov? TO epvfxa.
381 TOVTOVS fJ.€V OVV d7T€KpOVGaVTO TaXÔJ? OL 7T€fJi-
<f)6eVT€S VTTO TOV âGlXioJS Kal TOV X6(f)OV KaT€GXOV,
avTOS 8e Ka6^ r^fiepav Trpodywv ttjv hvvapnv els
f^^XW 'ô.peTaGGeTo Kal TrpovKaXeiTo tovs "Apa-
jSa?. (L? S' ovSeU iTTe^rjCL, beLvrj ydp rts" avToifS
KaTdTrXvi^LS etyc Kal npo tov TrXrjdovg 6 GTparrjyos
* C : KaTiaTfcâv the rest. 2 Qrp^ p.\.
" Rabbath Ammon, the ancient capital of the Ammonites.

178
JEWISH WAR, I. 37S-381 ( = ant xv. 147 150)
grave portent of impending disaster in a recent in-

cident, due neither to natural causes nor to the
action of others. Contrary to the universal law of
mankind they have brutally murdered our am-
bassadors ; such are the garlanded victims which
they have offered to God to obtain success But !
they will not escape his mighty eye, his invincible

right hand and to us they will soon answer for
;
their crimes if, with some vestige of the spirit of our

fathers, we now arise to avenge this violation of
treaties. Let us each go into action not to defend
wife or children or country at stake, but to avenge
our envoys. They will conduct the campaign better
than we who are alive. I myself will bear the brunt
of the battle, if I have you obedient at my back ;
for, be assured, your courage is irresistible, if you do

not by some reckless action bring injury upon your-
selves."
(5) Having by this speech reanimated his army. Herod
Herod, observing their ardour, offered sacrifice to '^^Sg^
God, and then proceeded to cross the Jordan with Phii-
his troops. Encamping in the neighbourhood of^'®^'
Philadelphia,*^ close to the enemy, and anxious to
force on an engagement, he began skirmishing with
them for the possession of a fort which lay between
the opposing lines. The enemy on their side had
sent forward a detachment to occupy this post the ;
party sent by the king promptly beat them off and

secured the hill. Daily Herod marched out his
troops, formed them in battle array, and challenged
the Arabs to combat. But when none came out to
—
oppose him for a dire consternation had seized
them and, even more than the rank and file,^ their
" Or perhaps " in presence of his troops."
179
JOSEPHUS
"KXOef-Log avos rji' rto Sect, TrpoaeXdojp icndparrev
382 avr(2>v to ;âpa/<:ajju.a . Kav rovro) crvvavayKa-
odevre? i^laoLV Ittl rrjv f-Ldx'r]v draKTOL /cat ire-
(f>VpfJL€VOi Tols iTTTTeVOLV OL TTetoL. TrXrjdei fJLev ovv

rwu ^lovSaiow Trepi-fjaaw, iXeiTTOvro 8e rat? rrpo-
dvpLLaLg, Kairoi 8ta Trjv aTToyvojoiv rrjg vlkt)^
ovTes Kal avrol TrapdôXoi.
383 (6) Ato p^xpL fJiû dvr€lxov ov ttoXvs tjv avrwv
(f)6vos, (Jjs 8' VTTeSeiâv to, vujra, ttoXXol fiev vtto
Tcuv ^lovSaLajv 77oAAot Se vtto acfywu avrwv ov/jl-
7TaTovp.€voL hiecjidîpovro' TrevraKLOXiXLOi yovv k-ne-

(jov iv rfj TpoTTTJ, TO 8e XoLTTOv ttXtjOo? €.(j)dri avv-
ojudev eh
TO x^pdK(jjp.a. tovtovs -rrepLoxdjv IttoXl-
6pK€L, Kal fjieXXovTag dXojueodaL rot? ottXols rrpo-
Kar-qneLyev r) Scipa ra)v vhdrwv iTnXeLTrovrajv.
384 V7T€prj(f)di'€L 8e TTpeaêvoyiivovs 6 âoiXevs Kai
Xvrpa SlSoi'TCvv rdXavra fiaXXov er-
TrevraKoaia
€K€LTo. rod 8e hlifjovg eKKaiovros i$i6vT€S Kara
TrXridos 6V€\'etptfov' o(^ds avrovs rolg ^lovSaloLS
eKOvreg, ct»s" TreVre /xev rjixepaig rerpaKiax^Xiovs
SedrjvaL, 8' ^kttj to XeiTTop-^vov TrXrjBo? vtt*
rfj
aTToyvcoaeci)? iêXdelv eVt fidxr]v oh crvpuâXajv
385 ' Hpcu8T7S" TrdXiv eh eTTraKLOXf-Xiovs /cretVet. rrÂt-
KavTTj TrX-qyfj rrjv ^
Apaîav dîvvdp.€vos^ Kal
oêoas Tcbv dvhpujv ra ^povyy/zara TrpovKoipei'
u)(jT€ Kal TTpooTdr-qs vtto tov eSvovs alpeO-qvac.
386 (xx. 1) yieraXapPdvei 8e avrov evdew? r)
TTepl rci)v oXojv TTpayiiarcov <j)povrh 8ta rrjv Trpos

* AvrojvLOV <f)LXiav, \\aLoapo<; Trepl "Aktlov vevLKt]-
^ Bekker: diLiiv6iJ.€vos .ms9.
180
JEWISH WAR, I. 381-386 ( = ant. xv. 150-161)
general Elthemus was paralysed" with fright the —

king advanced and proceeded to tear up their
palisades. Thereupon, impelled by necessity, the
enemy at length emerged for action, in disorder,
infantry and cavalry intermingled. Superior in
numbers to the Jews, they had less stomach for a
fight, though despair of success rendered even them
reckless.
(6) Consequently, so long as they held out, their
casualties were slight but when they turned their
;
backs multitudes were slain by the Jews, and many

others were trodden to death by their own men.
Five thousand fell in the rout the rest of the crowd
;
succeeded in forcing their way into their entrenched

camp. There Herod surrounded and besieged them,
and they must have succumbed to an assault, had
not the failure of their water-supply and thirst pre-
cipitated their capitulation. The king treated their
envoys with scorn, and, although they offered a
ransom of five hundred talents, only pressed his
attack the harder. Parched with thirst, the Arabs
came out in crowds and willingly surrendered to the
Jews, so that in five days four thousand were made
prisoners. On the sixth the remnant in desperation
came forth to battle these Herod engaged, killing
;
some seven thousand more. Having, by this crushing

blow, punished Arabia and broken the spirit of its and bec(
people, he gained such a reputation with them that y[e Ara
the nation chose him for its Protector. nation.
(xx. 1) But, this peril surmounted, Herod was in-

stantly plunged into anxiety about the security of
his position. He was Antony's friend, and Antony
had been defeated by Caesar ^ at Actium. (In reality,
''
^ Literally dry." **
Oetavius.
181
JOSEPHUS
KOTOS' napelxeu jxevTOL 6eov<; TiXiov t} e7Taa)(ev'
ovTtto yap Kalcrap
eaAco/ceVat Xvtowlov eKpivev
387'Ilpai8ou ivfifj-dvovTos o ye fJLr]u Ô-OiXevs oixooe
.
Xvjprjoai roj kluSvuco Sidyvoj, Kal rrXevoas et?

'Vohov, evda hUrpiêv \\aloap, TrpooeiOLV avrco
hi\a BiaSrifiaTos, rrju p.€v eodiJTa Kal ro o\rnxa
iSicoT-qs, TO 6e (f)p6uripLa âaiXevs. fJirjSei' yovv
Try? dXrjdeias VTrooTeiXapievos avTiKpvs elTtev
^
3HS"dyco, KatCTap, vtto P^vtcovLov âotXev?^ yevo-

fxeuog iv irdatv ofjioXoyco yeyovivai XRV^'-H-^'^
^
AvTOJvicp. Kal ovok tout av VTTOOTeiXaifxrû
€L7T€lw, on TidvTOJS dv /Ltc /Lterd T(2)v ottXojv inet-
paoa^ dxojpf-OTOv,^ et pLTj hieKcoXvoav "Apaê?.
Kal aviip.a\Lav fieuroL ye avTco Kara to SuvaToi-
Kal GLTOV TToAAds" enefjupa pLvpidhas, dAA' ovhe
/Lterd 7171^ ev Wktlo) TrXrjyrjv KaTeXiTTOi' tov ev-
389 epyeTTjV, eyevofx-qv he avfiôvXo? dpLcrros, cog ovKeTi

)(prj(7L{xog '']ixrjv (jv/^/âpô?, fj-iau eiuat Xeyojv tcov
TTTaioBevTojv hi6p0a>uiv tov KAeoTTaTpa? ddvaTov

^v dveXovTL Kal ;(pr]/xaTa Kal Tei)(ri Trpos do(j)d-
Xetav Kal OTpaTidv Kal ifxavTOv VTTiaxuovpL'qv
390 KOLva>u6u tov 77 pog oe TToXepLOV. tov 8' dpa Tct?
aKodg d7Te(f)paâv ol \\Xeo7TaTpas If-upoL Kal deog
6 ool TO KpaTelv âpitôpievog ovvqTTqpiaL 6'
.
AuTOJVLO) Kal TeOetKa fxeTa Tijg eKeivov Tvy'qg to

hidhrjiia. pog oe 8e rjXdop exojv ttju dpeT-qv tt^?
77
owTTipias Kal TrpoXa^dw eêTaoOi'iaeadat,

eXTTiha
."
TTOTarro? (fiiXos, ov Tiuog, eyeuof-iriv
391 (2) Upog Tavra Kaloap " dAAd ocolôv ye,"
^ P Lat. Ti^v 'lov5aiu)v j3a(Tt\ei>s the rest.
PaoiXcjs :
* ax^picTou Havercamp from a Leyden >i3. (vxapiarop :
(" a grateful ally ') PAM

Lat. cm. the rest.
:
18^2
lie inspired more fear than he felt himself for Oaesar Battle oi ;
, , I . . I .
Actiuni 1 I
considered his victory to be incomplete so long as septemt
Herod remained Antony's ally)." The king, never- ^' ^*^*
theless, resolved to confront the danger and, having
sailed to Rhodes, where Caesar was sojourning, Herod
presented himself before him without a diadem, a peaceVi
commoner in dress and demeanour, but with the J^ 3^^"^'
proud spirit of a king. His speech was direct ; he
told the truth without reserve.
" Caesar," he said, " I was made king by Antony,
and I acknowledge that I have in all things devoted

my services to him. Nor will 1 shrink from saying
that, had not the Arabs detained me, you would
assuredly have found me in arms inseparable from
his side. I sent him, however, such auxihary troops
as I could and many thousand measures of corn ;

nor even after his defeat at Actium did 1 desert my
benefactor. When no longer useful as an ally, I
became his best counsellor I told him the one
;
—
remedy for his disasters the death of Cleopatra.
Would he but J promised him money, walls
kill her,
to protect him, an army, and myself as his brother
in arms in the war against you. But his ears, it
seems, were stopped by his infatuation for Cleopatra
and by God who has granted you the mastery. 1
share Antony's defeat and with his downfall lay
down my diadem. 1 am come to you resting my
hope of safety upon my integrity, and presuming
that the subject of inquiry will be not whose friend,
'
but how loyal a friend, 1 have been.
(2) To this Caesar replied Nay, be assured of
**
:
<*
An exaggerated statement, absent from A.
183
JOSEPHUS
i(f)r],
" Kal âoiXeue vvv ^(^riLorepov aîos yap
€1 TToXXojv ap)(€iv ovTco (j)tXias TTpo'iardixevos.
7T€ipd> be Kal rot? evTVxeoTepoug hiajjiiveiv ttlcjtos,
cus" eyojye Xap^TTpoTaras vrrcp rod gov (j^pov-qpâros
iXTtihas ^X^- KaXcbs p.€vroi ye iTTOirjaev 'Av-
TcjVLO^ KXeoTTarpa TTeLodeis p,a.XXov rj ooi' Kal
392 yap ok KeK€pbi]Kap.€u e'/c rrjg dvoia? avrov. Kar-
apx^L? S\ 6US" €OLK€v, evTTOuas 6t' ihv p,OL ypd(f>ei
KvLVTOS At'Sios"^ ovp.pLa\iav ere 77e77o/i.êVa( irpos
rovs pi.ovop.d)(ovs avrw. vvv /xev ovv hoypLan to
/Se'jSatov ooL ri]? âoiXeias eâyydXXoj, rreipd-
oop-OL Se Kal avdi'i dyaOov rt oe rroielv, tu? pirj
'
t^TjToirj^ \vTtbvLOv .
393 (3) TovTOLS (f)iXo(i)poi'rjodp€vo'S rov jSacrtAe'a Kal

—eptdel'S avroj to SiaSvy/ua Soy/xart 8i€orjp.aLV€v
TijV Sojpedv, 6v cij TToXXd p.eyaXo(f)p6vujs et? enaivov
Tavhpos eCjiOeyâTO. 6 he oojpois eTripLeiXi^dp.evog
avTOV e^rjTetTO rtra tojv Wvtojvlov (fyiXojv 'AAe-
^dv LK€Trjv yevopevov evtKa 8e rj KoLoapos opyrj
TToXXd Kal xaXerrd p.ep.(j)0}xevov tov eâiTovpievov
394 ot's" SieKpovooTO ttjv herjOLV. /Ltera he tovto tto-
pevopLevov eV AlyvTTTOV hid ^vpla? Kaloapa ttovtI
TO) ôolXikoj ttXovtco he^dp-evog 'Hpcohrj^ t6t€
TTpojTov Kal ovviTTTTaoaTO TTOLOVpievoj TTepl TIto-
Xep,atha tyj^ hvvdpLecos eêTaoiv eloTiaoev re ovv
dnaoLV tol£ </»tAot?' p.e6^ ov? Kal ttj Xolttj] OTpa-
395 Tta TTpos evojîai' rrdvTa hiehojKev. Trpovvoiqoev
* At5tos conj. Hudson from Dio Cass.
Kl'-u'tos li. 7: hoi
yi.biQ% \iese: ko.I Bevriotos or heinioLOs MSS.
" After the battle of Actium Cleopatra, seeking aid in all
directions, sent for some gladiators who were being trained

for Antony at Trapezus; the gladiators started but were
intercepted.
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JEWISH WAR, I. 391-395 ( = ANT. XV. 194-199)
your safety, and reiern henceforth more securely than and i
""^
before. So staunch a champion of the claims of J.5*" ing,
friendship deserves to be ruler over many subjects.

Endeavour to remain as loyal to those who have
been more fortunate since, for my part, I entertain
;
the most brilliant hopes for your high spirit. Antony,

however, did well in obeying Cleopatra's behests
rather than yours ; for through his folly we have
gained you. But you have already, it seems, done
me a service for Quintus Didius writes to me that
;
you have sent a force to assist him against the

gladiators." I therefore now confirm your kingdom
to you by decree and hereafter I shall endeavour
;
to confer upon you some further benefit, that you

may not feel the loss of Antony."
(3) Having thus graciously addressed the king, he
placed the diadem on his head, and publicly notified
this award by a decree, in which he expressed his
commendation of the honoured man in ample and
generous terms. Herod, after propitiating Caesar
with presents, then sought to obtain pardon for
Alexas, one of Antony's friends, who had come to
sue for mercy ;but here Caesar's resentment was
too strong for him, and with many bitter complaints
against Herod's client the emperor rejected his
petition. Subsequently, when Caesar passed through Herod'.'^
Syria on his way to Egypt, Herod entertained h un Octavius
for the first time with all the resources of his realm in his ;
he accompanied the emperor on horseback when he campaign

reviewed his troops at Ptolemais he entertained ^^ ^•^•
;
him and all his friends at a banquet and he followed;
this up by making ample provision for the good

cheer of the rest of the army. Then, for the march
185
.
JOSEPHUS
Se Kal Sta rrj<; avvhpov Tropeuo/xeVoi? l^^XP'- Hry-
)ôvoiov Tzapaax^'î^ vSwp dcf)dovou irravLOvai re
6iioLOJ<;, ovhk €cm\> 6 tl tcou iTrniqheiajv iveSerjoeu
rfj 8vvdfi€i. Soâ yovv avro) re Katcrapt Kal rols
arpartcuTai? —apeorrj ttoXXoj ^pa^vrepav Upcohrj
396 7T€pLelvaL âocXeiav 7Tp6<; d Trapiux^^- Sia tovto,
d)S ^K€v els AtyvTTToi' , -rjS-q KAeoTrarpa? Kal
*AvTa)PLOV redvewTOji', ov (jlovov avrov rals dX-
Xats TLpLals, dXXd Kal rfj âoLXeia TrpoGedrjKev
Tr)v re vtto KAeoTrarpa? dTTorixriBelaav )(d)paw Kal
e^codeu rdbapa Kal "Ittttou Kal âjj-dpeiau, Trpos
he TOUTOt? TOW TrapaXiojv Tdl,av Kal Avd-qhova ^
397 Kal ^loTTTT-qu Kal Hrpdrowog rrvpyov ehajprjoaro

6' avro) Kal rrpos (f)vXaKr)v rod aojfiaro? rerpa-
Koaiovs VaXdr as, ol Trporepov ihopv<f)6povu KAco-
rrdrpai'. ovhev he ovrcos evrjyeu avrou els rds
ha)peds ojs ro p.eyaX6(f)pou rov XapL^dvovros
39S (4-) Mera he r-qv npcvr-qu ÂKridha rrpoorid-qoLV
avrov rfj âoLXeia rov re TpdxcDi'a KaXovfievov
Kal rrjv rrpooex^ âravaiav re Kal rrju Avpavinv
Xojpav i^ air las rotdohe 'Z.-qvohtopos 6 rov Avoa-
viov p.epiiodojfievos olkov ov hLeXeLrrev eVacêtS
rovs cV rod Tpa;^cuvos" XrjGr as Aap-aoK-qvols. oi
6' e-nl Ovdppojva rov -qyepLOva rijs ^vplas Kara-
(j)vy6vres eheTjdrjGav hrjXdjaaL rrjv ovp.<ôpdv avrojv

Kai'aapr Kalcrap he yvovs dvreTreareXXev e^-
399 aiped'fjvaL ro Xr]GriqpLov . urparevaas ovv Ovdppojv
»
§§ 361 f. " The later Caesarea.
' '*
The games at Actium were celebrated for the first
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JEWISH WAR, 1.395-399 ( = ANT. XV 200 f. ,217,343 ff.)
to Pelusium across the arid desert, and likewise for

the return, he took care to furnish the troops with
abundance of water in short, there were no neces-
;
saries which the army lacked. The thought could

not but occur both to Caesar himself and to his
soldiers that Herod s realm was far too restricted, in
comparison with the services which he had rendered
them Accordingly, when Caesar reached Egypt,
after the death of Cleopatra and Antony, he not
only conferred new honours upon him, but also
annexed to his kingdom the territory which Cleopatra Annexatij
had appropriated," with the addition of Gadara, kJuây^.
Hippos and Samaria and the maritime towns of
Gaza, Anthedon, Joppa, and Strato's Tower.'' He
further presented him, as a bodyguard, with four
hundred Gauls, who had formerly served Cleopatra
in the same capacity. And nothing so strongly
moved the emperor to this liberality as the generous
spirit of him who was the object of it.
(4) After the first period of the Actian era,^ Subseque
Caesar added to Herod's realm the country called ^^Îjl^J^.
Trachonitis, with the adjacent districts of Batanaea etc)
^* ^'
and Auranitis. The occasion of this grant was as '"^^ **
follows. Zenodorus, who had taken on lease the

domain of Lysanias, was perpetually setting the
brigands of Trachonitis to molest the inhabitants of
Damascus. The latter fled for protection to Varro,
the governor of Syria, and besought him to report
their sufferings to Caesar ; on learning the facts
Caesar sent back orders to exterminate the bandits.
Varro, accordingly, led out his troops, cleared the
time in 28 b.c, then in the years 24, 20, 16 B.C., etc. That
enlargement of territory therefore took place after the
*
course of the tirst Actiad had run,' i.e. in the end of 24, b.c.
or beginning of 23 b.c. " (SchUrer).
187
JOSEPHUS
Kafiaipec re 7(")t' dvSpan' rrjv yrju Kal a(jiaipelTai
7^r)v6hix)pov' r)v vorepov Kataap, a>? /xr) yevoiro
ttolXlu opfJLrjr-qpLOi' TOt? Arârats" eVt r-qv AafiaoKou,
'HpcuSfj SlScjjglu. Kareorrjoev Se avrow Kal Hu-
pia? oAt7? iTrirpoTTOv erei SeKarco uaXiv iXdojv els
TTju enapxiav, oj? yL-qhev lêlvai Siâ rrj? €K€lvov
400 ovfj-ôvXla? ToU iinrpoTroLS SioiKcti^. cVet he
TeXevra Z,rjv6Scopo^ , TrpoaeVei/xev avrw /cat Tr)v
fieraû I pdxioi'o<i Kal 717? FaAiAai'a? yrî/ aTraaav.
o 8e TOi^cji' 'HpoS5)7 ixeltov tju, vtto fieu Kaioapos
€</nA€tTO /xer' 'Aypt7777aj', utt' Wypimra he yierd
Kalaapa. evOev errl TrXelorov evhanxovias
fieu
TTpovKoiJjei', €tV (JLelCov 8' e^rjpdi-j (f)p6vrjfjia Kal re
TrXeov rrfs p-eyaXovoias eTrereivev els evoeêiav.
401 (xxi. 1) WevreKaLheKara) yovv erei rrjs âoL-

Xelas avroi' re rov vaov eireoKevaoev Kal rrepi
avTOV di'ereixloaro )(^cx>pav rrj? ova-qs hiTiXaoiova

dfierpoLS p-ev \p-qodiievos TOt? dvaXcofiaGiw dv-
VTrepPXi^TO) he rfj TToXvTeXeia. reKp-qptoi^ he -qoai
at jieydXai aroal rrepl to lepov Kal to ôpeiou en
auToJ (f>povpLov asT pLev yap duojKohopLrjoei' ih
depieXiojv , o 8' eTnoKevdaas rrXovTOj haiptXel KaT
ovhev Tcjv âoiXeiojv eXaTTOv * AuTcovlau eVa'Accrei i:
402 els TTji^ WvTOWLOV TiiL-qi>. TO ye pirjv eavToi

âcriXeLov /cara Tr]v dvoj heqxdpevos ttoXlv, hvc
Tovs i-ieyioTovs Kal TTepLKaXXeoTd-ovs o'lkovs, ots
M. \'ipsaniii.s Agrippa (63-12 b.c). the devoted friend

minister and presumptive successor to Augustus, builder 01
the Pantheon and organizer of the Roman nav\'.
•'" Or thanks to this favoured position."
« According to A. xv. 380 " the eighteenth year" ; th( li
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JEWISH WAR,I.399-402(=A>srT. xv.360f., 380, 318
district of these pestsand deprived Zenodorus of his

tenure. This was the territory which Caesar sub-
sequently presented to Herod, to prevent it from again
being used by the brigands as a base for raids upon
Damascus. When ten years after his first visit e. 20 b.c.
Caesar returned to the province, he, moreover,

gave Herod the position of procurator of all Syria,
for the (Roman) procurators were forbidden to talce
any measures without his concurrence. Finally, on
the death of Zenodorus, he further assigned to him
all the territory between Trachonitis and Galilee.
But what Herod valued more than all these privileges
was that in Caesar's affection he stood next after
Agrippa,* in Agrippa's next after Caesar. Thence-
forth ^ he advanced to the utmost prosperity his ;
noble spirit rose to greater heights, and his lofty

ambition was mainly directed to works of piety.
(XXI. Thus, in the fifteenth year'' of his reign,

1) Herod's
he restored the Temple and, by erecting new founda- reconstfm
tion-walls, enlarged the surrounding area to double tionoftiw
ts former extent. The expenditure devoted to this beg'm^

work was incalculable, its magnificence never sur- <^- 20-19 ^
passed as evidence one would have pointed to the

;
great colonnades around the Temple courts and to

the fortress which dominated it on the north. The
colonnades Herod reconstructed from the founda-
tions the fortress he restored at a lavish cost in a
; The fortre
^"^°''''
style no way inferior to that of a palace, and called ""^
it Antonia in honour of Antony. His own palace. The royal

p^^^^^^-
which he erected in the upper city, comprised two
most spacious and beautiful buildings, with which
latter appears to be the correct date of the beginning of the
work (Schurer), which was not completed till c. a.d. 28
[Gospel of S. John ii. 20).

189
.
JOSEPHUS
ovS' 6^ vao? TTTj <jvv€Kpivero, TrpoGrj-yopevaev oltto
TOJV (fiiXoW TOV fjL€V KaLodp€LOV TOV Sc *AypL7T-

7T€L0V.
403 {"2) 'AAAa
yap ovk oIkois fiovov avTOJV rrjv
Koi ra? €7TLKXrjO€is rrepUypaijjev, Ste^t] Se
fjivrjiirjv
et? oAa? TToAet? avrco to (f>LX6rLixov eV fxiv ye rfj .
HapLapeLTihi ttoXlv KaXXiorco TTepiôXcp T€ixôd-

fjL€V09 eVt araSlovs €lkogl /cat Karayayojv efa/ctcr-
Xt-Xiovs €tV avTTju OLKiJTopag, yi]v Se tovtols npoa-
veLfjLag XLTrapojrdTrjv, /cat iv fieaco rco KrlcrfJiaTL
vaov T€ fieyiorov /cat Trepl avrov
iviSpvadfieuos
re/xevOb Kaloapc rpLcov rjpLLGrahiojv
drroSetâs' toj
TO aaTf Zeâorryi^ cVaAeaev iâtperov 8e Tot? cv^
axno) 7Tapeox€v evvojiiav
404 (3) 'ETTt TOUTOtS" hcxipqaapiivov rod Kaluapos
avrov irepas TTpoodioei x^P^^> ^ ^^ Kavravda
vaov avTO) XevKrjs fiappidpov KaOidpuaaro Tiapa
rds ^lophdvov Tiiqyds- KaXeZrai 8e Wdveiov c
405 TOTTO?. evda Kopv(f)rj fxev ns opovs els drreLpoi
vipo? dvareiverai, Trapd Se ttjv VTTopetov Xayovc
ovvrjpe(j)es avrpov viravoiyei, 8t* ov âpadpcoSrji
Kp-qp.v6s els dfjLerpTjTov aTTOppojya âOvperat
TrXrjdei re vharos doaXeijrov /cat Tots" KadifMcoou
406 Tt TTpos epevvav yrjs ovhev /jlt^kos eâpKel. roi
Se dvrpov Kara rds e^codev pitas dvareXXovoiv a
Kal yeveoLS p-û, (Ls evtoi Sokouglv, evOe)
Tr-qyai'
^Xophdvov, TO S' aKpiês ev tols ^^17? SrjXcoaofjiev
407 (4) *0 Se âoiXevs /cat ev 'lepixol pLeraî
Kvrrpov rod <j)povpiov /cat rojv rrporepojv âat
^ oi'o i Bekker from a Leyden ms. : ovbk the rest.
" Mount Hermon. For a description of Paneion o
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JEWISH WAR,I.402-407( = ANT. xv.318,296fr., 363 f.)
the Temple itself bore no comparison these he
;
named after his friends, the one Caesareum, the

other Agrippeum.
(2) He was not content, however, to commemorate Foundatu
his patrons' names by palaces only his munificence fn gamari
;
extended to the creation of whole cities. In the

district of Samaria he built a town enclosed within
magnificent walls twenty furlongs in length, intro-
duced into it six thousand colonists, and gave them
allotments of highly productive land. In the centre
of this settlement he erected a massive temple,
enclosed in ground, a furlong and a half in length,
consecrated to Caesar while he named the town itself
;
Sebaste. The inhabitants were given a privileged

constitution.
(3) When, later on, through Caesar's bounty he riie Temp
received additional territory, Herod there too dedi-^[ p^J^J,
cated to him a temple of white marble near the
sources of the Jordan, at a place called Paneion.
At this spot a mountain ^ rears its summit to an
immense height aloft at the base of the cliff is an
;
opening into an overgrown cavern ; within this,

plunging down to an immeasurable depth, is a
yawning chasm, enclosing a volume of still water,
the bottom of which no sounding-line has been found
long enough to reach. Outside and from beneath
the cavern well up the springs from which, as some
think, the Jordan takes its rise but we will tell
;
the true story of this in the sequel.^

(4) At Jericho, again, between the fortress of
Cypros ^ and the former palace, the king constructed
Faneas, later Caesarea Philippi, mod. Banias, see G. A.
Smith, Hist. Geog. of Holy Land, 473.
" See iii. 509 ff.
* Built by Herod in honour of his mother, § 417.
191
JOSEPHUS
Xeicov dXXa KaraoKevdaas d/xetVco nal ;^pr]ai/xctj-
T€pa Trpo? rds iTnhrjiJiia<; aTTO tcZu avTOJU wuo-
fiaaeu <f>iXojv. KadoXov hk ovk €otlv €l7tÎv ovTiva
TTJ9 PaaiXeiag iTnrijSeLOv tottov tyjs Trpo? Katcrapa
ri/jLrjg yvyLvov €lao€v. inel Be ttjv IStav ^topav
€7TX-qpa)G€v vacbi^, etV rrjv e7Tap)(Lav avrov rag
rifjids V7Tep€^€X€€v Kal iroXXalg TToXeoLU eVtSpu-
oaTO KaLodpeta.
408 (5)KaTiSdju Se Kav rols vapaXiots ttoXiv rjSri
pikv Kap-vovoaVy Hrpdrcovo? eKaXelro 7Tvpyo<;, hid
he €V(j>viav rov ;(tupiou Seâadai Bvvap.dvr]u to
(piXoTijJLOu avTov, Ttdoav dveKTLoeu XevKco Xidcp
Kal XapLTTpordroLS eKOop-Tjaev âoiXeioi^; iv fj
,
4ij9 {idXiora to (f)vaeL p,€yaX6povv eVeSei'âro. (lera^v

yap Atupojv Kal 'Jottttt^S-, (Lu tj 770A19 P-ôr] Kelrai,
TTdoav elvai ovp.3€^r]K€V rrjv TrapaXiov dXipLevov,
ojs TrdvTa tov rrjv (t>OLVLKrjv irr^ AlyvTrrov napa-
TrXeovra oaXevetv ev TreXdycL Sid ttjv cV Ai/So?
dneiXTJv, (I) Kal /xerptcus" ivavpilôvri, r-qXiKovrou
cVeyetperat^ Kvp.a vpog rals Trerpais, ojore rrjV
v7:ooTpo<f>rjv tov Kvp.aTos irrl TrXeiOTOi' iâypiovv
410 Tr)i' BdXaoGav* dAA* o âoiXevg rots' dvaXojpiaoLV
Kal Trj (f)iXoTipiia I'lKijoa? rrju (f>voLV fxeilôva pikv
rov Vieipaicjjs Xip.€va KaTeoK€vao€V, iv he rots'
p.vxoi^ avTov âdels opptovs erepov?.

411 (6) KaOdrrav 8' e^^JV avTirrpdooovTa rov tottou
ecfuXoveiKrioev ttju hvax^peiau, cLs ttjv p.ev
rrpos
oxvpoTTjra rrj? hopLiqoeojs hvodXixjTOV etvai ttj
daXdoGTj, TO he KaXXos ojs eirl p.r]hevL hvoKoXco
KeKOopLfjoOai. ovp.pLeTp-qadp.evos ydp ooov ft'pT^-
^ iwe',(ifjtTo P.\I : eytlpeTai the rest.

.
JEWISH WAR, I. 407-411 (=ANT. XV. 331-334)
new buildings, finer and more commodious for the other

reception of guests, and named them after the same Sjonourô^f
friends." In short, one can mention no suitable spot Augustus,
within his realm, which he left destitute of some mark
of homage to Caesar. And then, after filling his
own territory with temples, he let the memorials of
his esteem overflow into the province and erected in
numerous cities monuments to Caesar.
(5) His notice was attracted by a town on the Caesarea
coast, called Strato's Tower, which, though then harbour.
dilapidated, was, from its advantageous situation,
suited for the exercise of his liberality. This he
entirely rebuilt with white stone, and adorned
with the most magnificent palaces, displaying here,
as nowhere else, the innate grandeur of his character.
For the whole sea-board from Dora to Joppa, midway
between which the city lies, was without a harbour,
so that vessels bound for Egypt along the coast of
Phoenicia had to ride at anchor in the open when
menaced by the south-west wind for even a
;
moderate breeze from this quarter dashes the waves

to such a height against the cliffs, that their reflux
spreads a wild commotion far out to sea. However,
by dint of expenditure and enterprise, the king
triumphed over nature and constructed a harbour
larger than the Piraeus, including other deep road-
steads within its recesses.
(6) Notwithstanding the totally recalcitrant nature
3f the site, he grappled with the difficulties so success-
fully, that the solidity of his masonry defied the sea,
while its beauty was such as if no obstacle had existed
Having determined upon the comparative size ^ of
" Augustus and Agrippa.
" i.e. " larger than the Piraeus " (§ 410),
VOL. U H 193
JOSEPHUS
KaBUt Xidovs eV opyvias
/ca/xev roj At/xeVt yLe'y€dos
CLKOGLV etV TO TTeXayos , (hv rjaav ot TrXeloTOL fxrJKOs
TToSoju TTevT-qKOvra, ^ddo? evvea, evpo? 8eVa, nines'
412 8e Koi jieilôvs. eVct 8e dv€7TXr]pcu6rj to v<âXov,^
ovrcus 7]Srj to vrrepexov rod rreXdyovs Telxo? eVt
SiaKOGLOvg TToSas TjvpvueTO' (Lu OL fikv eKarov
TTpohehop-qvTO Trpos ~r]v dvaKOTrrjV rod KVfiaro?,
TTpoKVpLta yovv iKXrjO-q, to 8e Xolttov VTTOKeiTaL
TO) TrepideovTL XlOlvco t€l)(€l. tovto Se Tfupyois
T€ hieiXrjTTTaL ixeyioTOLS , (x)V 6 7Tpov)(Û)v kol rrepi-
KaXXecrraro? d—o tov Kaloapos Trpoyovov Apou-
OLOv KeKXrjTaL.
413 (7) TTVKval rrpos Karayojyrjv tCjv
4:'aAt5es" re
Kal to rrpo avTow irdv kvkXco
ivopfiLCofjLei'cov,
vdyfia Tols dTTOâivovaiv TrXaTvs nepLTTaTOS. 6 8'
€lo7tXovs ^6p€Log, aWpLOjTaros yap dveficvv rep
TOTTw /Sopea?, Kal eVt tov oTOjjLaTo? koXooool
rpels eKaTepojdev VTreoT-qpLyfievoL kloglv, d>v tovs
p.€veV Aaid? x^'-P^^ eloTrXeovraji^ Tivpyos raoTOS
dvex^L, Tovs Be €k Seîov Svo opdol XiSoi ovv
€^€vyiJL€VOL TOV KaTa ddrepov ;;êrAos' TTvpyov fiei-
414 l,OVeS. TTpOOeX^L? 8' OLKiaC TO) XipLeVL, XevKov Kal
avral XiOov, Kal KaTaTeivovres err^ avTOV ol
orevojTTol tov . doreo? rrpos €v hidoTripia /xe/x€-
Tpr)fi€voL. Kal TOV GTOfjiaTo? dvTLKpv vaos Kat-
oapos €7tI yrjX6(f)ov xraAAet Kal jxeyedeL Staôpo?"
* Destinon from Lat. : v\^r)\6v PA : ^dOos the rest.
* " not less than eighteen," A.
" A. adds " who died young." Nero Claudius Drusus
(38-9 B.C.), son of Livia, afterwards wife of Augustus, and
father of Germanicus.
* Or " vaulted chambers," " crypts."
* Strictly a temple of Rome and Augustus, as Reinach
194
the harbour as we have stated, he had blocks of stone

let down into twenty fathoms of water, most of
them measuring fifty feet in length by nine in depth
and ten " in breadth, some being even larger. Upon
the submarine foundation thus laid he constructed
above the surface a mole two hundred feet broad ;
of which one hundred were built out to break the
surge, w^hence this portion was called the break-
water, while the remainder supported a stone wall
encircling the harbour. From this wall arose, at
intervals, massive towers, the loftiest and most
magnificent of which was called Drusion after the
step-son of Caesar.^
(7) Numerous inlets
^ in the wall provided landing-
places for mariners putting in to harbour, while the

whole circular terrace fronting these channels served
as a broad promenade for disembarking passengers.
The entrance to the port faced northwards, because
in these latitudes the north wind is the most favour-
able of all. At the harbour-mouth stood colossal
statues, three on either side, resting on columns ;
the columns on the left of vessels entering port were

supported by a massive tower, those on the right by
twô upright blocks of stone clamped together, whose
height exceeded that of the tower on the opposite
side. Abutting on the harbour were houses, also
of white stone, and upon it converged the streets
of the town, laid at equal distances apart. On an
eminence facing the harbour-mouth stood Caesar's
temple,'* remarkable for its beauty and grand pro-
remarks, referring- to Suet. Aug. 52 " templa ... in nulla

provincia nisi communi suo Romaeque nomine recepit."
This is indicated in Josephus by the mention of the two
statues.
195
JOSEPHUS
eV 6' avrcp koXgooos Kaloapo? ovk OLTTobeajv rod
ÔXvimiaoLV !Si6^ , co Kal TrpoaeiKacrTai, 'Ptb/ji-qg
be taos 'Hpa rfj Kar' 'Apyog. dvdd-qKev Be rfj
fiev eTTapxta ttjv ttoXlv, rot? TavTfj Se ttAoI'ô-

êvoLg rov Xip-eva, Kai'aapi he ttjv Tip.riv jov
KTiupLarog- KatadpeLav yovv ojv6p.aoev avTiqv.
415 (8) Tcf ye pLTju Xoltto. tcov epyojv, dyL4)i.deaTpov
Kal dearpov Kal dyopds, afta tyjs TTpoorjyopias
evLSpvGaro. Kal dydtvaq Kara-
rrevTaerripLKovs
crrriadp.evos opuoiajs eKdXeaev d—o rov Kat'aapo?,
rrpojTOS auTOi ddXa peyiara Trpodelg enl rrjg
eKaToarrjg evevTfKourrjs Sevrepas oXvpLTTtdBog, eu
oU ov pLOVov ol wtKcovTeg, dXXd Kal ol p.er' avrovs
Kal ol TpiToi Tov âoiXiKov vXovTov p.ereXdp.-
416 âvov. dvaKTLoas Be Kal Wvdrjdoua ttji' rrapa-
Xlov KaTappL(f)delaav ev TroXepLw AypLTnreiov rrpoo- '
Tjyopeuoe tov 5' airrov (J)lXov Bl' vrrepôXrjv

evvoias Kal e-nl rrji; rruAry? exdpaêv to 6wop.a, t]v
avTOs ev TO) I'aoj KaTeuKevaoeu.
417 (9) OtAoTraTojp ye p.T]v, el Kai Tig eTepos' Kal
yap TO) TTaTpl pLurip,eLOu KaTe9r]Keu voXtu, r]v ev
Tw KaXXioTcp TYJs âaiXeias TreBiw KTicras TTOTapLols
Te Kal BevBpeuLV TrXovoiav wvopLaaev AvTinaTpiBa, '
Kal TO VTTep 'lepLXOv^TOi ^povpiov oxvpoTrjTL

Kal KdXAeL Bidiôpov T6t;^taa9 dvedrjKev ttj p.rjTpl
418 T:poGei-djv KvTrpov. OaaavÂoj Be TdBeX(f)a) tov
ev 'lepoGoXvpLOLS 6p.a)vvp,ov rrvpyov, ov to Te
ox^P-o. Kal T-qv ev toj pLeyedei iroXvTeXeiav Bid
Ttup €^^7? BrjXcoaopLev. Kal ttoXlv dX\r]v KTioas
• Or Agrippias. A. xiii. 357 ; the town was close to Gaza.

" At Jerusalem ; the particular gate so called is unknown.
i9tJ
JEWISH WAR, 1. 414-418 ( = ANT. XV. 339,xvi. 136-145)
portions ; it contained a colossal statue of the em-
peror, not inferior to the Olympian Zeus, which
served for its model, and another of Rome, rivalling
that of Hera at Argos. The city Herod dedicated
to the province, the harbour to navigators in these
waters, to Caesar the glory of this new foundation,
to which he accordingly gave the name of Caesarea.
(8) The rest of the buildings— amphitheatre, Quin-
theatre, public places —
were constructed in a style gamerat
worthy of the name which the city bore. He further Caesaiea
instituted quinquennial games, hkewise named after
Caesar, and inaugurated them himself, in the hundred io-9 b.c.
and ninety-second Olympiad, offering prizes of the [f/the*^^'^
highest value at these games not the victors only, Olympian
;
but also those who obtained second and third places,

participated in the royal bounty.
Another maritime town, which had been destroyed Foundat
in war-time, namely Anthedon, he rebuilt and re- ?A^°pl^^
named Agrippium ^ and so great was his affection
;
pium);
for this same friend Agrippa, that he engraved his
name upon the gate which he erected in the Temple.^
(9) No man ever showed greater filial affection, of Anti-
As a memorial to his father he founded a city in the gypjos a

fairest plain in his realm, rich in rivers and trees, Piiasaeii!
and named it Antipatris.'' Above Jericho he built

the walls of a fortress, remarkable alike for solidity
and beauty, which he dedicated to his mother under
the name of Cypros. To his brother Phasael he
erected the tower in Jerusalem called by his name,
the appearance and splendid proportions of which
we shall describe in the sequel He also gave the
.'^
Ras el 'Ain, some 10 miles inland from and N.E. of

pa, on the road from Jerusalem to Caesarea.
V. 166-169.
197
.
JOSEPHUS
Kara rov arro 'lepuxov^ Iovtojv ai5Aa;i/a Tipo?
ôpeau (âaa-qXtda ojvopiao^v.
419 (lO) Ylapahov? 8' alayvi rovs re olk€lovs Kal
(f>iXovs ovhk rrjs iavrov pLvqpi-qs r^jiiXqaev aWa ,
(fypovpLOv iiev imTeLXLcrag rep Trpog Wpa^lau opei

TrpoarjyopevGev 'HpajBeiov a(j>* iavrov, rov hk
pLaaroeiBi] koXojvov ovra y€Lpo7Toirirov eîqKovra ,
Grahiojv drrcodev 'lepoaoXvpiow, iKoXeoev p,€U

420 ofjiOLOJS, €^riGKr]G€v he (fnXonp.orepoi'. orpoyyv-
Xois pêv yap rrjv aKpav Trvpyois Trepieu-xêv, eVAry-
paxjev 8e rov TrepiôXov âaiXeLOLs TToXvreXeard-
roL?, oj? prj pLOVOV rrjv evSov raJv OLKrjpLarwv oiptv
ehac XafiTTpdv, dXXd Kal rols efcuêi^ roixois Kal
dpiyKols Kal ureyaLS TrepiKexvadai rov rrXovrov
haijjiXrj. TToppojdev 8e pieyioTois dvaXo'j}JiauLV vBd-
rcov ttXtjOos eiG-qyayev Kal âSpiols hiaKooiois
XevKordrrjs papfidpov rrjv dvoSov hieXaêv t^v yap
br] ro yi^Xo(j}OV emeiKios vipr]X6v Kal rrdv ;)(eipo-
421 TTOL-qrov. KareoKevaaev he Kal rrepl rds pit>a.s

dXXa âoiXeia riqv re aTTOGKevrjv Kal rov£ (^lXovs
heâadai hvvdpLeva, ojore rep pev rrdvra exetv
ttoXlv eivat, hoKelv ro epvpa, rfj TrepLypacjifj he
âoiXeiov
422 (11 ) Too-aura avyKrlaa? rrXeLGrai? Kal row
eô) TToXeojv ro fieyaXoipvxov eTrehetâro, Ypt-
TToXei pLev ydp j^ Kal AapLauKoj Kal YlroXepLatht
yvpivdat,a, BuÂo) he relxos, eêhpag he Kal arods
Kal vaovs Kal dyopds Br]pvra) KarauKevdoas Kal
Tvpcp, T.LhdjVL ye pLTjv Kal AapiaGKoj dear pa, Aao-
^ om. Bekker.
' Literally " in the form of a breast."

IQ.S
JEWISH WAR, I. M8 422( = ANT.xvi.l45f.,xv.323ff.)
name of Phasaelis to another city which he built in

the valley to the north of Jericho.
(10) But while he thus perpetuated the memory The two
of his family and his friends, he did not neglect to caUell"^^
leave memorials of himself. Thus he built a fortress Herodiun
in the hills on the Arabian frontier and called it
after himself Herodium. An artificial rounded^ hill,
sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, was given the same
name, but more elaborate embellishment.^ The
crest he crowned with a ring of round towers the
;
enclosure was filled with gorgeous palaces, the mag-

nificent appearance of which was not confined to the
interior of the apartments, but outer walls, battle-
ments, and roofs, all had wealth lavished upon them
in profusion. He had, at immense expense, an
abundant supply of water brought into it from a
distance, and provided an easy ascent by two hundred
steps of the purest white marble the mound, though
;
entirely artificial, being of a considerable height.

Around the base he erected other palaces for the
accommodation of his furniture and his friends.
Thus, in the amplitude of its resources this stronghold
resembled a town, in its restricted area a simple
palace.
(11) After founding all these places, he proceeded Herod's
to display his generosity to numerous cities outside bounties
his realm. Thus, he provided gymnasia for Tripolis, to foreigr
Damascus and Ptolemais, a wall for Byblus, halls,

porticoes, temples, and market-places for Berytus and
Tyre, theatres for Sidon and Damascus, an aqueduct
^ Built in memory of his victory over the Jewish alHes of
the Parthians, §265; modern Jehel Fereidis (" Hill of

Paradise " or Frank mountain), some 4 miles S.E. of
Bethlehem. The site of the other Herodium is unidentified.
199
,
JOSEPHUS
SiKevGL Be TotS" TTapaXiOL? 7;8aTaji' cloaycuyrju
^
AuKa}'(jL)viraLS âXavela kol Kp-qvag ttoXu-
Se
TeAet?, 77po? he TrepiorvXa daufiaGra ttjv re epya-
oiav KOL TO fieyeOo?' elal d' ot? aAcn^ Kal Xeificj-
423 I'CL? avedrjKev. voXXal he TroXei? warrep koivojvol
r-fjg âoiXeias Kal ;\;ojpai^ eXaôv nap* avrov-
yv}ivaoiapxLai<; 8' aAAa? eTreT-qoioLS re /cat 8t-
-qveKeoiv ihajp-qaaro -npooohov? nararaâ?, (ZoTrep
424 Kc/joi?, ti'a fj.rjhe77ore eKXeL-rj ro yepag. oltou ye
fiTju TTaoiv exopriy-qoev rots heoyievois, Kal rfj
*P6hcp xpTjixara p,ev els vavriKOV KaraoKevqu
Ttapeaxev 7:oXXa-)(OV^ Kal ttoXXcikls, epLvprjodev he
TO YYvdiov IhioLS avaXcofiaoLV dfiewov dveheifiaTO.
425 Kal TL Set Xeyeiv ra? els AvkLovs rj Y.ap,iovs hojpeds
Tj TTjv St' oX-qg TTJs *Iajvta?, cV oh eheijOijoav €Ka-
OTOL, haifjcXeLav; dXX WO-qvaloL Kal AaKehai/jLo-

VLOL iSixoTToAiTat T€ Kal TO Kara }^\vGLav Ylepya-
fiov ov Tojv 'Wpojhov yejJLOVoiv dvaOrjfxdrojv; ttjv
S' AvTiOêajv Tcjv ev Supi'a TrAaretat' ov <f)evKTrjv
^
ovoav VTTO ôpôpov KaTeaTpojoeu t€, GTahicov

eLKOoL TO fjLTJKos ovoav, êoTfj fiapfjidpcp Kal Ttpos
TCI? Td)V veTOJV d770(f)vyds eKOGpL-qoev lGop.rjKei
GToa;
426 (12) Tavra jiev dv tls elnOi Ihia tojv ev Tra-
dovTOJV^ hrjiâjv eKdGrov, to he 'HAet'oi? xapLodev
ov fJLOVOV KOLVOV T7)S 'EAActSoS", dAA' oXtjS TrfS
olKOVfjLevrjS hojpop, els tjv tjhoâ tojv ÔXvfXTTLaGLv
427 dycvvojv hLLKvelraL. rovrovs yap hrj KaraXvo-
1 TToWd Destinon: ."s-oXXax^ (c/. Plato, Rep. 539 d).
* evTradouuTwv PLV and a Leipzig .ms.
^ Bekker: tCjv iv 'OXiv-TTLaaiv .mss.
" Keeper of the gymnasium, responsible for the conduct

200
JEWISH WAR, I. 422-427 ( = ant. xvi. 147-149)
for Laodicea on sea, baths, sumptuous fountains and

colonnades, admirable alike for their architecture
and their proportions, for Ascalon to other com- ;
munities he dedicated groves and meadovv-Iand.

Many cities, as though they had been associated
with his realm, received from him grants of land ;
others, like Cos, were endowed with revenues to

maintain the annual office of gymnasiarch ° to per-
petuity, to ensure that this honourable post should
never lapse. Corn he supplied to all applicants ^ ;
to the people of Rhodes he made contributions again

and again for shipbuilding,^ and when their '^
Pythian temple was burnt down he rebuilt it on a

grander scale at his own expense. Need I allude to
his donations to the people of Lycia or Samos, or to
his hberahty, extended to every district of Ionia,
to meet its needs ? Nay, are not Athenians and
Lacedaemonians, the inhabitants of NicopoHs and of
Pergamum in Mysia, laden with Herod's offerings ?
And that broad street in Syrian Antioch, once
shunned on account of the mud was it not he who —
paved its twenty furlongs with polished marble, and,
as a protection from the rain, adorned it with a
colonnade of equal length ?
(12) In these cases, it may be said, the individual eis
communities concerned were the sole beneficiaries gj'jjj'" ;
his bounty to the people of Elis, on the other hand, oiynjpic

"^'^'^^^•
was a gift not only to Hellas at large but to the
whole world, wherever the fame of the Olympic
games penetrates. For, observing that these were
of festal games and for the maintenance and payment of
trainers and training-masters.
" Or " to all in need of it."
<=
C/. §280 for his shipbuilding at Rhodes in humbler
circumstances. <*
Cf. A. xvi. 147.
VOL. II H 2 201
,
JOSFPHUS
fievovs OLTTopLa ;)^p>y/xaroji' opcoi' Kal ro p.6vov Aet-
ipavov rrjs dp)(aLag 'EAAado? VTToppeov, ov fjLOvov
dycovoderrj? t)? eTrervx^v TrevTaeTrjpiho^ els 'Pco-
fjLTjv TrapaTrXeajv iyevero, dXXd kol rrpos ro St-
7]V€Kes TTopovs xPVf^^'^^ OLTTeSeLêi' , COS firjêTTore
428 dyojvoBeTOvaav avTov rrjv pLvripiiyj eVtAtTrea'. dv-
ijvVTOv ai/ etrj )(pea}W StaAJcret? ^ (f)6pcoi^ CTre^teVat,
KadoLTTep OaCTvyAtVats" kol BaAaveturais" kol tols
TTepl TTjv IxiXiKiav rds ir-qcrlovs ctcr-
ttoXlx^lols
(f>opa.s i7r€^€KovLG€v. rrXeioTov ye p.T)v avrov
rrjs pLeyaXovoias edpavaeu 6 (j>6ôs, d>s pLrj S6^€L€i^
€TrL<f)dovos n dripdadaL pLeiLov, evepyeroJv rds
'/}'
ttoXels irXeov rcav ixdvrcov.

429 (13) ^KxprjCJCLTO 8e /cat CTco/xart 77/309 rrjV ijjvx'i]i'
dvaXoycp, Kvvrjyerrjs p^kv dpioros del yevopievos
ev oj pLaXiara St' epiTreipiav iTTTTLKrjs eTrervyxo-vev
/xta yovv r/piepa TTore TeaaapaKOVTa 6rjptojv eKpd-
TqGev, eon he Kal (tvot p6(f>os pLev r) x^P^> '^^
rrXeov S' eXd<j)OJV Kal dvdypojv evTTopos' noXe-
430 pLLcrrrjs 8' dwrroararos 77oAAot yovu Kdv rat?
.
yvpLvaaiais avrov KareTrXdyqaav dKOvrLGri'-jV re

WvBoXojrarov^ Kal ro^6rr]v €i>Grox<^TO.rov ISovres.
rrpos Se rotS" iJjvxi-koIs Kal rots ocopLarLKols Trpo-
repi'ipiaoLv exp'^]oaro Kal Sefta tvx^]' Kal yap
OTTavLov eTTraioev ev TToXepLcp, Kal roJv Trratcr/xa-
ra>v ovK avros atrLOs, dXX rj Trpohouia rivchv tj
TTpoTTereia crrparLa>rdjv eyevero.
1 (vdvôXibraTOV PA.M Exo.
" Either his second visit to Rome {\2 b.c.) or his third
(c. 8 B.C.) (Schiirer).
A
maritime town of Lycia.
''
^ On
the Syrian coast opposite Cyprus, between Eaodicea
and Aradus.
"202
JEWISH WAR, I. V27-4.30
declining for want of funds and that this soUtary

rehc of ancient Greece was sinking into decay, he
not only accepted the post of president for the
quadrennial celebration which coincided with his
visit " on his voyage to Rome, but he endowed
them for all time with revenues, which should pre-
serve an unfading memory of his term as president.
The enumeration of the debts and taxes discharged
by himself would be endless it was thus, for in-
;
stance, that he lightened the burden of their annual

taxes for the inhabitants of Phaselis,^ Balanea ^ and
various minor towns in Cilicia. Often, however, his
noble generosity was thwarted by the fear of exciting
either jealousy or the suspicion of entertaining some
higher ambition, in conferring upon states greater
benefits than they received from their own masters.
(13)^ Herod's genius was matched by his physical Hisph;
constitution. Always foremost in the chase, in which P™wes
he distinguished himself above all by his skill in
horsemanship, he on one occasion brought down forty
wild beasts in a single day for the country breeds
;
boars and, in greater abundance, stags and wild

asses. As a fighter he was irresistible and at ;
practice spectators were often struck with astonish-

ment at the precision with which he threw the
javelin, the unerring aim with which he bent the
bow. But besides these pre-eminent gifts of soul
and body, he was blessed by good fortune ^ he rarely ;
met with a reverse in war, and, when he did, this

was due not to his own fault, but either to treachery
or to the recklessness of his troops.
^ This paragraph has no parallel in A.

• Cf. and contrast the estimate in A. xvii. 191 f.
203
JOSEPHUS
431 (xxii. Ta? y£ firju vTraldpoug evTrpayla? rj
1)
TV)(rj Kar^ oIkov aviapol? eVe/xecnâei', kol
rot?
KaKohaii^Lovelv iK yvvaiKO? rjpâro Trepl vv fxaXi-
432 crra io7To\jhau€v . eTreihr] yap etV rrjv apx"^^ Trap-
TjXdev, OLTTOTTeiJiiljdfxcvo? rjv lSlcott]? '^kto yaficTijv,
yevos Tjv i^ 'lepoooXvpLOJU Acupt? ovofxa, ya/xet
MapidiJLfjirjv rrju WXe^dvSpov rou 'AptCTTOôuAou
dvyarepa, 8t* rû avrw oraGLaoOrjvai avve^rj rou
oIkov, kol rdîov fidXiGTa 8e pLerd rrjv in
piev,
433 'PcvpLrj? dcjiL^LV. /.Lev yap rou Ik r-fjg
Trpcorov
AcoplBos vlov ÂvTiTTarpov hid roi)? €K Mapudpi-
pLi]<; €(f)vydS€V(7€v rrjs TrdAecu?, piovais rat? iopral^
KanevaL' erretra top TrdiTTTOv

e(l)QL£^ rrj?yvvaiKO?
^TpKavov iK Yldpdojv irpos avrov iXOoura 8t'
VTTOPOLav iiTLôvXrj? dveXXeu, ou fj)(pLaXojTlGaTO pL€i'
Bapâ4)pdprjg KaraSpapLcuv Suptav, e^r^njaauro Se

434 Kar^ oIktov ol virkp Kvcppdrrjv opioedvel? kol et .
ye TovToig eTTeiaOrj TiapaLvovoLV p.j) Sta^rjvai irpos

'Wpcoh-qv, ovK dv TrapaTTCoXero' SeXeap S' aural
Bavdrov rrjs vlojvrjs 6 ydpLOs Kariarr]' rovrcp yap
7T€7TOLdoj£ Kal TTepiGGOV TL TTJg TTaTpiSo? i(f)iepi€VOS
TjKev. TTapcv^vvev Se 'HpcoSrjp ovk avrds avri-
7Toiovpi€vo^ âGiXela^, dXX' inel to jSaaiAeuetv
irreâXXeu avrco.
435 {'2} Tcov Se eK Mapta/x/XT^S" ttcVtc reKva>v aurco
yevopiivojv hvo piev dvyarepes, Tpels S' 'qoau uiew.
Kal rovTOJV 6 vecoraro^ peu eV ^Pcoptr] TratSevo-
pL€vosreXevra, Svo Se rous" Trpeo^vrdrovs âai-
* i<piU Exc. (the usual verb in Josephus): d0eis the rest.
" C/. §241. » % im.

* For his resijo-nation of the throne see B. i. 1 20 tf.
**
Salampsio and Cyprus.
204
JEWISH WAR, I. 431-4.35 {cf. ant. xv. 14, 164 ff.)
(xxii.l) But, in revenge for his public prosperity, Herods

fortune visited Herod with troubles at home his l^î"f^^'
;
ill-fated career originated with a woman to whom

he was passionately attached. For, on ascending the
throne, he had dismissed the wife whom he had
taken when he was still a commoner, a native of
Jerusalem named Doris, and married Mariamme,
daughter of Alexander, the son of Aristobulus.*^ It
was she who brought into his house the discord,
which, beginning at an earlier date, was greatly
aggravated after his return from Rome. For, in the
first place, in the interests of his children by
Mariamme, he banished from the capital the son Banishr
whom he had had by Doris, namely Antipater, Antlpat
allowing him to visit it on the festivals only. Next he
put to death, on suspicion of conspiracy, Hyrcanus, Executi
Mariamme's grandfather, who had come back from ^^g^^g^
Parthia to Herod's court. Hyrcanus had been taken
prisoner by Barzapharnes when the latter overran
Syria,^ but had been liberated through the inter-
cession of his compassionate countrymen living beyond
the Euphrates. And had he but followed their
advice not to cross the river to join Herod, he would
have escaped his tragic fate but the marriage of
;
his grand-daughter lured him to his death. He came

relying upon that and impelled by an ardent longing
for his native land, and roused Herod's resentment
not by making any claim to the throne, but because
it him by right.''
actually belonged to
Herod had five children by Mariamme, two
(2) Herod s
daughters and three sons. The voungest son died

'^ cji'idrei
in the course or his trainmg in Rome to the two;
elder sons ^ he gave a princely education, both out
* Alexander and Aristobulus.

205
JOSEPHUS
XiKcog rjyei' did re rrjv fir^rpcoav evyiveiav Kal on
436 âcriXevovrL iyeyoveioav to he tovtojv
avrco.
loxvporepov 6 Mapta/x/Ltr^b epoj? ovvqpyei, Kad^
rjfjiepai' CKKaicov 'Hpcodrjv Xa^porepos, w? ixrjhevo?
Tujv hia rrjv orepyoiieviqv XvTrrjpwv aladdveoOai'

70G0VT0V yap tjv filoog etV avrov rrjg Mapia/XjUi]?,
437 OGO? eK€LPOv rrpos avrrjv epojg. e)(ovaa Se rrû
f.L€vdrreyÔeLav Ik tojv Trpayfidrcov evXoyov, ttjv
he TTapprjcriav eV rod (hiXeladaL, (fyavepwg (LvelhiLev
avTO) rd Kara tov TrdrTTTOv '\pKav6v koL tov
abeX(j)6v ^Yojvddrjv ovhe yap tovtov Kainep ovros
TratSos" i<l>€Laaro, Sovg fxev airro) ttjv dpxi-^pco-
cruvqv eTTrafcatSe/ceVei, /xerd Se rr]v rcfMr^v Krelvag
evdeojg, eTreLhrj rrjv lepdv ioOqra Xaôvri Kal
rd) ^cofio) TTpoueXdovTL Kad^ eopTTjv ddpovv en-
eSd.KpvGev rd ttXtjOos. 77e/x7rerat. pêv ovv 6 Trai?
Sid vvKro? ecV 'lepLXovvra, eKel he Kar^ ivroXrjv
VTTO rd)v YaXardiv âTrrtco/xeros" ev KoXvi-i^t^dpa
reXevra.
438 (3) Aid ravO^ 'Hpcoh-qv pêv <l>veihLt,ev r) Ma-
pLdp,fLr], Kal rrjV dheX(f)rjV avrov Kal rrjv pnqrepa
heivals i^v^pLêv AotSopiats*. ciAA' o /xev rreî-
fiajro roXg IpiepoLg, heivrj he rd? yuvatxra? dyavd-
KrrjGL? elurjei, Kal rrpog o pidXiara KLViqaeiv rdv
'Wpujhrjv ep,eXXov, €tV /xot;êtap hieâXXov avrrjVy
439 dAAa re rroXXd vpog ro TTidavov evaKevatôpevaiy
Kal Kar-qyopovcjai Siort rr^v eiKova rrjv iavrrjs
* Called Aristobulus (probablj^ his second name) in the
narrative in A. (xv. 51, etc.).
^ A detail not in A. and, as Reinach points out, an
anachronism, as Herod only received his guard of Gauls
206
JEWISH WAR, I. 435-439 {cf. ant. xv. 41 ff., 27)
of respect for their mother's ilhistrious parentage, and

because they had been born after his accession to
the throne. But a still stronger influence in their
favour was Herod's passion for Mariamme, the con- His pai
suming ardour of which increased from day to day, Jj^rian
so that he was insensible to the troubles of which
his beloved one was the cause for Mariamme 's
;
hatred of him was as great as was his love for her.

As the events of the past gave her just reason for
aversion, and her husband's love enabled her to
speak plainly, she openly upbraided him with the
fate of her grandfather Hyrcanus and her brother
Jonathan.* For Herod had not spared even this He mu
poor lad he had bestowed upon him in his seven- 1^^^!^^^°
;
teenth year the office of high-priest, and then im- Jonath

mediately after conferring this honour had put him buius)°
to death, because, on the occasion of a festival, when ^^ b.c
the lad approached the altar, clad in the priestly
vestments, the multitude with one accord burst into
tears. He was, consequently, sent by night to
Jericho, and there, in accordance with instructions,
plunged into a swimming-bath by the Gauls * and
drowned.
(3) It was on these grounds that Mariamme up- and his
^^'^"
braided Herod, and then proceeded violently to "
abuse his mother and sister. He was paralyzed

by his infatuation but the women, seething with
;
indignation, brought against her the charge which

was bound in their opinion to touch Herod most
nearly, that of adultery. Among much else which
they invented to convince him, they accused Mari-
amme of having sent her portrait to Antony in
after the death of Cleopatra in 30 b.c. {A xv. 217
.
||
; B.'i. 397).
Aristobulus was murdered live years earlier.
207
JOSEPHUS
TTeinpeiev eh .ViyvTrrov Wvrajvtcp Kal St* vrrep-
ôXr)u dcreAyetas" dnovGau heiêiev eavrrjv avOpojirco
440 yvvaLKOfiaiovuTL Kal jSta^caât Swafjievaj. rovd^
ojonep GKTjTTTO? €iJL7T€aojv irdpaêv '
HpivSrjv,
l-LaXiGTa jikv Sta top epcxjra ^rjXoTVTTojs €;jôvTa,
XoyL/ôfievov he /cat KAeoTrarpa? SetroTr^ra, St'
ttji'
1^1^ Avaavia? re 6 âotXev? dvfip-qro Kal MaA;ô;>

o "Apaip' ov yap a0atpecr6t yajjieTrjg ep-erpei rov
KLvBvpov, dXAd davdrqj.
441 (4) yieXXojv ovv dTrohiiix-queLV 'IcucTT^Trcu rep
ai^Spt SaAco/LiT]? avroO, ttlotos Se tjv
TTjs dheX(f)r]^
Kal Sta TO KTiho? evvovs, TrapariOeraL r-qv yvvalKa,
Kpvcf)a Sou? euToXds duaipelv avrt^v, el KdKeluov
Âi'TowLO?. 6 Se 'Ia>CT77770? ourt KaKoijOcog, dXXd
rou epa>ra rov âaiXeo)? TrapaariâaL rfj yvvaiKl
ôvXofievo?, wg ovSe drroOavdjv avrrj? V7Top.evoi
442 hiaLêvx^^vo.L, to d—opp-qrov eK(f)aivei. KdKeivq
TTpos enav-qKOura rou 'HpcoS-qu TToXXd re rrepl rov
77 po? avrrjv GVfXTTadoO? ev rats ojutAtat? errop^vv'
jjLevov,^ cu? oi3S' epaadel-q nore yuvaiKOS dXX-qs,
" rrdvv yovv," elrrev, " rat? Trpo? [rovY ^lcL)ar)7TOV
euroXaT? erreSei^co rou rrpog rjpid? epwra Kreluai
."
[le Trpoaraâb
443 (o) "KKchpoju e'udeco? a/<oJaa? to diropp-qrou rju,
Kal ovK du TTore rou ^\ojGiqTrou eâyyelXac ri-ju
evroX-qv (â/xero? el pLX] hca^deipeLev avrrjU, eue-
Oovoia ro) uddeL Kal ri]? Kolrrj? eâXopteuo?'^
dveSrju ev rolg /SaaiAetot?dt'ciAetTO. /cat rovrov
'LaXajpnq -q dSeX(j)r] rou Kaipdu etV to? StaôAd?
dpirdoaoa r-qv els rou ÎcoaqTTOU erreêâlcuaeu
1 +/cai C Lat. 2 p. on, the rest.

' Destinon: tâXXo^tet'os >iss.
208
JEWISH WAR, I. 439-443 (c/. ant. xv. 65 ff., 85, 240)
Egypt and of carrying wantonness so far as to

exhibit herself, though at a distance, to a man with
a madness for her sex and powerful enough to resort
to violence. This accusation struck Herod Hke a
thunderbolt. His love intensified his jealousy he ;
reflected on Cleopatra's craft which had brought

both King Lysanias " and the Arab Malchus to their
end lie was menaced, he reckoned, with the loss
;
not merely of his consort but of his hfe.

(4) So, being on the eve of departure from his
realm, he entrusted his wife to Joseph, the husband
of his sister Salome, a faithful friend whose loyalty
was assured by this marriage connexion, giving him
private injunctions to kill her, should Antony kill
him. Joseph, not with any malicious intention, but
from a desire to convince her of the love which the
king bore her, since even in death he could not bear
to be separated from her, betrayed the secret. When
Herod, on his return, in familiar intercourse was
protesting with many oaths his affection for her and
that he had never loved any other woman, " A fine
exhibition you gave," she replied, " of your love for
me by your orders to Joseph to put me to death " !
(5) He was beside himself, the moment he heard

the secret was out. Joseph, he exclaimed, would
never have disclosed his orders, had he not seduced
her and, frenzied with passion, he leapt from the
;
bed and paced the palace to and fro in his distrac-

tion. His sister Salome, seizing this opportunity to
slander Mariamme, confirmed his suspicion of Joseph.
" King of Chalcis ; his murder
at Cleopatra's instigation
is mentioned in A. xv. 92 he is not named in the general
;
reference to plots against high officials in Syria in B. i. 360.

Malchus is named in the last passage as an intended victim
of Cleopatra, but there is no further allusion to his end.
209
JOSEPHUS
VTToiJjLav. 6 8' utt' cLKpdrov U]Xorv7TLas cV/xai'ei?
444 -apaxprfixa Krelveiv TTpoaeraêv d/M(f)OT€pov?. iierd-
I'OLa 8' evOeojs elrrero roj Trddei, kol rod dvfiov
TTeorovTog 6 epojs TrdXiv are^cuTrupetro. rooaimi
8' Tjv (jiXeypiovT] rrj? eTTiû/.iias', co? fi^jSe reOi'dvai
SoKelv avrt]P, vtto he KaKcooecos cos t(x>Gr) rrpoo-
XaXelv, l^^XP^ '^^ XP^^V Sihaxdels to TrdSos^
dvdXoyov rrjv Xvttt^v €0-)(€V rfj rrpos rrepLovoav^
hiadeaei.
44.5 (xxiii. l) \\.XripovopiovGL Se ttJs" /xT^rpojas" ol
rralbe? opyrjs Kal rod fivorovs evvoiav Xafipdvovres
C'Js TToXepiLOV v<f)€a)pajv rov rrarepa, Kal to 7rp6-
Tepov €7tI Traihev6jJi€VOLy TrXeov 8'
i<€v 'PojfJLrjs
COS els VTreorpeipav cruvqvbpovTo 8*
'louSatav
446 '.VT(x)V TOis rjXiKLaLS r) bidOeGLS. ko.l iTreihrj ydpaov
e)(0vr€S (x)pav 6 fxev ttjs ttjOlBos âXcop^-qs, t) ttjs
jjL-qTpos auraJr KaTrjyoprjaev, 6 8' ey-qfiev ^ \p)(ê-
Xdov Tov KaTTTTaSoKwv âmXeojs OvyaTepa, Trpou-
447 Xdfiâvoi' rjSrj toj /xt'crei Kal TrapprjcrLav Ik hi .
TOV Opdaovs avTOJV d(f>op[ids ol hia^dXXovTes

eXdfjLâi'ov , Kal (fyavepwrepov rjhrj tw âGiXel hi-
eXiyovTO Twes cos €77 LôvXevouro fiev vtt' dfJLcf>o-
Tepojv Twv VLOJV, 6 he ÂpxeXdco Krjhevaas /ca.
<f)vyr]v TTapauKevdiôiTO toj Trevdepw rreTTOidcos, iv
445 Vt Kalaapos avrov KaT-qyop-queLev dvanXrio- .
dels he Tojv hiaôXajv ' 11 pcohrjs woTrep eVtret-

XicrpLOLTOLS VIOLS KaTayei tov eV ttjs Acupt8os
AvTLTTaTpov Kal Trdvra Tporrov TrpoTCfjidv apxerai
^ Conj. from Lat. " funere cognito'": irev6os mss.
' Hudson from Lat. : irepLoifflav .mss.
° The narrative of Mariamme's death in A. xv. is differ-
ently told. There are there two episodes, curiously similar.

210
JEWISH WAR, 1. 443-4 i8(r/^. ANT. xv.240ff.,xvi. 66 ff.)
Mad with sheer jealousy, he ordered that both

should instantly be put to death. But remorse
followed hard upon rage ;his wrath subsided, his
love revived. So consuming, indeed, was the flame
of his passion that he believed she was not dead, and
in his affliction would address her as though she
Mere alive until time taught him the reality of his
;
loss, when his grief was as profound as the love which

he bore her while she was alive."
(xxiii, 1) The sons inherited their mother's resent- Hostility
ment, and, reflecting on their father's abominable |,^sTmis\
crimes, eyed him as an enemy, even in the early î ariamm
Alexandei
days of their education in Rome, and still more on a
their return to Judaea. The antagonism grew with Aristobuli
c.
their years and when, on reaching an age to marry,
;
one ''
espoused the daughter of his aunt Salome,
their mother's accuser, and the other ^ the daughter
of Archelaus, king of Cappadocia, their hatred found
vent in open speech. Their rashness lent a handle
to slanderers, and from this time certain persons
threw out plainer hints to the king that both his
sons were conspiring against him, and that the son-
in-law of Archelaus, counting on his father-in-law's
influence, was preparing to fly, in order to lay an
accusation against his father before the emperor.
Herod, drugged with these calumnies, recalled Recall of
Antipater, his son by Doris, to serve as a bulwark f "^^^^^^^
against his other sons, and began to honour him with
every mark of his special esteem.
An indiscretion of Joseph during a voyage of Herod to

Antony (c.34 b.c.) leads to the execution of Joseph and
the imprisonment of Mariamme. A similar indiscretion of
Soemus during a voyage of Herod to Augustus (c. 29 b.c.)
leads to her trial, condemnation, and death.
^ Aristobulus. <=
Alexander.
211
.
JOSEPHUS
449 (2) ToF? S' a(t)6pr]TO' eKOLGTov^ 8e rwv dviapojv r-qv opyqv
eî(j)aivov' ojod^^ ol (jcev Kad^ r]i-idpav TrpooiaTavro
450 iidWov, 6 S' "AvrtVarpo? rjhrj kol St' avrov iorrov-
Bdl,€TO, SeLUoraro?fJL€i> (x}V eV rat? 7rp6? rov irarepa
KoXaKeiais, hiaôXds 8e Kara rcoi' dSeX(f)<jiJu ttol-

KiXag ivoK€ua^6fj.€vos Kal to, /xev' avrog Xoyo-
rroLcJjv, rd Se tovs €7TLrrjS€L0V? (f)-qfJLL^€LV KaOieis,
/J-^XP^ TOV? aScAô?)? d-nepp-q^^v ttjs
TTCLVTaTTaGLV
451 âuiXiKTis iX-TTlSos. Kal yap iv ralg htad-qKais
Kal (f)ap€pa)s ai^ro? tjv rjSr] htdSoxos' w? jâocXevs
yovv i7T€fJL(f)d'q Kal Trpos Kaloapa rw re Koafico Kal
rat? dXXats OeparreiaLS TrXrjv Siahrjiiaro? XP^^'
fjL€vog. ^' €(^GXVG€i' eloayayelv irrl rrji
XP^^'^.^
MapLafJLfJbrj? Koir-qv rrjv fx-qrepa. SvgI S' ottXols
Kara tcjv dSeXcfxjJv ;(p6o/.teyos-, KoXaKeia Kal 8ia
ôXfj, TOV âuiXea Kal -nepl davaTov twv vlojv vtt-
€LpydaaTo
452 (3) Tdv yovv ÂXeâvSpov avpa? jLte;^pt 'Poj/xt^j
o TTaTTjp TTJg i<f>* iavTO) 6apfiaK€Las eKpLvev en
KaLGapos. d 8' evpojv pLoXis 6Xo<f)vppiov Trapprj
Giav Kal SiKaGT-qv epLTreipoTaTOV ÂvTCTraTpov /ca
'HpcoSov (f)povLii(jL)T€pov, Ta fjLEV dfiapTiqiJiaTa toi
TraTpog alh-qpLOvo)? vrreGTelXaTO, Tdg 8' auroj
453 StaôXas LGXvpojg dTreAuWro .^ KaOapov he Ka
^ (KaarovPAMV. 2 Bekker: ws 5(e) MSS.
^ Xiese and Naber: dveovaaro mss. , cf. B. ii. 92.
" From the narrative in A. xvi. it appears that both th<

sons were taken to Italy and that the case was heard not a
Rome but at Aquileia (xvi. 91).
212
JEWISH WAR, I. 449-453 ( = ant. xvi. 81 ff.)
(2) To the younff men this new departure was Antipate

Intolerable. At the sight of the promotion of this
son of a woman of no standing, they in their pride
of birth could not restrain their indignation, and on
every fresh occasion for annoyance openly displayed
their wrath. The result was that, while each suc-
ceeding day saw them in greater disfavour, Antipater
was now gaining respect on his own merits. Showing
remarkable adroitness in flattering his father, he
concocted various calumnies upon his half-brothers,
some of whicn he set in motion himself, while others
were, at his instigation, circulated by his confidants,
until he completely wrecked his brothers' prospects
of the throne. For both in his father's will and by
pubHc acts he was now declared to be the heir He is :
declared
thus, when he was sent on an embassy to Caesar, he Je?r to tl
went as a prince, with the robes and all the cere- throne
^'
monial of royalty except the diadem. Eventually
his influence was strong enough to bring back his
mother to Mariamme's bed ; and by employing
against his brothers the two weapons of flattery and
slander, he stealthily so wrought upon the king's
mind as to make him even contemplate putting his
sons to death.
(3) One of them, at any rate, namely Alexander, Aiexande
as dragged by his father to Rome and there accused Aifglastus
at Caesar's tribunal of attempting to poison him." whoeffec
^
The young man, finding himself at last at hberty to tion
vent his grievances and in the presence of a judge ^^ "•*^' '^-
with far more experience than Antipater, more

sagacity than Herod, modestly threw a veil over his
father's faults, but forcibly exposed the calumnies
directed against himself. He next proved that his
213
JOSEPHUS
rov abeXSov aTToheiâs KOLVojvovvra rcou klvSuvojv,
OVTOJ? ijdi'j TO re WvTLTrdrpov Travovpyov kol ttju
avTOJV drt/xtap' aTrtuSupero (jvvqpyei 8' avro)
.
fxera Kadapov rod ovveLSoro? rj Trepl Xoyov^ lgxv?'
454 ^71^ yap St] Setvoraro? €L7T€lv. koL ro reXevTolov

^dfievo? CO? TO) TTarpl KrelveLV avrov? eorrtv "fet Stj^
KOL TTpoaUraL'f ^ ro eyKXrjiJia, Trpo-qyayev fxkv et?
SoLKpva TTavraSy rov Se Kaiaapa hUOrjKev ovrojg,
cog OLTToyvajvaL fiev avrcov rd Kanqyopiqpiiva, 8t-
aXXdâi he 'Wpojhiqv evdeojg. at StaAAayat S* errt
rovroL^ Tjoav, ojore eKeivovs fJ-ev rw irarpl Trdvra
TTeLdapx^LV, r6i> Se r-qu âoiXeiav KaraXiTrelv a)
ôvXer ai.
455 (4) Mera ravra 8' drro 'Poj/xt]? vrreorpeêv 6
âoiXev?, rcou p.ev eyKXi'ifjidraju a</>teVat^ rovs
vlov^ hoKCxjv, rrjs S' VTTOVoia? ovk dTrrjXXaypLivo'S'
TTaprjKoXovdeL yap WvTLTrarpog r) rod pbtaovs
VTTodeoL?, ye ro (fiavepdv ttjv drrexOeLav
dAA' etV
456 OVK eê(f)epev rov biaXXaKrrjv alhovjxevos. co? hk
rrjv KiXiKiav irapaTrXeajv Karrjpev et's" ^KXaiovaav,'
eana pcev avrov (f)iXo(^p6voj? Wpx^Xao^, vnep rrj^
rov yafi^pov ocori^plas evôipLoraJv kol rat? hi-
aXXayals e(f)rjh6ixevo<^, co? dv /cat rd)(LOv yeypacjxjj^
roLS eVt 'PojiJLrj<^ ^lAot? ovXAa/JL^dveadat irepl rrji
hiK-qv WXe^dvhpcp- TTpoTrefiTreL he pLe^pi Zecpvploi
hcopa hov? I^^XP'' TptdKovra raXdvrojv.
457 (5) 'Qs" S* els 'lepoGoXvpa 'llpajhijg d(l)LKveL-
rat, avvayayojv rov Xaov /cat rovs rpeZs vlovs
TTapaorrjodpevos aTreXoyetro rrepl rrjg dTTohrjpLLas^
^ conj. after Aldrich
et Hr) (et 5e) : i]5u >iss.
2 TTfjoaierai Holwerda : TrpoaTidfrai MVR : -rrpoTWfTaL the rest.
3 d(p(iK€vaL (-rjKti'ai.) \KC
soluisse Lat.
:
* 'EXiouaav or 'EXeoOaaf .>JS3.

2U
JEWISH WAR, I, 453-457 (=ant. xvi. 122, 129 ff.)
brother, his partner in peril, was equally innocent, and

then proceeded bitterly to complain of Antipater's
villainy and of the ignominy to which he and his
brother were exposed. He was assisted not only by a
clear conscience but by his powerful oratory, for he
was an extremely able speaker. Concluding with the
remark that it was open to their father to put them
to death, if he really bf'lieved the charge to be true,
'
he v-^^ vd a]} h^'" ', " to tears, and so

aff- ^^ 0.3^ viOT MOV- .,e^ ^l,e accr na
^ vnTNC^ljê agreement were "'-ic thatVf.^
Luat tne sons
conuiiiox- ? Tî:«;+. _i
-
J.
^'^^^^ obedience to their
should render im], father, and
^' ^"^ bequeath
that he should be at hbeK^ the kingdom
to whomhe would,
After this the king left Rome o.:*^ his homeward
(4) Herod
journey, apparently dismissing his chargcb^" against
cal^^^
his sons, though not abandoning his suspicions. iVr^r
he was accompanied by Antipater, the cause of all
this hatred, who, however, was withheld by awe of
the author of the reconciliation from openly display-
ing his animosity. Skirting the coast of Cilicia,
Herod put in at Elaeusa and received friendly enter-
tainment at the table of Archelaus, who congratulated
bim on his son-in-law's acquittal and wâs delighted at
the reconciliation for he had previously written to
;
lis friends in Rome to assist Alexander on his trial.

He accompanied his guests as far as Zephyrion and
Tiade them presents amounting in value to thirty
ralents.
(5) On
reaching Jerusalem, Herod assembled the Herod's
people, presented to them his three sons, made his ?hepem)i
excuses for his absence, and rendered profuse thanks Jerusaier
^15
JOSEPHUS
Kal TToXXa jxkv €vxapicrr€L tco Oeoj, ttoXAol be
Kaiaapi KaraoTrjaafievco tov oikov avrov rera-
payix4vov Kal fxellou tl rots' vlolg âaiAeta? napa-
458 G)(6irL TTju ofjLOi'Oiap, " t]u avros €^-7, " (Jvv-
,'
appLOOoj fxaXXov 6 /xev yap efie Kvpiou rrj? dpx^^

Kal hiKaGrrjV hiahoxov Karior-qaev iyoj 8e /xerd ,
Tov ovpL(t)epovros ifxavrat KCLKelvou apLtiôyLai}

Tovohe 70VS rpels TratSa? aTToheiKWiiL âoiXels,
"
, TT7? yvcofjL-q? TTC rov tov 6e6v ovfjup-qcpov,
1^''
^ Kal VfjLo^^ 7Ta' Vr, -'cveaOat- roj fxev yap
p.€yedos r-qs P^"„--. apKei Kat vAeLO-

TO y€ P'^v
^îc Se Katcrap y-^'r)va>G€v Kadlor-noLv Be ,
vaels r^âare /iv^re adt/cou? ^7?t€ avco-

^nrrio
TTaii fj> r 5 V f ' 5^? ' \ ^ <
.^ f\ ^ rLiia? OL00VT€5,
.'
eKaoTO) oe Kara tc
uaAou?
•^
,^ V '/' -
^^KiLOV ov yap rooovrou evcppavei rig toi
Trap* TjXLKLav OeparrevopLevov , ooov ohwrioei roi
460 CLTLiJLOVfjLevov. ov? ye pirjv eKaoroj ovvelvai herioe
Gvyyevels Kal (f)LXov?, eycb SiavepLO) Kal Trjg ofio
voias eyyvTjTag eKeivov? /caraarryCTop-at, aacfxjj
eTnordpLeuo? on rds" Grdoei? Kal rag îXoveiKia
yevvojoiv al tojv ovvbLarpiôvrajv KaKorideiaL, ko.
45 J iLoiv ovTOL xprjOToi, TiqpovoLV rds" OTopyds. dÛ
3' ov p.6vov Tovrovs dXXd Kal toi)? ev rij orparu
fjLOV raîdpxovg ev epLol fiovov rd? eA77i.'5a? exei
errl tov rrapovTOS' ov yap âcnXeiav, dXXd TLp.r)
âoiXeias toi? vloI? TrapahlSajfiL, Kal tcov fie

Tjheojv a»S" dpxovTes drroXavoovoLVy to ^dpo<s S
^ dfjLei.^6/ij.evos Havercamp on ms. authority.
• Greek " uneven."

2)6
JEWISH WAR, 1. 457-461 {cf. ant. xvi. 132 ff.)
to less to Caesar, who had re-estabhshed

God, and no
his disordered household and had given his sons a
greater boon than a kingdom, namely concord.
" The ties of that concord," he continued, " I shall
bind more closely myself for Caesar has appointed
;
me lord of the realm and arbiter of the succession,

and I, in consulting my own advantage, also repay
my debt to him. I now declare these my three He decia
sons kings, and I beseech first God, and then you, to sons heu
ratify my decision. They are entitled to the succes- the throi
sion, this one by his age, the others by their noble
birth ;indeed the extent of my kingdom would
suffice for even a greater number. Those, therefore,
whom Caesar has united and their father now
nominates, do you uphold let the honours you
;
award them be neither undeserved nor unequal," but

proportioned to the rank of each for in paying
;
deference to any beyond the deserts of his age, you

gratify him less than you grieve the one whom you
slight. I myself shall select the advisers and at-
tendants ^ who are to consort with each of my sons,
and shall hold them responsible for keeping the peace,
being well aware that factions and rivalries among
princes are produced by the malign influence of
associates, while virtuous companions promote natural
affection.
" I must require these persons, however, and not
them only but also the officers of my army, for the
present to rest their hopes on me alone for it is
;
not the kingdom, but the mere honours of royalty,

whichÎ am now delivering over to my sons. They
will enjoy the pleasures of power, as if actual rulers,
""
avy-êviU and 0iXoi are, as Reinach points out, technical
terms in the hierarchy of a Hellenistic court.
217
JOSEPHUS
462 Ta)u TTpayfJidraJv cfxov iariv, Kav fi-q OcXco. ok€7t-
readco 8'
eKaaros nqv re -qXiKLav fiov kol rrji^
dycoy-qv rod f^Lov Kal rrjv evocjêiav ovrc yap
ovrojs €ifJLL yepojv, oiOT dv dTTcXTriGdrji'aL raxews,
ovT€ €LS rpv(t)rjv €KhiaLTci}jJL€VOS , Tj Kal vlovs im-
TO §6 dcLOV OVTOJS TeOepaTTeVKafMCl' COCTT*
T€fJLV€TaL, ,
463 dv eirl pnqKLarov îov TrpocXdelv. 6 Srj rovs e/xoi)?

rralSa? depaTrevojv iirl rfj ipifj KaraXvoeL bcvGet
fMOi Kal rrepl eKeivojv 8t/ca?' ov yap iyoj (fidovojv
TOL? i^ i/iov yeyevqfJLevoLS dvaKOTrroj ttjv els
avTovg îXorLjJLLav, iTnardfjievos 8e rots' iêot?
464 yiveadai Tas orrovhas dpdaovg lôhiov. €t y€
firji' eKaaros ivOviiriQelr] rojv TrpoGLOvrojv, on XRV

GTOS p-^v CUV Trap" e/xou X-qiper ai rrjv dpLOL^-qv, crra-
GLaCwv Se Kal rrapd toj depaTrevopLevqj to KaKo-
r]des dvovrjTov eêi, irdvr as olpLat rd e/xa <f>povq-
G€LV, TovreGTLv TO. Tcvv ipiojv vlojv Kal yap rov-
Tois GVfjL(f)€p€L Kparelv epe KdpLol rovrovs^ 6p.o-
465 voeZv . vp.€is Se, c5 TralBes dyaOoi, Trparrov p,€V
ivdvp,ovp.€voL T7]V lepdv <j)VGLVy rjs Kal Trapd drjpiois
at GTopyal pcevovGLv, eVetra rov TTOLrjodpievov
rds StaXXayds Kai'crapa, rpirov e/xe rdv iv
7)p,ci>v
ols €^€GTLv eTTLraGGeLV TrapaKaXovvra, fieLvan

dSeAôt. StSc/j/xt he vpuv eGdrjra [rcY t'jSr) Kal
depaireiav âGiXiKrjv irrevxopLaL Se Kal toj dew
46C) TrjprJGaL Trjv ipLrjv KpiGLV, dv opLOvorJTe." raOr*
€L7T(JJV Kal (f>LXo(hp6viX)S€KaGTOV TCOV VL(l)V KaTa-
UTTaodpLevos SteXvoev to ttXtjOos, tovs p^v auv-
* So the corrector of A tovtois the

: rest.
* LRC om. the rest.
:
218
JEWISH WAR, I. 462-466 (cf. ant. xvi. 135)
but upon me, however unwilling, will fall the burden

of office. Consider, each one of you, my age, my
manner of life, my piety. I am not so old that my
life may soon be past praying for, nor given over to
the pleasures of luxury, which cut short the lives even
of the young I have served the deity so faithfully
:
that I may hope term of life. Who-

for the longest
ever, then, pays court to my
sons to bring about
my downfall shall be punished by me for their sakes
as well as my own. For it is not jealousy of my
offspring which causes me to restrict the homage
to be paid them it is the knowledge that such
;
flattering attentions foster recklessness in the young.

If everyone who is brought into contact with my sons
will but remember that, if he acts honourably he
will win his reward from me, whereas if he promotes
discord his malicious conduct will bring him no
benefit even from the object of his flattery, then I
think that all will have my interests, in other words
my sons' interest, at heart for it is to their advan-
;
tage that I should govern, and to mine that they

should live in harmony.
" As for you, my good children, think first of the
sacred ties of nature and the constancy of affection
which she instils even into the beasts think of ;
Caesar, who brought about our reconciliation think, ;
lastly, of me, who entreat you, when I might com-

mand, and continue as brothers. I present you,
from this moment, with the robes and retinue of
royalty and I pray God to uphold my decision, if
;
you live in unity."

With these words he tenderly embraced each of
his sons and then dismissed the multitude. Of these
219
.
JOSEPHUS
€vxoiJL€vov? rot? €lpr]fjL€V0Lg, OGOL 8' eTTedvfiovv fiera-
ôXij?, fJLTjb' OLKrjKoevai TrpooTTOLOvêvovg
467 (xxiv, 1) ^vva7TT^€L he TOL<i dSeAôt? r) cttcicti?,
Kal )(€Lpov? ra? cV aAATÂois- VTTovola? exovre?

OLTTrjXXdyrjCTav, 'AAcfay5/30? fiev Kal 'Aptaro-
jSouAo? 6Bvvd)iJL€iÔL KeKvpoji-Levov WyTLTTdrpco TOV
Trpeaêiov, WvTLTrar po? 6e Kal rov Seurepeuett'
468 vefxeoow rolg dSeAôtS". dAA' d jiev TTOLKLXcoraros
CUV TO Tjdos e;)(€/uuêti^ re T^'Set /cat ttoAAoj ro) Trav-
ovpyo) TO TTpos avrovs €KdXv7TTe puoo<s, rols he hC

€vy€V€Lav Trdv to vo-qBkv rjv irrl yXojooris' Kal
napo^vvovT€<; fxev €1'€K€lvto ttoAAoi, TrAetou? Se
469 TcDi^ <f)iXojv rrapehvovTo KaTduKOTTOi. Trdv he to
Trap' ^ AXe^dvhpcp XaXrjOev evdeco? rjv Trap* *Avtl-
TidTpuj, Kal i-LeTa TrpoodrjK-qs fieTeâLvev dno *Avtl-
TrdTpov TTpos 'Wpojh-qv ovre yap aTrAd;? <f>dey-
^dfievos 6 veavias dvvTrevdvvo? tjv, dAAd els
hiaôXrjV TO p-qdev e(TTpe(f)eTOy Kal [leTplaJS nap-
prjGLaoafjLevov /JLeyioTa rot? eXaxioTois vpoo-
470 eTrXaTTeTO. Kadiei S' AvTiTraTpos del tovs epedi-
*
aovTas, OTTOJs avTco to ipevhos eôt Tas d(jiopiJ.ds

dXrjdeLS' Kal tojv <l>r]pLLtop.evojv ev tl hieXey^Bev
aTraoLV ttlotlv eTreTidei. Kal tcov fxev avrov
<l)iXcjjv ri (f)VGeL oreyai/turaro? rjv eKaoTos, ^ Kare-
GKevdêTO hajpeais, cu? fir^hev eK(j)epeodaL tojv drrop-
prjTa>v, Kal tov ÂvTnrdTpov îov ovk dv rj/Laprev
Tts" eLTTOjv KaKias fxvanjpLov tovs he ÂXe^dvSpo)
uvvovTas XPVP-^^^^ hia(t)deLpajv r) KoXaKetaLS vttlojv.
* C/. the N.T. phrase " mystery of lawlessness " {fxvcr-qpiov

TTji dvofxia^} in 2 Thess. ii. 7,
220
)
JEWISH WAR, I. 466-470 (c/ ant. xvi. 189 ff
some joined in his prayer while those who hankered

;
for change pretended that they had not even heard

him.
(xxiv. 1) But the brothers on parting carried with Renewed
them discord in their hearts. They separated more fostered b
suspicious of each other than before Alexander and Antipater
:
^° '^'^"^^•
Aristobulus aggrieved at the confirmation of Anti-
pater's right of primogeniture, Antipater resenting
the rank accorded to his brothers, even though second
to his own. The latter, however, with the extreme
subtlety of his character, knew how to hold his
tongue and, with much adroitness, dissembled his
hatred of his brothers ;while they, from their pride
of birth, had all their thoughts upon their lips. They
were, moreover, beset by many persons trying to
excite them, while a still larger number insinuated
themselves into their friendship to spy upon them.
Every word spoken in Alexander's circle was in-
stantly in the possession of Antipater and passed from
Antipater to Herod, with amplifications. The young
man could not make the simplest remark without
becoming incriminated, so distorted were his words
for the purposes of slander if he spoke with a httle
;
freedom, the merest trifles were magnified into

enormities. Antipater was constantly setting his
agents on to irritate him, in order that his lies
might have some basis of truth and if among the
;
speeches reported one item was established, that was

sufficient warrant for the rest. His own friends were
all either of a very secretive nature or were induced
by presents to divulge no secrets so that Antipater 's
;
hfe might have been not incorrectly described as a

mystery of iniquity." Alexander's associates, on the
other hand, either by bribery or by that seductive
221
2 ,
JOSEPHUS
at? rravra Kar^Lpydoraro, 7T€TroL-qK€L npohoras /cat
471 Toiv TTparroi-Uuajv rj XaXovpievcxJV (fxjjpas- Trdvra

8e 7T€pL€GK€iJifjL€i'oj£ SpajxaTOvpycov ras" Trpo? 'Hpt6-
Sr]voSovs rat? StaôAai? iTTOiecro TexviKcordras
avTOs pikv dheX(j>ov TrpoaajTrelou eTTLKîpLevo?, Kad-
L€LS Se pLiqvvrds irepovs. KaTreihav aTTayyeXdeLTj
n Kar WX^^dvhpov, TrapeXdojv vTreKpivero kol
hiacrupeiv to p-qdev apâ/xevo?, eneira KarecjKeva-
^€v rjcrvx^ Kal npos dyavdKTTjGLV eêKaXelro tov
47 /SacrtAea. Trdvra S' et? emôvXrjv dvtjyeTO /cat to
SoK€LP TTJ o(f)ayfj TOV TTaTpos i(f)€Bpev€iv 'AAe^-
avBpov ovhev yap ovtojs ttlotlv exoprp/et rat? 8ta-
ôXals, cos d7ToXoyOTJpL€VOS ^ AvTlTTaTpOS V7T€p aVTOV.
473 (2) TouTot? 'Hpci)Sr]s iâyptovpievos ooov V(j)-
T]p€L Kad^ rjpLepav rrjs vpo? rd pLeipdKta OTopyrjg,

TooovTov ^
XvTLTrdTpoj TTpoGeTidei. avvaireKXivav
Se Kal Tcjv Kara to âalXeiov ol pueu eKovTes, ol
8' e^ in-LTdypiaTos, (ZaTrep rTroAe/xatos" o ri/xtc
raros tojv (jyiXajv, ol re dheXchol tov âatAeoj? Kal

Trdcra rj yeved' rrdvTa yap WvTLTraTpog rjv, Kal to
TTLKpoTaTov ^
XXe^dvhpcp, TrdvTa rjv rj 'Ai^rt-
irdrpov pii]T7]p, ovpiôvXos /car' avTchv pLrjTpvLa? )(a-
XtTTOJTepa Kal irXelov tl rrpoyovatv pnoovoa tovs e/c
474 /SaatAtSos". irdvTes i^tev ovv iirl rat? eAyftcrtv idcpd-

irevov ^ AuTirraTpov yjSr], crui'a</>t(Tra 8* €Ka(jTov ra
" Mentioned as entertainiiiir Herod at Ptliodes (i. 280), as

his executor (i. 667), as befriending Archelaus (ii. 14), etc.
* Doris.
225i
JEWISH WAR, I. 470-474 {cf. ant. xvi. 190 f.)
flattery,which Antipater invariably found effective,

had been converted by the latter into traitors and
detectives to report all that was said or done by his
brother. With a careful eye to every detail in the
staging of the play, he would plan with consummate
art the modes of bringing these calumnies to the
ears of Herod, himself assuming the role of a devoted
brother, and leaving that of informer to others.
Then, when any word was spoken against Alexander,
he would come forward and play his part, and,
beginning by ridiculing the allegation, would after-
wards quietly proceed to confirm it and so call forth
the king's indignation. Everything was interpreted
as a plot and made to produce the impression that
Alexander was watching his opportunity to murder
his father and nothing lent more credit to these
;
calumnies than Antipater's pleading in his brother's

defence.
(2) These insinuations exasperating Herod, his Antipatei
affection for the young princes diminished daily, po^yerfui.

while his regard for Antipater proportionately in-
creased. The king's alienation from the lads was
shared by people at court, some acting of their own
accord, others under orders, such as Ptolemy ,** the
most honoured of his friends, the king's brothers and
all his family. For Antipater was all-powerful, and
— this was Alexander's bitterest blow —
all-powerful
too was Antipater's mother,'' who was in league with
him against the two and harsher than a stepmother,
with a hatred for these sons of a princess greater
than for ordinary stepchildren. All persons, accord-
ingly, now paid court to Antipater, because of
the expectations which he inspired everyone was
;
further instigated to desert his rivals by the orders
223
JOSEPHUy
70V âcnXeoj? Trpocrrdyiiara, TrapayyeiXavros toIs
7LiiLOjTaroi<; fJirJTe Trpooiivai ijLTjTe npooexeiv rots
TTcpl WXeâi^Spov. <f)o^€p6g S' tjv ov jjlouov tols
€K ttJs" dXXa Kal tols e^codev </)tAot?*
âaiXeia?,
ovSevl yap âatXecov Kaloap roaavr-qv eSojKcv
eôvGiav, ware rov oltt^ avrov (ftvyoura Kal firj
475 TTpoGTjKovcrqs TTo'Aecu? iâyayclv. rd 8c pLeipaKia
rds iikv hiaôXds riyvoovv,^ rrapo /cat /xdAAov dchv-
XaKTios €V€7Ti7Trov avTal?' ovSei^^yap 6 Trarrjp
(âvepws d7T€iJLepL(f)€T0' avviei Se Kara fiLKpov dno
rod ijjvyfjLaros Kal <6rL >^ rrpos rd Xvttovv pidXXov
irpa\vv€ro. SiedrjKev Se npd? avrd Kal rou Oelov
êpujpav Âm-Lvarpos €x6pajSa)S Kal r-qv rrjOlSa
"ZaXcofiTjv, d)£ dv yapLerrfV^ ovoav, KadoinXcuu del
470 Kal Trapo^vvojv. GWi^pyei 8e Kal rtpog rrjv ravrrjs
dnixOeLav r) AXe^duBpov yvvrj TXacjivpa yevea-
*
Xoyouoa rr)v eavrrjg evyiveiav, Kal c6? Traacou rcov

Kara ro âoiXeiov elr) SeaTTori?, Kara rrarepa fxev
(1770 T-qfidvov, Kara ixqrepa he dird Aapelov rod
ill 'TaracTTTeoJS" ovoa. 77oAAa Se ajvelStCei^ et? dyeveiav

r-qv re dSeX(f)r]u r-qv 'Hpc^Sou Kal ras" yvvalKas,
(Jju iKaarr] Sl^ evyiopîav ovk dno yevovs fjpeOrj.
TToXXal S* rjGav, w? du i(f)€LfJL€vov re Trarpicog 'lou-

SaloLS yafieXv TrXetovs Kal rov âaiXeajs rjSofieuov
TrXetoGLv, at Trdaai Sia to pLeydXavôv ro FXa-
(f)vpas Kal ras Xoihopias ifxioovv \AXeâf Spov.
1 PA.M : nyi'oa the re^t.

' PA : ovdeui the rest. " Ins. Casaubon.
* Text suspected: Naber reads avi'€Tr]i>, Destinon xo-XtTi;*'.
JEWISH WAR, I. 474-477 {cf. ant. xvi. 193 f.)
of the king, who had forbidden those highest in his

favour to approach or pay any attention to Alexander
or his brother. Herod's formidable influence ex-
tended, moreover, beyond his realm to his friends
abroad for no other sovereign had been empowered
;
by Caesar, as he had, to reclaim a fugitive subject

even from a state outside his jurisdiction. The young
men, meanwhile, as their father had never openly
reproached them, were ignorant of these calumnies,
and being, consequently, off their guard, laid them-
selves more open to them
still but httle by Httle
;
their eyes were opened by his coldness and increased

asperity whenever anything annoyed him. Antipater
further roused against them the enmity of their uncle
Pheroras and their aunt Salome, perpetually coaxing
and working upon his aunt's feelings, as though she
had been his wife. Salome's hostility was aggravated
by Glaphyra, Alexander's wife," who boasted of her Arroganc
noble ancestry and claimed to be mistress of all the proôS
ladies at court, because she was descended on her the ladies
father's side from Temenus,^ on her mother's from courr°
Darius, son of Hystaspes. On the other hand, she
was constantly taunting with their low birth Herod's
sister and his wives, all of whom had been chosen
for their beauty and not for their family. His wives
were numerous, since polygamy was permitted by
Jewish custom and the king gladly availed himself
of the privilege. All these, on account of Glaphyra's
arrogance and abuse, hated Alexander.
" And daughter of Archelaus, king of Cappadocia (§446).

^ One of the Heracleidae, who gave his name to the
Temenid kings of Macedonia (Thuc. ii. 99), from whom
Archelaus claimed to be descended.
VOL. II I 225
. ,
JOSEPHUS
478 (3) "^771^ Se 877 HaXcoix-qi^ , /catVot Trevdepav

ovoav, avTO? 'ApioTo/SouAo? iavro) hLearaoiaaev
(hpyiGiievriv kol Trpoodev irrl ral? e/c TXa(f)vpas
p\ao(j)-qpLiaLS' (hvîhilêv yap rfj yvvaLKL avvexoj?
rrjv TaTTeLVor-qra, koI ojs avros /êv IhiayrLV, 6 8
479 aSeAôs" avrov AXeâvhpos yrjfiai /SaatAtSa.
^ rov-
ro KXaiovoa rfj HaXajfifj SLrjyyeiXev "q dvydr-qp,
TTpooeridei 8' otl /cat 7601^ aAAcov' d8eA(/>ajv to.? /xei'
fiTjrepas OLTTeLXolev ol rrepl WXeâvhpov, eireihav

TTapaXdôjOLV ttju /SacnAetW, larovpyov? a/xa rat?
hovXaLS 7T0Li]G€LU, avTOV? he KOjfjLoju ypafjifxareL?,
eTTLOKcoTTTOvreg (Ls 77e7rat8eu/xeVou?^ eVt/LteAcD?
TTpog d TTju 6pyr)u ov Karaaxovaa HaXaj/jLTj Trdvra
hiTiyyeiXev 'Hpco6-n- oôhpa 8' -qv d^LOTTLGTo? Kara
480 yafx^pov Xeyouaa. /cat ng irepa htaôXrj aw-
ebpafieu rj rou dvjJLOv VTreKKavoaoa rod âaLXeco?
TjKOvaev yap axrrovs dvaKoXeXodai /xev avv€.yGi't>
rrjv pL-qrepa /cat KaroLpnolêLV eVapoj/xeVoi;? aural.

TToAAa/cts" 8' avrov hiahthovros rwv WapLdfi/jLY]? iod-q-
rcov nvd rals fierayevearepais yvvai^lv dTTeiXelv
cos durl rcjv âatAt/caJt' eV rd)(€L TrepLBiqoovGa
avrals €/c rpv^dyv"^ 77 eTTOL-qpiev as
481 Ata raura Kairoi rd <f)p6vqp.a rcov veavi-
(4>)
OKOJV VTToheioas dp,a>s ovk aTTCKOTrre rrju iXTTiSc

,
rrjs SiopdcuG€a>s, dXXd TrpoGKaXeodpieuos avrovs

/cat ydp els 'PcopL'qv eKTrXevoeiv epLeXXeu, ^pa\ec
fxev rjTTeiX-qGev co? âoiXevSy rd TroAAa 8* evov-
derrjoev (Ls Trarijp, /cat <t>LXelv rovs dheX(j)ovs Trap-
€/caAet SlSovs rd)v 7Tporip,apr-qpLeva>v dcfyeotu, e
482 rrpos ro fxeXXov dpieivovs yevoivro. ol he rds pLei
* M : Tat5eL'OMe'»'oi'5the rest.
' Niese : rpix^f "hair-cloth" m33. The parallel passagt
226
JEWISH WAR, I. 478-482 {cf. ant. xvi. 201-205)
Aristobulus himself alienated Salome, his saiome

(3)
own mother-in-law, furious as she was already at the pr?n
Glaphyra's scurrility for he was continually up- to Hem
;
braiding his wife for her low origin, saying that he

had married a woman of the people and his brother
Alexander a princess. Salome's daughter reported
this, with tears, to her mother she added that;
Alexander and Aristobulus had threatened, when

they came to the throne, to set the mothers of their
other brothers to work at the loom along with the
slave-girls, and to make the princes themselves
village clerks, sarcastically referring to the careful
education which they had received. At that Salome,
unable to control her indignation, reported the whole
to Herod as she was accusing her own son-in-law,
;
her evidence carried very great weight. Another

calumny came simultaneously to inflame the king's
wrath. He was told that the young princes had
their mother's name perpetually on their lips, cursing
him while they bemoaned her, and that when he
distributed, as he often did, some of Mariamme's
apparel to his more recent wives, they would threaten
that they would ere long strip them of these royal
robes and clothe them in rags.
(4) Herod, though he had learnt through such Herod
reports to fear these high-spirited young men, did' ^^"1"°'"^
not abandon hopes of their reformation. Just before
setting sail for Rome he sent for them, and delivered
some curt threats as sovereign, followed by a long
paternal admonition, exhorting them to love their
brothers and promising to pardon their past
offences if they would amend their ways for the
A. xvi. 204 has Tpixâi-v which appears to be a corruption

of TpVX^<JI-Vt
227
JOSEPHUS
StaôXas aveoKevdlovro ipevSel? €LvaL Xdyovre?,
TTLOTOJoeoOai 8e ttjv arroXoyiav rols epyot? e<â-
GKOu- Selu jJiivToi KOLKeZvov a7T0(f)pdTT€iv rd? Xoyo-
TTOLtag TO) fxT) TTLGTeveLv paStco?' oû yap iin-
Aet0eti^ rovs KaraipevGopiivov? avrcou, ecu? du 6
7r€Ld6(l€VOS fj.
483 (5) TovTOL? (1)9 TTarepa 7T€LcauT€? raxôj? rou
fi€v ev x^pulv (f>6ôv SieKpovcjauro, ttjv S' ct? rd
fxeXAoura Xvtttju irpooeXaôv eyvojoav ydp ttjv re
âXcvfi-qu €x6pdv /cat rov delov êpojpav. rjcrau
8e papels jJ-ev]^ dp-cjiOTepoL Kal ;(aAe7rot, Oepcupa?
8e p.eiL.ojv,'^ Ob Trdorjs fJikv eKOLUcovet rrj? jSacriAeta?
TrX-qu SLaBijpLaTO?, TrpoaoSov?^ 8e tSt'a? el^û eVa-
Tou rdXavTa, ttjv Be iripav ^lophdvov Trdoav eVap-
7T0VT0 x^P^^ Xaôjv TTapd TdB6X(l)ov Bcopov, o?
avrov €7T0Lr](j€V Kal rerpdpx'rju alT-qadp,€PO? rrapd
KaiCTapOb, âGiXiKajv re ydjioju rjîojaev ovvol-
KLoas d6€X(f>-qv Trj? IBlag yvvaiKos' p.€rd he ttju
eKetv-qs TeXevrrjV KadojOLOjae rrjv TTpeo^vrdrinv
rojv eavTov BvyaTepojv IttI TrpoLKL rpiaKooioLS
484 TaXdvTOLS . dAA' d-nehpa Oepcvpag tov âoiXiKOv
ydpov TTpos epojra BovXi-js , c<^' w ;âAe7TrJt'as
^HpcvBrjs rrju fieu dvyarepa tlo irpos YldpBcov
vcrrepov dvaipeOevri ovvetevêv dBeX(f)ih(l)' Oepojpa
1 om. PAM.
Destinon.
Trpoa65ov PVC.
" Name unknown.

' Salampsio, dauerhter of Mariamme I.
" i.e. to the son of his brother Phasael (A. xvi. 196), also
called Phasael {A. xvii. 22). Nothing is known of the fate
228
future. For their part, they repudiated the charges,

declaring that they were false, and assured their
father that their actions would vindicate their state-
ment he ought, however (they added), on his side
;
to stop the mouths of these tale-bearers by refusing

so readily to believe them for there would never
;
be wanting persons ready to calumniate them, so

long as they found anyone to listen to them.
(5) The father's heart was quickly reassured by ph^roras
"
their words; but if the youths thus dispelled their disfavour j[,^
1th Her(
immediate anxiety, the thought of the future brought
them new apprehensions, knowing, as they did, the
hostility of Salome and their uncle Pheroras. Both
were formidable and dangerous, but the more re-
doubtable was Pheroras, who shared with Herod all
the honours of royalty, except the diadem. He had
a private income of a hundred talents, exclusive of
the revenue derived from the whole of the trans-
Jordanic region, a gift from his brother, who had
also, after requesting Caesar's permission, appointed
him tetrarch. Herod had conferred upon him the
further honour of marrying one of the royal family,
by uniting him to the sister of his own wife.*^ On
her death, he had pledged to him the eldest of his
own daughters,* with a dowry of three hundred
talents ;but Pheroras rejected the royal wedding to
run after a slave-girl of whom he was enamoured.
Herod, indignant at this slight, married his daughter
to one of his nephews,^ who was subsequently killed
by the Parthians his resentment, however, subsided
;
of this youth, and Reinach suggests that in the following

words there has been some confusion or corruption of text,
and that Josephus intended to say " son of Phasael who
had been previously killed by the Parthians " (see B. i. 271).
229
JOSEPHUS
he /Lter' o-u ttoAu ttjv opy-qv dvUi hihovg ovy-
yvojfxrjv ri] vooqj.
'^^S (5) AteâAA^TO be Kal TrdXai fiev en t,0JGr}5 rrjs
âoiXlSos eTTLfSovXeveiv ainoj (j)apixdKois rore he ,
TrXelaroL fir^vvral Trpoorieoav, ojs KaiTrep îX-

aheX(j)6TaTov ovra tov
'
H pcvh-qv els ttlotlv vtt-
o-X^W^f- TtDi^ Xeyopêviov kol heog. ttoXXov? he rojv

ev VTTOVoia âoaviaas reXevralov '^Xdev errl rovs s
486 êpojpov <f)LXov£. wv emôvXr^v p,ev dvriKpvs ^
(LfJLoXoyrjGev ovhelg, ore he rrjv epojfievrjv dpTra-

adfievos els Hdpdovs drrohpavaL TrapeoKevdêro,
he rov GKeiifiaro? avroj Kal rrjs
(jvfifJLerexoL^
KooTofiapos 6 âXojpirjs dvrjp, cL aw-
(f>vy^s ^
ojKLoev avrriv 6 âoiXevs eirl pLOLX^LO. tov rrporepou [\
487 hLa(f)dapivTos rju 8' iXevOepa StajSoArj? ovhe Sa-

.
XwpLT]- Kal yap avri^s êpcopas dheX(f)6? Kar-

rjyopei ovvdrjKas rrepl ydpLov rrpos ^vXXaiov rov
Ô^dha TOV Âpdôjv âaiXeajs eTTirpoTTOv, o? rjv
exOpdraros 'Hpcohrj. SteAeyjj^êtcra he Kal tovto
Kal TrdvB^ ooa êpaypas eveKdXei GvyyivojoKeraiy
Kal avrdv he êpojpav 6 âoiXevg dneXvaev row
eyKX-qpidrajv.
488 (7) Mereâtyev he e-n ^ hXeâvhpov o x^^H-^^
rijs OLKias Kal rrepl rrjv eKeivov Ke(f)aXr]V oAo?
dirripeioaro . rpel? rjaav evvovxoL ripLLwraroL toj
âGiXel, Kal hrjXov e^ d)v eXeLTovpyovv rqj pLev
yap olvoxoelv -npooereTaKTo, ro) he helTTVov Trpoor-
(fiepeiv, 6 S' avrov KareKoip.Ll,ev re Kal ovyKar-
^ Destinon : ffi/uueVoxoi mss.
" Mariarame I.
230
JEWISH WAR, I. 484-488 {cf. ant. xvi. 219 f., 229 f.)
ere long and he made allowance for his love-sick

brother.
(6) Long before, while the queen " was still alive, and'
Pheroras had been accused of a plot to poison Herod ; of plotting

but at the period now reached informers came for-
J^jQ^g^^^'
ward in such numbers that Herod, though the most
affectionate of brothers, was led to believe their
statements and to take alarm. After putting many
suspected persons to the torture he came last of all
to the friends of Pheroras. None of these admitted
outright that there was such a plot, though they
said that Pheroras was preparing to fly to Parthia,
carrying off his mistress with him, and that his
accomplice in this design and partner in his intended
flight was Costobarus, Salome's husband, to whom
the king had given his sister, when her former
husband was put to death on a charge of adultery.
Even Salome herself did not escape calumny she :
was accused by her brother Pheroras of signing a

contract to marry Syllaeus, the procurator * of
Obadas, king of Arabia, and Herod's bitterest enemy.
However, though convicted of this and of everything
else of which she was accused by Pheroras, she was Herod
pardoned while Pheroras himself was acquitted by ^^^ ^nd
;
the king of the charges against him. Salome.
(7) The tempest lowering over Herod's house thus Alexander

veered round to Alexander and burst in full force by^Herod'
about his devoted head. There were three eunuchs eunuchs
who held a special place in the king's esteem, as is
indicated by the services with which they were
charged : one poured out his wine, another served
him his supper, and the third put him to bed and
^ Or " viceroy " ; see A. xvi. 220 (Syllaeus administers
the realm of the indolent Obadas).
231
.
JOSEPHUS
4S9 €KXiV€TO. Tovrovg €LS ra 77at8tK:a SaSpot? fieyaXoig
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fJ-rjSe TTapaxprjfia roXfirjoai ra? firjuvceLS €K-

<f>€p€iv, dXXd KaracKOTTOvg V7T07T€fji7TOjp vvKrojp Kal
fied^ rjfxepav e/cacrra roju TTparrofxivajv tj Xeyo-
fjievcjv hi-qpe'uva Kal rovg Iv rats VTroi/jLatg evdeojs
493 dvTjpei. heivris 8e^ dvofxlag IveTrXrjod-q ro jSaat-
Xeiov Kara yap ex^pav ^ filaos lScov eKaoros
e-nXaaaev ra? hiaôXd?, Kal ttoXXoI Trpos rovs 8ta-
4>6povs (ôvcJvrL rcx) âoiXiKO) dvjjLO) KarexpcovTO
Kal ro fjL€v ipevBos €lx€u napaxp'rjfJ'CL TTLGriv, at
KoXdo€LS hk rcjv SiaôXojv rjaav ojK'urepai' Kar-
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npos avrov SieXeyxOevrt ovvaTT-qyero, rds yap
€^€rd(j€i9 rov âotXiajs d 7T€pl ri]s ^vx^js klv-
494 hvvos VTTerefjLvero^ npov^rj 8' els rooovrov ttl-
Kpias, (1)S P-i]hk rcuv dKaraLridrojv nvl rtpoo^Xe-
' 577 A : itaque Lat. * ^wer^/xveTo AM.
232
slept in his chamber. Alexander by large presents

corrupted these menials for criminal ends on being
;
informed of which the king submitted them to trial

by torture. They at once confessed their relations
with Alexander, and then went on to reveal the
promises which had brought them about. Alexander,
they said, had inveigled them by saying " You :
ought not to place your hopes on Herod, a shameless

old man who dyes his hair, unless this disguise has
actually made you take him for a youngster it is ;
to me, Alexander, that you should look, to me, who

am to inherit the throne, whether he will or no, and
shall ere long be avenged on my enemies and bring
fortune and bliss to my friends, and above all to
you." They added that persons of rank secretly
paid court to Alexander and that the generals and
officers of the army had clandestine interviews with
him.
(8) These disclosures so terrified Herod that at the ^J?^^g|.g(j
time he did not even dare to divulge them but, ;
sending out spies night and day, he scrutinized all

that was done or said, and at once put to death
any who fell under suspicion. The palace was given
over to frightful anarchy. Everyone, to gratify some
personal enmity or hatred, invented calumnies ;
many turned to base account against their adversaries

the murderous mood of wrathful royalty. Lies found
instant credit, but chastisement was even swifter
than calumny : the accuser of a moment ago found
himself accused and led off to death with him whose
conviction he had obtained for the grave peril to
;
his life cut short the king's inquiries. He grew so

embittered that he had no gentle looks even for
VOL. II I 2 233
JOSEPHUS
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WpiOToôvXov rov dSeA</>ou Kal 7Tapa(j>vXdrre^
497 KVVTjyovvra Kreivas els 'Pcojjltjv dnohpavai. rov-
roL? Kairrep ov mdavols ovglv dXX vtto rrjs dvdy
KTjs ecr;êStaa/xeVots' o âauXevs eTriarevaev rjhecos
rrapafivdiav Xapi^dva>v rov hrjoai rov vlov ro pn
hoKelv dhiKOJS.
498 (xxv. 1) '0 S' WXeâvBpos e-nel rov narept
p-erarreideLV dpLi^xavov ecopa, roiS" Setvols opLoa
Xojpelv Sieyvo), Kal reaoapas Kara rojv ex^po)
^l^Xovs avvra^dfxevos rrpooajfioXoyei fiev rrjv eVt
ôvXtjv, kolvojvovs 8* drreSeLKwev rovs rtXeiorov
avrojv, TTpo 8e irdvrojv êpujpav Kal âXaj/jirjp
ravrrjv yap Srj Kal fjnyTjval TTore avroj pLrj deXovr
499 vvKrojp elo^Lauafiev-qv . at re ovv ^l^Xol Traprjoa
'Hpcjhrj etV ;!(€t/)a? 77oAAa Kal Seii^d Kara raJ
» yoif LTRC.
234
JEWISH WAR, I. 494-499 {cf. ANT. xvi. 241-259)
those who were not accused and treated his own

friends with the utmost harshness many of these he
:
refused to admit to court, while those who were

beyond the reach of his arm came under the lash of
his tongue. To add to Alexander's misfortunes,
Antipater returned to the charge and, raising a
band of kindred spirits, had recourse to every con-
ceivable form of calumny. By his portentous fictions
and fabrications the king was, in fact, reduced to
such a state of alarm, that he fancied he saw Alex-
ander coming upon him sword in hand. He, accord-
ingly had the prince suddenly arrested and imprisoned,
,
and tlien proceeded to put his friends to the torture.

Many died silent, Avithout saying anything beyond
what they knew ;but some were driven by their
sufferings to falsehood and declared that Alexander
and his brother Aristobulus were conspiring against
him and were wâtching for an opportunity to kill
him, while out hunting, meaning then to escape to
Rome. This statement, improbable as it was and
invented off-hand under the pressure of torment, the
king nevertheless found satisfaction in believing,
consoling himself for having imprisoned his son with
the thought that his action had been justified.
(xxv. 1) Alexander, perceiving the impossibility of Aiexandei
shaking his father's belief, resolved boldly to con- g^tatement
front the perils that menaced him. He, therefore,
composed four books directed against his enemies, in
which he avowed the conspiracy, but denounced
most of them as accomplices, above all Pheroras and
Salome the latter, he declared, had one night even
;
forced herway into his chamber and, against his will,

had immoral relations with him. These documents
--a mass of shocking accusations incriminating per-
235
JOSEPHUS
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502 (2) Tovrois TTepLKOpLTTijaa? Kaiirep Trapareray
p-evov Wpojhr]v vrtdyerat- hihaxji yovv avra> tol
ovvraxdeioaq vrr^ ^ AXe^di'hpov Pi^Xovs dvayvo)

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eoKerrrero. Xapi^dvei 5' o Wpx^^Xao^ d(f)opp,rju roi
orparrjy-qijLaros Kai Kara p.LKp6v el? rovs eyye-
ypafxpLevovs Kai êpojpav ixer-qyayev rd? alria?
503 ojg 6' eojpa Tnorevovra rov âotXea, " OKerrreou,'
'
(I'f^yi'Vffa most MS3.
» ^ FA : et Lat. : om. the rest.
236
—
sons of the highest rank had passed into Herod's visit of
hands, »when Archelaus, alarmed for his son-in-law JnîJtv^^'^'

and daughter, arrived in haste in Judaea. Coming Archelaus,
with singular sagacity to their aid, he succeeded by mwiiator.

tratagem in diverting the king's threats in another
direction. For, the moment he met him, he ex-
laimed :
" Where is my scoundrel of a son-in-law ?
Where shall I set eyes on the person of this parricide,
that I may tear him in pieces with my own hands ?
My daughter, too, shall share the fate of her fine
pouse ; for even if she has had no part in his
chemes, as the wife of such a miscreant she is
polluted. But you too, the intended victim of the
olot, astonish me by your forbearance, in leaving, as
it seems, Alexander still alive For my part, I
!
lurried hither from Cappadocia expecting to find

:hat the culprit had long since paid his penalty and
:o hold an inquiry with you upon my daughter,
>vhom, out of regard for your exalted rank, I gave
I way to that wretch. But now, I find, we have to
leliberate about the pair of them. If, then, the
bndness of a father's heart unnerves you for punish-
ng a rebellious son, let us each lend the other his
land, each take the other's place in visiting our
A'rath upon our children." — ^
(2) With this blustering oration Jê deluded Herod, Archelaus
lotwithstanding the latter*s~ attitude of defiance, lîexaade^r,

Serod, at any rate, handed him for perusal the
locuments composed by Alexander and examined
chapter after chapter with him, dwelling upon each.
\rchelaus, finding here an opportunity for furthering
lis ruse, little by little shifted the blame on to the
persons whose names appeared in the volumes, par-

:icularly Pheroras. When he observed that he was
237
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238
gaining the king's confidence, he remarked **

: We
nust be careful to see that all these villains have
lot been conspiring against this young man, and not
he young man against you. For I can see no reason
vvhy he should have plunged into such heinous crime,
.vhen he already enjoyed the honours of royalty and
expected to succeed to the throne, unless there were
others seducing him and misguiding the tractable
^pirit of youth. Such persons, indeed, have been
cnown to impose not only on the young, but on old
nen as well ;by them the most illustrious houses
md entire kingdoms have been overturned."
(3) Herod assented to this speech and for a while
;
-elaxed his wrath with Alexander and vented it

ipon Pheroras, as he was the main theme of the
four documents. Pheroras, observing this quick
hange in the king's feelings and the paramount
influence exercised on him by his friend Archelaus,
despairing of saving himself by honourable means
ôught protection in effrontery he abandoned
:
Alexander and threw himself on the mercy of

Archelaus. The latter replied that he did not see
how he could sue for pardon for a man involved in
such grave charges, which clearly proved that he had
plotted against the king and been the cause of the
young prince's present misfortunes, unless he were
prepared to renounce his villainy and his denials, to
own up to the crimes of which he was accused, and
to ask pardon of his brother, who indeed loved him ;
for that object, said Archelaus, he would render him

every possible assistance.
(4) Pheroras took his advice, and assuming an
attitude calculated to arouse the deepest compassion,
in black raiment and in tears, threw himself at
239
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240
JEWISH WAR, I. 506-509 {cf. ant. xvi. 269)
Herod's feet and craved his pardon as he had often

successfully done before. He confessed himself a
polluted wretch, guilty of all that was laid to his
charge, but deplored his mental derangement and
madness, which he attributed to his passion for his
wife. Archelaus, after thus inducing Pheroras to
appear as his own accuser and to bear witness
against himself, now proceeded to plead for him and pleads
^^^°^'
sought to appease Herod's wrath, citing parallel
cases in his own family history. He had himself,
he said, suffered much worse injury from his brother,
but had preferred the claims of natural affection to
revenge for in kingdoms, as in corpulent individuals,
;
there was always some member becoming inflamed

from the weight which it supported yet what it
;
needed was not amputation but some milder method

of cure.
(5) By many such representations Archelaus sue- and bri
ceeded Herod's anger against Pheroras.

in soothing general
He himself, however, affected to be still indignant reconci
with Alexander, protesting that he would divorce

his daughter and carry her off with him, until he
brought Herod round into the position of a suppliant
on the young man's behalf and a suitor, once more,
for the hand of Archelaus's daughter for his son.
With an air of complete sincerity, Archelaus said
that he had his permission to unite her to whom
he would, save only Alexander for his dearest
;
desire was to maintain the marriage ties which

linked him to Herod. To this the king repHed that
Archelaus, by consenting not to break the marriage,
would really be giving his son back to him, seeing
that they already had children and that the young
man was so deeply attached to his wife ; if she
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p.evov y€ypa(f)€vaL yap avrog eVetVo* Trepl Travrajv.
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Toi' yapiBpov ippvoaro, Trepa? eLX€V' pLerd 5e rag
StaXXayds eV €Voj)(LaLg Kal (f)iXo<l)povriO€aLV htriyov.
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evvovxoi<; Kal TraXXaKlSi, 'qrig iKaXelro IlavvuxiS,

raw T€ (j}iXajv Kar^ dîav.
iripLrjoev eKaorov
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ol avyyevel^; ,
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, ^
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eojg^ AvrLO\eias.
^
513 (xxvi. l) Mer' ov ttoXv he el? rrju TouSatap'

rrapeâXev dvrjp ttoXv ra)i> ApxeXdov Grparrjyq- ^
pidrojv Suvarcorepo?, o? ov piovov rds vrf eKeivov

-TToXirevOeLGas WXe^diSpcv StaXXayds dverpexjjev,
dXXd Kal dTiCoXeias alnos avrw Kareorr}. yevos
rjp AdKOjv, KvpVKXrjs rovvopia, TTodcp xpr]pidrojv
els rrjv âGiXeiav eloffydapeis' ov ydp dvrelx^v
514 en Tj 'EAAa? avrov rfj rroXvreXeia. Xapurpd 8'
'Wpwhrj Scupa rrpoGeveyKOJv, heXeap (Lu eOrjpdro,
^ P: fiexpi-is) the rest.
" In-i. xvi. 270 it is Herod who undertakes to go to Rome.

" Mentioned by Pausanias (ii. 3. 5) as the builder of the
finest baths at Corinth.
242
JEWISH WAR, I. 509-514 (=ant. xvi. 269 f., 301)
remained with him, her very presence would make

him ashamed of his errors, whereas, were she torn
from him, he would be driven to utter desperation ;
for the domestic affections exercised a chastening

and diverting influence on reckless characters.
Archelaus was induced, not without difficulty, to
assent, was reconciled to the youthful offender, and
reconciled him to his father ; he added, however,
that it was absolutely essential that the latter should
be sent to Rome for an interview with Caesar, as he
himself had forwarded a full report of the matter to
the emperor."
(6) Such was the end of the ruse by which Arche- Herod's
laus rescued his son-in-law. After the reconciliation ArchSai
the time was passed in festivity and interchange of
courtesies. On his departure Herod presented him
with seventy talents, a throne of gold set with
precious stones, some eunuchs, and a concubine,
named Pannychis he conferred other favours upon
;
each of his friends, proportionate to their rank.

Magnificent presents were, likewise, by order of
royalty, made to Archelaus by all the high officials
at court. Herod and his nobles then escorted him
as far as Antioch.
(xxvi. 1) Not long after, however, there arrived in visitor
Judaea a man whose influence far outmatched the Scouia
artifices of Archelaus, and who not only broke up the villain:
reconciliation which the latter had negotiated in the Herod!
interest of Alexander, but also proved the cause of
that prince's ruin. He was a Lacedaemonian, named
Eurycles,^ whose accursed visit to the realm arose
from a craving for money, when Greece could no
longer meet his extravagant requirements. He
brought with him magnificent presents for Herod, as
243
JOSEPHUS
/cat TTapaxp^fô- TToXXarrXaaiW Aa^cuv ovhev rjyetro
rrjv KaBapav hooiv, el ijlt) 8t' aljiaros ifjiTTopev-
5\r, oerai rrjv âGiXeiav. TTepLepx^rai yovv rov /3a-
criAea KoXaKeia koI heivoTrjTi Xoyojv Koi Trepl
avTOV ipevSeGLv iyK(x>ixiois . rax^cos 8e GWihojv
Tov *Hpco8oi> rpoTTOv Kol ndvTa Xeyojv re /cat
TTpoLTTOJV ra TTpos TjôinjV avTO), (fylXos €V rots

TTpojTOL? yiver ai- kol yap 6 âoiXevs Sta ttjv
TTarpiha kol Travres ol -nepl avrov rjSeojg Trpo-
erijjiojv rov UTrapTLarrjv.
516 (2) 'OS' erret to, aaOpa rij? otVtas" KareîaOev,
rds re rwv dSeXcfxjjv Sta<ô/3d? /cat oirtog Ste/cetro
TTpos eKaarov 6 nar-qp, AvriTrdrpov fiev êvia
^
TTpoKareiXriTTrOy *j'(/)tAta he AXeâvhpov^^ vnoKpive-

^
rat ifjevad/JLevog eralpov eavrov elvai /cat 'Ap;(e-

Aaou TrdXai' hio Srj /cat rax^co? a>? SeboKi-
p.aofievo'S ehex^r], ovvLorrjcnv S' avrov^ evdeojg
517 Kal 'AptcTTO/SouAoj ra> dheXcfxx). Trdurcov 8' drro-
TTeipadels rcuv TrpouojTTOJV dXXov dXXojs vn-êi,
yiverai he Trpo-qyovfievco? fitodcoros ^ Avrirrdrpov /cat
TTpohorrj? ÂXe^drhpov, rep fieu dv'eiStJajv, et TTpe-
o^vraro? cov TrepLoiperau rov? e(l)ehpevovrag avrov
rat? eXTTLGiv, ^ AXe^dvhpoj he, el yeyewqfievo';^ e/c
âGiXlho? Kal âaiXihi gvvolkojv idaet hiahexôdaL

r-qv dpx'q'^ TOV e^ Ihiajriho?, /cat raura fieyiGrrjv
518 d(f)opiJLr)v ex^v ^ Apx^Xaov. tjv he mGros ra> /xet-
^ Text corrupt : (pLXiav 5e \\\€^dv5pov Bekker.

* iavrou LTRC. ^ yeyevqu.evo'i AL.
" Perhaps, as Reinach suggests, because of the pretended

relationship of Spartans and Jews, 1 Mace. xii. 21 ; Jos.
J. xii. 226.
244
a bait to secure his quarry, and instantly found them

returned with interest but he accounted a pure
;
and simple gift as nothing, if he failed to make

merchandise out of the realm at the price of blood.
So he proceeded to impose on the king by flattery,
clever talk, and lying encomiums upon his merits.
Quickly reading Herod's character and studying in
all he said or did to please him, he was soon numbered
among his principal friends indeed the king and
;
the whole court were delighted to show special

honour to this Spartan, out of regard for his country."
(2) When he had learnt everything about the He
rottenness that was sapping the royal house, the denoun lexan
*^'
quarrel between the brothers and their father's dis- to h ere

position towards each of them, Eurycles, although
under a prior obligation to Antipater for the latter's
hospitality, nevertheless feigned a friendship for
Alexander, falsely claiming to be an old comrade
of Archelaus. With this recommendation he was
quickly received as a proved friend and was at once
introduced by Alexander to his brother Aristobulus.
Exploiting in turn all the various personages,'' he
insinuated himself into favour with each by a different
method but he chiefly acted as a hireling of
;
Antipater and a traitor to Alexander. To the

former he represented how disgraceful it was that
he, the eldest son, should overlook the intrigues
of persons who had an eye upon his prospects to ;
Alexander, that he, the son of one princess and

husband of another, should suffer the son of a woman
of no station to succeed to the throne, especially
when he had in Archelaus such powerful support
behind him. The fiction of his being a friend of
" Or possibly " Trying in turn all the parts in the play."
24.5
JOSEPHUS
pcu<la) ovfJLôvXog rrjv Wpx^Xdov (jiiXiav TrXaod-
fxevos' 'AXeâvSpos rd
Sto /X7]8ev vnoorreXXoiievos
T€ /car' WvrLTTarpov aTTOjhvpero Trpos avrov /cat
ws 'HpoSST]? a-UTOjv TTjV jjLTjrepa /cretVa? ov irapd-
Boôv et /cat avrovs dcjyaipeZrai rrjv iKelvrjs âai-
AeiW" e(^* ols 6 KvpvKXi^s OLKrelpeLV re /cat ctui^-
619 aXyelv VTreKplvero. rd 8' avrd /cat rw 'Aptaro-
ôvXov €L7T€LV SeXeduas /cat rats' /caret rod Trarpos
fjiefiipeoLv ivS-qodfJLevos dpL<f)OTepovs a>X€TO <j)€pcxjv
^
AvTiTrdrpcp rd dTTopp-qTa' TrpoaerrLipcvSeTaL 8'
iTTLôvXrjV d>s iveSpevovrojv avrop twv dSeA^cDv

/cat piovov OVK i7n<j>€p6vT<jL)V rjBr]rd ^L(f)r). Xaôjv
8' eVt rourots" \pr]p.drcDV ttXtjOos erraLverris tjv
620 ^ Avmrdrpov^ rrpos rov rrarepa. rd 8e reAeuratoi/

ipyoXa^-qoas rov ÂpLoroôvXov /cat WXc^dvhpov
ddvarov Karrj-yopos avrdov irrl rod rrarpos ylveraL,
Kal TTpooeXddw avrihihovai rd t,rjv e(j)aoK€v ^HpcoBrj
rojv ets" avrov €vepy€GLd)V /cat rd (f)dj? dfjLoi^-qv rrjs
ê^'tas' dvrLTrapex^tv rrdXai ydp iri' avrov rjKovrj-
odaL ^L(f)os /cat rrjv WXe^dvSpov rerovcoadac Seîar,

epiTohcov 8' avrds yeyovevai ro) rdêi ovvepyelv
521 vvoKpideis' (fidvau ydp rov WXeâvbpov, cus ovk
dyaTTO. PaGiXevoas avrds 'Hpoj8/yS" eV oAAorptot?
/cat fierd rdv rijs /.L-qrpds avrcov <f)6vov rifv eKeiurjs
dpx^v o-adrjoas, dAA' eVt /cat vodov elodyerac

^
Std8o;)(OV Avrirrdrpoj ro) (f)d6pa) rrjV rraTTTTcoav
avrujv âoiXîav rrporeivwv. rLpwpTâeLV ye fitju
avrds roLS 'YpKavov Kal [rot?]^ ^^laptdp^fii-js
haipLOcnv ovhe ydp TrpeTTeiv avrdv 8ta8eâcrât
^ +/cat PA. - P: T/";? AM : om. the rest.
* Or " in which he was an ahen."

24.6
JEWISH WAR, I. 518-521 (r/. ant. xvi. 305-307)
Archelaus made the young prince regard him as a

counsellor to be trusted and so, without any re-
;
serve, Alexander poured out to him his grievances

against Antipater, adding that it would not be sur-
prising if Herod, after murdering their mother, should
rob him and his brother of her kingdom. Thereupon
Eurycles pretended to pity and condole with him.
He then inveigled Aristobulus into using similar
language, i -d iving implicated both brothers in
i
complaints i their father, went off with these

confidences '
; with the addition of his
own invention, ii..
'
'^rs were plotting against
him, watching their oppoi S^.. and even then were

almost upon him sword in hand. Richly rewarded
for his intelligence, he proceeded to sing the praises
of Antipater to his father. Finally, having under-
taken a' a price to bring about the death of Aristo-
bulus and Alexander, he came to lay his indictment
of them before their parent.
Visiting Herod, he declared that he came to bring
him return for his benefactions to himself, the
life in
light of day in repayment for his hospitality. *' For,"
he said, " a sword has long since been sharpened for
your destruction and Alexander's right arm braced
to wield it. It is I who have retarded the blow by
pretending to assist him." Alexander, he continued,
had said that Herod, not content with reigning him-
self over an empire which belonged to others,'* not
content, after murdering their mother, with squander-
ing her realm, was now proceeding to foist in a
bastard as his successor and to offer their grand-
father's kingdom to that pest, Antipater. But he,
Alexander (so Eurycles reported him), would avenge
the spirits of Hyrcanus and Mariamme ; for it would
247
J05EPHUS
napa tolovtov Trarpo? ttjv apxh^ Slxcl (j)6vov.
522 77oAAd S' elvai rd Trapo^vvovra KaS^ rffxepav, (Lore
fjLTjhe AaAtct? TLva rponov dGVKO(f)dvTr]Tou /cara-
X€Xei(f)6aL' 7T€pl iJL€u ydp evyevelag erepajv (jLvetas
yevoîvrjs aurd? aXoyios vf^pitêodai, rod Trarpd?
XiyovTO? " 6 fjLOvo? €vy€vr]<^ WXdâvBpo? /cat rov
TTarepa 8t' dyeveiav dSoôjv " Kara 8e rd^ ^rjpa? •
7TpOGKpOV€LV fieU OLOJTTOJV, €7TaLV€aa<S hk 77 pOG-

523 aKOveiv e'lpajv. Ttavraxov 8' dixîXiKTOv evplaKetu
Tov TTarepa /cat fJLOuco (j)LX6oropyov WurLTzdrpaj, 8t'
6v^ qheoj'^ /cat redvi'iêudai /xr) Kparijaas rij? im-
ôXrj?.^ Kreivavn 8e elvai, ocorripias d(j}opixriv
TTpdirov fiei' Wpx^Xaov ovra Kriheonqv, Trpog ou
hLa(êv^€odai pahiws, eVetra Kataapa p-^xpL vvv
524 dyvoovvra rov 'Wpojhov rponov ov ydp oj? 77pd-
repov avro) TrapaGr-queodai 77e0pt/caj? rov €(f)-
€Grojra TTarepa^ ovbk <f)d€y^€G9aL^ Trepl rcbu eaurov
fjLOvou eyKX-qpidraju, dXXd -rrpojrov fiev KTjpvêLV rd<;
rov edvov? cruftôpd? /cat rovs p-^XP'^ 4'^X'O^ (fôpo-
Xoyoufieuov^, eTretr' ei? oTa? rpv(f)d? /cat Tipdêis
rd 8t' alfiaros rroptGdevra ;^p7]/xaTa dvr}Xco9r],
70i)? re e^ r)p.<2)V TrXovrrjoavras olol, /cat rd<^
52a depaTTevdeiGa? rroXeus eVt riGiv. t,rjrriGeiv 8e /cat
rov TrdTTTTOv eKel /cat rr/v pur^repa /cat rd rrjg
âaiAeta? jjlvgt] Trdvra Kripvêcv, i(f>* ols ou Kpidij-
oeodat TTarpoKrovo?.
1 5 Destinon : quae Lat.

* Destinon: eVtjSoi'X^j mss. ; cf. B-. vi. 64- (some .ms3.).
2 Bekker with Lat. : (pdfyâadai mss.
" Rather his ^reat-grandfather, Hyrcanus, who was the
father of Alexandra, the mother of Mariamme.
248
ill become him to inherit the throne from such a

father without bloodshed. Then there were the
constant daily provocations to which he was sub-
jected, insomuch that he could not utter a single
word which escaped calumny. Were allusion made
to other persons' noble lineage, his father gratuitously
insulted him by remarking, " Nobody is noble but
Alexander here, who scorns his father for the base-
ness of his birth "! On the hunting-field, were he
silent, he gave offence did he express commenda-
;
tion, he was pronounced ironical to boot. On all

occasions, in fact, he found his father implacable,
reserving all his affection for Antipater. He would,
therefore, willingly die, if his enterprise miscarried.
If, on the other hand, he struck the fatal blow, he
had protectors to fall back upon first Archelaus,
;
his father-in-law, to whom he could easily make his

escape ;and then Caesar, who to that very day was
ignorant of Herod's true character. For he would
not, as once before, stand before the emperor, over-
awed by his father's presence, nor would he confine
his observations to his personal grievances. No he ;
would first proclaim to the world the sufferings of his

nation, bled to death by taxation, and then go on to
describe the luxury and malpractices on which the
motley obtained by its blood was lavished, the char-
acters of the men who had grown rich at his and his
brother's expense, and the motives which had led to
the favouritism shown to particular cities. There,
too, he would bring up for inquiry the fate of his
grandfather ^ and his mother, and make public all
the abominations of the realm. Under such condi-
**
tions he could not be condemned as a parricide.

^ Or " reign."
249
JOSEPHUS
526 (3) TotauTa Kar' 'AAeâi^Spou T€paT€Vodfi€Vos

KvpvKXi]? i7TrjU€L TToXXa Tov WvTLTTaTpou, cu? dpa
fjLOVog re e'lr] (jaXoTrdrajp Koi hid tovto p-^xpt' vvv

Trj<; eTTLôvXyjg ifiTToBios. fJLrjTTOj Se KaXojg irrl rot?
TTpujTOis 6 /SacrtAei)? /caTecrraA/xeVo? dvr]K€arov
et's"
527 opyrjV iâypLOvrat. kol rrdXiv Xa^dw Kaipdv 'Ai^ri-

TTarpos iripovs Kara rcbv dSeA(/»a>i^ V7T€7T€fi7T€U
Karrjyopovs Xeyeiv on 'IoukouVSoj Kal Tvpdvvoj
Xddpa SiaXeyoLvro, rot? LTTrrdpxoLS /xeV vore rou
âaiXeaj? yevopiivois rore S' e/c rivujv rrpoo-
,
KpouGfJidrajv dTTOTTeTrrcuKOGt r-qs rdêojs. e^' of?

*Y{pdjhiqsvrrepayavaKr-qoa? evdeoj? iâodvLaeu
628 rov5 dvSpa?. dAA' ol jxev ovSev rcjv hia^X-qdevrajv
d)fxoX6yovv, TTpoeKOfiladr] 8e rt? Trpo? rov 'AAe^-
eTTLorroXr) napd ÂXe^dvSpov
avSpetou^ (f)povpapxov
TTapaKaXovvro? avrdv Sefr/rat rd) <f)povpuo
Iva
fierd WpLoroôvXov rov d6€X(f)ov Kreivavra rov
TTarepa, Kal Trapdoxj] rol? orrXot? ;\;p7]craaât Kat
629 Tat? aAy\at? d(f)opp.at? ravrrjv WXdâvhpo? ijl€v
.
elvai eAcyev rdxâofia Atoâi^TOf ypa/x/xarcu? 8'

171ô ^L6(j>avros rov âoiXicos, roXfi-qpog dvrjp kol
ScLVOs fJUfji-qoaodaL Trdor]? ;)(eip6? ypdjifiara- noXXd
yovv TTapaxapdâs reXevralov eVt rovrco [/cat J'
KreLver at. âoaviaas Se rov (f)povpapxov '}]pd)Br]s
ovhev rJKovGev ouSe Trap' iKeivov row Siaê^Xr}-
[levojv.
530 (4) 'AAAa KairoL rovs iXeyxovs evploKOJV dode-
vels rovs VLOVSeVeAewaey rrjpelv, en fiivroL XeXv
p.€vovg,rov Se Xvpiedjva rrjs OLKtas Kal Spafia-
rovpyov oXov rov p.voovs EvpuKAe'a, oojrrjpa Kal
' Destinon from Lat. : 'AXe^dvdpov PA : 'Hpw5ou the rest.
' om. PAM
Lat.
250
JEWISH WAR, I. 526-530 (c/. ant. xvi. 314-321)
(3) Having delivered this monstrous tirade against

officers
Alexander, Eurycles pfocêded"to^ extol Antipater torture.

to the skies, as the only son who had any filial
affection, an afTection which had so far enabled him
to thwart the plot. The king, who had scarcely
recovered his composure after previous shocks, burst
into ungovernable fury. Antipater, seizing this new
opportunity, privily sent in others to accuse his
brothers of holding clandestine interviews with
Jucundus and Tyrannus, at one time commanders of
the king's cavalry, but now, owing to some mis-
demeanours, degraded. This report brought Herod's
indignation to a climax, and he instantly had the
two men put to the torture. They made no confes-
sion of the crimes imputed to them but a letter
;
was produced, addressed by Alexander to the

governor of Alexandrion, requesting him to admit
him and his brother Aristobulus to that fortress after
they had slain their father, and to grant them the
use of the arms and the other resources of the place.
This letter Alexander declared to be the handiwork
of Diophantus, a secretary of the king, an audacious
fellow who had a clever knack of imitating any
handwriting, and who, after numerous forgeries, was
eventually put to death for a crime of that nature.
Herod had the keeper of the fortress put to the
torture, but from him too failed to elicit anything
bearing on the alleged facts.
(4) Notwithstanding the weakness of the obtain- The end
^''
able evidence, Herod gave orders for a watch to be "^^^
kept on his sons, though still leaving them their
liberty. As for Eurycles, the bane of his house and
stage-manager of the whole abominable business,
251
.
JOSEPHUS
evepyeriqv KaXcov, TTevrrjKOvra Scupetrat raXavToiS'
6 be TTjV oLKpi^rj (f>TJfJLr]v <t)dd(jas etV KaTTTrahoKiav
dpyvpLleraL Kal rrapd Wpx^Xdov, roXjjLrjGa? etTreZv
631 OTL Kal SiaXXdêcev 'HpcoSrjv WXe^dvSpoj. Stapa?
8' €1? T-qv 'EAAaSa toZs €K KaKcov KTiqdeLcnv €tV
ofioia KaTexP'Tioaro' his yovv inl Kalcrapos Kar-
rjyoprjdel? eVt tw ordoeojs ifiTrXrJGaL rrjv A)(atav ^
Kal TTepiSveii' rd? TroAet? (ûyaSeuerat. KaKelvou

pL€V ovrojs y) WXe^dvbpou Kal ÂptoToôvXou
TTOLvrj TTepL-fjXdev.
532 (5)"A^LOV 8e avTideluai rov Kcpov Kvdpearov^
TO) XTTapTLdrrj- Kal yap ovros cjv eV rot? fidXiara
<f)LXos^ ÂXe^dvSpo) Kal Kara rov avrov Eupu/cAet
Kaipov €77 tBrjpLTjGas 77vvdavofJL€va} TO) âGiXel Trepl
(Lv €K€ivos hiiâXXev opKOis to ix-qhev aKrjKoevaL
533 [Trapa]' tcDi^ fieLpaKicov €7naT0jaaT0. ov fxrju
wvnuiv ye tl tovs ddXlovg' fjLOiôjv yap 171^ rwv
KaKOJV aKpoarrfS eToiixoraros 'Hpcubrjs Kal Ke-
Xapiaaevo? avro) rrd? 6 avfJLmGrevajv Kal auv-
ayavaKTcov
634 (xxvii. 1) Ylapoj^vvev 8' avrov Kal âXajyurj
rrju eVt rotS" reKvois ti/xoTT^ra. ravrrjv yap ovv-
hrjoaadaL rots klv^vvol? 6 WpLoroôuXo? deXcov,
ovaav eKvpdv Kal rriBiha, StaTrep-Trerat Gcoêuu
eavTTjV TTapaivchv TTapeoKevdaO at yap âoiXea
e<j>* ots" Kal Trporepov,
KTeiveiv avrrju hta^Xridelaav
SuAAatcp TO) "Apaî yrjixaadai GTrovSdôvaa
OTL
Xddpa Ta Tov jSacrtAeoj? dTtopp-qra hiayyeXXoi Trpos
635 avTov exOpdv ovTa. tovO' a)077ep TeXevTaia dveXXa
^ Evaparov RC (through assimilation to A.'\).
* Niese (f>i\oL$ mss.
:
^ om. PA.
" C7". J 487.

252
JEWISH WAR, I. 530-535 ( = ant. xvi. 309 ff., 322)
the king called him his saviour and benefactor, and

presented him with fifty talents. That villain then,
before the true story of the affair got abroad, made
off to Cappadocia, where he extorted more money
from Archelaus, having the impudence to assert
that he had reconciled Herod to Alexander. Thence
he crossed to Greece, where he employed the pro-
ceeds of his crimes on equally criminal objects.
Twice arraigned before Caesar for spreading sedition
throughout Achaia and fleecing the cities of that
province, he was condemned to exile. Thus did
retribution overtake him for his betrayal of Alexander
and Aristobulus.
(5) As a contrast to the conduct of this Spartan contraste
°
may fitly be mentioned that of Euarestus of Cos. another
The latter, who was one of Alexander's most intimate ^'S'tor.
friends, paid a visit to Judaea at the same time as

Eurycles, and on being questioned by the king upon
the allegations made by his other guest, affirmed on
oath that he had heard nothing of the kind from the
young men. His testimony, however, was of no
avail to the unfortunate wretches for Herod had a
;
ready ear only for slander, and all stood high in his
favour who shared his credulity and his indignation.
(xxvii. 1)A further stimulus to Herod's cruelty to Salomes
his sons was given by Salome. For Aristobulus, tton!"^'*
wishing to involve her, who was at once his mother-
in-law and aunt, in the perils threatening himself,
sent her a warning to look to her own safety, as the
king was prepared to kill her on the charge previously
brought against her " namely that, in her anxiety to
:
marry the Arab Syllaeus, she had privately communi-

cated to him the secrets of the king, whose enemy
he was. This was, as it were, the final hurricane
253
JOSEPHUS
)(€Lfialôf.Leiov9 rovg veavioKOVi €7T€^d7TTLO€v 17
yap XaXcoiJL-q SpajJLOvcra TTpos âoiXda ttjv irap-

atveoLu efjLrjvvoev. KaKelvo? ovk€tl Kaprepijaas
8ecr/xet fiev aii<f>OT€povs rov? utets"Kal hie^wpLo^v
oltt" dXX-qXoji', TTefJLTTeL he rrpos Kalaapa hid rdxovs
OvoXovfJLVLOu re rou arparoTreSdpx'rjv Kal tojv (f>i-
Xujv^ "OXvfJLTTOV eyypd(j)ovs^ rds urjvvaeLS êpovras.

536 ol S' COS" els 'Pco/x7]v TrXeiJoavres direhooav rd aTTo
Tov âatXeajs ypdiifiara, u(j)6hpa pikv rj)(9eadr)
Kalaap eVt rots veavioKois, ov fMTjv a)ero heZv
d(f)€XeadaL rov Trarepa ttjv rrepl^ rcov vlcjv eôvoiav.
537 dvriypd(j)ei yovv Kvpiov jxev avrdv KaOiGrds, ev
fievroL TTOLriaeiv Xeyojv, el pierd kolvov ovveSplou
T(x)v re Ihiojv Gvyyevojv Kal tojv Kard rrjp eirapxiav
r^yepLOVcuv eêrdueiev rrjv eTnôvXiqv Kav p-ev
ivexojvrat, Kreiveiv, edv he piovov ojglv hpaapidv
êôvXevpevoL, KoXdlêtu pLerpicorepov.
538 (2) TovTOLS 'Hpcuhrjs TTeiSerai, Kal rrapa-
yevopLevog els Brjpvrov, evda Trpoaeraêv Katcrap,
Gvvrjye rd hiKaaT-qpiov 7TpoKadLL,ovGiv*'.re ol
rjyepLoves^ ypa(f>ev avrols vtto Kalaapos, Tiarop-
VLVos re Kal ol Trepl IlehdvLOv rrpeoêiSy cruv ols
Kal OvoXovpiVLOS [6y eTrirpoiTOS, erreid^ ol rod
âaiXecus Gvyyevels Kal <f)iXoi, XaXcoprj re /cai
êpcopas, pLed^ ovs ol Trdorjs T^vpias dpioroi ttXtji
Âp-êXdov rod âoiXeajs' rovrov ydp ovra ktj-
heGTTjV ^ AXe^dvhpov hi vrroiptas ^^X^^ 'Hpcuh-qg.
1 Destinon from Lat. : t6u <pi\oy mss.

* f77/5d0w9 LTRC. » PA Kard the rest.
:
* PA trpoKadiôvTal
: the rest.
' +A'oTd TO PAM. « om. PA.
ffide
*•
Beirut.
25*
JEWISH WAR, 1. 535-538 (c/ ANT. xvi. 323, 332, 356 ff.)
which submerged the tempest-tossed youths. For

Salome ran off to the king and reported the warning
which she had received. Herod, his patience ex- Herod
hausted, put both his sons in irons and in separate thJ'prin'S
confinement he then hastily dispatched Volumnius,
;
and repon
the military tribune, and Olympus, one of his friends, Angiustus^
with all the information in writing, to Gaesar. Taking
ship to Rome they deUvered the king's dispatches
to the emperor, who, while deeply distressed for the
young men, did not think it right to deprive the
father of his authority over his sons. He replied
accordingly, leaving Herod complete liberty of action, Augustus
but adding a recommendation to him to hold an f fr^gê han
inquiry into the plot before a joint council of his
own relatives and the provincial governors ; then, if
his sons were convicted, to put them to death, but if
they had merely meditated flight, to be content with
a milder penalty.
(2) Acting on this advice, Herod repaired to Trial held
Berytus," the place appointed by Caesar, and there c^^g^g^c?

assembled the court. In accordance with written
instructions received from Caesar, the Roman officers
presided, namely Saturninus^ and his legates, Pedanius
and others with them was associated Volumnius
;
'^
the procurator. Next came the king's relatives and

friends, including Salome and Pheroras, and after
these all the aristocracy of Syria, with the exception
af King Archelaus for, as Alexander's father-in-
;
'^
law, he was regarded by Herod with distrust. His

''
C. Sentius Saturninus, governor of Syria, previously
xtnsul in 19 b.c.
* It is uncertain whether he is identical with Herod's
"riend and ambassador (§ 535).
**
Cappadocia, it appears, must at this time have been
jnder the superintendence of the governor of Syria.
255
J05EPHUS
539 Tovs ye fi-qv VLOus ov -npoi^yayev etV rrjv hiKrjv
fjidXa TTpofxrjdajs' jjêi yap on kol pLovov ocfydevreg
iXerjdrjOOVT at Travrajs' et 8e St) koI \6yov pera-
Xdl3oL€P, pahlajg ÂXeâvhpou OLTToXvaeodat rds

atTta?. dXX OL pL€u iv nAaravT^ Kcop-rj HibajVLOJU
i(f)povpovvTO.
540 (3) KaraoTOLS 5' o âotXev^ ch? rrpos Tjapovra?
8l€T€lv€to, Kar-qyopei t€ r-qv pieu eTTLôvXrju
dodevo)?, cl>? dv dnopovpLevos els avrrju iXeyx^J^v,
Xoihopias 8e kol oKcoppara /cat v^peis Kal nXrjpL-
pieXelas pLvpias els avrov, d kol davdrov xaXe-
TTcorepa rols GVvehpoLS d7Te(f)T]veu . eTretra pi-qhevos
dvTiXeyovTOs eTtOLKricrdpevos > cos avros dXioKOiro
KOL VLKCOV^ VLKTjV TTLKpdv Kara TOJU TeKVOJU, eTTTjpOJTa
541 rrfv yvcopLYju eKaarou. Kal TrpojTOS HaTopvtvos
a7Te(j)rjvaTo KaraKpLveiv p.ev tCjv veavioKotv, dXX
ov ddvarov ov yap elvai deparou avro), rpicov
TTapeGTcurajv reKiôju, erepov reKvois dTrajXeiav
eTTLxpTicjiLoaoOaL. ovpLip-qchoL 8' avro) Kal ol hvo
TTpeoêvral yivovrai, Kal tovtols erepoi rives
54"-'
rjKoXovdrjoau. OvoXoypvLOs Se rrjs OKvdpojnrjs
avrov Trdvres ddvarov
d7ro(f)dGeojs rjpâro, Kal /x€t'
KaraKpivovoiv rcov pLeipaKLOJU, ol piev KoXaKevovres,
ol be pLLcrovvres '}lpcoSr)v, Kal ovSels Si' dyavdKrt]-
543 OLV. evda h-q piereojpos 'q re Supia Trdaa Kal ro
^lovSa'LKOv Tjv eKêxopevcov ro reXos rov hpdp.aros'
ovhels pLevroL vireXdpâvev eoeoOai piexpt reKvo-
Krovlas (hpov 'Wpdjh-qv. 6 he ovpas rovs vlovs,
* yiKi{)i} M and apparently Lat.

256
sons were not produced by Herod in court a very —

wise precaution, for he knew that their mere appear-
ance would be sure to arouse compassion, while, if
they were further permitted to speak, Alexander
would have no difficulty in rebutting the charges.
So they were detained in custody at Platana," a
village in the territory of Sidon.
(3) The king, on rising, nevertheless inveighed Coudemn
against them as though they had been present. His ponces?
accusation of a plot was, for lack of proofs, weak ;
but he dwelt on the affronts, mockeries, insults, and

offences innumerable of which he had been the
victim, and which, he declared to the court, were
more cruel than death itself. After that, none con-
tradicting him, he commiserated his hard fate that
even in winning his case against his sons his triumph
would be bitter and himself the loser, and then asked
them all to express their opinions. Saturninus first
delivered his opinion, which was to condemn the
young men, but not to death as the father of three
;
children present in court, it would not be right for

him, he said, to vote for the destruction of the
children of another. His two legates voted in the
same sense and their example was followed by some
others. Volumnius was the first to pronounce a pitiless
sentence ; and all who followed him condemned the
lads to death, some from flattery, others from hatred
of Herod, none from indignation against the prisoners.
From that moment all Syria and Jewry were in sus-
pense, anxiously awaiting the last act of the drama ;
yet none supposed that Herod would carry his cruelty
to the length of murdering his children. He, mean-
« Eas Damur, on the coast, S. of Beirut and about half-
way between it and Sidon.
VOL. II K 257
JOSEPHUS
€ts" Tvpol' KOLKcldei' SLarrXevaa? els Katfjdpetav
rpoTTOv avaipeoeojs tols /xetpa/ciot? icrKenrero.
544 (4) naAatos" Se ng rod âoiXiojs GTpaTia)Tr)s,
ovojia Tipojv, €)(ûl>v vlov Gôhpa (Tvvqdrj /cat (f)i\ov
'AAeâvSpoj /cat avros qyaTTTjKojg t8ta ret p.€ip6.KLa,
hi VTTepôXrjV dyavaKTTJoecos €K(f>pojv eyiverOy^ /cat

ro iikv TTpcjTov e/5oa TTepLLOjy 77€7TarrJGdai ro
SiKaiov, oLTToXcoXevaL rrjv dXr'jdetav, uvyKexâOai
TTjV (fiVGLV, dvOpLiaS y€fjL€LV TOV ^lOV , KOL TTOLvd^ OOa
645 fiTj (f)€LhoiJLevcp rod îjv VTTTjyopeve ro ttolOo?. reXog
8e /cat Toj /SacrtAet ToXp.-qoa<^ irpooeXdelv " dAA'
e/xot fi€v," " KaKoSaL/jLoveoraro? etVat So/cct?,
€(f)q,
OCTTt? Kara, rcov (f)LXrdra)u TTeldfj rols TTOvrjpordroi?,
€tye Oepojpa /cat SaAoj/XT]? Karayvovs TToXXdKig
Bdvarov 7tlot€V€l? rovroig Kara row reKvojv, ol
G€ rcov yvrjGLCov TrepiKorrrovres 8ta8o;â»i^ eV*
Âvrirrdrpo) KaraXeiTTovGL p-ovoj, rov eavrolg ev-
546 p-^rax^LpLGrou alpovpLevoi âaiXia. GKeipaL piivroL
ye, fiT] TTore /cd/cetVoj yevrjrai pXGO? eV rot? arpa-
riojrais 6 raJv dSeXc/xjw ddvaros' ov yap eariv
OGri? OVK e'Aeet rd ptetpaKia, raJw Se rjycpovow /cat
<f)avepdj9 dyavaKrovGLv -rroAAot." ravO^ dp.a Xeycjv
(l>v6pLat,€.v rovs dyavaKrovvra<; 6 8e âcrtAeus" .
evdeojg iKeivovs re /cat avrdv /cat top' vldv avrov

GVveXdpLâvev.
547 (5) 'E^' <I) rcjv Ik rrj? avXrj^ rt? Kovpeoju,
Tpv(f>ojv ouopLa, 7rpo€K7TrjhriGas €/c rivos deo-
/SAa/9eta?^ eavrov p-qwr-qs yiverai. " KapLe,"
yap " Tipcjjv ovros dvcTreideu, drav deparrevo)
€(f)rj,
'
PA : iyivero the rest.
2 PA : (ppifo^Xaêlas the rest.
258
while, dragged his sons to Tyre, and, taking ship

thence to Caesarea, pondered in his mind over the
manner of their execution.
(4) Now there was an old soldier in the king's Action o
army, named Tiro, whose son was on very intimate Skiier^
and friendly terms with Alexander, and who had a
personal affection himself for the young princes.
This man, in the excess of his indignation, lost his
reason. At first he went about shouting that justice
had been trampled under foot, truth was dead, the
laws of nature confounded, the world full of iniquity,
and whatever else his emotion suggested to one who
was careless of his life. At length he boldly pre-
sented himself to the king and thus addressed him :
" Most god-forsaken of men, that is my opinion of

you, you who to the injury of your nearest and
dearest trust the word of the basest of scoundrels,
if it be true that Pheroras and Salome, whom you
have so often sentenced to death, have now made
you believe their slanders upon your children. They
are cutting off your legitimate heirs, leaving you none
but Antipater, choosing him for king as the most
manageable in their leading-strings. But take care
that the death of his brothers does not one day rouse
against him the hatred of the army for there is not
;
a man there who does not pity the lads, and many of
the officers are freely expressing their indignation."
He forthwith named these malcontents and they ;
were promptly arrested by the king, together with

Tiro and his son.
(5) Thereupon, one of the court barbers, named and of
Trypho, possessed by some strange frenzy, rushed J'^^T^^
*
forward and turned informer against himself. " Me

too," he cried, " this Tiro tried to induce to cut your
259
JOSEPHUS
Toj ^vpo) o€ ^Lax^LpLoaodai, /xeyaAas" re /jloc nap*
618 'AAeâi'Spov Sojpea? vttlgx^Îto." ravr* OLKOvaa?
'Hpojbrjg Tov re Tipcova avv roj iraihl kol rov
Kovpea âadvois hiriXey)(êv , kol roJu fxev apvov-
fievcoVy rod 8e
fii]heu rrXeov Xeyovrog, urpe^Xovv
549 eKeXevaev rov Tlpcova G<f>ohp6repov. 6 8' vlos
OLKTelpag vrreox^ro rev âuiXel rravra firjvvGeiv,
el ;âptCTatTO rov rrarepa avrw. KOLKelvov Sovrog
€L7rev 6 rrarrjp avrov TreioBels
COS AXeâvhpco ^
BeXrjoeiev avrov aveXelv. rovd^ ol /xev eh arr-

aXXay-qv rrjs rod rrarpos at/cta? TreTrXdodat, rives
he aXrjdes eXeyov.
550 (6) 'HpcoSrjs yeev eKKXr]oia rcjv re r\ye-
fi-qv
\x6v<jL>v KoX Karriyop-qoas rov Xaov err*
Tipojvos
avrovg eorparoXoyqcrev avroOc yovv dvaipovvrai
fierd rod Kovpeojs ^vXols âXXop-evoi Kal XlOols.
551 TTep.ipas Se Kal rovs vlels elsHeâurrjv , ovaav ov
rroppco rrjs Kataapetas", Trpooeraêv aTTOirvZâi.
Kal reXeodevros avrco rax^cos rod TTpoordyjjiaros
rovs veKpovs els AXe^dvhpeiov eKeXevoev dva-
^
KOjJiLcrdrjvaL ro (f)povpLOVj (TVvra(f)iiGOiJLevovs *AAe^-

dvhpoj rqj firjTpoTrdropL. ro puev ovv *AXe^dvSpov
Kal WpLoroôvXov reXos roiodrov [rjv^^}
652 (xxviii. 1)
^
Avmrdrpo) he dh-qpirov eôvrt,
rrjv hiahoxrjv jjllgos fJiev d(j>6p-qrov eK rod edvovs
eTTeyeiperai, Trdvrcov eTTLorafievajv on rds hia-
ôXds roLS dheX<f)Ois Trdoas eTTLOvvrdêiev ovros,
VTTOLKOvpei he Kal heos ov fierpiov avâvofJLevr]v
opojvrL rrjv rcJov dvr)prjjjievwv yevedv -qaav yap
^ AXe^drhptp (.Lev eK TXa(f)vpas vleis hvo, Tiypdvrjs
1 om. LTKC.
S60
JEWISH WAR, I. 54>7-552 ( = ant. xvi. 387 ff., xvii. 1)
throat with my razor when in attendance upon you,

promising me a large reward from Alexander." On
hearing this, Herod put Tiro, his son and the barber
under the torture, and when father and son denied
all and the other would add nothing more, gave
orders to rack Tiro still more severely. The son,

thereupon, moved with compassion, promised to tell
the king everything if he would spare him his father.
Herod granting his request, he stated that his father,
at the instigation of Alexander, intended to kill him.
This statement, according to some, was a fabrication
to end his father's sufferings, while others maintained
that it was true.
(6) Herod summoned a public assembly, formally Executi
accused the officers concerned and Tiro, and enlisted ^J^'^*'^'
the aid of the populace to dispatch them they and ; Aristob
the barber were beaten to death on the spot with
cudgels and stones. He then sent his sons to
Sebaste,*' a town not far from Gaesarea, and ordered
them to be strangled. The order was promptly
executed, and direction was given to convey the
bodies to the fortress of Alexandrion, for burial there
with Alexander, their maternal grandfather. Such 7-6 b.c.
was the end of Alexander and Aristobulus.
(xxviii. 1) Antipater, having now an indisputable Un-

claim to the succession, became an object of intoler- J°§"flfa!i
able abhorrence to the nation for all knew that it Antipat
;
was he who had contrived all the calumnies against

his brothers. He was, moreover, haunted with grave
alarm at the sight of the children of his victims grow-
ing to maturity. For Alexander had by Glaphyra
two sons, Tigranes and Alexander ; and by his
" Samaria.
261
JOSEPHUS
Kal WXeâuhpo?, ÂpioToôvXa) 8' cV Bepi^tVry?
T7J<; 2aAa»/xT7? *Hpa»8r^9 fjLev Kal *Aypi7r7ra? /cat
Âplgt6ôvXo<; viol, duyarcpeg 8e 'HpcoSid? /cai
653 yiaptdiJLfjLr) . ttjv p.kv ovv rXa(f)vpai> pL^ra rrj';
TTpOlKOS *Hpa»§77? 0.77 €77 € flip €U^ €1? Ka7777a5o/<tai^,

ojs aiêtAei^ WXeâvhpov, rrjv WpLoroôvXov he
liepvlKr)^ owa)Ki(j€v deloj Trpo? pLrjrpos 'Ai'Tt-
Trdrpov rrju yap lLaXcx>iir]v ovoav bLd(f)opow i^-
OLK€LOvpi€iô? 6 Ai/TtVaTpo? TOVTOv eVpay/uareuaaTO
'
654 Tov yd/JLov. TTepirjeL 8e Kal rov êptopav 8o3pot?

T6 Kal rat? dXXais BepaTielais Kal 701)? Kat'crapo?
'
(hiXov; ovK dXlya 77€fjL77a)v eiV riju Poj/jltji''^
XPV'
jLtara. 01 ye p,rju Tiepl 'Laropvlvov iv Supi'a TtdvT€.<;
iv€7TXiqodr]oav row drr^ avTov Sa>pe(I>v. qxLoelTO
be btbovg TrXeloi', oj<; dv ovk €k rod peyaXoipvxov
655 ;âpi4d/x6P'o? oAA' dvaXloKCov Kara heo<; avviâivev .
8e^ rov<; fieu XapP6.vovra<; ovhev pdXXov euVou?

ylveodai, ;âAe77a>Tepou? 8' ix6pov<; oU fJ-i) 8180177.
Aa/iTrpoTc'pa? 8e «:a^' rjpepau eVoietro ra? 8ta-
8dcr€is", opdJv Tou âoiXea Trap* as avros iXTrlSas
elxev iTTifieXovpLefov row 6p<bavojv Kal rrjv irrl

Tots dvr)prjpL€V0LS pLerdvoiav ip(j)aLvovra hC d>v
TjXeeL Tovs ef eKelvojv.
550 Hvvayaydw ydp Tjore 'Wpd)br]s ovyyevels
(2)
re Kal <f>lXovs Trapaor-qadpevos re rd 7rat8ta Kal
haKpvojv epTiXi'jGas rovs 6(f)BaXpov<; elrrev " €p.e
rous pev rovrujv 7ro.r€pas OKudpojTTOs d(j)elXero
halpojv, ravra 8c pot per a rrjs (fyvaeojs crvvlarrjoLU
eXeos dpât't'a?. TTeipdjpai 8\ el Kal Trarrjp
iyeuopL-qv druxeoraros, rrd7TTros yovv yeveodat
* dv/TTfwiZ'ff M. * (iri 'Pd!iJ.r)i P.
' 6i] LRC : Ti Niese.
262
JEWISH WAR, I. 552-556 (cf. ant. xvii. 6-13)
marriage with Bernice, Salome's daughter, Aristo-

bulus had three, Herod, Agrippa, and Aristobulus,
besides two daughters, Herodias and Mariamme.
After the execution of Alexander, Herod had sent
back Glaphyra to Cappadocia with her dowry ;
Bernice, the widow of Aristobulus, he gave in marriage

to Antipater's maternal uncle,*^ this match being
arranged by Antipater in order to conciliate his
enem},- Salome. Antipater further sought to in-
gratiate himself with Pheroras by presents and other
attentions, and with Caesar's friends by sending
considerable sums to Rome. Saturninus and all his
staff in Syria were glutted with his gifts. Yet the
more he gave, the more he was hated, as it was felt
that his bounties were not the outcome of generosity
but extorted from him by fear. The result was that
the recipients were no better disposed to him than
before, while those whom he overlooked became
more implacable enemies. The presents distributed,
nevertheless, became daily more magnificent, when
he saw the king, to the undoing of his own expecta-
tions, taking care of the orphans and showing his
remorse for the murder of his sons by his compassion
for their offspring.
(2) For Herod, one day, assembled his relatives Herod's
and friends,^ set the young children before them, niarrlSr^
and said, with tears in his eyes " I have been
: arrange-
bereaved by some evil genius of the sires of these fur"th\

infants, but pity for the orphans and nature alike
^f'jjj'^^'^
commend them to my care. If I have been the most murdere(
p^'"^^^-
unfortunate of fathers, I will try at any rate to prove
"Theudion, A. xvii. 70.

* Reinach regards these words as having the technical
meaning of high officials at court, cf. § 460.
263
JOSEPHUS
KrjSefiovLKcorepos Kal juct' ifxk rjyefJLOvas avrols^
657 KaraXLTreLV rovs €jJiol (f)iXrdTov? iyyvo) 8e rrjv.
fi€i> OTjVy CO ^€pojpa, dvyaTcpa ro) Trpea^vrepcp

Tcjv dSeXcfxjov ÂXe^duSpov TTaiSajv, tiâ 17? avro)
K'qhepLOJvdvayKoios, ro) 8e ao) vratSi, 'AvrtTrarpe,
Tr)v WpLGTOôvXov OvyaTcpa' yevoLo yap dv ovtcjj
TTar-qp rrjs op(f)avrj?, Kal ttjv dSeAî^y avrfj? 6
ifjLos 'Hpojbrj? XrjiperaL, 77/36? fxrjTpos oju dpxtepeoj?
658 TrdTTTTOV. rd fJL€U ovv e/xd ravTrjv ix^TOJ ttju
KpiGLVy Tjp hLaKOijjirf pL-qhels rwv e/xe (fyiXovvrcjow
€7T€VXop.ai 8e Kal rw Oeo) ovvapixoaai rovs ydpLovs
€771 oviJi(j)€povTi TTJs f/LirJ? âoiXeias Kal rojv ificov
€Ky6vojv, rd re 77at8t'a ravrl yaXiqvoTepois eTnhelv
ofjLfJLaoLV t) tovs 7TaT€pas avTcbu."
659 (3) [ÊneLSrjY ravra €L7T(hu d-nehdKpvoiv re Kal

rcbv TTaihow ovw^pfjioaeu rag 86^1(1?, eVetra Kara-
07TaodfJL€vos €KaoTOV (PiXo4>p6vLos hilXvaev rd
ovueSpiov. eTTaxvajdr] 8' evOv? ÂvTiTTarpo? Kal
SrjXo? rju aTTaoiv oSuvcvpLevog' VTreXd/jLâvev ydp
elvai TTapd ro) Traipl rrju twv op(f)av(jiji' TLpirû
iavTOV KardXvaiVy avOis re KLuSuv€VG€iv Trepl rcov
oXwv, €t 77pds' 'Apx^Xdo) Kal êpcopav dvra
TeTpdpx'i)v ÔTjdov exoiev ol AXe^dvhpov rralSe?.
660 GUveXoyllêro 8e rd iavrov puoos Kal rdu rwu
opcfyavdw eXeou €K rod eduov?, oar] re oirovhr)
l,0jvr(jjv Kal 6(77) jjLvqixrj rrapd 'IoL'8aioi? rcbv hi
^ ijyf/j.di'as avTovs PA : Ki^de/mouas avro'is the rest.
* M : 8iaK6\peL the rest.
3Corrupt text: Destinon proposes iwdde, to be joined to
the preceding sentence.
° Names unknown.
Tigranes (§ 552} or perhaps Alexander {A.
*•
xviii, 139,
where the order of names is reversed).
264
JEWISH WAR, I. 556-560 {cf. ant. xvii. 14-17)
myself a more considerate grandfather and to leave

their tutelage, after my death, to those most dear
to me. I affiance your daughter,** Pheroras, to the
elder of these brothers,^ Alexander's sons, in order
that this alliance may make you his natural guardian.
To your son,^ Antipater, I betroth the daughter of
Aristobulus so may you become a father to this
'^
;
orphan girl. Her sister ^ my own Herod shall take,

for on his mother's ^ side he is grandson of a high-
priest. Let then effect be given to my wishes, and
let no friend of mine frustrate them. And I pray
God to bless these unions, to the benefit of my realm
and of my descendants, and to look with serener eyes
upon these children here than those with which he
beheld their fathers."
(3) Having thus spoken he gave way to tears and
joined the children's hands, and then fondly em-
bracing one after the other dismissed the assembly.
At that Antipater's blood ran cold f and his chagrin
was evident to all. For he imagined that the honour
bestowed by his father on the orphans was his own
ruin and that his claims to the throne would be
again endangered, if Alexander's children were to
have, in addition to the support of Archelaus, that
of Pheroras, a tetrarch. He reflected on the hatred
which the nation bore him and their pity for the
orphans, the enthusiasm which the Jews had shown
for his brothers in their lifetime and their fond
memory of them now^ that, in his interest, they were
**
Mariamme.
<*
The celebrated Herodias mentioned in the New Testa-
ment.
* Mariamme If, daughter of the high priest Simon, son
of Boethus {A. xv. 320).

^ Or *' Antipater instantly shuddered."
VOL. II K 2 265
JOSEPHUS
avTOv (iTToXajXoTOJV tjv abeXcjxjJv. eyvuj brj Travra
rpoTTou Sta/coTTTetv rds" iyyvag.
561 (4) Kat 70 VTnivai Travovpyojs eSetae rov
fxev
TTa-ipa -)(aXe7T6v koI Trpos rag VTroipla?
ovra
KLVovfievov oîcjg, iroXjjLi^Gev he TtpooeXOojv lk€'
revetv auriKpv? firj OTepiuKeLV avrov -qs rj^LCoaev
TLfjLTJs, fjLTjSe avTO) [JLEV oiôfjia âaiXeias, Svvap,i.v
Se V7Tdpx€LV dXXoLS' ov yap Kparrâecv rujv irpay-

fidrcov, el rrpos ^ Apx^Xdw TraTTTTCp /cat êpcopav
562 K-qheGTTjV 6 WXe^dvhpov ttols TrpoaXdôi. KaT-qvn-
ôXei he TToXXrj? ovotjs yeveds Kara ro âalXeLou
pLeradelvai rovs ydpLovs. rjaav yap rep âotXel
ywalKe? p,ev evvea, re/cva 8* eV rcDv^ enrd, avro^
p.ev Wi'TLTTarpos Ik Xojpiho^, 'HpojSryS" 8* e/c
MaptCL/x/XT]? rrjs tov apxiepetos Bvyarpos, Avriiras ^
he /cat 'Ap;êAaos" €/c MaAâ/cr^? tt^? Sa/xapetVtSo?,

/cat dvydr-qp 'OAu/xTria?, t)v 6 dheX(f)ihov£ avrov
ÎdjOTjTTOs ^lx^^> ^^ ^^ '^V^ 'lepoGoXvfjLLrihog KAeo-
Trdrpag 'HpcLhrj? /cat OiAtTTTTOs", e/c he naAAaSo?
563 âodrjXog. eyevovro 8' avro) /cat aAAat Ovyarepe?,
'Pa)^di'rj re /cat HaXojfJLr], rj ptev e/c Oat'Spa?, tJ
he i^ 'EA77t5os". hvo
€LX€V dreKi'OV?, dveipidi^
S'
re /cat dheX(f)Lhrjv x^P'-^ ^^ rovrojv hvo dSeA^db
^ XXe^dvhpov /cat WpLoroôvXov rds e/c Maptd/x/.tT^S'.
ovarj? he TToXxyrrpoowTTOv rrjs yeveds 6 WvrLTrarpos

ehelro peraredrjvai rovs ydpiovs-
664 (5) XaAerroiS" 8* d âoiXevs rjyavdKrTjoev /cara-
piadojv avrov ro Trpos rovs opchavovs rjdos, evvoid
^ tCu'v of LTRC must surely be right: tol'twi' PAM.
" Not including the deceased Mariamme I, who raises
the total to ten. See Appendix, " The Herodian Family."

'266
JEWISH WAR, I. 560-564^ (cf. ant. xvii. 17-22)
dead. He resolved accordingly at all costs to break

off these betrothals.
(4) Afraid of practising a ruse upon so harsh a
father, whose suspicions were easily aroused, he boldly
ventured into his presence and besought him out-
right not to deprive him of the honour which he had
deigned to confer on him, nor to leave him the mere
title of king while others enjoyed the power for he ;
would never be master of affairs, should Alexander's

son, with Archelaus as his grandfather, also have
Pheroras as his father-in-law. He therefore earnestly
entreated him, as the palace contained a numerous
family, to modify these matrimonial arrangements.
The king, in fact, had nine ^ wives and issue by seven Herod's
of them. Antipater himself was son of Doris, Herod chUdreu.
(H) of Mariamme (H), the high-priest's daughter,
Antipater and Archelaus were sons of Malthace, the
Samaritan Olympias, a daughter by this last wife
;
had married Joseph,^ the king's nephew. By

Cleopatra, a native of Jerusalem, he had Herod and
Philip ;by Pallas, Phasael. He had besides other
daughters, Roxane and Salome, one by Phaedra,
the other by Elpis. Two of his wives, one a cousin,
the other a niece, were childless. In addition there
were two daughters ^ by Mariamme (I), sisters of
Alexander and Aristobulus. In view of this large
family Antipater begged for an alteration in the
projected marriages.
(5) The king, on discovering Antipater's attitude
to the orphans, was highly indignant, and the thought
''
Son of Herod's brother Joseph, who was killed at the
battle of Jericho (§§ 323 f.).
« Salampsio and Cypros.
267
JOSEPHUS
T€ avro) Trapeorrj Trepl r(x)V di'7]pi^fJL€vojv, fxrj ttotc
KaKelvoL yivoLvro rojv WvTLTrdrpov SiapoXoju
565 dyojVLGfia. t6t€ ukv ovv ttoXXo. Trpog opyqv dno-
KpLvdfJievos drr^Xavvei rov ÂvrLTrarpov, a^^t? 8'
VTraxO^Xs avrov rals KoXaKeiais pLedrjpfjLOGaro, Kal
avTO) ixev ttjv 'ApiGroôvXov ovvojKLGev Ovyarepa,
Tov he vlov avrov rfj Oepcopa Ovyarpl.
666 (6) KarafxddoL 8' dv n?, ooov tcrxfcrep' €V
rovTOLS KoXaKevojv 'AvrtTrarpos", €.k rod T.aXcoiirjP
eV ofioLOLS dTTorvxeiv ravT-qv yap Stj KaiTrep
.
ovoav dheX^r^v Kal 77oAAa Sta Atouta?^ ri]^ yvvaiKOS

Kaioapos tKerevovoau yafjLrjd-fjvai rep "Apa^c SuA-
Xaicp, StajjjLOGaro fxev exdpordrrjv €^€lu, et firj
TravGatro rrjg GTTOvdrj?, ro Se TeXevTalov aKOVGav
'AAeâ TLVL Tojv (f)LX<jJV GUvcpKLGeVy Kal rujv dvya-
Tepojv avrrjs ttjv jikv rep 'AAefa Trathi, ttjv S*
irepav rep Trpos p,7]Tp6s WpTLTrdrpov deio)} tcZv
8' eK ^\apLdp.fJL7]<s dvyaripujv rj fiev dSeX^rjg vlov
ÂvriTTarpov etxû, tj he dheX(f)OV âodriXov.
5C7 (xxix. l) AiaKOipas he rag rLov opcjiavojv

eXTTiha? 6 ^
AvTL7Tarpo£ Kal Trpos to Gvp,(f)epov
avTO) Tas eTTiyajxias TrouiGd/xevos, (vs IttI êâtotg
fieu wpfieL ralg iXvLGiUj TrpoGXaôjv he rfj KaKia
TO rreTTOidos d<j>6prjTOS rjv ro yap Trap* eVacrrcj
pi.GO£ dTTOGKevdGaodai p,r) hvudfieuog €k rov
4>oêp6s elvai rrju dGcf)dX€Lau eTToplêro. Guvripyei
he Kal êpojpas cos dv rjhrj [/catj^ âoiXeZ êâlco.
1 Niesewith Heg. AeiiasPA(as
: in § 641): 'loi-X/a?the rest.
^ +aTroi5d<TavTO^ ws Icpauiv 'AvTLTrdrpov PAM (doubtless
a gloss).
^ P: cm. the rest.
268
JEWISH WAR, I. 564-567 {cf. ant. xvii. 18, 10, 33)
crossed his —
mind might not his murdered sons also Under
have been the victims of this man's slanders ? He, A^îp^
accordmgly, at the moment replied m
a long and Herod
angry speech, and dismissed Antipater from his ôpos^,
presence. Subsequently, however, seduced by his ™ôns.
flatteries, he made other arrangements, and gave the
daughter of Aristobulus to Antipater himself, and
the daughter of Pheroras to his son.
(6) How powerful was the effect of Antipater 's Enforo.
adulation on this occasion may be gauged from saToin
^
Salome's ill success in a similar suit. For, although

she was Herod's sister and had recourse to the inter-
cession of the Empress Livia to plead with him for
permission to marry the Arab Syllaeus,^ Herod swore
that he would regard her as his bitterest enemy if
she did not renounce this passion and, in the end,
;
he married her, against her will, to one of his friends,

named Alexas, and one of her daughters ^ to the son ^
of Alexas, the other ^ to Antipater's maternal uncle.^
Of his daughters by Mariamme, one ^ was given to
Antipater, his sister's, the other -^ to Phasael, his
brother's son.
(xxix. 1) Antipater, having cut off the orphans' lutrigu
expectations and arranged the marriages to his own ^"^^P^^
advantage, regarded his prospects as securely an-

chored, and, with assurance now added to villainy,
became insufferable. For, unable to avert the hatred
which he inspired in all, he sought security in
intimidation. He was assisted by Pheroras, who
° §§ 487, 334. In A. xvii. 10 it is stated that the empress
(JuHa) took Herod's side and sought to break off Salome's
proposed match with Syllaeus.
^ Names unknown. " Berenice, widow of Aristobulus.
^ Theudion (§ 553 note). « Cypros. * Salampsio.
269
JOSEPHUS
568 ytVerat he Kal yviâLKcov avurayfjia Kara riiv avXriv,
o v€WT€pou? iKLvr]0€v dopvôvs - Tj yoLp (t>€pcopa
yvvrj fiera ttjs Kal rrjs aSeA^Ty? irpoo-
fJLr]Tp6s
Xafôvoa Kal rrfv ^ AvTLTrdrpov jJLTjrepa TroAAa /xei-'
rjueXyaivev Kara ro âoiXeioVy iroXfxrôev 8e Kal
rod âaiXeoj? v^piaai hvo duyarepa?, 8t* a Sr)
I^LoXiGTa ravrrjv cKelvog Trpoê^Xrjro' fitoovpLevai
6G9 ye /jltju vtt^ avrov row aAAcop' eTreKparovv. fiovr)
8e rrjg ofiovola? avraJv avriiraXo'S tjv TâXcofirj Kal
âoiXel hiiâXXev rrju ovi'oSoi', to? ovk eV dyaOo)
rojv avTov upayiidrojv etrj. yvovoai 8' eVetvat
rr^v hiaôXrjV Kal ojs dyavaKrijaeiev 'HpoiSi^?, rrjg
fjL€u (âifepd? GVVoSov Kal rwv (f)LXo(f)poin]Gecov
€7Tavaavro, rovvavriov 5' vrreKpivovro Kal 8ta-
(f)€p€GdaL Trpoc dAA7]Aa? dKOVovros âacXicos' at?
ovvvTTeKpivero Kal 'Avrlnarpog, iv ro) (fyavepoj
570 77 poGKpovwv êpojpa. GWOVGiai he rjGav avrdjv
XdOpa Kal KOjfjLOL vvKrepwoL, nqv re ofxovoLav r)
TTapari^prjGig enereLvev. rjyvoei hk ovhev SaAco/xi]
rwv TTparrofxevcov Kal Tidvd^ 'Hpcohr^ 5t7)yyeAAer.
571 (2) 'EfeAcatero 8* eKelvos els dpyrjv Kal fjcdXiGra
IttI rrjv êpcopov yvvalKa' ravrrfv yap rrXeov rj
HaXajjiTj hteâXXev. ddpoiGas ovv ovvehpiov rcjjv

re (f)iX(jjV Kal Gvyyevwv dXXa re TToXXd rij? dvdpco-
7TOV KarrjyopeL Kal rrjV els rds eavrov Ovyarepas
v^piv, on re âpiGaioLS jJ-eu \oprjyriGeLev fMiodovs
Kar" avrov Kal rdv dheX(f>6v avroj KaraoKevdoeiev
572 TToXejiLov evhrjoafjievr) (jâppidKOLS reXevraZov 8'
.
els Oepcopav d7TeGrpe(f>ev rov Aoyov, hvolv Odrepov
<•
Salome and Roxana.
* She had paid the fine imposed upon them for refusing
270
looked on Antipater's claim to the throne as already

assured. There was, moreover, a gang of women at a cabals
court who created new disturbances. The wife ofcouTt.^^
Pheroras, in league with her mother and sister and
the mother of Antipater, displayed constant effrontery
in the palace, and even ventured to insult two young
daughters of the king.'^ She became, in consequence,
the object of Herod's special aversion yet, notwith-
;
standing the king's hatred, these women domineered

over the rest. The sole opponent of their league was saiome
Salome, who reported it to the king as a conclave "^^roceed?
not conducive to the interests of his realm. Informed to Heroc
of this denunciation and of Herod's wrath, they
abandoned their public meetings and all signs of
friendly recognition, and on the contrary pretended
to quarrel with one another in the king's hearing ;
Antipater joined in their dissimulation by taking

offence, in public, at Pheroras. But they continued
to hold clandestine meetings and nocturnal carousals,
and the knowledge that they were watched only
bound them closer together. Salome, however, was
ignorant of none of their proceedings and reported
everything to Herod.
(2) The king was furiously indignant, particularly Pheroras
at the wife of Pheroras, the principal object of^'jvorceî
Salome's charges. He, accordingly, assembled a wife.
council of his friends and relations and accused the
wretched woman of numerous misdeeds, among
others of insulting his own daughters, of subsidizing
the Pharisees to oppose him,^ and of alienating his
brother, after bewitching him with drugs. In con-
clusion, he addressed Pheroras and told him that he
to take the oath of allegiance to Herod on his accession

{A. xvii. 42).
271
JOSEPHUS
eXeadai Xeyojv, t) iavrov aSeAôi^ 7) rr^v yvvatKa.
rod he ddrrov dTToXeLipetv to l,rju rj ttju yvvoLKa
(f>T](TavTos ovK , €-)(OJV 6 Ti )(pr) Spdv /lereâtvev €77*
ÂvTLTrarpou, qj TraprjyyeiXev p^rjTe rfj êpojpa

yvvaLKL /i.7)T6 avrqj /ir)"' aXXco tlvl rchv eKeivqs
SiaXeyeadaL. 6 8e (f)av€pa)S fiev ov Trapiâwev^ to
TTpooraypLa, Xddpa Se hievvKTepevev avv iKeivoLs.
6"3 Koi hehoLKOJS rrjv €7TLT7]povaav YâXtopuqv irpay-
/j,aT€V€TaL Std rcbv eVi rrjs ÎraXlas (fjiXow rrjv ets"
'PwjjLTjv OLTTohiifxiav avTcp- ypaifjdvTOjvyap eKeivojv
Setv AvrinaTpov hid xpovov 7T€pi(j>drjvaL npos
^
KaLoapa, 6 Se ov tl /leAAr^CTas" e^€7T€fxip€v depaTrelav

re XapLTTpdv hovs XPVH-'^'^^ '^V^ '''^
kol TrXelara
hiaOrjKrjV koijll^€lu, iv âoiXevs fiev 'AvrtVarpos'
fj
iyeypaTTTO, WvTLTrdrpov Se 'Hpcohrjg SidSoxos 6 Ik

yiapidjJLfjLT]? TTjs Tov apxi^peoj? dvyarpo? yeyovajs-
6"i (3) "FjTrXevoev 8e kol Y^vXXalos 6 " Apaijj iiri
'PwfJLrjg, rjixeX-qKOj? fiev rwv Kaioapos irpoo-

rayp^drajv, dvrayajviovp.evo'? he Trpog AvTLTTarpov
^
rrepl d>v SeStKaoTo ^LKoXdco rdxi-ov. ov puKpos

8' avrcp Kal Trpog ^ Aperav rjv dyojv rov iavrov
jSaCTiAea' tovtov yap dXXovs re cfilXovs dv^p-qKet
675 Kal ôaLfJLOV rujv ev Werpa hvvarojrdrojv } Treloag
8e TToAAot? ;)^pr]/i,aatt' ^dârov rou Kato-apos" 8t-
OLK-qri-jP exprjro ôrjOqj Kal Kad' *Hpto8oi;. TrXeiova
8e hov£ 'Wpojhrjs ZuAAatou
dîOTTjoiv re drro
^dârov Kal hC avrov rd KeXevodevra vtto Kal-
oapog eloeTTparrev. 6 he jJLrjheu dTTohovg en Kal
^ Niese: MfT-e'^Saii'ev .mss.
^ Xiese tov it/ IT. Sffarwraroj'
: PAM, twv iv IT. tov dwaTuj-
raTQv the rest.
• Mariamme II, daughter of Simon the high priest.
272
JEWISH WAR, I. 572-575 (c/. ant. xvii. 49-55)
must choose one or the other, either his brother or

his wife. Pheroras replying that he would sooner
part with his existence than with his wife, Herod, in
perplexity, turned to Antipater and ordered him to
have no further intercourse either with the wife of
Pheroras, or with her husband, or with any of her
set. Antipater, while not openly violating this in-
junction, continued secretly and at night to associate
with them ; but fearing the vigilance of Salome he
contrived, with the help of friends in Italy, a visit to Antipab
Rome. A letter arriving from them, suggesting that Y^^'t to
Antipater ought to be sent before long to Caesar's o b.'c. c.
court, Herod without a moment's delay sent him off

with a brilliant retinue, a large sum of money and
his will, in which Antipater was named as heir to the
throne, and Herod, the king's son by Mariamme, the
high-priest's daughter," as Antipater's successor.
(3) Syllaeus the Arab also set sail for Rome he intrigue
;
had disregarded Caesar's orders and went to maintain J^g^J^'Jî

against Antipater the case which he had previously
pleaded against Nicolas.^ There was also a grave
matter at issue between him and his own sovereign,
Aretas, for he had put to death a number of that
prince's friends, including Soaemus, one of the most
powerful personages in Petra. By a large bribe he
secured the services of Fabatus, Caesar's treasurer,
whom he also employed to assist him against Herod.
The latter, however, by even larger bribes, detached
Fabatus from Syllaeus and endeavoured, through
him, to exact from Syllaeus the penalty imposed by
Caesar." But Syllaeus still refused to pay anything,
''
Nicolas of Damascus had, in the course of an attempted
mediation between Herod and Augustus (c. 7 b.c), accused
Syllaeus of treasonable designs {A. xvi. 335 fF., no parallel
inB.). A. xvi. 352 f.
273
JOSEPHUS
Kar-qyop^L âBdrov irapd Kaioapt, hioiKr)TrjV elvai
Xeyojv ov rcDv eKelva), rcjv he 'HpcuSr^ ovpL-
(J'6 (f)€p6vrow. OLS opytadel? Oaâro?, rjv 8' ert
i(f)^
rrapd 'HpojSr) [idXiara riiiajfievog, ytVerat Trpo-

SoTTjg ZuAAatou tojv a.7ToppTJrojv, rqj re âaiXel
(f)rjGLV OTL SuAAatOS" hia<f>d€Lp€L(iV O.VTOV rOV GOJfiaTO-
^vXaKa ¥>.6piv6ov ;)(p7j/xacrtv, ov Set <f)vXdrT€GdaL.
TTelderai S* d âaiXevs' Kal yap redpaTrro /xev d

Kdpti^ôs" iv rfj fâaiXeia, yevog 8* rjv "Apaifj.
077 GvXXapL^dvei 8' evdeco? ovk avrov fiovov dXXd Kal
Svo irepovg "Apaâs evpcov Trap' avroj, rou fjuev
SuAAaiou Tov 8e (f)vXap-xôv
<f)LXov ol 8e jSacravt- .
topLevoL TTetcrat Kdpii^ôi' djp,oX6yr]Gav eTrl ttoAAoi?

XP'rjpio.cnv 'HpojdTjV dveXe'iv. ovtol p,ev ovv dva-
KpiBevres Kal rrapd Haropi'lvcp roj hiiTTOvn ttjv
Hvplav dv€7Tep(f)dr]Gav etV 'Pwpb-qv.
578 (-i) 'Hpwhrjg 8' ou/c dvUt êpojpav îaL,6pL€vog
dTToXXayrjvaL rij? yuvaiKos, ou8'^ eVci'det fJ-'îX^^'^^'
8t' t)? ai^ TipbOjpi^Gairo rrjv dvOpcuTTOv, rroXXas tov

pLLGOVS e\ojv air las, ecus vrrepayavaKriJGas gvv
5'9,avTfj Kal tov a8eA^dv eVâAAei. êpojpas 8e
dyaTrrjGas rr]V v^piv aTToXXdGGeraL pkv el? ttjv
iavTOV rerpapxlo-v opLOGag opov e^€LV eva rrjg
tov 'Wpojhov Bdvarov Kal pLrjheTTore Trpos
(jyvyrjs
tdjvra v7TOGTp€ip€iv, €7ravijXd€v 8e ouSe Trpo?

voGOVvra rov dheXcfjov Kalroi XirrapcLs perarrep,-
TTopLevov iôTjXero yap avroj rivas ivroXd? Kara-
580 Xelipeiv cu? reOvv^ôpevos . aXX 6 pLev Trap' iXTrlSa
(jcuêrat, /lact' ov ttoXv 8e voGel Oepojpas", evpiGKero
1 6 5' or 6 oe PAM.
274
JEWISH WAR, I 575-580 (
= ant. xvii. 55-59)
and furthermore accused Fabatus to Caesar, asserting

that the emperor's agent was acting not for his but
for Herod's interests. Indignant at this and still
highly paid by Herod, Fabatus betrayed the secrets
of Syllaeus, informing the king that he had by bribery
corrupted Corinthus, one of his bodyguard, and Discover
warning him to be on his guard against this nian. another^

The king acted on this advice, knowing that this Arabaga
Corinthus, though brought up within his dominion,
was an Arab by birth. He straightway had him
arrested and with him two other Arabs, whom he
discovered in his company, one a friend of Syllaeus,
the other the chief of a tribe. Being put to the
torture, these men confessed that Corinthus had by
large bribes induced them to kill Herod. They were,
accordingly, after being further examined by Saturni-
nus, the governor of Syria, sent up for trial to Rome.
(4) Herod, meanwhile, never relaxed his efforts to Exile am
compel Pheroras to divorce his wife. But, notwith- phêrom
standing the abundant cause which he had for hisOBc
hatred of the creature, he could devise no means of
punishing her, until finally, in extreme indignation,
lie banished both her and his brother from the realm.
Pheroras, accepting this affront with equanimity, de-
parted to his own tetrarchy," swearing that the only
limit to his exile should be Herod's death, and that
never, so long as his brother lived, would he return
to him. Nor, in fact, would he revisit his brother,
even during his illness, though urgently pressed to
do so ; for Herod, believing that he was dying,
desired to leave him certain instructions. Herod,
however, unexpectedly recovered, and not long after
Pheroras himself fell sick Herod thereupon dis-
;
» Peraea (§ 483).
275
JOSEPHUS
he 'Hpcobrj^ jjL€Tpio'>r€pog Kal yap TJKeL Ttpos avrov
Koi ovfiTTo.doj'i edepOLTTevev. ov îr^v VTrepioxvoev
rod TTadoVi' /X€ra yap r)fi€pa<; oXiyas aTToOvrjGKet
681 êpcopas. ov Kal-nep dyavqua^ 'Hpcohrjs P-^XP^
reXevraias r]f.Lepar]-
fiLodrj (jyappâKcp. tov ye jJiriv veKpov eis" 'lepo-
ooXvfxa Kopiioas ttcvOos re pieyiorov oXcp rco eOvei
Kar-qyyecXev Kal KrjSela? rj^LCocrev Xaprrpordr-q<;.
eva pikv Srj row WXe^dvSpov Kal WpiaroôuXov
(f)ou€a>v roLodrov Trepiepxerai riXos.
582 (xxx. 1) 8'

Wereâtvev
errl rov avOevrr^v
WvrtTTarpoi' rov OcpoSpa ddvarov dpx'QV
n) TTOwr}
Xaôvoa. ro)v rovrov yap Tiiês" drreXevdepwv
Karrj(f)€ig roj âoiXel npooeXOovre'? rov dheX(j)6v
avrov SL€4>6dp9aL (fyappaKoi? eXeyov TTpooeveyKelv
pL€v yap avro) rt rrjv yvvaiKa rcov ov avvrjdojg
iaKevaopevajv, (jyayovra 8' evdeojs etV rrjV vooov
583 KaraTTeuelv. dyrjox^vai re rrpo hvolv rjfiepcov rrji^
p.r]repa ravrrjs^ Kal rrjv dSeXcjirjv yvvaLov €K rijs
Wpaîas (jiappaKOiv eprreipov, ottojs (f>iXrpoi
GKevdarj roj Oepcopct, heSojKevai 8' dvrl rovroi
davdoLpov HvXXaiov TrpayparevoapLevov rovra
yap Tjv yvcopipov.
584 (2) nX-qyel? ovv 6 âaiXeus VTroifjiais TrXeioaa
deparraivas re /cat nvas rcov eXevdepcov €âadvLl,ev
ejSoa 8e ns ev rals dXyr]h6oiv " deos 6 yrjv Ka

ovpavov hieTTOJV pereXdoi r-qv rovrcvv rjplv rcoi
KaKcov alrlav, ttjv WvriTrdrpov pi]repa." ravrr)<:
rrjs dpx^? o âoiXevs Xaôpevos erre^-fjei rrpoaa
rr^v dXi^deiav} tj Se yvvrj rrjv re <f)LXLav rrj\
1 a^r^s PM. » +^7nf777cDp LTRC.

276
JEWISH WAR, I. 580-585 ( = ant. xvii. 59-65)
played greater humanity, for he went to him and

affectionately tended him. But he could not cope
with the malady, and a few days later Pheroras
expired. Notwithstanding the love which Herod had
for his brother to his dying day, a report was spread
that he had poisoned even him. Anyhow, he had the
corpse conveyed to Jerusalem, gave orders for a
solemn national mourning, and honoured him with
the most imposing funeral. Such was the end to
which came one of the murderers of Alexander and
Aristobulus.
(xxx. 1) But retribution was now, in turn, descend- Herod

ing upon the real perpetrator of that crime, Anti- Jw^^'^"^^
pater ;this retribution arose out of the death of Pheroras
Pheroras. For certain freedmen of the deceased poisoned
came, in dejection, to the king and informed him
that his brother had been carried off by poison ; his
wife, they said, had served up to him some extra-
ordinary concoction, after eating which he was im-
mediately taken ill. They added that, two days
before, her mother and sister had brought from
Arabia a woman who was an expert in drugs, to
make up a love-potion for Pheroras but, instead of ;
this, she had given him a deadly poison, at the

instigation of Syllaeus, who knew her.
(2) Beset with all sorts of suspicions, the king put Reveiatio
the women-servants and some ladies above that rank °' ^^^^
to the torture.
• • • 1
women
•
One victmi in her agonies exclaimed, concernic

/--v 1-1
" May God who governs earth and heaven punish ^"^'P^*^"
the author of our present miseries, Antipater's
mother "" Clutching at this clue, the king pushed
!
his search for the facts yet further. The woman

« Doris.
277
JOSEPHUS
* Ai/TLTTarpou {JL-qrpo? Trpog êpcopav Kal tols eKetuov
yvvaiKas ^StJAov Kal rds XaOpaiag avrcov ovvohovs,

OTi re 0€pt6pa? kol 'Ai^-tVarpos" ovv eKeivatg
77lVoteV, V7TOOTp€(f)OWT€9 OLTTO TOV Ô-GlXdoj?, 8t'
oAt^?^ i^VKTO^y pLTiheva fJ.r)r€ OLK€Tr]v p.r]T€ depd-
TTaLvav ia)vr€£ TiaparvyxdveLV /it'a hi] tuju dAev-
.
depojv Tavra ixr]vvei.

68G (3) Ta? he hovXas ;^tupt? iKaoTqv 'Wp<J)hris
eâodvitêv. eppi)d-q he Trapd Tr(iaai<; rd npo-
€Lpr]ixeva GVfx(f)OJva, Kal hton Kara avuO-)]Krjv ^ Avrl-
TTarpog fikv els 'Pcopi-qw, êpcopa? S' VTTOXojprjGeiev
€1? rrji' Uepaiav TToXXdKig yap avrou? htaXaXelv,
u)s fier^ WXeâuhpov Kal WpiGToôuXov eV avrovs
'Hpu)hi-)s Kal rd? eavr<2)V yvvaiKas'
fjcera^TJoeraL
ou ydp (jieiaeodaL^ ^lapidpLix-qv Kal rovs c^
fierd
eKeivqs erepou tluos, wcrre dfxeiuov elvai <f)evy€LV
587 OJS TTOppcurdroj rod d-qpiov. rroXXaKLS he diT-
ohvpopievov rrpog rrju fx-qrepa rov WvTLTrarpov eLTreZv
CO? avrds /xev €117 ttoXlos ^jhrj, vedlÔL he Kad*
qpLepav 6 Trar-qp, (f>6daai S' dv rdxo- Kal reXeu-
rrjoas TTplv dpâadat âoiXeias dXrjdovg. el he
Kai TTore eKelvos reXeurriGeLev , (ttotc S' ai^ yevocro
Tovro;) TTavrdTTaaiv avrco rrjv dTToXavotv rij?
.",S8 dLahoxyjs yiveodaL ovvroixov. vTro^Xaordveiv he
Ta? TTj? vhpas Ke(f)aXds, rovs WpLoroôvXov Kal
WXe^dvhpou TTalha?. d(f)r]prjodaL 8' avrou vtto
rod jrarpos Kal rrjv e—l reKvoLS eXnlha' hidhoxov
ydp ov rujv avrov nva naihcov fierd rrjv reXeur-qv,
dXXd rou eK MapLapLfirjs 'V{pdjhr]u yeypacfyevai.
Kal Kard rovro ye rravrdrraaLV Trapayrjpdu olofievov
avrov Kal SiadqKag jxevelv Kvpias' avrov ydp
689 TTpovorjoeiv fj.rjheua rrj'i yeueds aTToXLTrelv. ovra
21 a
JEWISFI WAR, r. 585-589 ( = ant. xvii. 65-67)
then revealed the intimacy of Antipater's mother

with Pheroras and the ladies of his family, and their
clandestine meetings she added that Pheroras and
;
Antipater, on their return from the king, would pass

the whole night drinking with those women, without
allowing a single servant, male or female, to be
present. This information was given by one of the
ladies of rank.
(3) Herod had each of the slave girls separately
tortured. All their evidence agreed with that already
stated ; they added that it was by a mutual arrange-
ment that Antipater had withdrawn to Rome and
Pheroras to Peraea for they were constantly saying
;
to each other, " After Alexander and Aristobulus,

we and our wives will be Herod's next victims.
Having slain Mariamme and her offspring, he will
spare none ; so it will be better to flee as far as
possible from the ferocious beast." Antipater, they
continued, would often complain to his mother that
he was already grey-headed, while his father grew
younger every day he would perhaps be the first
;
to die, before he began to be really king. Even

supposing his father ever did die (and when would
that be ?) his enjoyment of his heritage must be
extremely short. Then there were these hydra
heads, the sons of Aristobulus and Alexander, shoot-
ing up. His father had robbed him of his hopes for
his children, by nominating as the next heir to the
throne not one of his own children, but Herod, the
son of Mariamme. In that at least he betrayed his
extreme senility, if he supposed that that part of his
will would stand for he, Antipater, would take good
;
care to leave none of the family alive. Never had

^ +T77S AM. ^ Bekker: êt'crao-ât mss.
279
JOSEPHUS
ye jjbrjv rcov ixiooreKvorarov
TTOjirore Trarepcov
'Wpajb-qv TToXv iiiaa-heXôv hovvai
fjidXXov elvau
yovv avTO) Trpojrjv CKarov rdXavra inl rw [xrj 8ta-
XeyeodaL Oepojpot. rod Be eiTTOvros " ri yap
avTov i^XoLTTTOfieu; " aTTOKpivaudai tov *Avtl-
TTarpov " eWe Travd^ rjiids d(f)€X6fjL€VO£ yvp^vovs
edoeiev^ L,a)vras. ciAA' d/i.T7;\;ajôf €K(f)vy€lv ovtoj
(t)OVLK6v dr]pLOV, Trap* cL fMTjhe (faXelv nuag eêari
(f)avepa)S. Xddpa yovv vvv aAATÂot? ovveGfiev,
iêorai hk <j>avep(2)?, idv a;\;tD/xeV ttot* dvhpcov
<f>p6viqiJia Kal x^lpas."
59(j Taur' eXeyov at
(4) Kal on
/Saaartô/xeiât,
êpcopas ôvXevaatro (fyvyelv avrojv etV
pier*
Ylerpav. eTTLoreuaev 8' 'HpcoSqg TrdoLV rol? Xeyo-
eK ratv eKarov raXdvTCov pLOvco yap 'Ai^rt-
jxeuoL?
Trdrpoj hieiXeKTo irepl avrcov. aTToa/ci^Trret 5' etV
TTpcorrjv 6 û/xos" AcoptSa rrjv ÂvrLTrdrpou jji-qrepa-
Kal yvpLvcoGas avrrjv iravros ov SeScoprjro Koapôv,
591 TToXXcov 8' Tyy raXdvrojVy e/câAAet heijrepov. rds
he (t>€pcopou yvvaiKa? drro rcov âadva>v irrjpLeXei
SiryAAayêVob- €7tt6tjto Se tw (/)0â> Kal rrpos
TTauav VTTOvoiav iêppi7Tit,€ro, ttoXXovs re rcjv ovk
alriajv elXKCv els âadvovi y hehoLKOJS p,if] nva ran'
aLTLCov TTapaXtTTrj.
59- (5) Kdv rovTcp t peirer ai rrpog rou HapLapeinqv
ÂvTLTTarpov, 0£ rjv eTrirpoTTOS Âvrmdrpov. /Sa-
oavit^cov Se ainov rJKovaev otl pLereTrej^nljaro pLeu
ÂvTiTTarpog e^ Alyvrrrov S-qXrjTTJpLov <f)dppaKOu
€77' avrov Std nvos rcov eTaipcov AvTL<j)iXov, Xd/Sou *
he Trap* eKeivov Qevhicxjv 6 deZos' WvTnrdTpov Kal

^ Dindorf : idaei ye or idaei mss.
» <fii\oi PAM Heg. : lor text cf. A. xvii. 70.
S80
father so hated his children, yet Herod hated his

brother far more ; only the other day he had given
him (Antipater) a hundred talents to break off all
intercourse with Pheroras. And when Pheroras
remarked, " Why, w^hat harm were we doing
him ? " he had replied " Would to heaven he
:
would rob us of everything and leave us to live in

nakedness. But it is impossible to escape so blood-
thirsty a beast, who will not even allow us to show
affection for anyone. Now we must meet in secret ;
we shall be able to do so openh^ if ever we possess

the courage and arms of men."
(4) To these revelations the tortured women added Repudiat
that Pheroras had had designs of flying with them to Antipatei
Petra. Herod believed all these statements because mother.
of the detail of the hundred talents, which he had
mentioned to none but Antipater. The first to feel
the explosion of his wrath was Doris, Antipater 's
mother he stripped her of all the finery which he
;
had bestowed on her and for the second time dis-

missed her from court. With the ladies of Pheroras 's
household he made his peace and showed them
special attentions after their tortures. But he was
scared with fright and flared up at the least suspicion,
and many innocent persons wêre haled by him to
torture, for fear that a single culprit should escape
him.
(5) His attention wâs now directed to Antipater Discoverj
mm, under
1 1 .,11
the Samaritan, agent to his son Antipater. From^/^P^°^'
.1 ,} , Antipatei
.
torture, he learnt that Antipater had and

,
procured from Egypt, through Antiphilus, one of his fo^po^son

companions, a deadly poison intended for the king Herod. ;
that from Antiphilus it had passed into the hands of

Theudion, Antipater's uncle, who had delivered it
281
.
JOSEPHUS
TTapahoirj (t>epojpa' rovroj tov yap evrîXaodaL
Wi'TLTTarpov 'HpojSrjv auro? eariv
dveXelu ecu?
€v 'Pajfir] Trj<^ VTTOvoias KexojpicriJLevos' êpojpav
693 8c rfj yvvaiKL Trapadeodat to cbopfiaKOW. TavrrjV
ovv^]^ 6 fjaaiXev? iieraTrepLiljdiJLei'O'^ avriKa to
Xri(j)6kv eKeXevaeu kopllI,€iv. t) 6' efetat /xev a»?
KOfJLLOVaa, pL7TT€L 8' iaUTTjU OLTTO TOV TeyOU? TOV T€

eXeyxov Kal ttjv Ik tov âaiXiajs aLKtav (l)9dvovGa-
TTpOVoia 8', OJb €0LK€V>, deOV fieTLOVTOS ÂvTLTTaTpou
OVK Ittl K€(j}aXrjv dAA' IttI daTepa Treaovoa 8ta-
694 ocoLeTaL. KopnGdelrrav 8' avTrju 6 âatAei)? dva-
KTriGdjievo<^, KeKdpojTO yap drro tov TTTOj/jLaTo?,
rjpcoTa 8t' ^v aLTiaw ptipctev iavT-qv, el fxkv et7ro6
TdX-qdeSy d(j)-qo€LV Trduiqs TLjLojpia<; iTTOfiuvfievog , €i
8' VTTOOTelXaLTO, haTTavqaeiV aurrj? eV âodvois to
awfjLa Kal fir)Se Tdcbcp KaTaXeiipeiv
695 ripo? Tavd^ rj yvvrj }.UKp6v hiaXLVOVoa " Kal
(6)
Ttydp," eL7T€i', " eVt (f)€L8oiJ.aL Tcov dnopp-qTOJi',
Ofpcjpa Tedi'eojTOs; r^ owtovaa tov dTToXeaavTa
TrdvTas r]iids AvTirraTpov; aKOve, /SaotAeu, Kal
^
iL€Td GOV deos 6 fidpTVS ipLol Trj? dXrjdetas nXavq-

696 drjvaL jjltj Swdfievo?. 6t€ dTTodvrjGKOVTi Oepojpa
rrapeKadetov heSaKpvjievos, TOTe /le npOGKaXeGd-
eKelvos 17 ttoAu a) yvvai, ttjs '
'
fievo? ye,' effiy),
et? ifiavTOV Siavota? tov dSeAôu St-qpiapTov, toi
ovTOJS GTepyovTa pLiG-qoas Kal KTelvai ôvXev-
Gdfl€VO<i TOV OVTOJS €77* €fJ,ol pLTjSe TedveCOTL TTCJb
Gvyx^dfxevov. dAA' iyco fjLev dneôj Trjg doeêtas

TO iTTLTLpLLOV, GV 8' O (f)vXdGG€L9 /COT* aUTOU C^dp-
fiaKov VTT^ ÂvTLTTaTpov KaTaXei(j)dev rjpuv <f)ep€ Kai
^XerrovTos fiov Taxô)? d(f)dvLG0V, tva jjltj Kal Kad'
^ AM Lat. : om. the rest. ^
n conj. : fj mss.
282
to Pheroras, since it was he whom Antipater had

commissioned to kill Herod while he himself was at
Rome and out of the way of suspicion and that ;
Pheroras had entrusted the poison to his wife. The

king sent for her and ordered her instantly to produce
what she had received. She went out, as though to
fetch it, and then flung herself from the roof, in order
to evade conviction and the king's rack. However,
by the providence, it seems, of God, whose vengeance
was pursuing Antipater, she fell not on her head,
but on another part of her body, and was not killed.
She was carried to the king, who had restoratives
applied, as she was stunned by the fall he then ;
asked her why she had thrown herself from the roof,
and swore that, if she told the truth, he would
exempt her from all punishment, but, if she pre-
varicated, he would tear her body to pieces with
tortures and leave not a limb for burial.
(6) At this the woman hesitated an instant and confessio
then replied " After all, why should I longer guard
:
"/jJoJJôf
hese secrets, now that Pheroras is dead ? Merely Pheroras.
o save Antipater who has been the ruin of us all ?

Listen to me, O king, and may God hear me too, a
vitness to the truth of my words who cannot be
leceived !At the time when you were sitting weep-
ng beside the dying Pheroras, he called me to him
md said, Much have I been mistaken, my wife, in
'
ny brother's feelings towards me I hated him who

;
oves me so tenderly ; I plotted to kill him who is so

)verwhelmed with grief for me even before my
leath. I am but receiving the reward of my im-
)iety ;as for you, bring that poison which Antipater
eft us, and you are keeping for his destruction, and
)romptly destroy it under my eyes, lest I carry away
283
"
JOSEPHUS
597 aSow rov dXaoropa.' Kal /êAeucravros
</>epot/Ltt
eKo/jLLaa Kal TrXeZarov fxev el? to irvp opwuTos :

avTov Kar€K€vajoa, ^pax^ ^^ ifiavrfj Trpos ro^^
ahrjXa /cat rov Ik gov (j)6ôv ir-qp-qoa."
50s (7) Taur' eiTTOvaa TrpoKoixilei rrjv -nvîha -nav
TaTTaaiv exovaav rov (j)appa.K0v ^paxv. /SacrtAeu^
8' inl rr)v pnqrepa rrjv 'Avrt^tAou Acat rov dSeA</>oi
ra? âordvov? iJL€re(f)ep€v, KOiKelvoL rov 'Ap-rtîAoi

KOfjLLGai re (Xtt' AlyvTrrov rrjv rrvîha ojfjLoXoyo
Kal Xaêlv Trap" dSeX(f)ov ro t^dpfiaKov echaoKO)
590 larpevovros iv WXeâi'Spela. Trepuovres Se o
^ AXe^dvhpov Kal Wpio-roôvXou haipLOves drrav ri h
âolXeLOV ipeuvqrai re Kal {irjvvral ra>v dhrjXo)] *d
eyivovro, rovs re TToppwrdroj rrjs: VTroipias ovra

eovpov ecg rovs eXeyxovs- evpioKerai yovv Kal -<
rov dpxi'€pea)S dvydrrjp ^lapLdpLfir) rrjs eTTiôvXrj

owLurojp- Paoavil,6}ievoi yap rovr* aTreSetfa
600 avrrjs ol dbeXcfyoL [SaoiXevs Se rrjs ixrjrpcoas roX
fjirjs Kal rov vlov rjpLVvaro' rov yovv e^ avrrj
'HpojSrjv, ovra SidSoxov WvrLTrdrpov, rrjs Sta
6t]Krjs e^rjXenJjev.
601 (xxxi. 1) 'Etti rovroLS Kal BddvXXos els rov
eXeyxovs ovvehpapieVy r) reXevraia TTLons rw
'AvruTrdrpa) êôvXevfievajv' rjv fiev yap dneXei)
Bepos avrov, Kop.Lôjv 5' -qKev dXXo SrjXr/r-qpLoi-
lovs dorrihajv Kal ;;^l'Aol'S" erepojv epnercov, Iva e fj-
TO TTpdjTOV daOevrjoei^ (f)dpfiaKov, rovrco Oepcopa

jierd rrjs ywauKos oTrXioairo Kara rov âacXeojs I
602 rrdpepyov he rijs enl rov Trarepa roXp^rjs eKopate
rds Kara rcov dSeXcfxjjv eoKevajprjiievas eTnoroXd
utt' W.vrL7Tdrpov' rjoav yap Wpx^Xaos Kal OtA
^ acdevr)<T€u Dilldorf.
284
JEWISH ANTIQUITIES, II. 274-277
my command. And I bid thee without more delay

make speed Egypt, pressing forward by night and
to
day, and by no dallying to prolong the time for the
Hebrews, now suffering in servitude."
(4) Moses, unable to doubt the promises of the Revelation
Deity, after having seen and heard such confirmation divine nam
3f them, prayed and entreated that he might be ^^- "•• i^.
iôuchsafed this power in Egypt he also besought

;
Him not to deny him the knowledge of His name, but,

dnce he had been granted speech with Him and
/ision of Him, further to tell him how He should be
iddressed, so that, when sacrificing, he might invoke
iim by name to be present at the sacred rites. Then
lod revealed to him His name, which ere then had
lot come to men's ears, and of which I am forbidden
o speak." Moreover, Moses found those miracles at
lis service not on that occasion only but at all times
diensoever there was need of them from all which

;
okens he came to trust more firmly in the oracle from

he fire, to believe that God would be his gracious
•rotector, and to hope to be able to deliver his people
nd upon the Egyptians.
to bring disaster
(xiii. Accordingly, on learning that the king of
1) Moses
igypt, the Pharaothes under whom he had fled the Egypt,"
ountry, was dead, he besought Raguel to permit him En:. iv. i^^.
3r the welfare of his countrymen to go to Egypt ;
nd, taking with him Sapphora,^ his wife, daughter of

laguel, and the children whom he had by her, Gersos
donai (lxx Ki'ptos) was employed, and JHVH in Hebrew

ss. was written with the vowels of the latter, to indicate
Read Adonai"; hence, through later neglect of the in-
;ntion of the scribes, arose the form Jehovah, which has
Inquired a sacredness of its own, but in its origin is a
ybrid.
^ Bibl. Zipporah (lxx I,eirc()dbpa).
285
JOSEPHUS
L7T7TOS âoLêojs 'nalhe<i eVi 'Ptu/xy^? TratSeud/Lteiôt,
G03 ixeipaKLO. re Kal (j)pourjfiaTO? fjieoToi. rovrov?
rjSr}
€77auaKV7TTOVTa? avTOV rat? iXTriaiv anooKeva-

oaodaL 07r€vSaju Âi'TLTrarpog a? fiev TrXdrTeraL /car'
avTwu €77 LGToXa? i^ ovofxaro^ tcov irrl 'Pto/x-/^?
(fyiXow, ovg Se e-eidev ypdiljaL Sta(/)êtpas" ;\;p'/]/xacrtv,
a>S" TToAAa /xep' Âacrc/^^/xotev toj^ Trarepa, (f)au€p(jj^
Se WAeâuSpou Kal ÂpioToôvXou oSvpocvro, Trpos
6e TTjv fxeroLKArjaLU dyauaKTOLew tJSy) ydp^ avrou?
6 TTarrjp fxereTTepLTTero, Kal rovro rjv to fxaXiora
rapdoaov WuTLTrarpou.
604 {-2} "Et6 Se Kal npo rrj? aTroSi^fiLag iv ^lovhala
pLevcov Totavra? aurdjv eVt 'Pcofirjg -qyopaCev
/car'
imoToXd^ , TTpooio'jv tc ojs duvnoTrrog elrj rep Trarpl
rrepl rwu dSeXcfxjju' dTreXoyelro, rd p.€V ifjevSrj
Xdycov elvai tCjv ypa(j)op,ivojv, d he veor-qros dp,ap-

605 rry/xara. rrjuLKavrd ye pirjv rots' ypd(j)0VOLv Kara
rCjv a6eX(j)ow TrXelara hovs XPVH-'^'^^ GviJ,(f}vp€Li
ineLpdro rdv eXeyxov, eaOrjrd^ re TroXureXel? Kal
orp(jjpivd<^ eK7Tojp.ard re
TTOLKiXas dpyvpd Ka\
Xpvod dXXa re rroXXd rcov KeLpLTjXtcov,
ovvcovovp.evo<£
iLva roj nX-qdei rrjg €iV ravra harrdvris rov^ els
eKeZva pnodovs eyKaraKpyifj-rf- Staxdata yovv dva-
Xcofxaro^ dvqveyKev rdXavra, Kal rovrcjv fieyiarr^
bOG 8'
77 p6(f>aoL<; rjv tj 77 p6^ 'LuXXalou dlKr). T7dvraiV
avrov rore Kal rcou ^pa^vrepoju ev ro) pt,eit,ovi
KaKO) SLaKaXu(f)d€ur(x)U, 66^ at fxev ^doavoL 77daai
^ yap Niese from Lat. :
0' or oe mss.
* The alternative reaciing of LTRC

Kal irpoaiwv t^ws
avvTTo-mo^ tjv toj Trarpi tt((A tQiv abiXcpCji' 5e ("and then, while
as yet his father had no suspicion of him, would go to him J
and " etc. ) is specious.

' LTHC Lat.; (ynaTaypaxl/Ti PAM (perhaps rightly).
2»6
sons of the king, now growing lads and full of manly-

spirit, were receiving their education in Rome.
Anxious to rid himself of these scions springing up His forger]
to dash his hopes, Antipater forged several letters to injure his

their injury in the name of their friends in Rome, brothers.
while he prevailed on others by bribery to write that
the young princes were constantly railing at their
Alexander and
father, publicly deploring the fate of
Aristobulus, and indignant at their own recall for ;
their father was now summoning them back, and it

was this fact which caused Antipater the greatest
uneasiness.
(2) Even before departure abroad, Antipater,
his
while still used to procure, at a price, the
in Judaea,
sending of such letters of abuse of his brothers
>vritten in Rome, and then, in order to avoid sus-
Dicion, would go to his father and make excuses for
lis brothers, urging that such and such statements
vere false, while other matters mentioned were

nere youthful indiscretions. Now, in Rome, having
o pay immense sums to the writers of these letters
Lgainst his brothers, his efforts were directed to
•onfusing the evidence of such outlay. To this end
le bought up costly apparel, embroidered carpets,
ups of silver and gold, and many other precious
'bjects, in order to conceal under the enormous total
f these outgoings the wages paid for the other
ffair. His returns showed an expenditure of 200
alents, of which the greater part was put down to
is suit with Syllaeus. But now, though even all
hese petty knaveries were exposed with the larger
rime, now when every fresh torture was loudly
287
JOSEPHUS
Trjv TTarpoKTovlav, at 8* eTTLoroXal Sevrepas
aheX(f)OKrovLa9 KCKpdycaav, ovheXs
opitos tcov
els 'Pcop,rjv d<f)LKvovpL€vojv dTT-qyyetXev avrco ra?
eV 'louSaca rvxcs, KairoL /xeraî) row iXeyx^JV /cat
T^S" eTTavoSou SteXdovrcov eTrrd pLT]vojv' togovtov

Cu7 TTpos avrov €k TrdvTUJV pXcros r^v. rdx^L Kal tovs
diTayyiXXeiv Trporjp-qpevovs ol rcou di'rjprjp,€vajv
SaipLoves dSeXcfxjju i(j)LpLouv. ypd(f)€L yovv diro
'PcopL-qs d(j>L^Lv iavTOV rax^lai' eiJayycAt^d/Ltevos',
Kal w? VTTO Kataapos pLerd ripL-^g dTToXvdeir].
COS (3) '0 âoiXevs he etV x^^P^^ Xaêlv oirevhoiv
Tov i—LôvXov Kal BedoLKOJS pirj ttotc rrpoyvovs
<j>vXd^rjTaL, 8t' €7TLGroXrjs dvOvTreKpivero, rd re
dXXa (f)LXo(f)pouovpL€i>o? Kal OTrevSeii^ TtapaKaXwv
diqaeodai yap avrov Kal rds Trpds rrjv pLijrepa
pLepLipeLS ineixdûros' ov yap rjyvoei rrju eKôXrjV
609 rrjs pLrjrpog 'AvrtVarpo?. rrporepov pL€V ovu elXij-
<f>ei rrjV êpojpa reXevrrj? eTnaroXr^v eV

Trepl rrjs
Tdpavri Kal pLeyiurou eTTOL-qoaro Trivdos, 6 nves
(1)9 eirl delcp Kadvpivow, rjv S', cLs €0LK€V, in
htapLapria rrjs eTTiôvXrjs rj ovyxvats Kal oi
êpujpav KXaiovros, dXXd rov v7T7]perr]V' rjSrj St
Kal (f)6ôs eTTTêt ris avrou row rereXeapievojVy /Lt
610 TTore <f)OjpadeL'q rd (f)dpuaKov. rore S' iv KtAt/ctc

Xaftojv Tjv TrpoecprjKapev Trapd rov rrarpog Ittl-
oroX-qv TTapaxprjpa p^kv eoTrevhev, ojs Se et? KeAeV-
SepLP KarerrXeL, Xapij^dveL rts" avrov evvoia roji
rrepl rr]p prjrepa KaKwv, npopiavrevopevris rjdi^ Ka.
On the borders of Pamphylia and Cilicia. Reinaci

suspects some confusion as Celenderis was the first port ir
Cilicia which he would reach.
288
proclaiming him a parricide, when the letters were

reveahng him as once more a fratricide, none the less
not one of the visitors to Rome told him of the turn of
his fortunes in Judaea, although seven months elapsed
between his conviction and his return so intense ;
was the hatred which all bore him. Perhaps, more-

over, the lips of those who were minded to speak
were sealed by the spirits of his murdered brothers.
However that may be, he wrote from Rome to
announce the good news of his early return and of
the honours paid to him by Caesar in taking leave
of him.
(3) Theking, impatient to lay hands on the con- Return o
spirator and fearing that he might be forewarned ,vnar?nc(
and on his guard, repUed in an equally dissembling of his
^^^^^*^°
letter, couched in affectionate terms and bidding him
hasten his return because, if he made speed, added
;
Herod, he would be prepared to relinquish his com-

plaints against his mother. For Antipater was not
ignorant of her dismissal from court. He had pre-
viously received at Tarentum a letter announcing the
death of Pheroras and had displayed the profoundest
grief, for which some applauded him, attributing it
to the loss of an uncle ; but
emotion, it seems,
his
was due he wept not for
to the failure of the plot :
Pheroras but for his accomplice. He was, moreover,

already alarmed at the thought of his past proceed-
ings: had the poison been discovered ? But now,
when he received in Cilicia the above mentioned letter
from his father, he instantly pressed on. However,
as he was entering the harbour of Oelenderis," the
thought of his mother's disgrace came over him, and
even without such prompting ^ his soul had already
^ Perhaps " involuntarily," propria motu.
VOL. II L 289
JOSEPHUS
611 Kad^ iavTrjv ri]? ipvx'rj?- ol fxev ovv TrpoixrjdeoTepoL
T(x)V (îXcjjv ovveôvXevov fjirj Trporepov ifJLTTLTTTeLV
TO) irarpl vplv TTvdeodat a? atVtas"oacfycos 8t'
eêâXev avrov ttjv purirepa' SeSieVat yap, jjlt^ 7T0T€

612 vpoadTjKTj yevoLTO toju kot' eKeiv-qs StaôXajv. ol
Se OLGKeTTroTcpoL Kal rrjv TrarptSa 07T€vSovr€S ISeiv
fJLOiXXoV iq TO OVlJL(f)€pOV * AvriTTOLTpa) GKOTTOVVre?,
€7T€Ly€G6aL TTap-^vouv Kal fXYj rfj fjLcXX-queL TTapa-
oxelv TO) TTarpl fxev vrtoipiav (f}avXr]v, rot? 8ta-
^dXXouGL Se d(f)opfXTJv' Kal yap vvv, el tl K€KLur]Tai
/car* avrov, rrapd ttjv aTTOVuiav y€yov€.v' yLi7]8e yap
av ToXfiijaat irapovros' droirov 8' etvai hi dh-qXovg
VTTOifjla? TTpoS-qXcov dyadojv orepioKeadaL, Kal /jltj
ddrrov aTTohovvai puev iavrov ro) narpi, KopLLoaoOai.
8e TTjv âaiXeiav eV avro) (jlovco oaAeuouoav.
G13 TreideraL tovtols, ivr^yev yap to haLfjLovtov, Kal
htaTTepdoas €tV tov Hefâorov Xcfxeva rrjg Kataa-
petas" Kardyerac.
G14 (4-) TlapvmjvT-qaev 8' avro) irapd hoâv iprjixia
TToXX-q, ndvrojv iKrpe7Top,ivcov Kal fjiy-jSevos Trpoa-
Uvai roXjjLcovros' ipLLoeZro jiev yap iTTLG-qs, Kal
TOT€ <l>avr)vaL to ficGOS €gx^v TTappTjGLav, TToXXovs
Se o eK rod paoiXeajs (j)6ôs dTreorpeifjev,^ i-neSri
TTaGa ttoXls rjBrj rrjg Kar* Avmrdrpov (j>iqixris ^
TTenX-qpcvro Kal fiovo? -qyvoet rd âr' avrdv^ 'A^'Tt-

TTarpog' ovre Se vpoeTriiKfydiq Xap-rrporepov rts
iKCLUov TiXiovros irrl 'Pcu/LtTy? ovre drtpLorepou
615 v7Tehe)(dr]. 6 8e jjSr] fiev evevoei ra? oIkoi ov/jl-
(jiopds, en he €.k Travovpyias VTreKpvnrero Kal to)
' PA : dir4arp€(p€y the rest, * Aa^' tavrbi' LTR.

290
JEWISH WAR, I 611-615 {cf. ant. xvii. 86-91)
a premonition of the future. The more far-sighted

of his friends advised him not to put himself into his
father's clutches until he had clearly ascertained the
reasons for his mother's dismissal, as they feared
that his arrival might only serve to swell the charges "
against her. But the less reflective, anxious rather
to see their native country than to serve Antipater's
interests, urged him to push on and not by pro-
crastinating to afford his father ground for sinister
suspicions and his traducers a handle for calumny.
*'
Even supposing," they said, " any intrigue against
you is now on foot, it is because of your absence ;
none would have ventured on such a thing had you

been there. It is absurd to let vague suspicions rob
you of certain happiness, and not to run to your
father's arms to receive the kingdom which is totter-
ing on his unaided shoulders." Antipater, under the
impulse of his evil genius, followed their advice, and
sailing across landed at the port of Augustus, at
Gaesarea.
(4) Here he found a solitude, unlooked for, pro- His
found, and ominous all avoided him, none ventured
;
]^l^^ll^
to approach him. For, equally hated though he had
always been,^ this hatred was noW' at liberty to show
itself. Moreover, fear of the king kept many aloof,
for every city by now was full of the Antipater
scandal, and the only person ignorant how he stood
was Antipater himself. No man ever had a more
brilliant escort than his when he sailed for Rome,
none on return a more ignominious reception.
Divining now the disasters which had befallen at
home, he still maintained a crafty dissimulation and,
" Or perhaps " feared that there might have been some
addition to the charges." " Or " as he was by all."
291
"
JOSEPHUS
Se'et redvqKOiS tvhodev ooâpo? efp-at to npoacoTTOV
6\6 i^Ldl,€TO. (jivy-q 8' ovk€tl rju ovB* eV toju Trepi-
exovTUJV avdhvoLs, /cat oa(f)eg p-kv ovhiu^ tl toju
oiKoOev aTT-qyyiXXero 8ta r-qv €K tov âocXeoj?
OLTTeiX-qu, V7T€)^€Lrr€TO §e cAtti? IXapwrepa, rdxo.
pev p-qhkv 7T€(f)Ojpdo6 at, rdxa S', et tl Kal 77e-
(f>copaTaL, htaoKeudoeLU dvaiSeLCi Kal SoAot?, aTrep

qp avTO) pova ra Tri<; ocor-qplas eôSia.
617 (5) ^pa^dp€i'o? ovv auroi? t7/<:61^ ei? to âocXetou
8t';â Ttui^ (j>iXojv ovtol yap v^pioddvTe? eVt tou
VpCUTOU TTvXcoUO? €LpxOrjGaU- €TVX€U 8' €1^801^ COl/
Ovapoi 6 TTjS Sf/aia? -qyepojv. 6 hk eloeiOL 77/369
Toi^ TTaTepa Kal rfj ToAprj TrapaKpoTijoa? iamou

618 rfyyilêv oj? do7Tao6pevo<^ . KdK€lvos Ta9 x^^P^^
TtpoâXdw Kal Trju K€<f)aXriv TrapaKXivas ,
" €Otlu,"
eêôrjoeu, " Kal touto TraTpoKTOvov to Trept-
TrXeKeodat poi OeXetv ev T-qXtKavTai'S alTiai<s ovTa.
(f)6€Lpou, hvooiêoTdTTj K€(f)aX-)], prjSe p,ou ifjavor]<;
TTplv aTTOGKevduaodaL tq €yKX-qp.aTa. bi8ojp,L 8i

aoi hLKaGT-qpiov Kal hiKaGT-qv cvKalpojs rjKouTa
Ovapov. Wl Kal ok€7Ttou ttjv aTToXoyiav els avpiov
vapexco ydp oov^ Kaipov Toig TravoupyevpaGLU.^
619 TTpos TauTtt p,7]hki> vtt^ eKTrX-qêcog aTTOKpivaGdai
hvvqOels avTOs V7T€GTpei/j€u, Trapayevopeuai 8e Trpos
avTOu eKhirjyrjGavTO TrdvTas tous eXeyxoug -q tc
Kal T) yvvrj.
prjT-qp Kal ToVe pkv dvavqijjas eu
OKeipeL TTJ? aTToXoylas fjv.
1 om iKil LTRC Lat. » aot Xaber.

^ 7âÔL/)7^^taal^ A MLR.
—
though dead with fright at the bottom of his heart,

contrived to preserve an imposing exterior. There
was no longer any possibiUty of flight or retreat from
the perils encompassing him. However, he had
received no definite tidings of events at the palace
owing to the king's threats against informers— and
he still cherished a ray of hope perhaps nothing :
had been discovered, perhaps, even if anything

had been discovered, he might mend matters by
effrontery and guile, his sole means of salvation.
(5) Armed, then, with these weapons he entered and at
the palace, without his friends, for they had been ^^'^^^.'^ ^
insolently stopped at the outer gate. At the time
—
there was a visitor within Varus,'^ the governor of
Syria. Antipater proceeded to his father's presence
and, seeking courage in audacity, approached as
though to kiss him. Herod, with arms extended and
head averted, cried out " That too betrays the
:
parricide : he would embrace me, with such accusa-

tions against him !Perdition take thee, most im-
pious wretch, and touch me not until you have cleared
yourself of the charges. I offer you a tribunal and
for judge this timely visitor, Varus. Go and prepare
your defence for to-morrow I leave you that interval
;
for your artifices." Unable through consternation

to utter a word in reply, Antipater withdrew^, and his
mother and his wife ^ came to him and told him in
detail of all the evidence against him. Then he
collected himself and applied himself to preparing
his defence.
° P. Quintilius Varus, Ugatus of Syria c. 6-4 b.c, after-
wards slain by Arminius and the Germans at the battle of

Teutoburg.
''
The daughter of Herod's predecessor Antigonus, A. xvii.
92, not his other wife, the daughter of Aristobulus (§ 565).
293
JOSEPHUS
620 (xxxli. 1) T17 8' iTTLOVOT] GVvdBpiov p.kv 6
âoiXeu? aOpoitêi ru)v ovyyevcov Kal c^lXajv, eia-
KaXel he Kal rovs 'AvriTrdrpov ^tAou? Trpo-
KadeLêrai he avro? dfia Ovdpco Kal rov? fi-quvrd^
TTcivTa? eKeXevaev eioayayelv, ev oh e to i]x9r] a ai'
Kal TTJg AvrLTTarpou fi-qrpog olKerai nve^ ov vpo
^
TToXXov avveiX-qfiixeuoL, Koiiiôvre? ypapîiara Trap*

''
avrrjs 7:p6? tov vlov roidhe- errel^ 7Te4>(jjparaL
Trdvra eKelva toj Trarpi oov, jjly) Trapayivou npog
avrou, du
pirj riva TTopiar) Ttapd tov Kataapo?
621 hvvafJLLu." rovrcov ovv 7019 aAAoi? elorjyfjievcDV
*ApTLTraTpos elaepxeraL Kal Treooju TTprjvrjg irpo
rcjjv rrohcjjv tov Trarpo?,
" LKeTevco, TtdTep," e(f>r),
" fj.r]hev pLOV TrpoKaTeyvajKevai, Trapaoxelv he jioi
Ta? d/cod? aKepaiov; el? ttju aTToXoyiav aTToheiû)

yap ifxavTOv Kadapov, dv av deXr^g.'
622 (2) '0 8' avTOj oiydv eyKpayojv^ 77po? tov
Ovapov eLTTev " dAA' oti fxev Kal crv, Ovape, Kat
TTO-S hiKaGTrjs ooLog AvTLTTaTpov iâ)Xr) Kpivel,
^
TTeneiopiai. hehoLKa he fir} Ka/JLOV fiLOTârjs ttjv

Ti'xrji', Kajie Kpivr^s 770(77]? dîov GVfi(t>opd'S TOiov-
tov? vlov? yeyevvqKOTa. XPV ^^ f^^ ^'^ tovto
eXeeZoBai rrXeov, otl Ttpog ovtoj pnapovs kol îXo-
623 oropyoraTOs TraTrjp eyevofxrjv. tovs fxev yap Ttpo-
Tepovs /SacrtAet'a? re en veovs d^LOjaa? Kal rrpog
roL? ev 'PcopLTj rpocfieioLS (f)iXovs Kaluapog, t,r)Xaj-
Tovs he 7T0ii]Gas âoLXevuLV eTepoi?, evpov eni-
ôvXovs, OL Tedv-qKaoi to TiXeov 'AvTindTpoj' vecx)
yap ovTL Kal hiahoxcp tovtco pLdXtara rvjv do(f}a-
624 Aetay e7Topil,6jJiriv to he pnapdv tovto d-qpiov ttjs
.
e/XTys" VTTepepLTrXrjCjdev dveîKaKLas rjveyKev KaT efj-ov
1 iirdirfp LTRC. * KfKpayCis (sic) PA.

29-^
(xxxii. 1) On
the following day the king assembled Trial of
a council of his relatives and friends, inviting Anti-

pater's friends to attend as well. He himself pre-
sided, with Varus, and ordered all the informers to
be produced. Among these were some domestics of
Antipater's mother, recently arrested in the act of
carrying a letter from her to her son in these terms :
" As your father has discovered all, do not come near

him, unless you have obtained support from Caesar."
When these witnesses had been brought in with the
rest, Antipater entered and, falling prostrate at his
father's feet, said " 1 beseech you, father, do not
:
condemn me in advance, but lend an unprejudiced

ear to my defence for I shall, if you permit, establish
;
my innocence."
(2) Herod burst out upon him to be silent and then Herod'^
'"^
addressed Varus " That you, Varus, and every
:
honest judge will condemn Antipater as an abandoned

criminal, am fully persuaded. What 1 fear is that
I
my fate may also appear hateful to you and that you

may judge me deserving of every calamity for having
begotten such sons. And yet you ought rather to
pity me for having been the most devoted of fathers
to such abominable wretches. My late sons, whom
when they were quite young
I thought fit to destine
for the throne, whomnot only expensively educated

I
in Rome, but introduced to Caesar's friendship,

and made an object of envy to other sovereigns,
these I found to be conspirators. They have died,
mainly to further Antipater's interests he was :
young, he was the heir, and to secure him was the

object which 1 had most at heart. And now this
foul monster, gorged with the benefits of my for-
995
JOSEPHUS
Tov Kopov eSoâ yap avTO) ttoXuu l^rju ;(poVoi^,
Kal TO ipLov yrjpa<i iâpvvOr), âaiAcu? t' ovx

V7TefjL€LV€v €1 [17] hiOL 7TaTpoKTOVLa<; yeveodai, 8tVata
yovi' ôuXevordiJLeuo?, on Karayayajv amov airo
rrjg XOJpa? oLTreppLiiiieuov Kal 7Tapajodfi€uog rov<;
Ik paoiXiho^ {lOL yeyevvqixlvovs aTreSetfa ttJ?
625 dpx^S hidhoxov iôfJLoXoyoviio.t gol, Ovape, 7r]V
.
ifjLavTOV (t)p€voPXdp€Law iyoj ydpY rovg vlou?

€K€Lvou? /car' ifxavTov -napoj^vva, hiKaias avruw
drroKoifjai; cXtt tSa? 8t' ^ AvTLTrarpov. Kal ri pikv
iK€LVOv<; evepyerrjoa rrjXiKOvroVy tjXlkov tovtou;
(L ye t,wv fjLeu oXiyov helv TrapexcoprjGa rrj? e^-
ovaiasy (f>avepajs Se rat? hiad-qKatg iueypai/ja rrjg

dpx'TJ? SidSoxou Kal irpoGohov p,kv Ihia Trevr-qKOvra
raXdvTOjv eVet/Lta, rcov 8' ifjLOJV exoprjyrjGa XP'H'
lidrojv dveSrjv, TrXeovri Se vvv els 'Pcjj/jlt^v eScoKa
rpiaKOGia rdXavra, KacGapi 8* e^ oXr]s ttjs yeveds
626 fxovov ojs GCjjrrjpa rod Trarpog TTapeOepL-qv. ri 8'
eKelvoL TOtouTov rjG€^7]Gav, WuTLTTarpos ; "q olov
ris eXeyxos rjvexOrj xar' avrwu, tjXlko? aTTO-
627 SeLKvuGLV rovrov eTriôvXov ; dXXd (j)deyyeG6ai ri
T€T6Xfir]K€u 6 irarpoKTOvos
Kal rrdXiv hoXois rr^v
dXrjBeLav imKaXvi/jeLV Ovape, ool (fyvXaK-
eXTritêi.
reov iyd) jJiev ^^ yap olha ro Orjpiov Kal Trpo-
OpOJIJLaL TTjV fldXXoVGaV d^LOTTLGTiaV Kal TOV €7TL-
TrXaGTOV 6Xo(j)vppi6v ouros €Gtlu 6 Tiapaivcbv ifioi
.
7T0T€ (fivXarreoOaL Cowra WXeâubpou Kal firj

iraGlV 7TLGT€V€LV TO CTtU/Xa OVTO? 6 fJ-^XP^ '^V^
"
KOLTTjg eiGdycDV Kal fjirj fie rt? evehpevoL Trepi-

^XeTTCov OVTOS 6 Tafiias tCjv vttvojv Kal x^pi^yo?
rrjg a/xept^rta?, o Trapafiudovfjiewog ttjv eirl toIs
^ P: oni. the rest.
296
JEWISH WAR, I. 624-627 {cf. ant. xvii. 95 f.)
bearance, has turned his bloated insolence upon me.

He thought me too long-lived my old age oppressed
;
him he could not endure the idea of becoming king

;
by other means than parricide. Justly indeed has

he served me for bringing him back, a castaway,
from the country, ousting the sons whom a princess
bore me and declaring him heir to the throne I !
admit, Varus, my own infatuation. It was I who

exasperated those sons against me by cutting off
their just expectations in the interests of Antipater.
When did I ever indulge them as I have this
scoundrel ? To him in my own lifetime I well nigh
resigned my power I nominated him in my will, in
;
the public eye, heir to the throne I assigned him ;
a private income of fifty talents, apart from hberal

contributions from my personal revenues recently, ;
when he set sail for Rome, I presented him with

three hundred talents, and recommended him to
Caesar, alone of all my children, as his father's pre-
server. What crime did those others commit com-
parable to that of Antipater ? Or what proof was
brought against them so convincing as that which
establishes this traitor's guilt ?
" However, this parricide haspresumed to open his
mouth, hoping once more to smother the truth under
his wiles. Varus, you must be on your guard. /
know the creature and foresee the plausible pleading,
the hypocritical lamentations, that are to follow. This
is the man who, in former days, when Alexander was
alive, advised me to beware of him and not to trust
my life to all men's hands is he who conducted
; this
me to my couch and looked round to see that no
assassin was concealed this is he who dispensed
;
my hours of slumber, ensured my freedom from care,

VOL. II L2 297
;
JOSEPHUS
dvr)pr]fX€V0L? Xvtttju Kal hiaKpivojv ttju ra)v 1,(jjv7<jjv
evwotau abeXcjxIbv 6 vvepaoTnoTTj? o

, e/xos", o crco/xaro-
628 <f)vXa^. orav dvajjLvqadd), Ovape, to Trauovpyou
iu eKaoTcp Kal rrjv vnoKpioiv, dTnoTia /ue rov
t,riv €l(jep)(eTaL Kal davfjidlâj ttcD? âdvv^ ourcxj?
eniôvXov hUcjjvyov. dXX irrel Balfioji' rt? iêp-qfiot
rov efjLou olkou Kal fjLOt tovs <j>iXrdTou? eTTauLaTTqatu
del, KXavoofiai fiev iyd) rr]u dSiKOu elfjiapfxeu-qu Kal
Kar' ifiauTOU (jrevd^co r-qv ip-qfiiau, Staêuêrat
8' ovSel? Sufjiqcja? rovfxoi' alfia, Kav Std Trdvrojv
jiov Tojv reKvoju 6 eXeyxo? eXdr]."

629 (3) ToLavra Xiymv auro? p-kv vtto ovyxvoecoq
iveKOTTT], ^LKoXdcp 8' eVt rcijv (fyiXojv Xiyetv rag
d77o8etfetb €V€VO€v. piera^v 8' o ÂpTLTrarpos
indpas rrju KeâX-qv, €p.ev€v yap hi) /3e/3A?7/LteVo?
630 '^po rujv TTohwv rov Trarpog, eKpod' "av, rrdrep,

VTTep ipLOV 7T€7T0L-qKag^ TTju drToXoyiav ttcu^ yap
iyd) TTarpoKTOvo? , ov op.oXoyel'i (j)vXaKa Std iravroi
iox^]'<€PaL ; repareiau Se p.ov Kal VTTOKpiotv Aeyet?
rr)v €vae^€Lav. ttcos 6 iravovpyos €v rolg aAAot?
ovrojs dpajv iyevopuqv, cvg p.rj voelv, on Xad^lv

oi)8' dv6pd)7T0US pabiov rrjXiKOvrou p.voos ivoKeva-
topLGVOv, rov 8' ott' ovpavov hiKaar-qv dp.rixo.vov,
631 o? i(f)opa Travraxou TrdpeoTiv; -q ro

rrdvra Kal
TOJV dbeXcjxZv reXos rjyvoovv, oug 6 êo? ovrojq
pLerrjXde rrjS els ae KaKoôvXias ; ri 8e pie Kal
TTapco^vvev Kara oov ; âoiXeias eX-nis ; aAA' eâ-
GiXevov. vTTOvoLa P.LO0VS ; ov yap eorepyopuqv
<l)6ôs Ik oov ri? dXXos ; dXXd pL-qv oe r-qpojv
1 Sapiv PA Lat. * wiiToiTjaai LVRC.
29«
JEWISH WAR, I. 627-631 (c/. ant. xvii. 99 f.)
consoled me in my sorrow for my victims, and sounded

the feelings of his surviving brothers this is my;
buckler, my bodyguard When I recall, Varus, his

!
knavery and hypocrisy on each occasion, I can scarce

believe I am alive and marvel how I escaped so deep
a schemer. But since some evil genius is bent on
desolating my house and raising up against me one
after another those who are nearest to my heart, I
may weep over my unjust destiny, I may groan in
spirit over my forlorn state, but not one shall escape
who thirsts for my blood, no, not though conviction
should extend to all my children."
(3) Here his emotion rendered further speech im- speech of
^""^'^^ -'
possible, and he signalled to Nicolas, one of his
friends, to state the evidence. But now Antipater,
who still lay prostrate at his father's feet, raised his
head and cried out :
" You, father, have made my
defence yourself. For. how could I be a parricide,
I who, as you admit, have ever served as your pro-
tector ? You call my filial piety imposture and

hypocrisy. How could I, cunning in all else, have
been so senseless as not to perceive that, while it
was difficult to conceal from man the concoction of
so atrocious a crime, it was impossible to hide it
from the Judge in heaven, who sees all, who is present
everywhere ? Was I ignorant of my brothers' fate,
whom God so relentlessly punished for their wicked
designs upon you ? And then, what motive could
have instigated me against you ? Aspiration to the
throne ? But I reigned already Suspicion of your
!
hatred ? But was I not beloved ? Had I other

reason to fear you ? Nay, by preserving you I
**
" Possibly for Uaov we should read e|w aov

"
:
" Had I
reason to fear others beside you ?
299
JOSEPHUS
632 erepOLS (t)o^€p6s ^J/xrî^. evheia xpiîidroji' ; Kal rivL
fidXXou i^-fjv dvaXLGK€Lv ; el yap eôjXeoTaros
rrdvTOJV dvOpcjTTCov iyevofMrju Kal drjptov ifjvx'î'
etxoi^ dvrjjjLepov, Trarep, ovk du rals oat? evepye-

atati evLK-qOriv, ov Karrjyaye? fieu, co? e(/)r]s" avr6<;,
TrpoeKpivag hk tooovtojv reKvoju, dneSeLâs Se ^cui/
/SaatAea, 8t' VTrepôXrji^ Be tuw dXXojv dyadwu
633 i-olrjoag €7TL(j)dovou ; co rdXa? iyd) rrjg TTt/cpd?
aTToS-qiJLLag, cos" ttoXuu eBojKa Kaipov toi (j)B6vuj /cat
fjLaKpdu T0L9 iTTLôvXevovuL hitopiav. aoL Se, Trarep,
Kal rot? CTOt? dyujGiv dTreSrjjjLOVu, Iva fxi) SuAAaio?
Tov GOV y-qpcos KaTa(f)povqGrj. 'Pco^ry jjlol fidprv;
rrj? Kal 6 rrjs oiKOViiivvig TTpoardr-qs
€UCT€/Seta?
KaiCTap, o (juXoTTaropa TToXXaKL? p.e eiTrajv. Xdê,
Trdrep, to, Trap' avrov ypa/x/uara. raura tojv
ivddSe hiaôXaoi' TTLGTorepa, raura d/ToAoyta ôt
pLOWT], T0VT0L9 TTJ? Ct? Cr€ îXoGTOpyiaS r€KfJ.rjpLOLS
634 XP^y-'^^- p-^y^vriGO 8e cu? oO;^ eVoji^ cVAeoi^, ctt-

LGrdpLevo? rrju ifK^cuXevovGau rfj /SacrtAeta /car' ifjLoO
hvGiiiveiav. gv 8e /xe, Trdrep, aKCuv dTTcvXeGa?,
avayK-aaa? Kaipov hiaôXrjs hovvai ro) (f)d6ucp.
TTdpeLjjLL he eVt rovg eXeyxou?, TrdpetpLL hid yrjg Kal
daXdaGrjs ovhev ovhajxov iradiov 6 TrarpoKTOvo';.
635 aAAa pL-qTTOj jxe rovTcp Î'Aet^ to* reKfji-qptco' kgt-
eyvajG^xai ydp Kal rrapd deep Kal vapd Goi, Trdrep.
Kareyvojofjiewos he heofiai fxr) rals aAAcoi^ âadvots
TTLoreveLU, aAAa kgt* ep.oC (f)epeG6a> to vvp,
^ uTjTTu: . . . 0i\(i PA.M Lat. : tJ.TjWju TOL'Tu) diOe\-nuai the
rest ; text apparently corrupt.
" " Lover of his father."

* Text doubtful perhaps " ; 1 do not ask. to be given the
benefit of this evidence."
300
JEWISH WAR, I. 632-635 {cf. ant. xvH. 102-105)
inspired fear in others. Was it lack of money ?
Who had more at his disposal than I ? Even had I

been the most abandoned of men, with the heart
of a ferocious beast, must I not have been reclaimed,
father, by your benefactions ? For, as you have
said yourself, you recalled me from exile, you gave
me preference over such a number of sons, you
proclaimed me king in your own lifetime, and by
loading me with other favours made me the envy of
all. Ah me that fatal journey
! What an oppor- !
tunity I gave to jealousy, what an ample period to

'hose who were intriguing against me Yet it was !
jor you, father, and to fight your battles that I took

:hat journey, to prevent Syllaeus from treating your
)ld age with contempt. Rome is witness to my filial
Diety and Caesar, the lord of the universe, who has
)ften called me Philopator.' "
'
Take, father, these
etters from him. These are more trustworthy than
he calumnies against me here these are my sole ;
indication here are the proofs which I offer of my

;
ender feelings for you. Remember how reluctantly

'
embarked, knowing the lurking hostility to me
nihm this realm. It was you, father, who involun-
arily brought about my ruin, by compelling me to
pve my envious foes an opportunity for calumny.
3ut here I am to meet my accusers here I am, the ;
parricide,' who has traversed sea and land, and

lowhere been molested But I do not ask for your
!
ove on the strength of the evidence so far given of

ny innocence ^ for I stand condemned before God
;
ind before you, father. But, condemned though

am, I entreat you not to rely on admissions ex-
racted by the torture of others. Let the fire be
301
JOSEPHUS
oSeueVoj Sin rchv
efjLcou oTrXdyxvcov to. opyava,
fiTj Tov fjLLapov acofiarog' €l yap elfil
<j}eLh€o9oj^
'
TTarpoKTovo's, ovK dcêt'Aoj 9vqaK€LU dâadvLaros.^

636 Totavra {jber^ 6\o(i)Vpp,ov kol haKpvojv iKôcou tov<;
T€ aAAous (ZTT-ai^ra? Kai tof Ouapou et? olktov
TTpovKaXeaaro, jiovou Se o 6vp.6s 'HpcoSrju dhaKpw
SieKpdrei roug iXey)(oug dXrjdels iTnardfJLevou.
637 (4.) 'Ey TOVTO) NtKoAao? rod paoiXeoj? KeAeu-
cravTO? TToAAa Trpog to navovpyov to ^ Avmrdrpov
TTpoenrdjv koi tov Itt* avrco biaxô.? eXeov, eneLTa
TTLKpdv Karrjyopiav Kar€T€LvaTO, Trdvra p.ev rd
Kara ttjv âoiXeiav KaKovpyr]p.ara TTepLTiOels avTCOy
ndXiora Se Tr)u dvaipeoiv rwv dheX<f>ujv, dirohîKuvf;
ralg €K€luov SiaôXai? dTToXajXoras . eTnôvXeveiv
he avrov eAeyei^ Kal rot? TTepiovGiv cos i<f)€bpoLS
Trj<; biaSox^S' rov yap napaoKevdoaura irarpl
<f)dpiiaKOi> T^ 7TOV y dv dheX^dv dTtoayiaâi ;
5' eVt tov eXeyôv ttj? <j)appiaKeias ra?
03g TrpoeXdojv
re p.->-juva€i<; Ji'^'^Y iTreheiKwev Kal irepl Oepojpa
KaT€axe-Xial,ev otl KdKeluof * AvTirtaTpos noL-q-
,
oeteu dd€X(f)OKT6uou Kal tovs <f)LXTdTous tw âaiXel

hia^detpas dXov tov (jlvoovs dvaTrXt]G€Leu tou olkov,
dXXa T€ TToXXd TTpog tovtols eliTOjv Kal aTToheLâ?
KaTa7Tav€L rou Xoyou.
Q^c) (5) Ouapog 8e dTToXoyeiGdaL KcAcucra? tov Wvtl-
TTaTpov, CO? ovbev irXiov clttojv tj
" deos iuTLV /jloi
tov prjhev dSiKeiv fidpTVS " €K€Lto GtydJv, aLTTjGa?
^ The M??. add 6\o<pvf,ixb% (or -ov), an obvious gloss, absent

from Lat.
* Bekker: d/Saaan'arws m99. ' ora. PAM.
302
JEWISH WAR, I. 635-639 (cf. ant. xvii. 106-128)
applied to me Let the instruments of torment

!
course through my frame nor spare this polluted

body For, if I am a parricide, I ought not to die
!
without being put upon the rack."

These ejaculations, accompanied by moaning and
tears, moved all to compassion, including Varus.
Herod alone remained dry-eyed, furious and knowing
that the evidence was true.**
(4) Thereupon Nicolas, as ordered by the king. Speech of
^*^'^^^^'
addressed the assembly. He began with a full ex-
posure of Antipater's knavery, dissipating the com-
miseration which his speech had aroused. He then
launched out into a severe indictment, attributing
to him all the crimes which had been committed
throughout the realm, and in particular the execution
of his brothers, demonstrating that they owed their
death to Antipater's calumnies. He added that he
had further designs on the survivors as presumptive
heirs to the throne " Would one who had pre-
;
pared to poison his father have stopped short at his

brothers ? " Passing on to the evidence for the
poisoning plot, he brought forward in succession all
the information extracted being roused to indigna-
;
tion on the subject of Pheroras, at the idea of Anti-

pater converting even him into a fratricide and, by
corrupting the king's nearest of kin, infecting the
whole palace with pollution. With many more
observations, supported by proofs, Nicolas concluded
his speech.
(5) Varus then called on Antipater for his defence. Outcome
But he would say no more than " God is wdtness of Antipate
my innocence " and remained prostrate and silent, imprison
" According to A. xvii. 106 even Herod was not unmoved,
though he sought to conceal his emotion.

303
. ,
JOSEPHUS
TO (^dpfiaKov hidcoai tivl 7oju em Oavara) Kara-
640 KpLTOJV heoiicoTr] meti^. rod Se 7rapa\priiia TfAeu-
TTjoavTOS , 6 fiev OLTTopp-qTOvg TroiTâa? ra? Trpo?
^Hpojdrjv opLiXiag Kal ra rrepl to ovvehptov Kaioapi
ypdipag (JLera piav rjpLepav xajpitêTai' Seop-el he
6 âaiXevs Wi'TiTraTpou Kal 77po? Katoapa rous
hiqXojoovTas rrjv oup.(j)opa.u eêTrepLifjev
641 (6) McTO. he raura Kal Kara HaXcufxrjg eni-
ôvXos * AvT LTTarpos evplorKeraL^' rcjv yap ^Kvtl-
<I)l\ov Tt? OLKercov rjKev emaroXa? ko[xlôju qtto
*Pa)p.r]£ TTapa Atoui'a?^ OepaTTaivihos, Âk/jlyJ'; rov-
vojjia. Kal TTapa p.ev ravriqs e-neoraXro âaiXec
rds TTapa TâXojfirjg eTnoroXds e'y rot? Atouta?^
evprjKevau ypdfJLfjLaaiu, 77e77o/x0eVat he avro) Xddpa
642 8t' evvoiav. at he rrj? 'LaXwpLTjs AotSopta? re rov
paGiXeojs TTepielxovTTiKporaTas Kal Kar-qyoplav
fieyiGTrjV. ravras he TrXdaas ÂvrLvarpo? Kal ttju
643 ^ AKp^-qv hiacfideipas erreiaev 'Wpo'jhr] TTefJiipai. hc-
TjXeyxOrj eV ttjs Trpo? avrcv eTTiGToX-qs' '<'cit
he
yap eKeivo) to yvvaiov eypai/jew " wg eôvX-qQ-qs
eypaipd oov tw Trarpl Kal rds cTTtaroAd? eKeivas
CTTepLipa, TTeTTetGiieuT] rov âacXea fir} (j>eLoeo9ai tt^s"
dheX(f)r}g, OTav duayvo). KaXojs he TTOLrjoeig, ertei'
hdv aTTapTLodfj Trdvra, fJLvrjfxovevoag (x)v VTTeo)(OV."
644 (?) TavT-qs (fxjjpadeLO-qs ttj? eTTLGToXrjg Kal rwv
Kara ivoKevaodeiawv, evvoia p,ev e/x-
HaXaj/JLT^g
TTLTTT€L TO) âoiXeZ rdâ Kal <Ta>' ^rar' AXe^di^hpou ^
TrXaodrjvaL ypa/x/xara, vepuaXy-qs S* -qv vtto rod

nddovs COS" Trap* oXiyov Kal rrjv dheXcjyrjV dvo-
* iVLôv\as 'AfT. fi'.'piaK. iraroiriKus PAM.
- Afuias PA : 'loiX/as the test; c/. § oob,
• hai TO. Destinon ; »<ai WS5.
304
JEWISH WAR, I 639-644. (c/. ant. xvii. 131-144)
The governor, thereupon, called for the poison and

had it applied to a prisoner under sentence of death,
who drank it and instantly expired. Then, after a
private interview with Herod, Varus drafted his
report of the meeting for Gaesar, and a day later
took his departure. The king had Antipater put in
irons and dispatched messengers to the emperor to
inform him of the catastrophe.
(6) It was subsequently discovered that Antipater Di^^corp;
had also plotted against Salome. For a domestic of A^J'^^^
Antiphilus arrived from Rome with letters from a saiome
maid-servant of Livia," named Acme ; she wrote to
the king to say that she had found among Livia's
papers some letters from Salome, which, as his weil-
wisher, she had privately transmitted to him. These
letters of Salome, containing the most cruel abuse of
the king and the most scathing condemnation of his
conduct, were forgeries of Antipater, who had bribed
Acme to send them to Herod. He was convicted by
the letter which the woman addressed at the same
time to him, in these terms :
" As you desired, I
have written to your father and forwarded those
letters, and feel sure that, when he has read them,
he will not spare his sister. Be good enough, when
all is over, to remember what you promised.*'
(7) When this letter was brought to light, with Herods

those concocted to injure Salome, a suspicion crossed newfwni
the king's mind that perhaps the letters incriminating naming
Alexander were also forgeries.* He was, moreover, heir!^^^
deeply distressed at the thought that he had almost
killed his sister also, owing to Antipater's intrigues.
" Livia Drusilla, the wife of Augustus, and after his death
known as .Julia Augusta; by her former husband she was

mother of the emperor Tiberius.
" Cy. § 528.
305
JOSEPHUS
K7€Lva<; St' ^ AvTLTTaTpov ovK€TL ovi^ dve^ciXXero
645 Xa^^lv riymjpiav virkp avdvTOJv. 8'
d)pfJir]iJi€vo<;
€771 AvTiTTarpou iiTeuxidr) voooj

TOP ^ ;\;aAe77r)- Trept
lievTOL WKfirj'; Kal row Kara HaXojix-q^ €(jk€v-

ri]<;
G46 ojprjfjL€vajv eVeCTreiAei' KalaapL. rrjv re SiaQ-qK-qv

atTTâa? ^xeriyparêv, Kal fSaoiXea fiev dn^heLKwev
^
Avrinav dfieXwu rwv TrpeaîrrdTtov ,
^
\p)(eXdov
Kal îXlttttov hiaê^X-qKei yap Kal tovtov<;
'AvTL7Tarpo<; Kaiaapi be ovv rols Si;(a' xpriiidTa)v
SojpoLS ;(iAta TaXai^ra, rfj hk yvvatKL Kal t€kvols
auTov Kal (f)LXoLg Kal ciTreAe uê'poi? 7T€pl TTeuraKOOia,
dneveni€v he Kal Tolg aAAoi? Traiolv^ ttjs re ;ôjpa9
OVK oXiya Kal rc7w XPVf^^'^^^' Aa/XTrpoTarat? 8e
bajpeals eVt'/xa ZaAcu/xrî/ r-qv dheX(f)-qv. iv ixex' ovv
Tat9 biaOrjKaL^ ravra StajpOcoaaro.
647 (xxxiii, I) ripoTêi 8' avroj 77p6? ro xaXerrco-
repov T) i'6ao<;, are Sr) ra>u appojor-qpidraw iv
yrjpa Kal ddvixia eTnirerjovrajv iqv fxev yap rjSr]
ox^bou erojv i^bofJ.'qKOvra, rerarreivajro hk rrjv

tpvx'Tjv rat? rrepl row reKvojv avpi(f)Opals, dj<; fJ-rjh*
iv vyteia^ n rojv -qheoju rrpooUadaL. ri)s vooov

5' Tjv iTTLraoLS io)v *AvrL7Tarpos, ov ovk ev Trapepyo),
patera? hk TTpofjprjro at'eAeii^.
648 (2) FtVerat iv rals ov}X(l)opal<; avroj Kal
h'
hrjfxorLK-q Tt? irravdoraoLS h-uo rjoav oo<f)Laral
•
Kara rrjv ttoXlv jxdXtara hoKOVvreg dKpiôvv rd
^ Havercamp on ms. authority: bia. most mss. cf. B. ; i.
104 for the same error.

* Destinon (after A. xvii. 147 vUctlv): airaaiv m93.
' ir/fta M99.
" Literally " without

money."
Greek "sophists." The Greek term, orijrinally free
*
from any sinister associations, for a paid professor of
306
JEWISH WAR, I. 644-648 (-ant. xvii. 146-149)
He determined, therefore, to delay no longer to

punish him for all his crimes. But when proceeding
to extreme measures against Antipater, he was
arrested by a serious illness. He Mrote, however, to
Caesar on the subject of Acme and the fraud which
had been practised on Salome he also called for
;
his will and modified it. He now named Antipas

king, passing over his eldest sons, Archelaus and
Philip, who had also been the objects of Antipater 's
calumnies. To Augustus he bequeathed, besides
gifts in kind," one thousand talents to the empress,
;
to the children, friends and freedmen of the emperor

about five hundred to the other members of his
;
own family he assigned large tracts of territory and

considerable sums of money, honouring his sister
Salome with the most magnificent presents of all.
Such were the corrections which Herod made in
his will.
(xxxiii. 1) His illness steadily grew worse, aggra- Herod'
vated as were the attacks of disease by age and ISneS
despondency. For he was now nearly seventy years
old, and his tragic experiences with his children had
so broken his spirit, that even in good health he no
longer enjoyed any of the pleasures of life. His
malady was further increased by the thought that
Antipater was still alive for he had determined
;
that his execution should be no casual affair, but

seriously undertaken on his recovery.
(2) To his other troubles was now added an in- a sedit
surrection of the populace. There were in the pui^'^c
capital two doctors^ with a reputation as profound thegoi
experts in the laws of their country, who con- tul Tel
4 B.C.
rhetoric etc. is employed by Josephus as the equivalent of

the Jewish " Rabbi."
307
JOSEPHUS
TTarpLa Kal 6ta Tovro eV vavrl rw edvei ixeyiarr^g
rj^LojfjLeuoL 60^17?, 'louSa? re uto? He7T<f)Ojpaiov^ kol
649 Mar^ta? eVepo? AJapyaAof. toutoi? ouk oAtyo6
TTpoofjeaav rcov viujv e^rj-youfJievoLg rov? vofioug,
Kal ovîôv ovv€L)(ov^ ooiiiiepai rojr rjôwTOJi' crrpa-
ro-ehov. ot rore roi' fâoiXia TiwOavofievoL rai?
dOvfiLaig VTTeKpeovra^ Kal rfj voacp Xoyov KadUaav
€is rov? yvajpifiovg, tu? dpa Katpog iTnrrjSeLOTaros
elrj ra KaraoKevaoOevra
TLfiajpelv tJSt] ro) deo) Kal
650 TTapa tovs epya KaraaTTdv
Trarpiov? vofMOvg d- .
dep-LTOu yap elvat Kara rov vaou ^ ecKouag rj npo-

TOfxa? Tj [,cpov TLVO? eTTajvufiov epyov etVat* Kar-
eoKevoLKei S' o PaocXev-; vrrkp rr]v fxeyaX-qv TrvXrjv
de-ov )(pvoovw ov hr) rore Trapffvovv iKKOTrretv ol
KaXov elvat Xeyoureg, et Kal rt? ylvoiro
oocjyLorai,
KLvhvvos, irnep rod TTarpiov vofiov 9vrjaK€LV' roZs
yap ovTco TeXcuroJatv dddi'aToi' re rrjw ifjv)(rjv Kal
rrjv Iv dyadolg aiod-qoiv alowiov TrapafiiveLV, rovs
hk dyeiîêi?* Kal tt7? eavrcou aortas' aTtetpov^
dyvoovvTas (biXoipvêlv Kal npo rod he aperijs top
Ik voaov ddvarov aipeLodai.
651 (3) "Afia 8e rot? (.kclvow Aoyot? hLecfyrjixiodr]
Kal OvrjOKeiv 6 âoiXev?, wore BappaXewrepov
Tj-rovro rrj<; €7nx^LpT]Geajg ol veoi. fieo-qg yovv
rjpepas Kal ttoXXwv Kara ro lepov dvaor pe(ô pievojv
oxolvotg 7Taxelai<; Kadiixrjoavres 0(f)d<; avrov? dno
rod reyoug rov xpvoovv derov lêKorrrov rreXeKeoLU.
^ \'ariant readings Z(ir<p(pa'iov, Xcn-ipaipfov : A. \\ has
"ZafjKiâiov. * av^vhu awuxov P: avi'rjyov the rest.
' LVRC: i'7rop(pyo»'Ta the rest. * dêfe?? PC.
" Perhaps in imitation of the pediments of Greek temples.
In the eatly temples ot Zeus the Hat surface of llie pediment

208
JEWISH WAR, I. 648-651 ( = ant xvii. 149-155)
sequently enjoyed the highest esteem of the whole

nation ; their names were Judas, son of Sepphoraeus,
and Matthias, son of Margalus. Their lectures on
the laws were attended by a large youthful audience,
and day after day they drew together quite an army
of men in their prime. Hearing now that the king
was gradually sinking under despondency and dis-
ease, these doctors threw out hints to their friends
that this was the fitting moment to avenge God's
honour and to pull down those structures which had
been erected in defiance of their fathers' laws. It
was, in fact, unlawful to place in the temple either
images or busts or any representation whatsoever of
a living creature ; notwithstanding this, the king
had erected over the great gate a golden eagle."
This it was which these doctors now exhorted their
disciples to cut down, telling them that, even if the
action proved hazardous, it was a noble deed to die
for the law of one's country for the souls of those
;
who came to such an end attained immortality and

an eternally abiding sense of felicity it was only
;
the ignoble, uninitiated in their philosophy, who

clung in their ignorance to life and preferred death
on a sick-bed to that of a hero.
(3) While they were discoursing in this strain, a PunisTir
rumour spread that the king was dying the news culprits
;
caused the young men to throw themselves more

boldly into the enterprise. At mid-day, accordingly,
when numbers of people were perambulating the
temple, they let themselves down from the roof by
stout cords and began chopping off the golden eagle
was ornamented with an eagle as a symbol of the god,

whence the whole pediment derived its name (d€T6s or
309
.
JOSEPHUS
652 r^yyiXOrj 8' evOecos rep âotXeujs arparrjya), KOiKei-
vo? fiera xîpos ovk oXiyrj^ dvabpafjicov Trepl reaaa-
pOLKovra veavias auXXafipdvei kol Kariqyayev irpos
653 âcrtAea. TTVvdavojjLevcp S' avrco Trpcorov, el toX/jltj-
oetav rov -x^pvoovv derov iKKOTrreiv, ojfjioXoyovv.
CTretra, tlvos KcXevaavros , dTreKpivavro rod Trarpiov
vofJLOv. ri 8' ovrojs yeyijdacni' Stepajrijaavros,
dvaipelGdai fxeXXovres, eXeyov on nXetovajv dyadcjv
dTToXavaouGLV jjuerd rrjv TeXexrrrjV.
654 (4) 'Errt rovrois 6 âatXevs St' VTrepôXrjv
dpyrjs Kpetrrojv rrjs vocrov yevopLevos Trpoeioiv etV
€KKXrjGLap, KOL TToXXd TOJi^ dvhpoiv Kaniyoprjoas
ojs lepoGvXcov /cat TrpoSaGeL rod vopLov Treipalôi'Tcov
655 rt pLetlôv r]îov KoXdtêiv ojs dcreêts'. o 8e SrjpLos
BeLGag, pur) Std ttoXXojv 6 eXeyxos ^XOr], rrapeKaXec
Trpcorov pL€v rovs vrrodepîvovs rrjv Trpd^Lu, eVetra
rovs iv avrij GvXXrjt^devras KoXdoavra tols Xoi-
7TOLS rrjv opyrjv d^teVat. TreiSeraL /xoAt? d jSa-
aiXevs, KOL rovs pêv KadipaJGavras eavrovs dpLa
rols GO<f)LGrais Kar€KavG€ ^wt^ra?, rovs Xolttovs
8e rojv GvXXrjcf)d€VTajv rrapeScoKev rols VTrrjperaLS
dveAetv
656 (o) "Kvdev avrov ro GOjp,a ndv tj vogos 8ta-
XaôvGa ttolklXols TrddeoLv ipiepitêro' irvperos pL€v
yap rju ov Xd^pos, Kvr]Gp.6s 8e dcjiopiqros rrjs iin-
(f)av€Las oXr]s /cat koXov Gvvex^^'^ dXy-qhoues, Trepi
re rovs noSas ojonep vhpojTndjvros otSr^^tara, rov
re rjrpov (f)XeypLovrj /cat Sr)^ alSoLov GTjTTeSdw gkoj-
^ 01) Xiese : 5i' mss.
«•
Perhaps " the captain of the Temple " is intended {cf.
Acts iv. 1 , V. 24).
310
with hatchets. The king's captain,^ to whom the

matter was immediately reported, hastened to the
scene with a considerable force, arrested about forty
of the young men and conducted them to the king.
Herod first asked them whether they had dared
to cut down the golden eagle they admitted it.
;
" Who ordered you to do so ? " he continued. " The

law of our fathers." " And why so exultant, when
you will shortly be put to death ? " " Because, after
our death, we shall enjoy greater felicity."
(4) These proceedings provoked the king to such
fury that he forgot his disease and had himself
carried to a public assembly,^ where at great length
he denounced the men as sacrilegious persons who,
under the pretext of zeal for the law, had some more
ambitious aim in view, and demanded that they
should be punished for impiety. The people, appre-
hensive of wholesale prosecutions, besought him to
confine the punishment to the instigators of the deed
and to those who had been arrested in the perpetra-
tion of it, and to forgo his anger against the rest.
The king grudgingly consented those who had let
;
themselves down from the roof together with the

doctors he had burnt alive the remainder of those
;
arrested he handed over to his executioners.
(5) From time onwards Herod's malady began

this Herod's
to spread to his whole body and his sufferings took illness.
a variety of forms. He had fever, though not a

raging fever, an intolerable itching of the whole skin,
continuous pains in the intestines, tumours in the
feet as in dropsy, inflammation of the abdomen and
**
A meeting of the magistrates in the theatre at Jericho,
according to A. xvii. 160 f.
311
JOSEPHUS
XrjKa^ y€vv<l)oa, Trpo? tovtols opOoTTvoia /cat hvo-
TTVOia KOi GTTaGfJLol TTOLVTOJV TOiV êXoJV, Cl)OT€ Tovg
eTrideiatôvras ttolutjv eii/at tww oo^lotow ra
657 voGTJfiara Xeyeiv. 6 Se TraXaiojv tooovtol'^ TrddeoLv
o/xojs" Tov l,i]u avrelx^TO, aojTqpiav re rjXTTLêv Kal
BepaTTeias eTrevoei- StajSa? yovu rov ^Yophdvqv rot?
KaTOL KaXXtppo-qu ixprjro depyiols' ravra S' eêtat
fxev €L? rrju ^ Aa(j>aXrl7 lv XLfjLvqv, vrro yXvKvrrjTO?

S* icrrl [Kaiy TTOTLfia. Soâu Se ivravda rols
larpol? eXaio) depfjLco rrdv dvaddXifjat to ouafia
XaXaadeu els TrXrjpr] TTveXoVy eKXvet Kal roi)?
658 ocjidaXyious a>? redveajs dveoTpeipev. dopvôv Se

Tcou depanevovrajv yevofievou rrpos ftev T-qv <f)a>vrju
dvqveyKev , et? he to Xolttov drroyvovg ttju oojriqpiav
roU re arpancoTaLg dpd TTevTijKovra Spaxp-dg

eKiXevaev hiavelp-ai Kal rroXXd XPVP-^"^^ 'ôfi
TjyeiJiOOL Kal rols ^t'Aots".
659 (6) Ai;t6? 8e v-noGTpicjjojv els ^lepixovvra irapa-

yiveraL peXayxoXoju rjhr], Kal povov ovk dneiXcou
ainuj TO) davdroj TrpoeKorrreu els eVtjSoATî/' d-
deuirou TTpdêo)?- tov? yap d6' eKdoT-qs Kcuprjg
evLO-qpovs dvhpas e^ 6Xr]g ^{ovSalag ovi'ayayd>i^
€t? Tou KaXovfjievof LTrrrohpopov eKeXevaev ovy-

660 KXeljai TrpooKaXeudpevog he HaXcop-qp ttjv d6e\-
<f)r]u Kal Tou di'hpa ravrris 'AAeâi " olha," e(f)r^,
'louSatou? TOV epov eopTaoovTas ddvaTov, hvva-

'
om. PAM Lat,
* Hudson : iiTifiovXr]; .ms9.
S12
gangrene of the privy parts, engendering worms,*^ in

addition to asthma,^ with great difficulty in breathing,
and convulsions in all his limbs. His condition led
diviners to pronounce his maladies a judgement
on him for his treatment of the professors. Yet,
struggling as he was with such numerous sufferings,
he clung to life, hoped for recovery, and devised one
remedy after another. Thus he crossed the Jordan
to take the warm baths at Callirrhoe, the waters of Herod at
which descend into the Lake Asphaltitis ^ and from Caiiirrho
their sweetness are also used for drink. There, the
physicians deciding to raise the temperature of his
whole body with hot oil, he was lowered into a bath
full of that liquid, whereupon he fainted and turned
up his eyes as though he were dead. His attendants
raising an uproar, their cries brought him to himself,
but, now despairing of recovery, he gave orders to
distribute fifty drachmas per head to the soldiers
and considerable sums to their officers and to his
friends.
(6) He started on his return journey and reached Herod at
Jericho in an atrabilious condition, in which, hurling afêst of
defiance as it were at death itself, he proceeded to notables.
devise an outrageous scheme. Having assembled
the distinguished men from every village from one
end of Judaea to the other, he ordered them to be
locked into the hippodrome. He then summoned
his sister Salome and her husband Alexas and said ;
" I know that the Jews will celebrate my death by
" Cf. the description of the death of his grandson, Herod

Agrippa I, '• eaten of worms," in Acts xii. 23.
''
The Greek word means inabihty to breathe except in an
upright posture.
" The Dead Sea. Callirrhoe (" Baths of Herod ") was
near the N.E. end of it.
313
;
JOSEPHUS
(laL he nevSelodaL 8t* irepojv Kal Xafirrpov i7nTd(l)Lov
e;(etu, dv vfiels OeXijarj-e rats ejials ivToXalg
VTTovpyrjaaL. rovoSe rovs <j>povpovixlvovs avhpas
iveihdv eKTruevooj rdy^^Lara KretVare, rrepLGT-qaav-
res rov? orparLwras, tiâ Trdaa *Iou8ata kol ttols
OLKOS aKCOV €77* i}lOL haKpVOT)."

661 (7) TavTa epereXXero, Kal Trapd rojv iv 'Pcofirj
TTpioêojv TjKov €77 LOT oXaiy St' ojv ÂKfirj fji€V dv-
jip-qpevr] KeXevaavTos Kaicrapo? iS-qXovTO, Oavdrcp
8' *AvTi7Ta7pos KaraKpLTos' eypa(ôi^ ye }iriv cog,
el Kal ûyaSeuetv avrov edeX-JGeteu 6 TraTrjp,
662 eTTLrpeTTOL Ka'toap. 6 8e ^po-xv fiev 77/D09 rr^v
evdupLLav dvriveyKev, avOis he, Kal yap evheia
Tpo(f)ri<; Kal ^tjÎ orraopLOjhei hiereivero, rCov dXyq-
hovojv rjOOTjSels (Ôdoat rrjv elfxapjjLevrjv eTre^dXero.
Xa^d)U he iiTjXov fjTrjoev Kal p.axaipLOV , elcvdei yap
aTTOTepLvajv eoOUiv, eTreira TrepiaOprjaag jjltJ ti? o
KwXvoJv e'i-q, eTrrjpev rrju heîdv at? 7tXt]ôjv eavrov.
TTpoohpapLOJV he eKcoXvGev ^ Aîaôs 6 dvei/jtos
avTov rrjv Karaoxôv olp.(jjy-q 8' evdecos
663 X^'^P^ .
r'lpdri pLeyiorr) Kara to âoiXetov cos OLXOjJLevov

âoiXeajs, Kal toxôjs aKOVoag 'AvrtTTarpo? dva-
dappel re Kal yeyqdojs rovs 4)vXaKas LKerevev inl
Xvoavras avrov. 6 he -qyepLojv
XpT^P-aoiv eâ(j)e1vai
01) ixovov eKUjXvaev dXXd Kal âoiXel hpapoju
" A. xvW. 176, " He was not blind to the feelings of the
Jews and knew what relief and intense delight his death
would bring them/' A Jewish festi%'al on the seventh of
the month Kislev (December), of which the occasion is un-
recorded in the Jewish calendar known as Megillath Taanith,
is said by a late Scholiast to commemorate Herod's death
314
a festival " yet I can obtain a vicarious mourning

;
and a magnificent funeral, if you consent to follow my

instructions. You know these men here in custody ;
the moment I expire have them surrounded by

the soldiers and massacred so shall all Judaea
;
and every household weep for me, whether they

will or no."
(7) At the moment when he was giving these
Executio
instructions, he received letters from his ambassadors

at Rome, informing him that Acme ^ had been
executed by Caesar's orders and Antipater con-
demned to death but, the letter continued, if his
;
father were content with banishing him, he had

Caesar's permission to do so. At this news he for a
while recovered his spirits, but later, under the strain
of lack of nourishment and a convulsive cough, over-
powered by his tortures, he endeavoured to anticipate Herod
the hour of destiny. He took an apple and called tuiS.*^^
for a knife, as it was his custom to cut up this fruit
when eating it, and then, looking round to see that
there was no one to prevent him, raised his hand to
strike himself. However, his cousin Achiab rushed
up and seizing his hand arrested the blow. Instantly
there arose loud lamentations throughout the palace,
in the belief that the king had passed away Anti- Executioi
pater, quick to catch the sound, took heart again
and. radiant with joy, besought his jailers, for a
remuneration, to loose him and let him go. The
head jailer, however, not only prevented this, but
hastened to the king and reported his prisoner's
cut the tradition is untrustworthy. It appears from the

sequel {B. ii. 10) that Herod died a little before Passover.
See Zeitiin. Megiliat Taanit, pp. 100 f., Schurer, G.J. V.
ed. 3) i. 416 f, * §641.
315
JOSEPHUS
664 dvTJyyeiXev ttju imBoXriv.^ dveKpayev 5' eK^lvog
LO\vp67€pou TTJ? vooou Kal TTapaxpTJlJ-CL Trepufjas
rov£ SopvSopov? dnOKT^LveL Tov "AvTLTTarpoi^.
ddipai 8e TOW v(.Kp6v avrov Trpoardâ? iu ^TpKavta
TrdXiu Tag- SLadrjKas irrawopdovTai, Kal hLdho)(OU
/JL€V Wpx^âou rov Trpeo^vrarov vlou, dh(.)«j)6v 8e
ÂvTLTTa, ypd(f)€i, Terpdpxr]v he WvTLTrav.
665 (8) Merd be rrju dvaipeoLv tov TzatSo? iTn^LOV?
TtevTe TeXevTo., âoiXevoas d<j>' ov p.ev
rjp.epas
aTioKTeivas Xv-iyovov eKpdTTjaeu tcou npaypidTOJV
^
€Tr) Teaaapa Kal rpidKOV-a, d<j)* ov he vtto 'Poj-
p.aiojv dTTeheixd-q âotXevg cVrd Kal TpidKOVTa,

Kal KaTOL fieu rd dXXa TrdvTa tvx^j Sefta XPV^^'
ixevos, el Kal ri? dXXog, ooTtg Ka-eKT-qaaTO âat-
Xeiav lSlcottj^ wv Kal togovtuj xpovco (f)vXdâ<;
Ldiois TeKvoL? KaTeXiTTev, cV he tol? /car' oIkov
666 aTv^^crro-To?. nplu he yvojuai ttju TeXevrrjv avTOV
TO OTpaTiojTiKou, TTpoeXSovoa jieTa Tavhpog^ r]
ILaXajpirj hiai^rJKep tov? heojxu'jTas, ov? KTeiveiv o

âoiXevs IveTeiXaTO, iieTaTreiodrjuaL tou âaiXea
Xeyovoa Kal TrdXiu dvarrepiTTeiv eKaorov els Ta
Ihia. TOVTOJv 5' ol)(Oixevajv ehrjXovv rjhrj to??
GTpaTicoTai? Kal ovvijyov avTOvg el? eKKXrjolau
fieTa TOV XoLTTov ttXtjOovs ev toj Kara 'lepixovwTa
667 diK^LdeaTpoj. evda TrapeXdojv YlToXefialos 6 Kai
TOV haKTvXtou vapd tov âaiXeoJS
orjuavTrjpa
TTeTTLOTeviievos TOV T€ âoiXea KaTevhaifiovtêi Kal
ro TTXrjdog TrapaKaXel, Kal ttjv dTToXeicfideloav toi?
* Niese: eViôLX^f >iS5. ^ Destinon: /xer' dj'Spij M33.
316
JEWISH WAR, I. 664.-667 ( = ant. xvii. 187-195)
design. Herod, with a shout which might have

seemed beyond a sick man's strength, instantly sent
his guards and had Antipater executed. He ordered
his body to be buried at Hyrcanium." After that Herod's
he again amended his will, nominating Archelaus, favour of"

his eldest son and brother of Antipas, heir to the Archelaus,
throne, and Antipas tetrarch.^

Herod's
(8) Herod survived the execution of his son but
five days. He
expired after a reign of thirty-four (about
^^^''^^)-
years, reckoning from the date when, after putting
'^
Antigonus to death, he assumed control of the state ;

of thirty-seven years, from the date ^ when he was
proclaimed king by the Romans. In his life as a
whole he was blessed, if ever man was, by fortune :
a commoner, he mounted to a throne, retained it

for all those years and bequeathed it to his own
children in his family life, on the contrary, no man
;
was more unfortunate. Before the army had learnt

of his decease, Salome left the palace with her
husband and released the prisoners whom Herod
had ordered to be put to death, telling them that the
king had changed his mind and now dismissed them
all to their homes. Not until after their departure
did she and her husband announce the news to the
loldiers, summoning them and the rest of the people
to a public assembly in the amphitheatre at Jericho.
Here Ptolemy, to whom the king had entrusted his Reading o
^ r J J J- 4.- his will.
a Ibenediction
•
iignet-rmg, came forward, pronounced

3n the deceased king, delivered an exhortation to
:he people, and read a letter which Herod had left
" Greek here " Hyrcania."
* Both sons of the Samaritan Malthace. * 37 b.c.
•^
40 B.C. (end). Josephus reckons the short portions of
Roman calendar year at the beginning and end of the
eign as complete years (Schurer, G.J.V, i. 416).
317
JOSEPHUS
arpajLcoraLS dveytuajaKev iTTiaroX-qv, iv fj
noXXa
Trepl T-q? €tV toi^ BlolSoxov evvoia? TrapeKaXei.
66g ixera hk rr^v iTTLoroX-qi^ Xvaas ras iTnStadrjKas
dveyivojaKev, iv als ^lXlttttos fikv rov Tpd)(OJvos
Kal rcov y€LTViujv-ojv ^^copioju KXrjpovofiog, rerpdp-
-)(rjs S , CO? 77 po ei-a^xeVy 'Ai^TiVa?, jSaatAeu? S
659 \p-)(îXaos drredeLKvuro. tovtco [de]^ tov t€ Sa-
ktvXlov tou eavTov Kalaapi (îpeiv ivereXXero Kal
rds SiOLK-qaeLS ~tJ? âaiXeias aecTT^/xacr/xeVa?* Kvpiov
yap drravTcov u)v Siardfetei^ /cat êâLOjrrjv row
hiaQ-qKoJv elvai Kalaapa' rd ye firju Xotrrd Kara
rd? rrporipas 5ta^ry/<a? (j)vXdrreLV.
670 (9) Bot) S' €v6vs iyeuero tojp \\p)(eXdcp ouv-
rjbofjLevuju, Kal Kara GTl(f)os ol GrparLojrai pLerd
Tov ttXtjOov^ TrpoGLOvres vttluxvovvto p.ev ttjv
iavTujv evvoLav, ovviqv\ovTO 8e Kal rrjv rrapd roi

deov, [xalY perd ravra TTpog racftrju irpdrrovTC
£71 TOV âaiXicos TrapeXtrrev S* ovSeu Wpx^Xao? eis
.
TToXmeXeLau, dXXd Trdvra tou âoiXiKOV Koopoi

77 porjveyKev ov^TTopiTre-VGOVTa toj veKpto' kXIvt) pe\
yap 6X6\pvaos tju StdAtôs", GTpa>p.pr) 8e dXovpyii
ttolklXt], to Gojpa 8* eV avTTjS 77op(f)vpa K€Ka
Xvpfieuov, Kal 8idBr}p,a pkv €77€K€lto tjj K(.4>aXfj
GT€(f}aV0g 8' V7T€p aVTOV y^pVGOVS, TO 8e GKrjTTTpO]
672 rrapd ttjv h€îdv. Kal Ttepl ttjv KXivqu ol Te VLel

Kal TO 77XrjSos Tcov Gvyyeuow, icf)^ ols ol hopv(f)6po
Kal TO QpaKLOV Grlchos, Teppavoi re /cat FaAa'Tat
673 SL€GK€vaGp,€VOL 7:duT€9 cli? 6tV TcXepov. 77pofiy€]
8* rj XoLTTTf SvvapiLS oj77XLap€.vri Tol? TiyepoGLV Ka
^ cm. p. * P: om. the rest.
318
for the troops, in which he earnestly appealed to

them be loyal to his successor. After this letter,
to
he opened and read the codicils under these Philip "
:
inherited Trachonitis and the neighbouring districts,

Antipas, as we have already mentioned,'' was ap-
pointed tetrarch," and Archelaus king. The last-
named received a charge from Herod to carry his
ring to Caesar, with the documents relating to the
administration of the realm, under seal, because he
had vested in Caesar the control of all his dispositions
and the ratification of the will in the remaining
;
particulars the directions of the previous will were

to hold good.
(9) Archelaus wâs instantly hailed with acclama- His funen
tions and congratulations and the troops advancing
;
by companies, with the people, made promises of

allegiance on their own part, and invoked upon
him the blessing of God. The king's funeral next
occupied attention. Archelaus, omitting nothing that
:;ould contribute to its magnificence, brought forth
all the royal ornaments to accompany the procession
n honour of the deceased. The bier was of solid
ôld, studded with precious stones, and had a cover-
ng of purple, embroidered with various colours on ;
:his lay the body enveloped in a purple robe, a diadem

encircling the head and surmounted by a crown of
ôld, the sceptre beside his right hand. Around
:he bier were Herod's sons and a large group of
lis relations these were followed by the guards,
;
he Thracian contingent, Germans and Gauls, all

quipped as for war. The remainder of the troops
narched in front, armed and in orderly array, led by
« Son of Cleopatra. " § 664.

« Of Galilee and Peraea {A. xvii. 188).
319
JOSEPHUS
TaîdpXOL? OLKoXovOoVVTeg iv KOOflO), TTeVTaKOOlOl
be eV avTOL? rojv olk€T(jju Kal aTreXevdepojv dpoj-
fjLaTO(f)6poL. CTTaStou? 5' iKopLLoSy) TO CTcu/xa 8ia-
Kooiovs^ et? ^WpJjheiov, orrov Kara ra? eVroAa?
iTd(t)r]. Kal rd piev rrepl 'HpojSrjv roiovrov eoêv
77epa?.
1 LVRC Lat. Heg. ; idôn-nKovra PAM (reading o' /or r ).
The procession startsfrom Jericho which was 150 stades

(N.E.) from Jerusalem {B. iv. 4-74); Herodion was bO stades
south of Jerusalem [B. i. -265, 4-19).
320
JEWISH WAR, I. 673 ( = ant. xvii. 199)
theircommanders and subordinate officers behind ;
these came five hundred of Herod's servants and

freedmen, carrying spices The body was thus
conveyed for a distance of two hundred furlongs to
Herodion, where, in accordance with the directions
of the deceased, it was interred. So ended Herod's
reign.
VOL. II M S21
Aoroi^ B'
1 (1. l) 'Ap;)^€Aaa» he viojv "qpê dopvScDV rj rrjg
irrl ^PojfJLrjV a.7ToSrjiiLas avdyKT]. TrevOi'âa? yap

rjfiepag iTrra rov rtarepa kol rrjv i7TLrd(f)LOV idriaaiv
TToXvreXrj tll) TrXrjdei Trapao^dw edo^ Se tovto rrapa
'lofSatot? TToAAot? Ttevias aiTiov, Sta to TrXrjdog
€Gridv ovK dv€u di^d'/KT]?/ el yap TTapaXeinoi nris,
ovx ooLOS' iJi€raXa[jL^dveL jxev ead-qra XevKrjv,

TTpoetOL de ei? to lepoVy evda TTOLKiXaLS ainov
2 ev(f)rjiiLaLg 6 Aao? eKhexerai. KaKelvos to ttXtjOos
d<f)* viprjXov ^-qiiaros Kal XP^^'^^ dpovov he^LOjad-
p.evo? TTJ? re OTTovdrj?, -qu eveheiâvro irepl rrjv
KT^heiav Tov Trarpo?, evâpLareZ Kal tt]? rrpo? avTOV

depaTTeia? oj? rrpo^ êâiov rjBr) âoiXea' <êiheodai
ye pLTiV 01) pLouov e(f)r] ttJ? eôvaiag eVt toO TrapovTO?,
dXXd Kal rojv ovoixdroav, eoj? dv avrco Kalaap
eTJLKvpcoorj rrjv bLaBo\rjv, 6 Kal Kara rag BiadrjKas
3 7(jju oXojv heoTTOT-qg- ov6e yap ev 'Xepixovvri ttjs
orpaTid? TO 5td8r]/xa TTepiartTovoTj? avToj SeSexdac

70V p.evroL Trpodvpiov Kal rrjs evvoias, cjOTtep toi?
orpaTLcvrai?, ovrco Kal rco hrjfJLOj 7TXrjpeL<; ciTro-
* (3ia , , . di'dyK7]i oin. Lat.

322
BOOK II
(i. 1) " The necessity under which Archelaus found Accessio
himself of undertaking a journey to Rome was the pôj^jgec

signal for fresh disturbances. After keeping seven archel^
^'°'
days' mourning for his father and providing the usual ^
funeral banquet for the populace on a sumptuous
scale— a Jewish custom which reduces many to
poverty, such entertainment of the people being
considered obligatory and its omission an act of
—
impiety he changed into white raiment and went
forth to the Temple, where the people received him
with varied acclamations. Speaking from a golden
throne on a raised platform he greeted the multitude.
He thanked them for the zeal which they had dis-
played over his father's funeral and for the marks of
homage shown to himself, as to a king whose claim
to the throne was already confirmed. He would,
however, he said, for the present abstain not only
from the exercise of the authority, but even from the
assumption of the titles, of royalty, until his right to
the succession had been ratified by Caesar, to whose
ruling everything had been submitted under the
terms of the will. Even when, as he reminded
them, the army at Jericho had desired to place the
diadem on his head, he had declined it. He would,
none the less, make an ample return alike to the
soldiers and to the citizens for their devotion and
«§§ l-S = A. xvii. 200-203.

323
JOSEPHUS
Sa)G€LV ras d/xotâ?, oirorav vtto tojv Kparovvrajv
paGiXevs aTTobeLxdrj peâuos' GTrovbdaeiv yap eV
TTdGLV TTpos avTovs (f)avrjvaL rod rrarpo? djJLeLVCOV.
4 (2) 'E771 rovTOL? rjh6fjL€vov ro ttXtjOos evQitos
OLTTeTTeipdro ttjs Stavolas avrov /xeyaAotS' aLTT]-
ixaaiv ol [j,€V yap iôojv e7TLKOv(j)it,eiv rds etV-
(j)opdsy ol 8e dvaipelv rd reX-q, rive? 8e dnoXveiv
TOV£ Secr/xcuras" irrevevGe 3' iroLfxajs diraGL Oepa-
.
7T€VU)V TO TrXrjdog. eVetra Ovaa? ev ei3co;)(ta fxera

G row (jiiXojv Tjv evda hrj rrepl SetAr^v ddpoiodcvres
.
ovK oXlyoL Twv veojrepileiv tt porjprjiiev ojv TJpâvro

tSt'ou irevdovs, ore to koivov cttI rep jSacrtAet
Trenauro, KaroXo(f)Vp6pL€Voi rovs KoXaodivras vtto
'HpcoSou 8ia rdv eKKO-nevra ;\;pu(7oOv derov rrjs
r;ttvXtj? rod vaov. rjv 8e to ttIvOos ov^ ^'^-
€oraXfjL€vov, dXX olpuxjyal hiarrpvaLoi Kal dprjvos
eyKeXevoros Koireroi re rrepi'qxovvres oXtjv rrjv
TToXiv, d)S dv ctt' dvSpdoLV ovs €(f)aGKOv VTTep rcov
7Tarpio)V vofxojv /cat rov vaov [TTvplj^ TTapanoXeGdaL.
7 rLfxcopelv 8' avrols dv€^6a>v €k tcDv v<f)^ 'HpcoSov
rerLfirjiievcDV xprjvat^ /cat rrpujrov rov vtt* eKetvov
Karaoradevra Traveiv dpxtepea' TTpoG-qKCLV yap
avroLS €VG€^€Gr€pov alpelGdai /cat Kadapojrepov.
8 (3) Ylpog d TTapoj^vvero p.€V Wpx^Xao?, eVet;\;e
8e rrjv dfivvav vtto rrj? Trepl rr)v eôBov eVetêcos',
SeSoLKojs pL-qTTore ro ttXtjOos eKTroXepLcooag Kara-
GXÔeLT) ro) KLvrjfjLarL. 8to TTeiOol pidXXov r] /Sta
1 om. LVRC Lat. ; cf. i. 655.

2 VC : xP'niô-'^'- the rest with Lat.
^ Duties on sales, A. xvii. 205.
' Judas, Matthias and their followers, B. i. 648-655.
' Joazar, A. xvii. 164.
S24
JEWISH WAR, II. 3-8 (=ant. xvii. 203-208)
goodwill, as soon as the supreme authorities had

definitely declared him king for it would be his
;
earnest and constant endeavour to treat them better

than they had been treated by his father.
Delighted at these professions, the multitude Demands
(2)
^
at once proceeded to test his intentions by making ^
large demands. One party clamoured for a reduc-
tion of the taxes, another for the abolition of the
duties," a third for the Hberation of the prisoners.
To all these requests, in his desire to ingratiate him-
self with the people, he readily assented. Then,
after offering a sacrifice, he regaled himself with his
friends. Towards evening, however, a large number Thdr
of those who were bent on revolution assembled on on'îhe"
the same spot, and, now that the public mourning occasion
for the king was ended, began a lamentation on their obsequie

own account, bewailing the fate of those whom Herod
II •11/' -1 11
had punished tor cuttmg down the golden eagle irom
1 1 r-
°^^^^^
martyiec
doctors
the gate of the Temple.^ This mourning was in no
subdued tones there were piercing shrieks, a dirge
:
directed by a conductor, and lamentations with beat-

ing of the breast which resounded throughout the
city all this in honour of the unfortunate men who,
;
they asserted, had in defence of their country's laws

and the Temple perished on the pyre. These
martyrs ought, they clamoured, to be avenged by the
punishment of Herod's favourites, and the first step
was the deposition of the high-priest whom he had
appointed,^ as they had a right to select a man of
greater piety and purer morals.
(3) Archelaus, exasperated by these proceedings,
but in haste to depart, wished to defer retahation,
from fear that, if he provoked the hostility of the
people, he would be detained by a general rising.
325
JOSEPHUS
KaraarlXXeiv iTreiparo rovs v€coT€pLlovTa? Kal tov
9 crrparrjyov VTTOTrefJupas Travaacrdai Trape/caAct. rov-
Tov €tV TO lepov TTapeXdovra, irplv (j)diyâGdai tl,
XidoLS drrrjXavvov ol oraaiaaral Kal rovs fJLcr^
avrov ivl GaxfypovLCTfiaj Trpoaiovras, IvUi he ttoX-
Xov? 6 Wpx^Xaos, Kal Travra TTpos opyrjv dn-
eKpivavTOy hrjXol re rjoav ovk -qpein^Govres, el
10 ttX-Ôovs eTTiXdôivro. Kal Srj rrjs rwv d^vpucov ev-
ardcrqs ioprrjs, t] TrdcrxoL Trapd 'louSatot? KaAetrat,
TToXv Tt Bvjidr ojv TrXrjOos eKhexopêvq, KareiOL fxev
eK rrjs x^P^^ Xaos direipos eirl rr]v BprjUKeiav,
OL he rovs GO(f)iards rrevdovvres ev rip lepco ovv-
11 eior-qKeuav rpo^-qv rfj ardaei TTopilopievoL. irpos
6 heioas Wpx^Xaos, irplv hi oXov rod rrX-qdovs
hiahpapLelv rrjv vocrov, VTroTTepLTret p.erd OTreipas
Xi'Xiapxov TTpoordâs îa rovs i^dpxovras rrjs
ordoreojs Karacrxelv. rrpos ovs ro TrXrjdos drtav
TTapo^vverai Kal rovs /xey ttoXXovs rrjs OTrelpas
^dXXovres XlOols hUcjiBeipov, 6 he ;!^tAiap;(os" Ik-
12 (jêvyei rpavpiarias /LtoAt?. erreiO^ ol fiev ws [irjhevos
heivov yeyovoros irpeTTOvro Trpos dvolav ov p,r]v
'ApxeXdcp hixcL (f)6vov KadeKrov en ro TrXrjOos
i(f)aLvero, rr]v he Grpandv e7Taîr]Giv avrols oXrjv,
rovs pi^€v TTetovs hid rrjs TToXeoJS ddpoovs, rovs he
13 LTTTTe'is dvd ro Trehiov 61 Ovovaiv eKdorois eâi<j)vr]S
" Or perhaps the " captain of the Temple " (Sagan),

Acts iv. 1.
* Greek " sustenance." In the parallel A. xvil. 214 the
writer (an assistant of Josephus), using the same source,
appears to have taken the word Tpo<pri literall\- " they had no :
lack of food for the rebels, not being ashamed to beg for it."
Apparently rounding the N.W. side of the city outside
<^
S2t)
JEWISH WAR, II. 8-13 ( = ant. xvii. 209-217)
He, accordingly, endeavoured to appease the rebels

by persuasion, without resort to force, and quietly
sent his general to entreat them to desist.
<*
This
officer on entering the Temple and before he had even
opened his mouth, was driven off by the rioters with
a shower of stones many others whom Archelaus
;
sent in after him to call them to reason were similarly

treated. To all remonstrances they replied with
anger, and it was evident that, given any accession
to their numbers, they had no intention of remaining is quelle
inactive. And now the feast of unleavened bread, Jioo^g,^
which the Jews call Passover, came round it is an ; April, 4
occasion for the contribution of a multitude of sacri-

fices, and a vast crowd streamed in from the country
for the ceremony. The promoters of the mourning
for the doctors stood in a body in the temple, pro-
curing recruits* for their faction. This alarmed
Archelaus, who, wishing to prevent the contagion
from spreading to the whole crowd, sent in a tribune
in command of a cohort, with orders to restrain by
force the ringleaders of the sedition. Indignant at
the appearance of the troops, the whole crowd pelted
them with stones most of the cohort were killed,
;
while their commander was wounded and escaped with

difficulty. Then, as if nothing serious had happened,
the rioters returned to their sacrifices. Archelaus,
however, now felt that it would be impossible to
restrain the mob without bloodshed, and let loose
upon them his entire army, the infantry advancing
in close order through the city, the cavalry by way of
the plain. The soldiers falling unexpectedly upon the
^^
the walls, while the infantry struck straight across from the
palace which lay on the S.W. of the city to the Temple on
the N.E.
327
.
JOSEPHUS
vpooneaov-re^ hiachOelpovGL fxev rrepl TpiaîAt'ou?,
TO 8e XoLTTOV 7tAi9(?o? ct? TO. TrXrjGLOv op-q 8(-
eoKehaaav. et-novro be ÂpxeXdou K-qpuKes k€-
Xevovreg eKaarov avaxtopelv eV oXkov, koi
rtdvres a)XOvro Tr]V ioprr^v aTroAtTTOvre?.
14 (ii. 1) Auro? 8€ fierd Trj<; pLrjrpog Kal tcuv
(j)LXajv YlorrXd Kal YljoXeiâLov Kal ^LKoXdov
Karrjct Trpos BdXaaaav KaraXiTTojv irrLTpoTTov re
7COU âGiXeiajv Kal K-qhep-ova rcJv oLKeLcov Ot'A-
15 17T7TOV. ovve^rj€L d' a/xa rot? t€Kvol? ZaAcu/xry Kal
Tov jSaCTtAeco? dSeA^tSot re Kat yap.^pol, tco
fiev SoK€LV GVvayojVLOViJievoL irepl rrjs hLaSo)(rjs
Âpx^Xdcp, TO 8' dX-qOes Karr]yop-qoovT€<; Ttepl
Tcov Kara to lepov 7TapavopLrjdevTa>v
8' auTols Kara ttjv KaLodpetav
16 (2) T,vvavTa
T.a^luo? 6 TTjs T.vpLas iTTirpoTTo? ets" 'IoL'8atai'
dvLd>v irrl (f)vXaKfj tcov 'HpcoSou
tov- xprjfjidTCDV.
Tov irreoxev TrpoaajTepoj p^copetv irreXddjv Ovapos,
ov Sid riroAe/xatoi; ttoAAo, SerjOelg ^ Apx^Xao? pter-
1" eTTepuparo. rdre fiev ovv "La^lvo? Ovdpo) ;âpt^6-
fieuo? ovT* €771 ra? aKpa? ecrTreuCTei^ oure ra Tapnela
TCOV TTaTpcpcov XPVI^'^'^^'^ aTreKXeLoev Wpx^Xdcxj,
p.lXP'- ^^ '^'7? Kataapo? hiayvojoecos rjpeii-qoeiv
18 v-eox^'i'o Kal hUTptêv IttI ttj? KaLoapetag. co?
8e Ttui^ e/Lt77o8tôi''Ttut' o /xev €tV Av'Tid;êtai'
dTTrjpev, *Apx^Xaog 8e etV 'Pcvpuqv dvrjxdr], 8ta
Ta;)(Oi;? eVt 'lepoaoAu/xojy opp-Tjoa^ TrapaXap^^dvei
TCI jSacriAeta, /cat fieTaTrefjLTToiJievo? tov? t€ (f>poup-
° Malthace. * Called Ptollas in ^. xvii. -219.
Herod's chief friend and executor, B. i. 473, 667, ii. 21.

'
•*
Of Damascus, another friend of Herod, and the historian
on whose work Josephus is here probably dependent.
328
JEWISH WAR, II. lS-18 ( = axt. xvii. 218-223)
various parties busy with their sacrifices slew about

three thousand of them and dispersed the renaainder
among the neighbouring hills. The heralds of Arche-
laus followed and ordered everyone to return home ;
so they all abandoned the festival and departed.
(ii. Archelaus himself with his mother'^ and his Archeiau;
1)
friends, Poplas,* Ptolemy,^ and Nicolas,"* now de- departs
°™^'
scended to the coast, leaving Philip to take charge of °^
the palace* and to protect his private interests.
Salome/ with her children, also accompanied him,
and the nephews and sons-in-law of the late king,
ostensibly to support the claims of Archelaus to the
succession, but in reality to accuse him of the recent
Uega) proceedings in the Temple.
(2) At Caesarea the party were met by Sabinus, .Mercecar
procurator of Syria," on his way up to Judaea to take designs >\
charge of Herod's estate. He was prevented from pôcumc

continuing his journey by the arrival of Varus,'*
whose presence Archelaus had. through Ptolemy,
urgently solicited. Sabmus. in deference to Varus,
abandoned for the moment his intention of rushing
to the castles and excluding Archelaus from access
to his father s treasuries, and. promising to take no
action until Caesar had given his decision, remained
at Caesarea But as soon as those who had ob-
structed his designs had left. Varus for Antioch,*
Archelaus for Rome, he sped to Jerusalem and took
possession of the palace and then, summoning the
;
* Or perhaps " the realm." ^ Herod's sister.

" More accurately described in A. xvii. 221 as Kalaapo^
^wi-ôoTTos '•wv eu Zvpiq irpay>x6.Tu)Vf i.e. imperial finance officer
for the province.

* Quintilius Varus, governor (legatus) of Syria {B. i. 617).
* Before returning to Antioch he visited Jerusalem and
left a legion there to keep order (§ 40).
VOL. II M 2 S29
JOSEPHUS
apxov? Kal bioiKr]7ag Inîpdro hi^p^vvav rov<;
rCjv xprjiiaTOJV dvaXoyiOfiovg rds t€ ciKpas napa-
19 XayL^6.v€.iv. ov jxt-jv ol (j)iXaK€S tojv \\p)(€Xdou
KaTTjjjLeXovv evToXwv, ep.€vov Se t^povpovvreg
€Kaora Kal rr)v (f)povpdv dvaTidevreg Katoapt
fjLaXXov Tj *Ap)(€Xdip.
20 (3) Kdv TOVTCp TTaXlV *AvTL77aS dpL(j)LG^r)Ta)V
7T€pl TT^? jSaatAeta? dudêiOLV d^Lojv ttjs imSLadrj-
KTjs KvpLOjrepau elvat rrjv StaOrjKrjv, eV fj âaiXevg
avTos iyeypaTTTO. ovXXrnlj€o9aL 8' avro) TrpoiJTT-
do)(€TO âXajji-q Kal ttoXXol tow avv Wpx^Xdco
21 TrXeourajv ovyyevow. irrriy^ro he r-qu iirjTepa Kal
Tov dheXcfiov KiKoXdov YlroXefialov, poTrrjv eluai
hoKOvvra Std 'Wpojhr] ttlotlw yeyovei
rrju Tiapd
yap brj iKeiwov TLpnajraTOS' TrXeXarov
t(2)v (f)LXa>v
pivTOi TTeTToldet hid SetvoTT^ra Xoyow Klprjvaloj toj
priTopL, hid Kal Tous" vovOerovvTa? €'lk€lv Wpx^Xdco
Kara to TTpeoêlou Kal rd? inLhiadrjKag hteKpov-
22 aaro. peOioraro 8e eV 'Pojprj 'ndvra>v vpos avrov
Tj GTTovhr] 70JV ovyyevojv, oh hid piaovs rjv *Apx^-
Xaos, Kal t: po-qyov pivojs eKaoTog avrovopLiag
iTTedvpei oTpar-qyo) 'PaJ/iat6o^ hiOLKovpevrj?, el he
TOVTo^ hiapaprdvoi, âotXeveLU 'Ai^rtVai^ jjdeXev.
23 (-i) Hvv7'jpyeL 8* avrois els rovro Kal Haîiôs hi*
emoroXdoVy Kar-qyoprjoa? p.ev ÂpêXdov rtapd
24 Kataapt, TioXXd 8' eTraiveoag ^ Avriirav. ovv-
rdâvres he rd eyKXrjpara ol jrepl HaXojprju ev-
e\eipioav Katcrapt, Kal perd tovtous Wpx^Xaos rd
T€^ Ke^ctAata rwv eavrov hLKaia>u ypdipag Kal rov
1 toJtou LVRC. 2+d\XaPAM.
*•
B. i. 6t6. * Malthace who had sailed with her other son, § I-l.
330
governors of the forts and the controllers of the

treasury, endeavoured to search into the accounts
and to take possession of the castles. These officers,
however, mindful of the injunctions of Archelaus,
continued to guard their respective trusts, for which
they professed to hold themselves responsible to
Caesar, rather than to Archelaus.
(3) Meanwhile another claimant to the throne had
Antipas,
set out for Rome, namely, Antipas, who maintained claimant

that the will in which he had been named king had ^^^^
f°
greater validity than the codicil." He had received
previous promises of support from Salome and from
many of his relations who had sailed with Archelaus.
He had won over his mother^ and Ptolemy,
brother of Nicolas, from whose influence much was
expected, owing to the confidence reposed in him
by Herod, who had honoured him above all his
friends.But what Antipas mainly relied on was the
brilhant eloquence of his advocate Irenaeus on the;
strength of this he refused to listen to those who

advised him to give way to Archelaus, in consideration
of his rights of seniority and the terms of the codicil.
At Rome, all the relations, who detested Archelaus,
transferred their support to him the object that was
;
uppermost in the minds of every one of these was

autonomy under the administration of a Roman
governor, but, in default of that, they preferred to
have Antipas for king.
(4) They were aided in this design by Sabinus, Theriva^
who, in dispatches to Caesar, accused Archelaus and ^^ ^^^^
highly commended Antipas. Salome and her friends
now drew up their indictment and placed it in Caesar's
hands Archelaus responded by drafting a summary
;
statement of his rights and sending in his father's

331
.
JOSEPHUS
haKJv\:o'^ Tov Trarpo? Kal rovs Xoyou^^ ela-e^nei
20 hioL UroXeiJLaiov. 7TpoaKeil)dijLevo<; 8e o Kalaap ri
Trap' diJLcf)OLU /car' ibiav, ro re fieyedog Tqs jSaj-,-
Ae/a? Kat to vXr)do<; Trj<; vpoaoBoVj Trpo? ofi" toi'
dpidfiou T^js 'HpojSov yeved?, npoavayvou^^ be
Kal rd napd Ovdpov Kal âîvov TT^pl iovt'mu
CTreCTraAjLteVa, ouvebpiov fxev ddpolCêL tcov iv reXcL
'PajfiaioiUy iv Jj Kal rou i^ WypLTTTra Kal 'looAi'a?
TT^s" dvyaTp6<; derov Tralha Vdiov TTpajrajs iKadiaev,
dTToSlBcuaL 6e \6you auroU
26 (5) "Kuda KaracTTd? d LaAa»/X57? utd? 'Ai^rt-
TTarpos", 7)1^ 3e roiv ivavTiovfievoju *
\p\eXda) Se'.i^d-
raro? einelv, Karr^yopei (jydoKcov toI<; fiev Adyoi?

d}jL(f)L(j^rjT€lv dpTL /SacrtAet'a? 'Ap;êAaoi', rot? 5*
epyoig TTCtAat yeyovevai âaiXia, Karetpa)uev6adaL
8e i^Gi^ TcD;' Kat'crapo? ciKodji^, 01/ htKaoTTjV ttj?
21 SLaSoxrjs ou TTepLep-eivev, e'i ye fxerd r-qv 'HpcoSoy
TeXeuTYju eyKaOerovg p^kv v-novep.ipa'^ rovg Trepi-
d-qoovras avTco to bidbrjp.a, irpoKadioa^ 8' cVt
TOV dpovov Kal ;(pT7/xaTtaa?''* âaiXevs, Ta^^L^ T€
Trj<; CTrparid? dp-eiipa^ Kal TTpoKOTrd? ;(aptcrd/LieiÔi,
28 €TL he TO) hr]p.a) TtdvTa KaTavevaa'^ oocov cL? vapd

paoiXecoq Tvx^li' -qîovv, Kal Toug irrl p-eyidTatg
atViat? Trapd tov Trarpd? SeSe/zeVof? Xvaag, vvv
rjKei TTapd tov Sea-noTov GKidv aLTr]o6fjLevo<;
paaiXeia?, rjg yjpTraoev iavTO) to ocjpâ, Kal ttoicou
ov TcJijv TTpayp.dT(i}v dXXd tojv 6vop.dTa>v Kvpiov
29 Kai'crapa. TTpoaajveihiiCev 8' cu? Kat to irevdog
^ rationes administrationis Lat. (apparently reading

'Soyicixovu as in A. !').
* PAV*: Tooaavayvovs the rest (perhaps rightly).

» +wi MLVRC.
SS-2
ring and papers ^ by Ptolemy to the emperor. Caesar,

after reflecting in private on the allegations of both
parties, the extent of the kingdom, the amount of
the revenue, as well as the number of Herod's
children, and after perusing the letters on the subject
which he had received from Varus and Sabinus,
summoned a council of leading Romans, at which for council
the first time he gave a seat to Caius, the son of Augustus

Agrippa and his daughter Julia, whom he had
adopted himself he then called upon the parties to
;
speak.
(5) Thereupon Antipater, son of Salome, the ablest Antipatei
orator among the opponents of Archelaus, rose as laiome,

his accuser. Archelaus, he stated, although at the ^^^^^g^jû
moment ostensibly suing for a crown, had in reality
long since acted as king. He was now merely playing
upon the patient ears of Caesar, whose sentence upon
the subject of the succession he had not awaited.
For, after Herod's death, had he not suborned
persons to place the diadem on his head, sat in state
upon the throne and given audience as a king, made
changes in the ranks of the army and conferred pro-
motions, assented to all the favours which the people
had claimed from him as sovereign, and liberated
those whom his father had imprisoned for the gravest
crimes ? And after all this he had now come to beg
from his lord for the shadow of royalty, of which he
had already appropriated the substance, thus making
Caesar a dispenser not of realities, but of mere titles !
A further charge which Antipater brought against

i " Or, with the other reading Xoyca/xovs, " (public)
>| accounts."
I
333
JOSEPHUS
KareLpajvevaaro rod narpos, /xe^* rji-Upav fi€V
€.'T7La)(riiiaTit(jJV to TrpoGOJTTOV €1? XvTT-qv, VVKTOjp
Se pi-^XP^^ KajfJLOJV pLeOvGKopLevo?, iv oj Kal ttjv
Tapax'^v rod TrX-qdovs eV tt^? eVt rovrois aya-

S*"' vaKriqaeoJS eXeyev yeyovivai. kol tov dyowa rov
Xoyov TtavTos evaTT-qpeiaaro roj TrXrjdei rwv Trept
TOV vaov (jyovevBivTcoVy ov? iX-qXvdevat fieu i(f)^
ioprqi', TTapa he tois tStat? dvoiais wpioj? cltt-
€G(l)dx6aL' Kal ToaovTov iv to) Upo) ueaoipevoBai

veKpcw ttXtjOos, daov ovh^ lA'^Y d.XX6^vXos Igoj-
31 peVG€V TToXepLOS €7T€X6(jJV OLK-qpUKTOS . TaVTTJV /XCVTOt
TTjV WfJLOTTjTa TTpOGKeijjdpLeVOV aVTOV Kal TOV TTaTcpa
fJLrjh^ eA77t8o? avTov ttotc dîâJGai âGiXiKris, f]
6t€ xeipov T-qv ^vxrjv Kdjivajv tov GcopiaTos

aKpar-qs rjv vyiaivovTos XoycGpLov Kal ou5' 6v
€ypa(j)€V ev rai? eirihiaO-qKais yjhei htdhoxop, Kal
TavTa fjLtjhh' TOV iv Tals hiaB-qKais /.ie/u,0aaât
hvvdp.€Vos, as eypaipev vyLalvcov piev to GcTjjia,
32 Kadapdv 8e ttjv ipvx'q^' ^X^^ Trddovs TravTog. €t
piivToi Kal KvpLOJTepav Tideivi tis ttjv tov Kdpivov-

Tos KpLGLV, drroKex^^poTOvrfGdai âGiXeias Wpx^-
Xaov eavTov tols et? avTTjV TrapavopL'qdeLGLV'
u</>'
TTOTaTTOv yap dv yevcGdat XaôvTa T-qv dpx'qv

TTapa Katcrapo? tov Trplv Xaêlv togovtovs dv-
-qprjKOTa;
33 (6) rioAAd TOiavTa hieêXdojv WvTLTraTpog Kal
TOV? TrXeiGTOVS Twv Gvyyevcov TrapaGT-qGdpLevos
icj)^ CKdGTa) TOW KaTTqyoprjpLevwv pidpTvpas /cara-
1 om. PA.
384
Archelaus was that even in his mourning for his

father he had played the hypocrite, in the day-time
assuming a pose of grief, at night drinking to riotous
excess. In this connexion, he added that the recent
outbreak of the populace was attributable to their
indignation at such conduct. Proceeding to the
main contention of his speech, he laid great stress on
the multitude of Jews who had been massacred around
the sanctuary, poor people who had come for a
festival and, while offering their sacrifices,had them-
selves been brutally immolated.*^ There had been,
he said, such a pile of corpses in the temple as would
never have been raised even by the ruthless inroad
of a foreign foe. It was, indeed, because he foresaw
this ferocity of Archelaus that his father had never
deigned to hold out to him even a hope of ascending
the throne, until the day when, more stricken in
mind than in body, and incapable of sound reasoning,
he did not even know whose name he was inscribing
in the codicil as that of his successor when, more-
;
over, he had no fault to find with the heir named in

the will which he had drafted while he possessed
health of body and a mind quite unclouded by
affliction. But, he continued, even if greater weight
were attached by any to the decision of an invalid,
Archelaus had pronounced his own deposition from
the kingdom by his outrages upon it. What would he
become, once invested with authority by Caesar, who
before receiving it had massacred such multitudes !
(6) After dilating at length in this strain, and pro-

ducing most of the relatives as witnesses to each item
in his accusation, Antipater concluded his speech.
« C/. the charge against Pilate of mingling the blood of
Galilaeans with their sacrifices, Luke xiii. 1.

335
JOSEPHUS
34 TraveL tov Xoyov. aviorarai 8e NtKoAao? VTrep
^Xp-XêXdov y Koi tov fiev eV ro) Upo) (f)6vov dvay-
KOLOV d7T€(f)r]V€V TToXe/jLLOV? ydp yeyovevai tov? dv-
r]pr)fievovg ovâaiXelas fiouov dXXd Kal tov
ttjs
35 SiKaôvTos KaiGapo?
avTTjV tcov 8' aAAcov ey- .
KX-qfJidTcov GVjjLôvXovs dTTeSeiKwev avTovg tov? KaT-

rjyopovs yeyovevai. tyjv ye jjltjv emhiad-qK-qv rjîov
hid TOVTO /xaAiara elvai Kvpiav, otl êâiojTrjV ev
36 avT-rj Kaloapa KadioTaTO tov htahoxov 6 ydp
Gaj<t>povd)V d'jGTe toj heuTTOTr] tcov oXojv Trapaxojpelv
TTJ? iÔVGUa? ov hriTTOV TTepl kXi]POv6iXOV KpLGLV
iG(f)dXXeTO, G(jj(l>pov(ji)v 8' fjpelTO Kal tov Kad-
LGTafievov 6 yivojGKOJV tov KadiGTdvTa.
87 (7) ^leêXdovTos 8e TrdvTa koi îKoXdov Trap-
eXdojv ÂpxeXaog TTpoTTiTrTei^ tcov KauGapo? yovdTcxJv
V'^^Xl' KdKelvos avTov dva-

fidXa (f)LXo(f)p6va>g
GTrjGas eve(f)r]vev fxev wg vaTpcoa?
d^Log elrj Trjg
38 SiaSox^JS, ov fi-qv tl êâiov drr e(f)-qv aT o htaXvGas .
8e TOV? Gvvehpovs eKeivrjs ttjs -qjiepas Kad^ eavTOV

TTepl (JjV hLTjKOVGeV eOKeTTTeTO, etT€ XPI "^^^ ^^
rat? SiadrjKaig KaTaGTrJGal Tiva hkdhoxoVy etVe /cat
Trao-Q TTj yevea Siavelfxai T-qv dpxrjv eboKet ydp
eTTLKOvpias xpflC^^^ 'ô TrX-qdog tojv TrpoGOj-najv.
39 (iii. 1) Y\plv he opiGai tl rrepl tovtojv Kataapa
TeXevTa piev r) WpxeXdov pLi^Trjp ^laXdaK-rj voG-q-
Gaoa, TTapd Ovdpov 8' eK Ttvpiag
eKopLLGdrjGav
40 emoToXal nepl ttjs dTTOGTdGeoJS , ^v
^Xovhaiixjv
77 po'ihopievos 6 OvapoSy dve^t) ydp /xera tov ^ Apxe-
Xdov ttXovv els 'lepoGoXvfxa tov? TtapaKivovvTa?

Kadeôjv, eTTeihr) TrpoSrjXov rjv to ttXtjOos ovk
^ TtpoaTTLTTTu most MSS.

336
Nicolas then rose in defence of Archelaus. He main- Nicolas c

tained that the slaughter in the Temple had been for^he^^
rendered necessary, because the victims had shown defence.
themselves enemies not only of the kingdom, but
also of Caesar, the arbiter of the kingdom. As
for the other charges made against Archelaus, he
showed that his accusers themselves had advised
him to act as he did. The vaUdity of the codicil, he
claimed, was proved by this fact above all, that in it
Caesar was constituted surety for the succession ;
one who was sane enough to cede his authority to
the master of the world was surely not mistaken in
his selection of an heir. The sagacity shown in his
choice of the donor was a guarantee of his sanity in
the choice of the recipient.
(7) Nicolas on his side having fully stated his case, Perpiexii
Archelaus came forward and fell, in silence, at the ^^ngustu:
knees of Caesar. The emperor very graciously
raised him up, intimating that he thought him worthy
to succeed his father, but pronouncing no final de-
cision. After dismissing his council, he passed the
day in reflection on what he had heard, considering
whether he ought to appoint as successor one of
those named in the wills or to divide the dominion
among all the children for the numerous members
;
of this family all seemed in need of support.

(iii. 1) But before Caesar had come to any de- Further
cision on these matters, Malthace, the mother of pg^^'Jg^Qg
Archelaus, was taken ill and died, and dispatches provoked
arrived from Varus in Syria concerning the revolt conduc uct
of the Jews. This outbreak had been foreseen by ^^'^'""^' lUS1
Jerusalec
Varus, who, after the sailing of Archelaus, had gone
up to Jerusalem to repress its promoters, and, as it
was evident that the people would not remain quiet,
S37
JOSEPHUS
rip€iir]aov, €V tojv rpicov ano V.
ûpta? Tayiiarajv,
41 OTTep dyojv -^Kev, iv rfj jroXei KaTaXeinei. Kal
avro? fi€i' V7T€GTpeiJj€v elg 'Ai^7to;^£tar, iTreXdojv
he 6 6.(f)opfir]v avrols 7Tapia\ev veajrepo-
Y.aîVO?
TTodas' Tovs T€ yap <f)povpovs Trapahihovai rag
OLKpas lîdtero Kal TTiKpujg ra âoiXiKa \pri\jia7a
hi-qpevva, 7T€7tol6(jj9 ov jiovov TOt? VTTO Ovdpov
KaTaX€L<f)6eLGt orpartajTaLS dXXd Kal TrXrjdeL Sov- ,
Xojv ISlojv, ou? aTTavras onXioag VTT-qperats ixpTJô

42 77]? TrXeope^lag. evardoiqs he rijs TrevTrjKoorrjg,
ovroj KaXovaiv nua iopTrjv 'louSatot Trap' €7rra
yivofievTju e^dopidhas Kal^ rov dpidpLOu tow rjpLepwv
rrpoaiqyopLav exovoav ovx rj ovurjdrjg dprjOKeia
,
A'i 'ivvriyayev rov hrjfxov, dXX' r) dyaudKr-qoig avv- .
dhpafiev yovv nXrjSos dneLpov €K re rrjg FaAiAata?

Kal eK rrjs 'ISou/xat'a?, 'lepfixovvro? re Kal rrjg
VTTep *lophdpr]i' Ylepaia?, vrrepelxev he rrX-qdei Kal
TTpodvpLLaLS dvhpwv *Iou8aia?
6 yvT^GLOS e| avr-qs
44 Aads". hiaveijxavres he o^dg avrovg
rpia fiepr) elg
TpLxrj oTparorrehevovrai, rrpog re tco ôpetco rov
lepov KXipLari Kal rrpdg rco piearjfi^pivco Kara tou
IvTTohpopLOV, Tj he rplrrj fioipa rrpos rolg âoiXeloig
Kara hvatv. rrepLKaBetopievoi he rravraxodev rows
'PcU/XatOUS" €7ToXl6pKOVV.
45 (2) '0 he 'La^Lvo? rrpos re ro ttXtjOo? avrojv
vrroheloas Kal tol (f)povi]piara, awex^^? p^^v dy-
yeXovs errepLvev rrpog Ovapov errapivveiv ev rdx^^
heofievos, tu? el ^pahvvoL KaraKorrrjoofievov tov
46 rdyfiarog- avros he irrl tou vip-qXorarov rov ^pov-
piov TTvpyou dva^ds, o? eKaXeiro OaaarÂo? err-
^ Agra Hudson (after LaL).
«•
^ 16.
838
had left in the city one of the three legions from

Syria which he had brought with him he himself ;
then returned to Antioch. It was the arrival of

Sabinus ° which gave the Jews an occasion for insur-
rection. For this officer endeavoured to force the
guardians of the citadels to hand them over to him
and instituted an exacting search for the royal
treasures, relying for this task not only on the soldiers
left by Varus, but on a crowd of his own slaves, all
of whom he armed and employed as instruments of
his avarice. So, on the arrival of Pentecost thus End of Mj
^'^'
—
the Jews call a feast which occurs seven weeks after ^
JPassover),^ and takes its name from the number of
—
intervening days it was not the customary ritual so
much as indignation w^hich drew the people in crowds
to the capital. A countless multitude flocked in
from Galilee, from Idumaea, from Jericho, and from
Peraea beyond the Jordan, but it was the native
population of Judaea itself which, both in numbers and
ardour, was pre-eminent. Distributing themselves
into three divisions, they formed three camps, one
3n the north of the Temple, another on the south,
adjoining the hippodrome," and the third near the
Dalace, on the west. Thus investing the Romans on
all sides, they held them under siege.
(2) Sabinus, terrified at their numbers and deter- a fight in

*^® ^^"^^
Tiination, dispatched messenger after messenger to
Vârus, begging for his prompt support and assuring
him that, if he delayed, the legion would be cut to
pieces. He himself mounted to the highest tower in
* Such must be the meaning, but this sense of napd is
unusual.
" Mentioned here only and in the parallel in J. xvii. 255 ;
its exact position is unknown. It was probably built by
Herod.
339
JOSEPHUS
cLfVfiov exojv db€}(<f)6v *Hpc68ou hiaifydapevra vtto
Yldpdow, evrevBev KareoeLev roi? iv tw rdty/itaTt
orpaTLOJTaLS eTrLXîpeTv rol? TToXepLLOis' 8t' eKTrX-qîv
yap ou5' €LS Tovs aêrepovs Karaâivetv iddppeL.

47 TTapaTTeLodeuTe? Be ol oTpanajTai TTpoTrrjhcooiu €19
ro Upov Kal p.dx'Q^ Kaprepdu rots 'louSaioi?
ovvdiTTovoLV, cV ff fJL€Xpi pi^v ovBels KadvTTepdei^
irr-qpLVvev TrepLrjaau ip-eLpla TroAe/xou rwv dveipixtv
48 eVet 8e ttoAAoi ^Xovhaiojv dva^dvres iirl rds" OTodg
Kara KcâArj? avTcov rd êX-q, ovverpiôvro
rjcjyUoav
TToAAoi fcal oure tou? dvojdeu ^dXXovras dpivi'€odaL

pdhiov -qv, ov7€ rovs ovo7dhr]v pLaxopievov? vtto-
pLeveiv.
49 (3) KaraTTOvoupLevoL 8e' Trpos aMÔTcpctji' vtto-
TTLpLTTpdoLv rd? GTod<; , epya davp-dota fieyeOoug re

/<at TToAureAeias" eve/ccv'* ot 8' eV ai^rojt' iâi<f)vrig
1)770 T-qg <l)Xoy6s irepiax^Q^vjes ttoXXoI pLev iv avTJj

hie(j)6dpr]oau, ttoXXol 8e vtto tojv voXepnajv tttj-
bdjvres elg avTovg, riveg 8' eig tovttlooj Kara 7oO

7€ixovs iKprjpLvilôvTO, evLOL 8' ut:' dpiqxo.vLag Tolg
50 18101? ^L(f)eoLU TO 77vp eSdauoi^' oool 8e KadepTTv-

oavres drro rd)V reixdjv fiô-v elg rovg Pojâtou?
€va€-ax^'i-PÔ70i hid rrjV eKTrXrj^LV rjoau. Kal^ rdji>
pikv drroXujXoTujv, tcjv 8* vvo rod heovg OKeha-

odevTOJU, ip-qpLOJ rep rov Oeov drjoavpo) irpoo-
' ^J.(v PA, which Destinon retains, writing aiveTplôvro <t€>

above and making the apodosis begin at KaTa^rol'ov^.tvQl..
»
VxP' LVRC Lat.
S40
JEWISH WAR. II. 46-50 ( = ant. xvii. 257-264)
the fortress — called Phasael, after Herod'sbrother,\vlio

was slain by the Parthians" — and thence signalled
to the legionaries to attack the enemy, for he was in
such a panic that he had not even the courage to
descend to his own men. The soldiers, obedient to
this poltroon, leapt into the Temple and engaged in
a stubborn contest with the Jews. So long as they
remained unassailed from above, their military ex-
perience gave them the advantage over the novices
opposed to them but when a large body of Jews
;
mounted the porticoes and poured their missiles

down upon their heads, many fell, and the Romans
found it no easy task either to defend themselves
against those attacking them from above or to
hold their ground against their other opponents
in hand-to-hand fight.
(3) Harassed by these two foes, the legionaries Burning
set fire to the porticoes, which for massive grandeur porticoes
and magnificence
~ were wonderful works of art. Of ^"^ '*'"**
or the
the Jews who occupied them, many, suddenly en- treasury.
veloped, perished in the flames many leapt down ;
among their enemies and were slain by them ; some

flung themselves over the precipitous wall in their
rear others, in despair, threw themselves on their
;
own swords avoid becoming victims of the

to
flames ; any who successfully crept down
while
from the wall and dashed at the Romans fell an
easy prey, owing to their dazed condition. Then,
their enemies either slain or dispersed in panic, the
soldiers fell upon God's treasury, now reft of
defenders, and plundered it to the amount of some
" 6/. ZJ.i. 27 If., and for the tower of Phasael i. 418, v. 166.
341
.
JOSEPHUS
7T€o6uT€? OL orpaTLOjTaL TTepl T6Tpa/<oata TaAavTa
bnqpnaoai^, (Lu ooa fir) StCKAaTTi] T.a^lvog rjdpotoev.
51 (4) 'louSatoL'? he -q re tujv kpyow kol avhpcov
(f)dopa TToXv TrXeiov? /cat p.a)(_Lii(x)r€pov? iTnavu-
doTTjoeu 'PajpLaiOLgy Kal Trepioxovre? ra âoiXeta
TTOLvrag rj7T€iXovv Sia(t)d€Lp€LV, el 1-17] ddrrov aTTLOiev
VTno)(yovvro yap aheiav rco Za/StVco ôvXopLevcp
o2 fJ-era TaypLaro? e^teVat. ovveXdpiâvou 8'
rod
avToT?^ ol nXeiovs roju âotXiKajv avropLoXrjGavreg
ro pLei'TOL TToXepLLKcoTarop p.epos, Têâor-qvol
TpLOX^XioL, 'Pov(f)6<g re Kal Tpdrog inl rovroLS, o
pLev Toi)? TTcôi)? rcju BaoiXiKOJV vtt^ avrov excov,
'Pov<f)0? he rovg tTTTret?, (Lu eKarepog /cat ;\;ajpt9
VTTTjKOov hwdpLeo)? St' dXKTjv Kal Gvveoiv rjv
53 TToXepLou poTTTj,'^ TTpooeBevro 'Pa»/xatot?. 'louSaiot
p.ev ovv eveKeivro rfj TToXiopKia, rojv retôjv a/xa
TTeipojpievoL rod c^povpiov Kal rols rrepl rov ILa^vov
ipLôcjvreg arrteVat, /X7]8' epLTrohojv avrolg yeveodai
hid xpovov TToXXov KopLLl,opLevoi<i rr]v irdrpiov
54 avrovopLiav. 2a/StVoj 8' dyaTT-qrov pikv tju vrre^-
eXdelVy rjTTLoreL he rat? VTtooxeoeoiv /cat to Trpdov
avrojv heXeap et? evehpav vTrajfrrevev dp.a he /cat
r-qv aTTO Ovdpov ÔTjOetau eX7Til,<jji> hterpiêv rrjv
TToXiopKLav.
55 (iv. 1) 'Ei^ he rovrcp Kal rd Kara rr)v x^P^^
'
ed. pr. : avTovi MS9.
2 ijv TToX/MOf ponr) Naber : Tj iro\iiJ.Qv (jOTr-qv niost MSS.
<"
According 264 Sabinus secured 400 talents
to A. xvii.
apart from the sums stolen by the soldiers. The writer oi A.
is clearly imitating Thuc. vii. 85 ro (xku oZv adpoLodh tqZ
aTf,aTtv/jLaTO': i% to KOifdf oC wo\u iy^vero, rb hh 5iaK\aTr(v ttoXv,
a passage of which there may
be a faint reminiscence here.
* i.e. troops drafted in the region of Sebaste - Samaria.
342
JEWISH WAR, II. 50-55 ( = ant. xvii. 264-
four hundred talents ; of this sum all that was not

stolen by them was collected by Sabinus.*^
(4) However, the effect of this loss of buildings and Sabimis
of lives was only to rally the Jews in far greater j^n^hf^^
strength and efficiency against the Romans. Sur- palace.
rounding the palace, they threatened to kill them to

a man unless they promptly withdrew if Sabinus ;
were prepared to retire with his legion, they guar-

anteed him a safe conduct. The rebels now had with
them the bulk of the royal troops which had deserted
to their side. The most efficient division, however,
of those troops still adhered to the Romans, namely,
three thousand Sebastenians,^ under Rufus and
Gratus, the latter commanding the royal infantry,
—
the former the cavalry ; a pair, either of whom,
even without any force under him, was worth an
army,^ owing to their bravery and acumen. So the
Jews pressed the siege, making assaults on the
fortress, while at the same time they loudly called
on Sabinus and his followers to depart and not to
stand in the way of men who after such a lapse of
time were on the road to recovering their national
independence. Sabinus would have been quite
content to slink away, but he mistrusted their pro-
mises, and suspected that their mildness was a bait
to ensnare him he was, moreover, hoping for succour
;
from Varus and so let the siege drag on.

(iv. 1) Meanwhile, the country also, in various
These cohorts of Sehasteni are often mentioned in inscrip-

tions, and elsewhere in Josephus, e.g. B. ii. 58, 63, 74, 236.
The aireipa 'Zeâarrj mentioned in Acts xxvii. 1 as quartered
at Caesarea was probably one of them, though leâarri^
Atiffusta, not Sebastenian its full title was probably cohors
;
Avgusta Sehastenorum (Schiirer).

* Literally " sufficient to turn the scale of war."
343
JOSEPHUS
voXXaxoOei' irapdaoero, /cat ovxvovs âoiXeidv o
Kacpo? dviireiBev. Kara fiev ye r-qv 'ISou/xatW
8tCT;)(tAiot Toil' VTTO 'Wpojhrj TrdAat arpaTevaafxevcov
ovoTavres evoTrXoi 8i€/xa;)(OVTO rot? âoiXiKol^,- ol?
'A;^ta/3o? OLveijjLO? âaiXdojs oltto tcov IpvyLVordrajv
XojpLcov eTToXefieL, V7T0(f)€vy(jJv rr]v iv rol? TreStois"
56 GVfiTrXoKrjv cv he T.e7T<f>a)peL rrj?TaXiXatag 'louSa?,
VLOS 'Eê/cta rov Kararpexovros rtore rrjv x^P^^
dpxi-XrjaTou koI ;(eipajêVTOS' v(f)* 'HpcuSou jSaat-
Aecus", crvoT-qaas rrX-qdo? ovx dXiyov dvappiqyvvoLv
TOL? /SaCTtAtKOL? OTrXodi^Kas Kal rov? rrepl avTov
OTrXioag rol? r-qv hvvaoreiav t,r)XovoLV e7re;\;etp6t.
57 {"2) Kara 8e tt^v nepatav Zt/Ltcui' rt? tcuv /Saat-
Ai/ca»i/ SouAtuv', evp.op(îq. ocufiaros Kal jxeyedeL
TTeTToidojs , TTepiTLdrjGLU fxev eavTO) SidSrjiJLa, Trepucuv
he fieS' (Lv ovvrjOpOLoev Xtjotow rd re ev 'l6pi;(0t
âoiXeta KaraTTLfXTTprjOLU Kal rroXXas erepa? rcvv
TToXvreXojv eTravXets, dprrayds eV rov
paStcu?
58 TTvpo? avrco vopiL,6p.evos. Kav rrdaav OLKrjGLV
e(f)6r]
evTrpertTj KaradiXeâs, el fjirj Vpdrog 6 row âoiXt-

Kcjv TTetojv Tjyepiujv rovs re TpaxoJVLra<;^ roôras
Kal ro iiaxipôjrarov rujv êâcrrrjvdjv dvaXa^dtv
59 vTTavridleL rov dvhpa. ra)U p.ev ovv Wepaiatv^
ovxôl hLecf)ddpr]oaif ev rfj p-dxi], tov îjxojva 8*
avrov dvachevyovra 5i* opdlov (f)dpayyo? 6 Vparo?
V 77 or ejjLver at Kal êvyovros eK TrXayiov rov au;(eVa
vXi'iâ? drreppaêv.'^ KarecjiXeyr] he Kal rd TrX-qoiov
^ Hudson from Lat. Tpaxanoras etc. mss.
:
* Destinon from A. vaiuv, Traiduv or ire^'il'u .ms3.

ji :
' aTr(pp7)êv PA.

" i.e. Herod, whom he had once saved from suicide,
B. i. 662 ; c/. n. 77. " B. i. 204.
344
JEWISH WAR, II. 55-59 ( = ant. xvii. 269-277) ^
districts, was a prey to disorder, and the opportunity Anarchy i
•J
induced J u
numbers r X -J. -4. Palestine.
or persons to aspire to sovereignty.
In Idumaea, two thousand of Herod's veterans formed Revolt of
up in arms and took the field against the royal troops, veterans i
They were opposed by Achiab, the king's" cousin, i^d^^^^ê^

who, avoiding an engagement in the plain, fell back
on the strongest positions. At Sepphoris in Galilee and of
Judas, son of Ezechias, the brigand-chief who in oaiiiee."
former days infested the country and was subdued
by King Herod,^ raised a considerable body of
followers, broke open the royal arsenals, and, having
armed his companions, attacked the other aspirants
to power.
(2) In Peraea Simon/ one of the royal slaves, proud The usuri
mon in
of his tall and handsome figure, assumed the diadem, peâ ea.
Perambulating the country with the brigands whom
he had collected, he burnt down the royal palace at
Jericho and many other stately mansions, such in-
cendiarism providing him with an easy opportunity
for plunder. Not a house of any respectability would
have escaped the flames, had not Gratus, the com-
mander of the royal infantry, with the archers of
Trachonitis and the finest troops of the Sebastenians,
gone out to encounter this rascal. In the ensuing
engagement numbers of the Peraeans fell. Simon
himself, endeavouring to escape up a steep ravine,
was intercepted by Gratus, who struck the fugitive
from the side a blow on the neck, which severed his
head from his body. The palace at Betharamatha,'*
* Mentioned by Tacitus, Hist. v.9 " post mortem Herodis
. Simo quidam regium nomen inuaserat " (Reinach).
'^
Beth-haram of the Old Test. (Jos. xiii. 27), Beth-ramtha
^f the Talmud, rebuilt by Herod Antipas and renamed Julias
A. xviii. 27) or Livias ; some six miles north of ttie tiead
jf the Dead Sea and east of the Jordan.
345
JOSEPHUS
^lophdvov jSaCTi'Aeta Kara Br]dapdixada^ ovaravrajv
iripcjv rivu)V eV ttjs Ocpatas".
60 (3) Tore /cat 7T0LfJ,-qv rig di'rLTTOLrjdrjvai, /Saat-
Aeta? iroXfi-qaev. WBpoyyalos
eVaAetro, rrpov-
$€V€L S* avroj r-qv eA7Tt8a ocopLaros loxv? Kal 4^vxrj
davdrov Kara<^povov(ja, rrpos he rovrois dhe\(f)ol
61 reaaapes ofJLOLOL. rovrcov iKdcrrco Xoôv vrroLêvâ?
evoirXov ojoTrep orpanqyoZs expfj'i'o Kal oarpdnat?
errl ra? Karahpopids, avros he Kaddrrep âoiXeu?
62 rojv oepLVorepojv -qTTrero Trpayfidrajv. rore p,ev
8'
ovv eavroj rrepLridrjGLV htdh-qpâ, hiefieivev
vorepov ovk oXlyov xpovop rrjv ^copav Kararpe^cov
ovv rols dheX(f)ol9' Kal ro Kreivetv avrolg rrpo-
TjyovpLevov rju 'Pajfiaiovs re Kal rov? /SacriAtKou?,
hiecfyevyev 8' ovSe ^lovhalcxjv el ri? eh X^^P*^^ eXdot
63 (j)epcov Kephos- eroXfi-qaav he rrore 'Pajfiaiajv
Xoxov ddpovv TTepLGx^t^ Ko.r Wp^fiaovvra' alra 8'
ovroL Kal orrXa hieKoixitôv roj rdyfiari. rov fiev
ovv eKarovrdpxTiv avrojv "Apecov Kal reaaapdKovra
rovs yewaiordrovs Kar-qKovnaav, ol he XolttoI
Kivhvvevovres ravro Tradelv, Tpdrov ovv rol?
64 HeâoTTjvols eTTLôrjdrjoavros, eê(l)vyov. ttoAAo,
roLavra rovs eTTixcoptovs Kal rovs dXXo(f)vXovs
Trap' oXov rov rroXefMov epyaodp,evoL p.erd XP^'^^^
ol pLev rpels ex^tpcoOrjoav, vtt^ ÂpxeXdov ptev 6
rrpeo^vraroSy ol 8' e^r)S hvo Tpdro) Kal FIto-
Xepaioj TTepiTTeoovres' 6 he rerapros ÂpxeXdqj
65 7Tpooex^P'r]<y€V Kara he^tdv. rovro pLev hrj to
reXos vorepov avrovs iêhex^To, rore he XrjorpiKov
7ToXep.ov rrjV ^lovhaiav rrdoav eveTTLpLTrXaoav.
^ Niese : Bridap6.ni.v evda or Bijdapafxddov Mss. : iv 'Afifj-ddois

A. \K Br}dapafx<pda A. xviii. 27.
346
near the Jordan, was likewise burnt to the ground by

another body of Peraean insurgents.
(3) Now, too, a mere shepherd had the temerity The usurpi
to aspire to the throne. He was called Athrongaeus, gaêuTthe
and his sole recommendations, to raise such hopes, shepherd.
were vigour of body, a soul contemptuous of death,

and four brothers resembHng himself. To each of
these he entrusted an armed band and employed
them as generals and satraps for his raids, while he
himself, like a king, handled matters of graver
moment. It was now that he donned the diadem,
but his raiding expeditions throughout the country
with his brothers continued long afterwards. Their
principal object was to kill Romans and royalists, but
no Jew, from whom they had anything to gain,
escaped, if he fell into their hands. On one occasion
they ventured to surround, near Emmaus," an entire
Roman company,^ engaged in convoying corn and
arms to the legion. Their centurion Arius and forty
Df his bravest men wêre shot down by the brigands ;
the remainder, in danger of a hke fate, were rescued

:hrough the intervention of Gratus with his Sebasten-
ans. After perpetrating throughout the war many
such outrages upon compatriot and foreigner alike,
:hree of them were eventually captured, the eldest
Dy Archelaus, the two next by Gratus and Ptolemy ;
:he fourth made terms with Archelaus and sur-

•endered.*' Such was the end to which they ulti-
nately came ;but at the period of which we are
ipeaking, these men were making the whole of
fudaea one scene of guerilla warfare.
" See § 71 note. * Centuria.

' There were five in all (§ 60) : the fate of the fifth is un-
ecorded.
347
JOSEPHUS
66 (v. l) Ovdpco he Seâ/xeVoj ra Trapa Ha^Lvov
/cat re rrepl tov
rojv -qyefjiouojv ypa/LX/iara Selcrat
rdyiiaTOS oXou TTapeorr) Kal GnevSen^ eVi ttî'
67 ôTjOeLav. dvaXaôjv drj rd XoLTrd hvo rdyfiara
Kal rd? avv avTols T€OGapa<i tAas" LTTTreoju inl
nToAe/iatSo? TJei, Trpoajdâs €Kel Kal rovs Trapa
row âoiXiojv Kal hvvacncbv er.LKOvpovs (JVueXdeiv
rrpooeXaêu 8e Kal napd SrjpvTLOJv 8t€p;(op,evos"
68 TTju ttoXlv Kal TrevraKooLov? oirXlra?.
;)(tAtoL'? i-nel
8' €iV rrju to re dXXo ovfj-pLaxiKOv
IlToAe/xai'Sa
TrX-qOog avTO) rraprju Kal Kara to Trpog 'Hpojhrjv
€xdo<; 'ApeVa? o "Apai/f ovk oXiyqv dyojv hvvaiJiLV
iTTTTLKrjv re Kal 7re^t/<:rji/, (.lepos rrjg orpand? evdecvs
enejJLTrei' els rrju FaAtAatai^ yeirvicooai^ rfj flroAe-
/xatSt Kal Fatoi'^ rjyefJLOiâ rojv aurov 0tAa>i^, o?
rovs re inraurLdoavras rpeTrerai Kal HeTTâjpiv
ttoXlv eXdw avrrjp fiev efiTTLTrp-qoL, rov? 8' iv-
69 oiKOVura? dvh pair ohil,er ai . [lerd 8e 717? oXrjs Suva-
lieoj? avro? Ovapos el? âfidpetav eXdoas rrj? fieu
TToXeoj? dTreox^ro, pir]hev ev rols rajv dXXa>v do-
pvôis TTapaKeKLv-qKvlav evpojv, auAtêrat Se nepi
riva KcjfjLrû Wpovv KaXovfJLevrjv KrrjpLa 8e rjv
nroXepLalov Kal 8td rovro
kpdâ)V vtto rojv ^
hi-qpTrdadrj 'HpcuSou îXoiq.

p.-qvi6vrajv Kal rols
70 evdev els lLa-<^dj TrpoeiGLU, Kojp.'qv erepav epvpivi^v,
Tjv opLOLOJS hi-qpTTaoav rds re Trpooopovs^ rtdaas
ooais eTTervyxo-vov TTvpds . 8e Kal (f)6vou rtevX-q'
pojTO rrdvra Kal rrpos rds dpnayds rojv ^ Apdôjv
^ Yaiov] Galli filio Lat. : rci vl.^ A. ||.
2 Destinon and Niese: trpocbbov^ .mss.
**
Lat. alae^ i.e. regiments of auxiliary cavalry, usually
348
(v. 1) On
receiving the dispatches from Sabinus varus
and Varus was alarmed for the whole the^JeUef
his officers,
legion and resolved to hasten to its relief. Accord- of Sabinus
ingly, mobilizing the two remaining legions with the
fom* regiments" of horse which were attached to them,
he marched for Ptolemais, having ordered the
auxiliary troops furnished by the kings and chieftains
to assemble at that place. On his way through
Berytus,^ his army was further increased by 1500
armed recruits from that city. When the other con-
tingent of allies had joined him at Ptolemais, as well
as Aretas the Arab who, in memory of his hatred of
Herod, brought a considerable body of cavalry and
infantry, Varus at once sent a detachment of his His cam-
army into the region of Galilee adjoining Ptolemais, GaHieeân
under the command of his friend Gains the latter Samaria.
;
routed all who opposed him, captured and burnt the

city of Sepphoris and reduced its inhabitants to
slavery. Varus himself with the main body pursued
his march into the country of Samaria he spared;
the city, finding that it had taken no part in the

general tumult, and encamped near a village called
Arous ^ this belonged to Ptolemy and for that
;
reason was sacked by the Arabs, who were infuriated

ven against the friends of Herod. Thence he ad-
iânced to Sappho,** another fortified village, which
hey likewise sacked, as well as all the neighbouring
which they encountered on their march.
v'illages
The whole district became a scene of fire and blood,
md nothing was safe against the ravages of the
:onsisting of 500 horse, as distinct from the strictly " legion-
iry " squadrons of cavalry, consisting of only 120 horse,
5. iii. 120 (Reinach).
^ Beirut. * Position unknown.
'^
Unknown ; Sampho in A. xvii. 290.
S49
.
JOSEPHUS
71 ovSeu OLVT€L)(€v. KaT€(j>\iyq he koI Â/jLjAaovs
(f)vy6urajv rcbv olKTjropcov, Ovdpov 8t' opyrjv tcjv
7T€pl *'Apeiov dTTOG(f)ay€VTcov KeAeucrai/Tos-.
72 'EvêVSe^ et? 'lepoGoXvfxa TvpoeXdow 6(f)6€LS
(2)
T€ ttj? hwdfieoj? rd orparorreha toji-
fjLOVov fierd
73 'louSatcov hieoKehaoev. koI ol p.kv (ly^ôvro (f)V-
yovreg dvd x^P^^' he^dfievoi 8e avrov ol Karo
rrjv
rrju dn€OK€vdi,ovTo ret? air tag rrjs dTTO-
TToXiv
ordoeajs, avrol fjLev ovSkv TTapaKLi^rjoaL Xeyov-
res, 8ta 8e rrjv ioprrjv dvayKaioj? Seâ/xevot re
TrXrjdos ovfXTToXiopK-qOrjvaL pidXXov 'Pco/xatot? rj ctu/x-
74 TToXefJirjoaL rot? dTTOoraGLv. TTpovTTrjvrrjKeLoav S<

avroj 'I CO (77^ 770? [reY 6 dvei/jLOS ÂpêXdov Ka
Gvv Tpdrcp 'Poi}(/»o?, dyovre? dp,a roj âoiXiKu
orpaTO) Kal rovs 'I.eâGrrjvov?, ol re drro roi
'Pojfia'LKov rdyiJLaTO<; tov Gwi^drj rponov K€KOGfxr)
p.€voi' Sa/Stro? fikv yap ovh^ ei? oiJjlv vrro/xeiVa'
iXdelv Ovdpcp TTpoe^rjXdev rrjg TToXeoiS ^ttI ddXaG
75 oav. Ovapo? be [/cara]^ fxolpav rrjg GTparids en
rovs alrlous rod KLV-qfiarog eTrepupev nepl* rrj
Xcopav, Kal ttoXXcou dyofxevajv rovs fxev rjrro

dopv^cvbets (j)avevra<i e(f)povpeL, rovs S' alncordrov
dveGravpcDoev rrepl hiGX^Xiovs
76 (3) ^WyyeXdr] 8' avrco Kara rr]v ^Xhovpiaiav er
GvufjieveLV fjLvpiovg OTrXlras. 6 8e rovs fiev "Apaâ
evpojv OX) GVfjLjjLdxcov Tjdog eôvras, dAA' t8taj rrdde
Grparevop.evovs Kal rrepa rrjs eavrov TrpoaipeGeoj
rrjv xojpav KaKOVvras ^X^^^ '^^ Trpos ^HpcoSr).
dTTOTTepneraL, jierd be rwv ihiwv rayjidrojv en
1 P : Ivdfv 8( AM : ?i'0(i' the rest. ^ q^^ p \m.
3 om. LVRC. * (ttI PAM.
" § 63. Ttie Emmaus intended is doubtless the town S.E.
S50
Arabs. Emmaus, the inhabitants of which had fled,

was burnt to the ground by the orders of Varus, in
revenge for the slaughter of Arius and his men.'^
(2) Proceeding thence to Jerusalem, he had only
He quells
to show himself at the head of his troops to dis- rection a
perse the Jewish camps. Their occupants fled up Jernsaier
country but the Jews in the city received him and dis-
;
claimed all responsibility for the revolt, asserting that

they themselves had never stirred, that the festival
had compelled them to admit the crowd, and that
they had been rather besieged with the Romans than
in league with the rebels. Prior to this, Varus had
been met outside the city by Joseph, the cousin of
Archelaus,^ with Rufus and Gratus, at the head of
the royal army and the Sebastenians, and by the
Roman legionaries, in their customary equipment ; for
Sabinus, not venturing to face Varus, had previously
left the city for the coast. Varus now detached part
of his army to scour the country in search of the
authors of the insurrection, many of whom were
brought in. Those who appeared to be the less
turbulent individuals he imprisoned the most ;
culpable, in number about two thousand, he crucified.

(3) He was informed that in Idumaea ten thousand and in
^*^"™^''^-
still held together in arms. Finding that the Arabs
were not properly conducting themselves as allies,
but were rather making war to gratify their private
resentment, and, from hatred of Herod, were doing
more injury to the country than he had intended, he
dismissed them, and with his own legions marched
of Lydda at the foot of the Judaean hills, mod. Amwas, at
one time Nlcopolis, not the village much nearer to Jerusalem
mentioned in Luke xxiv. 13.
^ Joseph, son of Herod's brother Joseph, who was killed
at Jericho {A. xviii. 134, B. i. 323 f.).
351
JOSEPHUS
77 Tovs d(j)€OT(2>Ta? rjTreLyero. KOLKelvot. Trplv €i?
yêlpas iXdelv 'A;>^ta/SoL' avfJcôvXevaavrog G(f)d?
auTou? TrapeSocrav, Ovapo? 8e to) 7TXi]d€L piev rj(f)UL
ras alriaSy rov? Se -qyepova? €^€Taodr]aop.evov?
78 €7T€pL7T€v €77t KatGapa. Kaloap Se rots" jLtep' aAAot?
Gvveyvco, rit'o.? Se rcDi' rod jSaatAeco? cruyye^cDv,
T^cravyap iv avrol? eVtot TjpoGrjKovres 'Hpcx}Srj
Kara yevos, KoAacrat rrpoGeraêv, on Kar* oIk€LOV
79 âGiXews iGrparevGavro Ovapos pi€v ovv rovrov
.
rov rpoTTOV KaraGrrjGapevos to. iv 'lepoGoXvpôt?

Kal <f)povpai' KaTaXnrojv to /cat irporepov rdyp.a
els ÂuTLOxî'OiV eTrdveLGLV.
(vi 1) 'AppêAaoj 8* eVt 'PcojjLrjs ndXiv dXXr)
go
GVVLGTarai hiKr] Tipos 'louSatou?, ot Trpo rris diro-
CTTCtCTeoj? 677 IT peipavros Ovdpov TTpeGêis eêXrj-
XvdeGav TTepi T'q<i rov 'idvovs avrovopLia?- -ôav 8e
7T€vr-^Kovra p-kv ol Trapovres, GvpLTrapLGravro 8e
avrolg rwv iirl 'Pcjpurjs ^lovhalcov vnkp oKraKiG-
81 xtAtou?. ddpOLGavros be Kat'crapo? Gvvihpiov rcjv
iv TcAet 'PojpLaiojv Kal rojv (fjiXcov eV rep Kara ro
YlaXdrtov WttoXXowos l^pco, KrLGp,a 8' rju t8ô^
avrou daupLaoLcp iroXvreXeia K€KOGp't]p.€uou, perd
pikv rCov rt peGêvr ojv rd ^XovhalKOv rtXrjOo^ eGrrj
82 Gvv 8e rot? (f)iXoLS dvriKpus Wpx^Xao?, rdjv 8e
rovrov Gvyyevcov ol (j)iXoL nap ovherepoig, GupLnap-
iGraodai pikv WpxeXdco hid plGos Kal <l)ddvov ov)^
VTTopievovres y6(f)drjvai 8e p^rd rcov Karrjyopwv
83 v-6 KauGapos alSovpevoi. rovrotg Gvp,7Taprjv^ Kat
OtAiTTTTO? aSeAôs" 'ApêAaou, 7Tpo7Tep,(f)dels Kar
evvotav vnd Ovdpov Svolv eveKa, WpêXdcp n
GVvaycxiViGaGdai, Kav hiavepirj rov 'HpcuSoy Kataa/:
oXkov TjaGi rol<; iyyovoi?, KXrjpov nvds d^LcoOrjvai.
S52
JEWISH WAR, 11. 77-83 ( = ant. xvii. 297-303)
in haste to meet the rebels. They, before any action

took place, on the advice of Achiab," surrendered ;
Varus discharged the rank and file and sent the

leaders to Caesar for trial. Caesar pardoned all with
the exception of certain individuals of royal blood,
for their number included some relatives of Herod ;
these he ordered to be punished for taking up arms

against a sovereign who was of their own family.
Having thus restored order in Jerusalem, Varus left
as garrison the legion previously quartered there and
returned to Antioch.
(vi. 1) Meanw^hile, Archelaus in Rome had to a Jewish
defend himself in a new suit against certain Jewish ^^^)^{^g^^^ ^
deputies who, before the revolt, had set out with the asks for
^"^'^""""^
permission of Varus to plead for the autonomy of
their nation. Fifty deputies appeared, but more
than eight thousand of the Jews in Rome espoused
their cause. Caesar assembled a council, composed Augustus
of the Roman magistrates and his friends, in the freTh"°°^
temple of the Palatine Apollo, a building erected by council,
himself with astonishingly rich ornamentation. The
Jewish crowd took up a position with the deputies ;
Dpposite them was Archelaus with his friends the ;
friends of his relatives appeared neither on the one

side nor on the other, scorning through hatred and
snvy to join Archelaus, yet ashamed to let Caesar see
them among his accusers. Another person present
was Philip, brother of Archelaus, whom Varus, out
Df friendliness, had sent off under escort with two
Dbjects : primarily to support Archelaus, but also to
:ome in for a share of Herod's estate in case Caesar
should distribute it among all his descendants.
" § 55.
^ M : TovToii Trapi]v PA : iiri tovtols TrapTJv the rest.
VOL. II X 353
J05EPHUS
84 (2) *E7TLTpa7T€v Sc XdyeLU toi? KanqyopoL? ra?
'HpcuSou 7Tapavo}xias rrpajrov hie^-êaau, ov jSacrtAea
Xeyovre?, dXXa rojv Trcvrrore TvpavvTjGOLVTajv (Lfio-
Tarov ^vrjvo)(êvai rvpavvov TrXeldrajv yovv avr^py]-
fievajv VTT^ avTOV roiavTa ireTTOvdevai rov^ Kara-
XeMevra?, (joot€ fiaKaptLeoOaL rovg OLTroXojXorag'
85 êâoavLKevai yap ov jjlovov ra aoj/xara rcvv
VTTorerayiJLevcov, dXXa /cat rd? TToXeig- rag /xev yap
Idta? XeXaj^rjuOai, rd? be rojv dXXo(j)vXojv kcko-
GfirjKevaL Kal to tt^S" 'louSatas" alfia KexapiaOai
86 Tolg eôjdev drj/xot?. dvrl be rijs rraAata? ev-
baifMOVLa? Kal tcop' Trarpiojv voficov irevlas to eOuog
Kal Tapavop.ias eaxaT-qs rreTrX-qpajKev at, KadoXov
be rrXeiovg VTTopLefievqKevaL rd? e^ 'Hpwbov avfj.-
(f)opd? ev oXiyois eTeaiv 'louSatous" ojv ev TravTi

Tcu y^povcp fxeTOL ttjv eV Ba^vXojuo? dva\o'jp-qGiv
erradou ol TrpoyovoL, Repôv âotXevovros drrava-
87 GTavTeg. eh togovtov fxevTOi fieTpLorrjTos^ KaV
Tov bvGTuxelv edov? TrpoeXOelv, ujGTe VTTOjJielvai
T-qg TTLKpds bovXeiag Kal biabox^jv avdalpeTov
8S WpxeXaov yovv tov ttiXlkovtov Tvpdvvov Tralba
/xerd Tr]v tov vaTpos TeXevTrjv /SaatAe'a t€ vpoG-
eiTTelv eToipLcog Kal Gvp-TTevdriG at tov 'Hpoj8oi
OdvaTov avTO) Kal GVvevâGOai rrepl Trjg biaboxyj?
89 TOV 8' (jjGTxep dycoviaGavra, pLXj voOog vlos elvat
bcêiev 'Rpcobov, npooipîaGaGOai t7]v jSacrtAet'at
Tpio\iXitov TToXiTajv (f)6vcp, kgI TOGavTa p.ev Tap-

cGTaKevat dv/xaTa rrepl ttjs dpxTJg toj dew, togovtoi^
^ PAM Lat. : ra7r£tj/2TT)T3s the rest.

* (K Hudson, Bekker.
33 +
(2) The plaintiffs, being given permission to state speeche

Mie
^''^ Jewi
'^*^^^'
their case, began by enumerating Herod's enormities. deputies
" It was not a king," they said, " whom they had had
to tolerate, but the most cruel tyrant that ever
existed. Numerous had been his victims, but the
survivors had suffered so much that they envied the
fate of the dead. For he had tortured not only the
persons of his subjects, but also their cities and ;
while he crippled the towns in his own dominion, he

embellished those of other nations, lavishing the life-
blood of Judaea on foreign communities. In place
of their ancient prosperity and ancestral laws, he
had sunk the nation to poverty and the last degree
of iniquity. In short, the miseries which Herod in
the course of a few years had inflicted on the Jews
surpassed all that their forefathers had suffered during
all the time since they left Babylon to return to their
country in the reign of Xerxes." And yet so chast-
ened and habituated to misfortune had they become,
that they had consented to this bitter servitude
being made hereditary and had actually chosen the
heir themselves This Archelaus, son of such a
!
tyrant, they had, on his father's decease, promptly

acclaimed king they had joined in his mourning for
;
Herod's death, in his prayers for the prosperity of his

own reign. But he, anxious apparently not to be
taken for a bastard son of Herod, had ushered in his
reign with the massacre of three thousand citizens ;
that was the grand total of the victims which he had

offered to God on behalf of his throne, that was the
number of corpses with which he had filled the
" i.e. the return under Ezra, which Josephus (A. xi. 120)
places in the reign of Xerxes, not as in the O.T. in that of

Artaxerxes.
355
JOSEPHUS
90 S' iii7T€7TXrjKevaL V€Kpols TO Upov iv ioprfj. rovg
[levroL T7€ptAet(/)êWas- ck roGOvrwv KaKUJV et/coTOj?
i7TeGrpd(f)dai TTore rj^r]^ rrpos ra? ovfjL(f)opag /cat
7ToXep.ov vojJLcp TO,? TrXrjya? iOeXeLU Kara TrpooujTTOV

he-)(êodai, heloBai he '^toixalajv iXeijaai rd re*
rfj^ 'louSata? Xelifjava /cat to TrepLGOOv avrrjg
pir]
91 VTTopplipai Tot? oj/xtu? orrapdrrovoLV, ovvdipavras

be rfj Hvpla rrjV ^cupat^ auTcDi^ Stot/c€tv €77 iStot?
-qyepLOOLW eTTiheiêoOaL ydp, co? ot vvv OTaoiivheLS
htaâXXopLevoi /cat TToXepLtKol (fyepeuv olhaatv pLe-
92 rpiovs TiyepLovag. 'loL'Satot Kar-/xei^ oui^ e/c ttJ?

rjyopLa? KareXr^âv €tV roLavrrjv d^lajotv, dvaard?
8e Nt/cdAao? dTreAt'craTO^ /Ltev tcl? etV tou? fiaotXels
alrias, KarrjyopeL de rod edvov? ro re hvoapKrov
/cat to bvGTretde? (f)VG€L Trpos roijs âoiXels-
ovvSidâXXe he /cat rovg Wpx^Xdou ovyyevels,
oooL TTpo? rou9 Karriyopov? dcfjeiorrjKeoav.
93 (3) ToTe pLev ovv Katcrap aKovoas eKarepwv
hieXvae ro ovveSpiov, fierd 8' -qp-epag oXiyas
ro p.ev ripLiov ri)? âGiXeias \pxeXdcx) hlhcoaiv ^
/cat jSaaiAea
idudp)(r]u TrpoaeLTTojv, vrroaxopLevog he
94 TTOLTjoeLV, el d^LOV eavrov rrapdoxoL,* ro he Xolttov
rjp.LOU hieXojv elg hvo rerpapîas Suatv erepoig
TTaialv ^Hpcohou hlhwoLV, ri-jv pLev îXimraj, rrjv
he ÂvrLTTo. roj vpos Wpx^Xaov dpL<f)Lo^rirovprL
eyevero he vtto rovrcp pLev rj
95 77ept rrjg /SaatAeias".
re riepata /cai FaAiAata, rrpooohos hiaKOGiajv
raXduroju, Baravea he Kal Tpa;(ajp' Avpavlris re
'
7767? TTOTe LVRC. * trs. re rd ed. pr.
• Nieseand others from Lat. : dTreOL'aaro >iss. ; cf. B. i. 453.
* Niese: TrapdaxT? -mss.
856
JEWISH WAR, II. 90-95 ( = ANT. xvii. 313-319)
Temple at a festival ! It was, however, but natural

that those who had survived such disasters should
now at length turn and confront their calamities and
desire to face their blows, in accordance with the laws
of war. They implored the Romans to take pity on
the relics of Judaea and not to fling what remained
of it to those who were savagely rending it in pieces,
but to unite their country to Syria and to entrust the
administration to governors from among themselves.
The Jews would then show that, calumniated though
they now were as factious and always at war, they
knew how to obey equitable rulers." With this
petition the Jews brought their accusation to a close.
Nicolas then rose and, after refuting the charges ^-^^^[^
brought against the occupants of the throne, retorted
by an accusation of the national character, impatient
of all authority and insubordinate towards their
sovereigns. The relatives of Archelaus who had
gone over to his accusers also came in for a share of
his strictures.
(3) Caesar, after hearing both parties, dismissed Augustui
the assembly. His decision was announced a few Herod's
days later he gave half the kingdom to Archelaus,

:
between^
with the title of ethnarch, promising, moreover, to ^^/jfj^pi^"
make him king, should he prove his deserts ; the other (as eth-
half he divided into two tetrarchies, which he pre- Antipa's 1
sented to two other sons of Herod, one to Philip, the tetrarchs
other to Antipas, who had disputed the throne with

Archelaus. Antipas had for his province Peraea and
Galilee, with a revenue of two hundred talents.
Batanaea, Trachonitis, Auranitis and certain portions
357
JOSEPHUS
Kal fJieprj tlvol tov Zrjuojvo? olkov tol Trepl Ylavidha,^
TTpooohov exovra raXavrajv eKarov, vno ^lXltttto)
96 re-raKTO. rrjs Âpx^Xdov 8' iBvapxias 'I8ou/xata
T£ KOL 'louSata Trdoa Kal SaâpetTt? tjv, k€kov-
<f)Loii€vrj TerdpTcp /le'pet rojv (f)6pow els TLpLrjv tov
97 fjLT] ixerd tow dXXcov dTTOOTrjvai. TToXets S' vtt-
rjKOOV? TTapeXaêv HTpdTOjvos rrvpyov Kal HeâGTrjv

Kal *lo7r777]v Kal ^lepoooXvp-a- rdj yap 'EAAr^yiSa?
rdl,av Kal TdBapa Kal "Ittttov aTTOTef-Loiieuos ttjs
âoiXeias TrpoaeOrjKev Hvpia. rrpoaohos [§']* 'TjV
Apx^Xdo) SodeldTjs X^P^^ TeTpaKocrtcov TaXdv-

TTjS ^
9Stojv. âXojjjLrj Se rrpos ols 6 âaiXeu? iv ralg

Sta^T^/cat? KaTeXiTTev 'la^veta? re /cat 'A^corou /cat
OaaaTÂt'So? aTToheLKVvTai SecTTOTig, ;\;aptêrat S'

avTrj Kataap /cat to, iv 'Acr/caAcoyt âatAeta*
CTUVT^yero 8' e/c TrdvTOJv i^rjKOVTa rrpoaohov raAavra*
TOV 8e OLKOV aVTTJS V7t6 TTjV WpX^XdoV TOTTapx'iOLV
99 eraêv. ttjs 8' aAAi]? 'HpaS8ou yeveds" e/caaro? to
KaTo.XeL(f)dev iv Tats hiad-qKais iKopLLêro. Sval
8' ai)Tou OvyaTpduL Trapdlvots Katoap e^codev
Xo.pit€Tai TTevTTjKOVTa pLvpidSag dpyvplov /cat
100 ovvojKiaev avTas TOt? Oepcopa TratoiV. ^cto, 8e

TOV oIkov iTTihiiveipiev avTols ttjv iavTO) /caTa-
XeiÔeluav v<f>* 'Hpcu8ou hcjpedv, ovaav x^^^^^
So Reinach after Graetz and Schiirer,
* c/. .-/. 189:
xvii.
the .Mss. have 'li'vavcj/Ivav or 'Id/jLueLay, the last a worthless
conjecture, conflicting with § 98. - om. P.
" Called in the parallel passage {A. xvii. 319) and else-
where {e.g. B. i. 398J Zenodorus.
358
JEWISH WAR, 11. 95-100 ( = ant. xvii. 319-323)
of the domain of Zeno "neighbourhood of

in the
Panias,* producing a revenue of a hundred talents,
were allotted to Philip. The ethnarchy of Archelaus
comprised the whole of Idumaea and Judaea, besides
the district of Samaria, which had a quarter of its
tribute remitted in consideration of its having taken
no part in the insurrection. The cities subjected to
Archelaus were Strato's Tower, ^ Sebaste,'^ Joppa and
Jerusalem the Greek towns of Gaza, Gadara, and
;
Hippos were, on the other hand, detached from his

principality and annexed to Syria. The territory
given to Archelaus produced a revenue of four
hundred* talents. Salome, besides the legacy which
the king had left her in his will, was declared mistress
of Jamnia, Azotus and Phasaelis Caesar also made
;
her a present of the palace of Ascalon, her revenue

from all sources amounting to sixty talents her ;
estates, however, were placed under the jurisdiction^

of Archelaus. Each of the other members of Herod's
family received the legacy named in the will. To the
king's two unmarried daughters ^ Caesar presented,
in addition, 500,000 (drachms) of silver and gave
them in marriage to the sons of Pheroras. After
this division of the estate, he further distributed
among the family Herod's legacy to himself, amount-
* The region to the south and east of Caesarea Philippi and
referred to as " Ituraea " in Luke iii. 1 (" Philip, tetrarch of

the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis ").
" Caesarea-on-sea.
^ Samaria.
" 600 according to A. xvii. 320.
^ Greek " toparchy."
« Roxane and Salome (i. 563).
S59
.
JOSEPHUS
raXdvTcov , evreX-q nva row Ket/xrÂicuv ei? rrjv tov
KaroLXOfJLevov niJLrjv iêXofxevog.
101 (vii. l) Kdv rovrci) veavias ris 'louSato? /xev
TO yevo?, rpacêi? 8' iv Hihajvi Trapd rep rd>v
'PajfiaLOJu OLTTeXevOepoj,^ 8t' oixoioT-qra i.Lop(f)Tjs
ipevhofievoseavrov WXeâvhpov tov dvaipeOevra

V(f)^ 'Hpc68ou, /car' iXTrlSa tov XrjO€LV rjKev et?
102 'PcjjpLTjv. ovvepyos S* 771^ Tts" OfiocfivXo? ainco
TrdvTa TCL Kara ttjv âoiXeiav e77 lot dfievo?, v<f)
ov hihaxOels eAeyev, cos ol 7TepL(f)6evT€£ irrl T'qv
dvalpeoLV avTou t€ kol ^ ApioToôvXov 8t' oIktov
eKKXeipeiav avTovs ojjlolojv vrroôXfj owfMaTOJV.
103 TOVTOLS yovu Tovs iv KprjTrj 'louSatou? €^-
arraTrjoas /cat XafXTrpajs lôhLaoBels hieriXevG€V €t?
MtÂov" €vBa GVvayeLpa? ttoXXco rrXeov 8t' vnep-
ôXrjU d^LOTTLGTLaS dv€77eLG€P KGL TOVS lSl0^€V0VS
104 €LS 'Pojfir]v avTOj ovveKTrXevoai. KaTaxOels 8e
€LS ALKaidpx^Lav hojpd t€ a pLTiXr) 9 rj Trapd Tajv*
77
e/cet 'loL'Satojv XapLJ^dvet Kal KadaTrep /SaatAeu?

VTTO TtJJV TTaTpCpOJV
7TpO€7TefJL(f)drj îXwV TTpO'
eXrjXvdeL 8' els togovtov 7tlgt€ojs to ttjs iJLop(f)rjs
ojioLov, wore tovs iojpaKOTag ÂXeâvSpou /cat
105 Ga(f)cos eTTLGTapLevovs Sto/xvuaât tovtov etvat. to
ye pLTjv 'Iou8at/c6v^ eV ttj 'PcopLij dirav lêx'^Q^)
TTpos TTjv Siav avTov, /cat 7tXt]9os drreLpov rju Trepl
TOVS OT€VOJiTOVS 8t' (Lv eKopLiteTO- KOI ydp [hr)Y
Trpo-fjXdop eh TOGOVTOV <f)p€vo^Xa^€Las ol MiÂiot,
* 'VuifjLa'iK^v a.ire\ev6ipiov manv MSS.

2 om. P.
• 1500 in A. xvii. 323. As Reinach points out, the figure [la
.S6O
JEWISH WAR, II. 100-105 ( = ant xvii. 323-331)
ing to a thousand " talents, reserving only some

trifling works of art which he kept in honour of the
deceased,
(vii. 1) At this time a young man who, though by The pseud
birth a Jew, had been brought up at Sidon at the
house of a Roman freedman, on the strength of a
certain physical resemblance passed himself off as
the prince Alexander, whom Herod
had put to death.*
and came to Rome
the hope of imposing upon
in
others. He had as his assistant a compatriot,
perfectly acquainted with the affairs of the realm,
acting upon whose instructions he gave out that the
executioners sent to kill him and Aristobulus had,
out of compassion, stolen them away, substituting in
their stead the corpses of individuals who resembled
them. With this tale he completely deceived the
Jews of Crete, and, being handsomely furnished with
supplies, sailed across to Melos, where, through the
sxtreme plausibility of his story, he collected a much
larger sum and even induced his hosts to embark with
tiim for Rome. Landing at Dicaearchia,'' he was
oaded with presents by the Jewish colony there and
A-as escorted on his way like a king by the friends of
lis supposed father. The resemblance was so con-
zincing that those who had seen Alexander and
<nown him well swore that this was he. At Rome
i\] Jewry poured forth to see him. and vast crowds
:hronged the narrow streets through which he was

Dorne for the crazy Melians went so far as to carry
;
pven in B. is probably right we are told in B. i, 646 (as in

;
he parallel passage in A.) that Herod left 1000 talents to

\ugustus and 500 to his wife, children, and friends, \
Irachm was "the ordinary day wage of a labourer": a
alent was 6000 drachms.
* i, 551. ' The Greek name for Puteoli ( Vita 16).
VOL. II N2 36l
JOSEPHUS
cocTTC <l)op€Lco T€ avTou Koyilteiv Koi OepaTTelav
âaiXiKr^v iStot? 7TapaG)(elv dvaXcojJiaaLU.
106 (2) Kalaap Be ywcLaKCDV [a/cpi^cD? J^ rou? 'AAe^-
dvSpov âpaKT-qpas Karrjyoprjro yap U(/>' 'HpcuSou
y
770/3' avrto, uvveo'jpa fikv koI Trplv IheZv rov

dvBpOJTTOV TTjV TTJg OfJLOLOTTjTO? 6.77 6.7 TjV , StSoU?
8e Kol [TTiGTeujsY' "Tou? IXapojTepai's eXTrioiv
TL
KeAaSdv Ttva TreixTrei tojv aaîjjs eTTLGrafievajv
ÂXeâvhpov, KeXevaas ayayelv airro) tov veavi-
107 oKov. 6 8e COS" elheVy ireKfjLrjparo (lev raxâra /cat
TO.? Sta</)opa? TOV rrpoawTTOVy ro he oXov aa»/xa
GKXrjporepou re Kal SouAoâi^c? Karafiadajv evorjGev
108 TTCLV TO GVvraypLa. 7t6vv he avrov Trapco^vvev rj
ToXfjia Tcov Trap* auTOV Xeyofievajv rolg yap
TTVudavofMevoiS Trepl WpLGToôuXov crcoêcrât fjiev
KaKeivov eXeyev, a7ToXeXeL(f}daL S' eTTLT-qhes ev

Kurrpo) Ta? emôvXas (j^vXaGGopLevov rjrrov yap
109 err LxetpeLGO at Steêuy/xeVou?. ovv aTToXaôpievos
avTov Kar " Trapa KaLGapos
Ihiav " pllgOov," e(f)rj,
eêts- TO frjv toi; p.rjvvGai rov avaTreiGavra ere

TrAavctCTât' T-qXiKav-ra." K6Kelvos avraj hrjXcj-
oeiv eLTTOjv errerai Trpos Kalaapa Kal rov ^lovhalov
ivheiKwrai KaraxpyjGapievov avrov rfj opioioTrjri
Trpos ipyaGtav roGavra yap elX-qêvai hojpa Kad^
eKaGT-qv ttoXlv oaa Ccov ÂXeâi^hpos ovk* eXaêv.
110 yeXaGas he Kataap eVt Tourot? top' jjiev ifjevhaXe^-
avhpov hi eveîav Gcopârog eyKareraêv toIs epe-
Tat?, TOV ava—eiGavTa he eKeXevGev avaLpeOrjvaf
MrÂtot? 5' TjpKeGev eTTLTipiiov Trjg avotag to diâ-
XcopLaTa.
^ om. PAM. 2 op^^ Lat., perhaps rightly cf. A.
; ||.
3 wXdffacrdaL LVRC. * om. ouk PAM.
S62
him in a litter and to provide a royal retinue at their

own expense.
(2) Caesar, who had an exact recollection of The
Alexander's features, as he had been arraigned by Scted
Herod at his tribunal," divined, even before he had Augustus
seen the fellow, that the affair was an imposture,
based on resemblance however, to give a chance to
;
a more favourable hope, he sent Celadus, one of those

who knew Alexander best, with orders to bring the
young man to him. Celadus had no sooner set eyes
on him than he detected the points of difference
in the face, and noting that his whole person had
a coarser and servile appearance, penetrated the
whole plot. The audacity of the fellow's statements
quite exasperated him. For, when questioned about
Aristobulus, he was in the habit of replying that
he, too, was alive, but had been purposely left
behind in Cyprus as a precaution against treachery,
as they were less exposed to assault when separated.
Celadus, therefore, took him aside and said, " Caesar
will reward you by sparing your life, if you will in-
form him who induced you to play such a trick."
Promising Celadus to give the required information,
he accompanied him to Caesar and denounced the
Jew who had thus traded upon his resemblance to
Alexander ; for, as he said, he had in every town
received more presents than Alexander ever received
in his lifetime. Caesar laughed at these words and en-
rolled the pseudo-Alexander, as an able-bodied man,
among, the oarsmen of his galleys his inspiring ;
genius he ordered to execution. As for the Melians

he considered them sufficiently punished for their
folly by their lavish extravagance.
« i. 452.
363
JOSEPHUS
in (S) Y\apaXa^d)V 8e r-qv iduapxiO-v *Ap;êAao?
/cat Kara iivrjiJLrjv rojv TraAai hia(f)opa)v ov fxovov
'lofSatoi? aAAa kol Sa/i,apeuCTt XPV^^H'^^^^ co/xa»?,
TrpeoêvGafjLevojv eKarepajv Kar^ avrov 77/50? Kat-
oapa eret rrjs oLpXV^ ivdrcu (l)vyahev€raL fxev avro?
€LS BUvvaw ttoXlu rrjg FaAAta?, rj ovoia 8' avrov
112 Tot? Kataapo? eyKaTajdoaeraL. rrplv
Orjoavpols
KAr)drjvai 8' tov Kaiaapo? ovap Ihelv
auroi' utto
(paoLV roiovSe- eboêv opdv o-rdxvg evvea TrXrjpeig
Kal jieydXov; vtto ôojv Kara^L^pojOKOfievovg.
pi€Ta7T€iJnljdfievov HipLOJv rt? 'Eacrato?
TO yevo<^ e(f)r] rovg fxiv oTd\v<; iviavrov? voiiiêLVf
jSda? 8e jjLeraôXrjv Trpaypidrojv hid to t')7P'
x^P^^
dporpLOjura? aXXdoaeLW, (Lore âuiXevoeiv fiev
avrov rov roju cjraxvwv dpidfjiov, ev TTOLKiXais
he TTpayiidrojv fxeraôXal? yevoyievov reXevrrjoeiv.
ravra aKOVoas 'App^cAao? fierd nevre rj/jLepa? eTTi
r-qv Slktjv jxereKXridr]}

114 (4-) "A|toi/ 8e pLV-qpLrfS TjyrjadiJL-qu Kal rd rijs
yvvaLKOs avrov rXa(})vpas ovap, ^rrep rjv Ovydrrjp
ixev ApxeXdov rov \\a7T77ah6KOjv âoiXeojs yvvr) ,
8' AXe^dvhpov yeyovvla rd Trpcorov, 6s rjv ddeX(f)d?

^
^ ApxeXdov TTepl ov hU^Lfjiev, vlds 8' 'Hpco8ou tou
1 eKX-qdv p.
" From
this point until the outbreak of the war the nar-
rative becomes much more condensed. Probably the work
of Nicolas of Damascus, the source hitherto followed, ended
here.
" " The tenth " A. xvii. 34-2 : so Dio Cass. Iv. 27, and
cf. the
allusion to the 10th year of Archelaus in Vita 5 (Reinach).
S64
JEWISH WAR, II. 111-114. ( = ANT. xvii. 339-349)
(3) Archelaus," on taking possession of his- eth- Cruelty at

' - ' - deposition
'^'P^'''^'^"
narchy, did not forget old feuds, but treated not Archelaus
only the Jews but even the Samaritans with great
brutality. Both parties sent deputies to Caesar to
denounce him, and in the ninth ^ year of his rule he 6 a.d.
was banished to Vienna,'' a town in Gaul, and his

property confiscated to the imperial treasury. It is
said that, before he received his summons from His
Caesar, he had this dream he thought he saw nine
: 5^°^,^/'^^^
tall and full-grown ears of corn on which oxen were

browsing. He sent for the soothsayers and some
Chaldaeans and asked them their opinion of its
meaning. Various interpretations being given, a
certain Simon, of the sect^ of the Essenes, said that
in his view the ears of corn denoted years and the
oxen a revolution, because in ploughing they turn
over the soil he would therefore reign for as many
;
years as there were ears of corn and would die after

a chequered experience of revolutionary changes.*
Five days later Archelaus was summoned to his trial.
(4) I think mention may also fitly be made of the History oi
dream of his wife Glaphyra. Daughter of Archelaus, Qiapiiym.

king of Cappadocia, she had for her first husband
Alexander,^ the brother of Archelaus, of whom we
have been speaking, and son of King Herod, who
" A
city of the Allobroges in Gallia Narbonensis, on the
eastbank of the Rhone, mod. Vienne.
" Greek " race."
' Reinach suggests that the dream of Archelaus, modelled

on Pharaoh's dream in Genesis, is a piece of Essene Haggadah
which Josephus learnt during his stay with the hermit
Bannus ( Vita 1). The
1 historian claims to be an interpreter
ot dreams himself {B. iii. 352).
' i. 446. After Alexander's death Herod sent her back
to her father with her dowry but without her children
(i. 553).
365
JOSEPHUS
€K yap TOiavTTjs vXrjg KareGKevaae rrjv (jK-qv-jv.
7} S' ovSev iieTa(j)epo}Jievov kol GVixTrepivooTovvros
104 vaov Stecêpe. tovtujv ovv Kara GTTOvhrjv crvy-
KOfiLudei'TOji', eKOLGTov Kal irapa SvvafjLLV (faXo-
TLfxr]GaiJL€Vov, ap^LreKTovas rols epyoLs ichLGrrjGL Kar*
ivToXrjv rod deov ovg Kal ro TrXrjdos dv eVeAeâro
105 rrjs iôvGia? eV avro) yevopL,€vr)g. ra Se ovofiara
avrojVy KOL yap eV rat? UpaZs pi^XoLg avayeypa-
TTrai, raur' rjv BacrarÂos" jiev Ovpl Tralg r-fjg 'louSa
<j)vXri? VLOJVO?^ Be Maptaa^ry? rrjg dBeXcprj? rod
GrparrjyoVy 'EAiâôs" de 'Icraâ;(OU AartSo? (f)vXrjg.
106 ro Se TTXrjdos ovroj? vtto TTpodvpLias rol? iyx^t-pov-
pLevoLS i—rjXdev, ojGre Mojuctt^? dvelpêv avrovg
v7TOKr)pv^dfjL€vos dpKelv rovs ovras' rovro yap at
Sr]fiLovpyoL 7rpo€Lp-qK€Gav' i)(Ojpovv ovv eVt rrju rijs
107 GKTjvri? KaraGKevqVy Kal }>\ajVGrjg avrov? e/caara
rrcpl rcov piirpojv Kara rrjv VTTodrjKTjv rod dôO
Kal rod fieyedovs ocra re Set GKevrj yûjpelv avrrjv
dvehiSaGKe Trpos rds dvGias VTT-qper-qGovra. e(f)iXo-
ripLodvro he Kal yvvalKes nepl re GroXds lepanKas
Kal TTepl ra dXXa ogojv exPDi^ ro epyov KOGpLov re
Kal Xeirovpyias eveKa rod Oeod.
108 (2) Ildvrojv 8' ev erolpLOj yeyev-qpLevajv ;(;pi'CTtoL>
re Kal dpyvpov ^ Kal )(aXKod Kal rcov v(j>avrojVy
TrpoeL—ojv eoprrjv }>[covGrJ£ Kal dvGias Kara rrjV
eKaGrov SvvapLLV LGrr) rrjv GKTjvrjv, Trpdjrov pikv
aWpiov SLa/jLerpr)Gdfjievog ro pLev evpos TrevriqKOvra
^ Bernard : lios codd. ^ j^s^ Lat.:om. codd.
" Bibl. Bezalel.
^ M?5. erroneously " son." Exodus mentions his grand-
father Hur, and Hur according to Josephus was the husband
of Miriam (§ 54).
' Bibl. Oholiab (lxx 'EXid^), son of Ahisamach.
S66
JEWISH WAR, II. 114-118 ( = ANT xvii. 349-xvii. 4)
put him to death, as we have ah-eady related. After

his death she married Juba, king of Libya, on whose '^
decease ^ she returned home and hved in widowhood

with her father. There Archelaus, the ethnarch,
saw her and fell so passionately in love with her that
he instantly divorced his wife Mariamme ^ and
married her. So she came back to Judaea, where,
not long after her arrival, she imagined that Alex-
ander stood beside her and said " Your Libyan :
marriage might have sufficed you, but, not content

with that, you now return to my hearth and home,
having taken to yourself a third husband, and him,
audacious woman, my own brother/^ But I will not
brook this outrage and shall reclaim you whether
you will or no." After relating this dream she
survived barely two days
(viii. 1) The territory of Archelaus was now re- Judaea, :
duced to a province, and Coponius. a Roman of the p°J!J'fnce

equestrian order, was sent out as procurator, en- under th
trusted by Augustus with full powers, including the copoiuu^

infliction of capital punishment Under his adminis- '^ 6-9 a.i
tration, a Galilaean. named Judas.^ incited his Rising oi
countrymen to revolt, upbraiding them as cowards Gaiuaeai
when it was obligatory, Deut. xxv. 5 (Mark xii. 19).

childless,
Glaphyra had two children by Alexander; A, xvii. 341 em-
phasizes this fact.
« Judas of Galilee (as he is called here and in Gamaliel's
speech inActs v. 37) or of Gamala in Gaulanitis {A. xviii. 4)

was the founder of the Zealots, whose fanaticism and violence
under Florus, the last of the procurators, hastened the war
with Rome. Of the issue of the revolt we learn only from
Acts loc. cit. Judas was killed and his followers dispersed.
:
There is no sufficient reason tor identifying this fanatic

doctor, as Schiirer does, with the brigand Judas, son of
lizechias, who raised an insurrection in Galilee after the death
of Herod (B. ii. oQ).
367
JOSEPHUS
(f)6pov re 'Poj{iaLOLg reXelv VTrofievovoLV Kal fxeTo.
rov Seoi' otcrovGL Ovtjtov'; heoTTorag. rjv 8' olto?
ao(f)iorri<i tSta? aipeaew? ovSev rols a'AAot? Trpoa-

€OLKCO£.
119 (2) Tpla yap rrapa 'loDSatot? e'tbrj (j)L\ooo(^€iraiy

Kal Tov jjiev alperiGTal Oaptaatot, tov be Za5-
houKaloi, rplrov 8e, o 817 kol 8ok€l oejivor-qra
aoKelv, *EcrCTT]iôi. /caAowrat, 'louSatot /Ltei' yeVo?
120 ot'Te?, ^lAaAAryAot 8e Kai tcui^ aAAcuv TzAeoi^. oltoi
TOL? ^tei^ 7]8oiâ? 6U9 KaKiav drrocrTpecbovTaL, rrjv 8e
eyKpareiav Kal ro firj tol^ rtadeoiv V7T07tl7tt€lv
dperrjv Kal ydfiov fxev Trap'
v7To)â^.^dvovGiv .
avrols tov? 8' aAAoTpt'ou? 7Tat8a? eV-

vvepoijjLa,
Aa/xjSaiôi^TC? drraAou? 6Tt Txpo? rd fxadi^âTa avy-
yevet? i^yoOvTat Kal rol<; Tjde^nv avrcov €vtv7tovol,
121 701' fiev ydixov Kal rrjv e^ auTOV StaSox'Tji' ovk
dvatpouvTeg, Tag 8e row yvvaiKUJv doeXyelas
<^v\aTT6ii€voi Kal fJirjheiJLLav rripelu Trerretcr/xeVot
rrji' TTpos €va viariv.
122 (3) Karac^pop'TjTat 8e ttAol'tou, Kal daufidaLov

[77ap'j' avTolg ro koiuojulkov, ovbe 'ioriv evpelu
Kr-qoeu rivd Trap* avroi<; V7Tep€\ovra' vofiog yap
Tovs €LS rrju atpeaw eloiovra? br]ii€V€LV rw rdyfLart
1 om. P.
An exaggerated statement, corrected in A. xviii. 23

"
('* while they agree in all other respects with the Pharisees,
they have an invincible passion for liberty and take God for
their only leader and lord ").
* A shorter sketch of the three sects is given in A. xviii.
11-2-2, where the author refers to the fuller statement in the
368
JEWISH WAR, II. 118-122 {cf. ant. xviii. 4, 9, 11)
for consenting to pay tribute to the Romans and

tolerating mortal masters, after having God for their
lord. This man was a sophist who founded a sect of
his own, having nothing in common with the others.**
(2) Jewish philosophy, in

fact, takes three forms. The thre
The followers of the
school are called Pharisees, ll^^^^^
first
of the second Sadducees, of the third Essenes.^
The Essenes have a reputation for cultivating (i.) The
peculiar sanctity.'' Of Jewish birth, they show a ^fje-"^^'
greater attachment to each other than do the other ascendsi
sects. They shun pleasures as a vice and regard a'lld^com
temperance and the control of the passions as a'"""ijyf
special virtue. Marriage they disdain, but they
adopt other men's children, wîile yet pliable and
docile, and regard them as their kin and mould them
in accordance with theirown principles. They do
not, indeed, on principle, condemn wedlock and the
propagation thereby of the race, but they wish to
protect themselves against women's wantonness,
being persuaded that none of the sex keeps her
plighted troth to one man.
(3) Riches they despise, and their community of
goods is truly admirable you will not find one ;
among them distinguished by greater opulence than

another. They have a law that new members on
admission to the sect shall confiscate their property
present passage. He has first-hand knowledge, having
" passed through the three courses " himself ( Vita 11).
" Or " solemnity." The name Essene probably means
" pious " (Aram, hasa) ; Philo connected it with the Greek
boLos'. 'KaaaiOL .TrapLouvfjioi. daioTriTos {Quod 07nnls probus
. .
liber, § KaXovurai fxev 'Eaaalot irapa. ttjv daLOT-qra /noi

12) ;
doKu) TTJs TTfjoariyopLas dîudevTes {ap. Eus. Praep. Ev. viii. 11).
Philo, Pliny {Nat. Hist. v. 17), and Josephus are our three
authorities on the sect.
369
JOSEPHUS
TT7i^ ovatav, cucrre eV aTTacriv fi-qre TTCvlas raTretvo-
rrjra rrXovrov, twv 8*
<f)aLV€odaL fJ^rjO^ vrrepoxrjv
€Kd(TTov KT-qfidrojv dvaii€}JiiyyLh'ojv filav uj07T€p
123 dheXSols dnauLV ovaiav elvai. KrjXlSa S' iTToXafi-
^dvovGL rovXaioVy ko.v dXeLcbdfj rt? aKcou, ofxrjx^'^^
TO Gojfia' TO yap auxf-telv iv KaXoj TtdevraL,
X^vx^'-P'Ovelv re SuaTTavros . ;\;€tpoTOVT7Tot 8' ol tojv
KOLvojv Kal aiperoi} 7rpo9 aTrduTcuv €Cj
€77 LfjieXriTal
ra? eKaaroi.
;^petas'
124 (4.) Mta 8' OL'/c earii^ auroji^ vrdAt?, dAA' €v
eKdarrj fxeroiKovoLV ttoXXol. Kal rot? erepujdev
rjKovcnv alp€.TLcrTa1<s rrdvr^ dvaTteTnaTai rd Trap'
avToZs opLoiojs (JJOTTep Ihia, Kal Trpo? ou? ou Trpo-
125 repoi' €lSov eloiaaiv cog avvr^BeoTdrovs' hid Kai
770Lovvrai rag aTToSrjfjLLag ovdeu fiev oXojg 67n-
KOfiilofievoL, 8td Se rovs Xrjordg eVoTrAot. K-qhe-
fidjv 8' €v cKdarr] TzdAet tou rdyixaros iâLperojg
roji' êvojv d77 oh €i.Kvvr at, rafjuevoju ioS-qra Kal rd
126 e77iT7]8eta. KaraoroXr^ he Kal ax'^l^^-O- croj/LtaTO?
op-OLOv Tols /Lterd (fyoôv Traihayajyov Uvotg Traioiv.
ovre he eoOrJTas ovre V7Tohi']p.aTa daeiôvoi Trplv
hiappayrjvai rd rrpdrepov 7ravTd77a'JLv t) 8a77a-
127 VTjdrjvaL rep ;\;pdra>, ovhev 8' €v dXX-qXoLg out*
dyopdiovGLV ovt€ ttcoXovolv, dXXd toj xPTiC^^'^^
hihovg eKaoTOS to. Trap' avrco to [Trap* eKCtVou]'
XprjOLpLOv dvTLKopiLleTaL' Kal x^P'-^ ^^ '^V'^ duTi-
hoaeojg dKojXvTOS rj pLerdXTjipig avTolg rrap*^ d)v dv
BeXojoiv.
128 (0) ripos" ye pLTjV TO Belov evoeBelg iStoj?" Trplv
^ Bekker on ms. authority: ddiaipfrot the rest. * om. P.

' om. Trap Bekker, Naber, " to take whatever they
choose."
S70
JEWISH WAR, II. 122-128
to the order, with the result that you will nowhere

see either abject poverty or inordinate wealth the ;
individual'spossessions join the common stock and all,

hke brothers, enjoy a single patrimony. Oil they
consider defiling, and anyone who accidentally comes
in contact with it scours his person ; for they make
a point of keeping a dry skin and of always being
dressed in white. They elect officers to attend to the
interests of the community, the special services of
each officer being determined by the whole body.
(4) They occupy no one city, but settle in large Their
^™®
numbers town. On the arrival of any of the
in every ''^
sect from elsewhere, all the resources of the com-

munity are put at their disposal, just as if they were
their own ;and they enter the houses of men whom
they have never seen before as though they were
their most intimate friends. Consequently, they
carry nothing whatever with them on their journeys,
except arms as a protection against brigands. In
every city there is one of the order expressly ap-
pointed to attend to strangers, who provides them
with raiment and other necessaries. In their dress
and deportment they resemble children under rigorous
disciphne. They do not change their garments or
shoes until they are torn to shreds or worn thread-
bare with age. There is no buying or selling among
themselves, but each gives what he has to any in need
and receives from him in exchange something useful
to himself; they are, moreover, freely permitted
to take anything from any of their brothers without
making any return.
(5) Their piety towards the Deity takes a peculiar
371
JOSEPHUS
yap avaox^^v tov tJXlou ovdev ^êyyovrai rwv
ê^rj/^cov, TTarpLOV? Se rtjâ? €tV avrov €VXO-?,
129 (jJOTTep LK€TevovT€S avaT^lXai. Kat /xerd TauTa
TTpog a? eKauTOL re^va? laaGiv vtto rcbv €Tn-
fxeX-qrcov hiacîevTai, kol p^^XP^ 7r€/x 77x179 wpag ip-
yaodp.evoL ovvtovco? TrdXiv el? ev GVvadpoLC,ovTaL
X<-opiov, i,coodpL€V0L re OKeTTdapLaoLV Atvot? ovtojs
drroXovovrai to croj/xa i/jvxpol? vbaoLV, xat p.€TCL
ravrrjv ttju dyveiav els Ihiov OLK-qp.a avviaoiVy
evOa piiqhevl row erepoSoôw eTrtrerpaTTTat Trap-
eXdelv, avroi re Kadapol Kaddirep els dyiov ri
130 repLevos rrapayivovrai ro heLTTvqriqpLOV kol KaO- .
iodvrojv /xe^' -qavxÔ-S o p.ev gltottolos eV rdêi

TrapariBiqoi rovs dprovs, 6 Se pidyetpos €V dyyelov
131 €^ ^ôs ebeopLaros eKdorco Traparidrjoiv. rrpo-
Karevx^rai 3' o lepevs rijs rpo(f)rjs, Kal yevaaodal
Ttiâ 77 plv rrjs ^^xt^S dOeparov dpiGroTTOtrjoapievois^
8' enevx^TO.i' TrdXiv dpxdp.evoi re Kal 77av6pLevoL
yepalpovGL deov ojs X'^PVY^^ "^V^ ^f^^S". eTreiO^
(Ls lepds KaradepLevoL rds eadijras TraAtv eV epya
132 P'^XP^ he'iXrjs rpeTTOvrai. henrvovoi 8' op.oicjJS
V770GrpeiljavTes ovyKadetop-evujv rojv êiôjv, el

rvxoLev avro'ts napovres- ovre he Kpavyq TTore
rov oIkov ovre Sopvôs pLialveL, rds he XaXids ev
133 rdêi Trapax^Jpovotv aAArÂots". Kal rols eôjdev (Ls
pLVorrjpLOV n
<f>pLKr6v r] rojv evhov GLaj77rj Kara-
<f)aLveraL, rovrou 8* a'trtov tj hi-qveKTjS viî/jis Kal
^ Some -Mss. of Porphyry: dpiaTOTroir]<jd/jL(vos mss. of

Josephus,
" Cf. § 148, " the rays of the God." How far the Essenes,
with their affinities to Judaism, can be regarded as sun-
uorshippers is doubtful. But, un-Jewish as this custom
372
JEWISH WAR, II. 128-1S3
form. Before the sun is up they utter no word on Their

prayei
mundane matters, but offer to him certain prayers,
,
''
P""^^'^""^
the sun,
which have been handed down from their forefathers,
as though entreating him to rise." They are then
dismissed by their superiors to the various crafts in
which they are severally proficient and are strenu- Their
^^"^"^'"
ously employed until the fifth hour, when they again
assemble in one place and, after girding their loins
with linen cloths, bathe their bodies in cold water.
After this purification, they assemble in a private
apartment which none of the uninitiated is permitt ed _ ,
to enter ;
pure now themselves, they repair to the -^
refectory, as to some sacred shrine. When they have Their
taken their seats in silence, the baker serves out th^^^—f^
loaves to them in order, and the cook sets before
each one plate with a single course. Before meat
the priest says a grace, and none may partake until
after the prayer. When breakfast is ended, he pro-
nounces a further grace thus at the beginning and
;
at the close they do homage to God as the bountiful

giver of life. Then laying aside their raiment, as
holy vestments, they again betake themselves to
their labours until the evening. On their return
they sup in like manner, and any guests who may
have arrived sit down with them. No clamour or
disturbance ever pollutes their dwelling they speak
;
in turn, each making way for his neighbour. To

persons outside the silence of those within appears
like some awful mystery it is in fact due to their
;
invariable sobriety and to the limitation of their
seems, there was a time when even Jews at Jerusalem

" turned their backs on the Temple and their faces towards
the east and worshipped the sun towards the east " (Mishnah,
Sukkah, v. 2-4; Ezek. viii. 16).
373
JOSEPHUS
TO irap*
jJLcrpeiadai avrol? rpoSr^v Kal ttotov
fji€xpi' Kopov.
134 (6) Tojv fji€v ovv dXXojv ovK eoTLv 6 tl firj tCjv
iTTLfJLeXrjTcjv rrpoora^dvTOJV ivepyovoL, Svo 8e raura
77ap' auTots- airreôvoia, iTTLKovpta /cat eAeoj*
ô'qOelv T€ yap tols agio's, OTTorav heojvTai, Kal
Kad^ iavrovs i(J)UraL Kal rpo(j>d<; aTropovfjLei'OLg
opeyetu. ra? rovg ovyyevel? pLGTahooet?
Se el?
135 OVK €^€GTL TTOLelodaL biâ Tojv eTTLTpoTrcxJU. opyrj?
rajiiai hiKaiOL, dvfJLOV KadeKriKol, 7TLOT€Cog Trpo-
crrdraL, elprivrj^ VTTOvpyoi. Kal rrdv fjLeu ro p-qSev
VTT* avrow laxvporepov opKov, to de opLvveLV
[avTolgV TTepuoravroA x^Zpov Trjg imopKLas vtto-
Xap.^dvovT€9' rjbrj yap KareyvajoBai (âcrtv tov
136 dr:LG70V}ievov Si^ct Beov. UTTovhalôvoL 8' eKTOTrajg
7T€pl rd TOJV TTaXaidw uvvrdyiiara, /xaAtara rd
Trpoi' ipv^^s
dxjilXeLav Kal acufiaros eKXeyovres'
€vBev avTols Trpos BepaTreiav TraBcov pijat t€
dXe^rjTripioi Kal XiBujv IhiOT-qres dvepevvcovTai.
137 ('^) Tot? Se irjXovoLV r-qv atpeoLV avrcov ovk
evBvs rj Trdpohos, dXX IttI iviavrov e^co pîvovn
TTjV aVTTjV VTTOTLBeVTai StaLTaV, d^LvdpLOV T6 Kal
ro TTpoetprj/jLevov 77eptâj/Lta /cat XevKrju ioBrjra
13S Sov'Tes". eTretbdv he rovrco rw XP^^V rreipav iy-
Kparelas So), TrpooeiaLV fji€v eyyiov rfj hiairr^ Kal
^ cm. Dindorf with one ms. the incorrect reading irepi.-
:
iffTarai has probably caused the insertion of the pronoun.
*»
Or " when they ask an alms."
Herod himself excused them from taking the oath of
*
allegiance (J. xv. 371). The "tremendous oaths" sworn

on admission to the order (§ 139) form a curious exception.
' i.e. probably charms or amulets. Lightfoot, Colossiaiu
S74
allotted portions of meat and drink to the demands

of nature.
(6) In all other matters they do nothing without Their
orders from their superiors ; two things only are left <^^^"ty
to individual discretion, the rendering of assistance
and compassion. Members may of their own motion
help the deserving, when in need," and supply food to
the destitute but presents to relatives are pro-
;
hibited, without leave from the managers. Holding

righteous indignation in reserve, they are masters of
their temper, champions of fidelity, very ministers
of peace. Any word of theirs has more force than and
an oath swearing they avoid, regarding it as worse ofoath"
;
than perjury, for they say that one who is not believed
without an appeal to God stands condemned already.^
They display an extraordinary interest in the writings Their
^*^'^^'®''
of the ancients, singling out in particular those which
make for the welfare of soul and body with the
;
help of these, and with a view to the treatment of

diseases, they make investigations into medicinal
roots and the properties of stones.^
(7) A candidate anxious to join their sect is not Admiss
immediately admitted. For one year, during which l^j.^^^^
he remains outside the fraternity, they prescribe for "ovice's
him their own rule of life, presenting him with a and oat
small hatchet,^ the loin-cloth already mentioned,^
and white raiment. Having given proof of his
temperance during this probationary period, he is
brought into closer touch with the rule and is allowed
(ed. 8), pp. 89f. note, connectirig this passage with Anf. viii.
44 (on Solomon's power over demons), regards the " writ-

ff.
ings " as Solomonian books and the Essenes as primarily

dealers in charms, rather than physicians.
The object of this is explained below (§ 148).
<*
« § 129.
375
JOSEPHUS
KaBapojTcpojv rujv Trpo? ayveiav vharajv /Ltera-
XafjL^dvei, TrapaAa/xjSaierat be els tol? avfi^LajGetg
ovheTTOj. fiera yap rrjv ry^g Kapreplag eViSeiû'
SvoLU dXXoig ereaiv to TjOos SoKLfidlerai Kal <f)av€Lg
139 a^tos" ovTojg elg rov ofxiXov iyKpLveraL. Trplv he
TTJg KOLvrj'; dipaGdaL rpo(^rj<; opKOVs avroZg ofiuvat

(f)pLKojS€Lg, TrpojTOv fiev evoe^Tjoeiv to Belov,
err e era to. Trpos dvBpo'jTTOVs Strata (^vXdêiv koI
firiTe Kara, yvcoiirjv ^XdipeLV tlvcl fjLrjre i^ Ittl-
Toy/xaTOS", fMLGrjoetv 8' del rovs dbcKovg Kal ovv-
140 ayojVLeloOaL Tots" SiKatot?" to ttlgtov del irdoLV irap-
eêtv, fidXiGTa he TOt? KparovGLV ov yap hi^â deov
TTepiyeveoOai^ tlvI to dp\eLV' Kav auTos" dpxrj,
[jirjhe—oTe e^v^pLGew els ttjv eôvotav, pnqh^ eGdrJTL
7] TLVL rrXeiovi KOGfico Tov? VTTOTeTayfjLevovg virep-
141 XapLTTpvvelGdai^' ttjv dXriBeiav dya—dv del Kal Tovg
ipevhojievovs TTpo^dXXeGdat^- x^^P'^^ KXoTri]^ Kal
^pvxTjV dvoGLOvKephovg KaBapdv (^vXdêiv, Kal
l^rjTe KpvipeLv tl tov£ alpeTiGTa? P-ijB^ eTepoi^
avTojv TL firjvvGeLv, Kav p^^xpi BavaTov tls îd^-qTat.
142 Trpo? TOiJTOL? ofjLi'UGLV pLrjhevl fiev fieTahovuaL tcov
tj c5? auTo? fieTeXaBev, d(f)eêGBaL
hoyp.dTOJv eTepoJS
he Kal GvvTrjprjGeiv ojjLOLOjg tcl Te rrjg
XfiGTeiag
aipeoews avTOJV îjiXia Kal to, tcov dyyeXojv 6v6-
/iara. TotouTOt? p-ev opKOLS toj)? TrpoGiovTas
e6aG(f)aXLôvTaL.
143 (8) Tovs 5' eV d^LOXPÔLS dp.apTrjp.aGU' dXovTag
eK^dXXovGL Tov Tciy/xaTos". o S' eKKpuBels oIktLgtco
^ irepiyipeadai LVR Porj)h.

• Herwerden : virepXafnTpCvfcfai mss,
' Porph. : iX^yxeiv irpo^dWeedai Mss,
S76
'
to share the purer kind of holy water, but is not yet

received into the meetings of the community. For
after this exhibition of endurance, his character is
tested for two years more, and only then, if found
worthy, is he enrolled in the society. But, before
he may touch the common food, he is made to swear \-j<^
tremendous oaths first that he will practise piety

:
towards the Deity, next that he will observe justice

towards men that he will wrong none whether of
:
his own mind or under another's orders that he will ;
for ever hate the unjust and fight the battle of the
just ; that he will for ever keep faith with all men,
especially with the powers that be, since no ruler
attains his office save by the will of God " that, ;
should he himself bear rule, he will never abuse his

authority nor, either in dress or by other outward
marks of superiority, outshine his subjects to be ;
for ever a lover of truth and to expose liars to keep ;
his hands from stealing and his soul pure from unholy
gain to conceal nothing from the members of the
;
sect and to report none of their secrets to others,

even though tortured to death. He swears, more-
over, to transmit their rules exactly as he himself
received them to abstain from robbery
; and in ;
like manner carefully to preserve the books of the

sect and the names of the angels.^ Such are the
oaths by which they secure their proselytes.
(8) Those who are convicted of serious crimes they Expuisioi
[pel from the order and the ejected individual oXt!^^^^
;
" Reinach compares A. xv. 374, where the Essene Mena-

hem says to Herod :
" You will reign, for God has deemed
you worthy." Cf. also Rom. xiii. 1.
**
Reinach conjectures that the developed angelolog-y of
Rabbinic Judaism was partly of Essene origin. Lightfoot
finds in this esoteric doctrine a link with Zoroastrianism.
377
JOSEPHUS
TToXXaKLS jjLopcp hLa(f)9€Lp€TaL' ToT? yap opKois Koi
Tois eOeaiv efSeSe/xeVo? ouSe rrjs Trapa rols aAAot?
Tpo(f)rjs Svvarai /jLeraXafji^dveu' rro-qcjiayojv he
, /cat
144 \iji(jj TO Gojfia rrjKOjjievos hiaÔeipeTai. hto hrj
TToXXovs eXerjoavres eV rats" ioxo-'ô.i? duaTTVoalg

dveXaôVy iKav-qv IttI rols d/xaprT^/xacrtP' avrwv
davdrov ^dcravov -qyovfJievoL.
TTjv fJiexpt'
145 (9) n^pt 8e TCLS" KpLaetg aKpLêaraTOL Kal
hiKaioL, Kal hiKaCovGi fxh' ovk iXdrrov? twv
EKarov GVveXOovres, ro 8' opLodkv v-n avrcov
dKLvrjTov. oeâs Se /xeya Trap' avToZs pierd rdv
deov TouVo/xa rod vopôderou, Kav ^Xao(f)r]p,rjGr)
146 rt? et? Tovrov KoXdterai Bavdrco.
, rots' Se rtpe-
o^vrepoLS VTraKovELU Kal rol? TrXeloGLV eV KaXoj
TidevraL' SeVa yovu GvyKadeL,o fxevajv ovk dv XaXrj-
147 G€L€V dKovrcov ra)V evvea. /cat to TXTUoat he
Tt?
els T] TO Sc^toi^ p-epo? (j)vXdGGovr ai, Kal
pLeGovs
rat? e^hojidaiv epyojv e(f>d7TreGdaL hia<j)opojTara
^\ovhaia>v drrdyTajv ov p.6vov yap rpo(f>ds eavroZs
Trpd fxids rjiiepag TrapaoKevaQovGiv , d>s purj nvp
ivavoLev^ eKeivrjV rrû rjpLepav, dAA' ovhe OKevos
148 Tt pLeraKLvqaaL BappovGLV ovhe dTTOTrarelv Tat? .
5' d'AAat? rjpbepaisôdpov opvaaovres ^ddos tto-

hialou rfj GKaXihi, tolovtov yap eonv to hihofievov
VTr" avrdw d^Lvlhtov rolg veoGvordroiS, Kal Trept-
KaXvâvres BoipLdrioVy^ cos (jlt) rds avyds v^ptloLeu
149 rov deoVy BaKevovGiv els avrov. eTretra ttjv dv-
opvxBeloav yrjv e(j>eXKOVGiv els tov ôBpov Kal
^ ivatpdeUv PA*: ^^'tt^^g A (corrector) : ivaTrToui/ correctors
o\ LR.
2 l^xaTiou PAM : doluariu} Porph.
<»
Moses.
378
often comes to a most miserable end. For, being

bound by their oaths and usages, he is not at liberty
to partake of other men's food, and so falls to eating
grass and wastes away and dies of starvation. This
has led them in compassion to receive many back in
the last stage of exhaustion, deeming that torments
which have brought them to the verge of death are a
sufficient penalty for their misdoings.
(9) They are just and scrupulously careful in their Their
trial of cases, never passing sentence in a court of r^^'renJ
less than a hundred members the decision thus for Mose
;
reached is irrevocable. After God they hold most ianism a

in awe the name of their lawsriver," any blasphemer °^\^^
n ^ .
-IT -iiiT-
oi whom IS punished with death. It is a point or
-customs
•
honour with them to obey their elders, and a majority;

for instance, if ten sit together, one will not speak if
the nine desire silence. They are careful not to spit
into the midst of the company or to the right,^ and
are stricter than all Jews in abstaining from work on
the seventh day for not only do they prepare their
;
food on the day before, to avoid kindling a fire on

that one, but they do not venture to remove any
vessel or even to go to stool. On other days they
dig a trench a foot deep with a mattock such is the—
nature of the hatchet which they present to the
—
neophytes^ and wrapping their mantle about them,
that they may not offend the rays of the deity sit ,'^
above it. They then replace the excavated soil in
* Reinach refers to a similar prohibition, applying only to
prayer-time, in the Jerusalem Talmud {Berachoth, iii. 5).

"
§ 137.
**
Thesun, c/. § 128. Schiirer contrasts the Testaments of
the XII Patriarchs, Benj. 8 (the sun is not defiled by the
sight of ordure, but purifies it).
379
JOSEPHUS
rOVrO TTOLOVGL TOVS €p-qiJLOT€pOVS TOTTOVg €K\€y6p.€-
voL. Kal-rrep 8e^ (f)vaLKrj? ovorj^ rrjs rwv^ XvjxaTojv
eKKpioeojs OLTToXoveodai {ler^ avrrjV KaOdrrep jiefjua-
OfJL€V0LS edifiov.
150 (lO) ^Lrjprjin-ai Kara xpovov
rr)? doK-qoeca?
8e
€15 fxoLpas Kal togovtov ol /xera-
reaaapas,
yeveaTepoL tow Trpoyeveurepojv iXarrovvTai cuar',
ei ifjavaeiav avTwv, iKeivovs aTToXoveodai KaOdrrep
151 dXXo(l)vXoj ovfx<f)vp€VTa?. Kal fiaKpo^LOL fidv, oj?

rovs TToXXovs VTrkp eKarov Trapareiveiv err], 8td
aTrXorrjTa rrj^ StatTTyS", efiotye 8oKetv, Kal rr)V
TT71/
exnaîaVy Karacjypoviqral Se rwv heivcjVy Kal rd?

^xkv dXyrjhovas i'Lkojut€S tols (^poviqpLaGLV, rov hk
ddvaTOV, el fier* euxAeta? TrpoGLOL,^ voixilôvres
152 ddavaGia<i dfxelvova. hirjXeyêv he avTow ev drra-
Giv tolS ijjv^ds 6 TTpos 'PajfxaLOVS TToXefios, ev co
crpe^XovjjLevoL Kal XvyLCofjievoi, Kai6p,evoL t€

re
Kal KXcofxevoL Kal 8td Trdvrojv obevovre? rojv jSacra-
VLGT-qpiojv opydvojVy Iv" rj ^XaG({)'qfj,rjGcoGLV rov
vopLoQenqv r) ^dycuGiv ri rcvv dGvvrjdojv, ovherepov
VTTefjLeivav rtaOelv, dXX ovhe KoXaKevGai TTore tovs
153 aLKilofievovs rj haKpvGai. iieihLOJvres he ev rat?
dXyrjhoGiV Kal Kareipajvevojievoi rojv rd? âGdvovs
7TpoG(f)ep6vTOJv evdufJLOL rds" (pvxds r](f}LeGav ojs
vdXiv KOiJuovfJievoL.
154 (11) Kat yap eppcorat Trap' avrols ^he r) 8o|a,
(f>6ap'7d p.ev elvai ret ocofJLara Kal Trjv vXrjv ov
^ Most Mss. 5rj : oiV M : om. PA.
* + a u/aaT IK Cjf MLVRC. ^ Trpoaetai PAM.
'^
As Reinach remarks, the whole procedure, except the
final ablution, follows the directions given in Deut. xxiii. 12-
14.
380
—
the trench. For this purpose they select the more

retired spots. And though this discharge of the
excrements is a natural function, they make it a rule
to wash themselves after it, as if defiled.^
(10) Thev are divided, according to the duration of The four
their discipline, into four grades ; ^ and so far are the l^s^senes.
junior members inferior to the seniors, that a senior
if but touched by a junior, must take a bath, as after
contact with an alien. They live to a great age
most of them to upwards of a century in conse- —
quence, I imagine, of the simplicity and regularity of
their mode of life. They make light of danger, and
triumph over pain by their resolute will ;death, if it
come with honour, they consider better than im-
mortality. The war with the Romans tried their Their end
souls through and through by every variety of test, persecuti

Racked and twisted, burnt and broken, and made to
pass through every instrument of torture, in order to
induce them to blaspheme their lawgiver or to eat
some forbidden thing, they refused to yield to either
demand, nor ever once did they cringe to their
persecutors or shed a tear. Smiling in their agonies
and mildly deriding their tormentors, they cheerfully
resigned their souls, confident that they would
receive them back again.
(11) For it is a fixed belief of theirs that the body is Their bei
corruptible and its constituent matter impermanent, immortal

of the so
''
Lightfoot {Col. p. 363, note) remarks that the passage
must be read in connexion with the account of the ad-
mission to the order (§§ 137 f.). The three lowest grades
are the novices in their first, second, and third years of pro-
bation. " After passing through these three stages in three
successive years, [the Essene] enters upon the fourth and
highest grade, thus becoming a perfect member."
381
J05EPHUS
fiovifiov avra)V, ra? he i/fuâ? dOauaToug del 8ia-
fieveiv, Kal oviiTrXeKeodai fiev e/c rou XeTTToraTCV
(potTcuCTa? aidepo^ ojorrep elpKralg roc? ocufxaaiv
155 Xvyyi tlvl <f}uoLKfj KaraG—cofxeia^, eTreiSav Se du'
eOcoGL Tcov Kara adpKa heafxajv, ota Br] fjbaKpdg
SouAetas" drrriXXayfieva? , rore xalpecv Kal jxereco-
povs (êpeoBai. koI rat? pêv dyadalg, SpLO-
Boôvure? Tratalv 'KXXrjVcov, dTTOâivovrai tyju
vrrep WKeavou Siatrai^ aTTOKeloBai /cat ^chpov ovre
opL^poL? ovre VL(f)eTol^ ovre Kavp,aoL âpvv6p,evoVy
dAA' ov e^ ojKeavov Trpav? del l,e(f)vpo9 eTTLTTvecov
avaijjvxî' rats' Be (j)avXaLS l,o(f)cuBrj Kal )(êip.epiov
dôpiLôvrai pivxov, yepLOvra ripLOjpLoJv dBiaXeiTT-

156 rojv. BoKOVdL 6e pLot Kara rrjv avrrjv evvoiav
"KXXrjueg rols re dvBpelot^ avrcow, ovs Tjpoja? Kal
7)pLLdeovs KaXovoiv, rds pLaKapojv vvjoov? dva-
redeiKevaiy rat? he rcJju TTOvrjpow ifjvx^î? Kad^ ahov
rov^ daeBoji^ Xojpov, evda Kal KoXaCopLevov; rtva?
pLvdoXoyovoLV, Stcjuôus- ^rat TavraAou? ^lîovdg
re Kal Tirvov?, rrpcorov [.lev dihiovs V(f)LardpievoL
rag ipv^dg, eTreira el? TrporpoTrrjv dperrjg Kal
157 KaKLag drrorpoTT-qv. rovg re yap dyadovg yiveoBai
Kara rov îov dpLeluovg eXTTihi npirj? Kal /xera rrjv
reXevr-qv,rwv re KaKojv ep,TiohiteaSai rag 6pp,dg
heet 7T poohoKOJvr ojv, el Kal XdBoiev ev ra> Lrjv,
pier a rrjv hidXvcnu dOdvarou rLpLOjpiav v<j)eêiv.
158 ravra pLev ovv ^KgotjuoI rrepl ipv^'^jg deoXoyovotv,

d(j)VKrov heXeap rolg dira^ yevoapêvois rrjg aocblas
avrcjjv KaBievreg}
^ tQjv PLV: tov Tî' M.
« PAM (cf. i. 373): iyKaOiûTis the rest.
382
but that the soul is immortal and imperishable.**

Emanating from the finest ether, these souls become
entangled, as it were, in the prison-house of the body,
to which they are dragged down by a sort of natural
spell but when once they are released from the
;
bonds of the flesh, then, as though liberated from a

long servitude, they rejoice and are borne aloft.
Sharing the belief of the sons of Greece, they main-
tain that for virtuous souls there is reserved an abode
beyond the ocean, a place which is not oppressed by
rain or snow or heat, but is refreshed by the ever
gentle breath of the west wind coming in from ocean ;
while they relegate base souls to a murky and

tempestuous dungeon, big with never-ending punish-
ments. The Greeks, I imagine, had the same con-
ception when they set apart the isles of the blessed "
for their brave men, whom they call heroes and demi-
gods, and the region of the impious for the souls of
the wicked down in Hades, where, as their mytho-
logists tell, persons such as Sisyphus, Tantalus, Ixion,
and Tityus are undergoing punishment. Their aim
was first to establish the doctrine of the immortality
of the soul, and secondly to promote virtue and to
deter from vice for the good are made better in
;
their lifetime by the hope of a reward after death, and

the passions of the wicked are restrained by the fear
that, even though they escape detection while alive,
they will undergo never-ending punishment after their
decease. Such are the theological viewsof the Essenes
concerning the soul, whereby they irresistibly attract
all who have once tasted their philosophy.
" Cf. A. xviii. 18.
''
First mentioned in Hesiod, Works and Days, 170 ff.
they dwell with care-free hearts in the isles of the blessed
beside the deep-eddying ocean, those happy heroes," etc.
383
JOSEPHUS
159 (12) Etatv 8' iv avTols ot Kal ra /xeAAovra
77 poyu'coGK€iV VTTLOxvovvraiy fti^XoL? lepaZs kol
SLa(f)6poLg ayvctat? Kal 7Tpo(f)rjra>v d7TO<f)deyfJLa(JLV
e^TratSoTptôu/xevof OTrdviov 8' et rrore iv rat?

7Tpoayop€V(jeGLV daroxovaiv.
160 (13) "RdTLv he Kal erepov ^Kgg-i-jvcov rdyiia,
hianav pêv Kal eOrj Kal vopapâ rolg aAAot? 6[jlo-
<f)povovv, bL€Grd)£ 8e ttJ Kara ydpLOV ho^r]- piêyicnov
yap dTTOKOTrreiv olovrai rod ^lov p,epog, rrjv hua-
SoxT^v, rov? pLTj yaiJLOVvra? , pidXXov Se, el Trdvres
ro avro (hpovrjuetav, eKXiTrelv dv rd yevos rdx^Gra.
161 hoKip^diôvreg pêvrot rpieria rds yapierds, eTreihdv
rplg KadapddJOLV els rrelpav rod BvvaadaL riKrecv,
ovrojg dyovrau. raZs 8' eyKVjxoGLV ovx opLiXovGiv,
evSeLKVvp.evoL ro (jltj 8t' 7]hovrjV dXXd reKvcov
Xpeiav yapLeiv. Xovrpd he ralg yvvat^lv dfjUTrexo-
pLevais evSvpiara, Kaddrrep roZs dvhpduiv iv jrepi-
iajpLari. roiavra puev eOr] rovhe rod rdyp.aro£.
162 (14) Awo he row Ttporepojv âpiaaloi piev ol
/xer' dKpiêias hoKOVvre? i^qyeZodat ra vopLLpua
Kal rrjv Trpojrrjv drrdyovres aZpeoiv elpLappievr} re
163 Kal Bed) rrpoodTrrovai Trdvra, Kal rd piev Tipdrreiv
rd hcKata Kal pirj Kard rd rrXeZorov iirl roZs
dvOpo'jTTOis KeZadaL, ôrjdeZv he elg eKaorov Kal rrjv
elpiappLevrjv ipuxr'jV re irdoav puev d(j)daprov, p.era-
" Josephus quotes three instances of Essene predictions
which were fulfilled, those of Judas (B. i. 78), Simon (ii. 113)
and Menahem (A. xv. 373 ff,). The}* taught their art to
disciples {A. xiii. 311), This gift of fortune-telling was
perhaps connected with magic or astrology; it is not treated
as inspired (Lightfoot, Col. p. 69, note Ij.
384
JEWISH WAR, II. 159-163 {cf. ant. xviii. 13 f.)
(12) There are some among them who profess to Their gif
P'"°p'^^
foretell the future, being versed from their early °
years in holy books, various forms of purification and
apophthegms of prophets and seldom, if ever, do
;
they err in their predictions."

(13) There is yet another order of Essenes, which, Essene
while at one with the rest in its mode of life, customs, wu"^™*^
and regulations, differs from them in its views on practise
™^"'*^®
marriage. They think that those who decline to
marry cut off the chief function of hfe, the propaga-
tion of the race, and, what is more, that, were all to
adopt the same view, the whole race would very
quickly die out. They give their wives, however, a
three years' probation, and only marry them after
they have by three ^ periods of purification given
proof of fecundity. They have no intercourse with
them during pregnancy, thus showing that their
motive in marrying is not self-indulgence but the
procreation of children. In the bath the women wear
a dress, the men a loin-cloth. Such are the usages
of this order.
( Of the two first-named ^ schools, the Pharisees,
1 4<) (ii.) The
^^^^^'^^^^
who are considered the most accurate interpreters of
the laws, and hold the position of the leading sect,
attribute everything to Fate and to God they hold ;
that to act rightly or otherwise rests, indeed, for the

most part with men, but that in each action Fate
co-operates.'^ Every soul, they maintain, is im-
^ The text can hardly be right ; the Lat. has " constanti
purgatione."
' " more ancient," Reinach.
<*
Cf. the saying of R. Akiba " Everything is foreseen and
:
freewill is given," Sayings of Jewish FatJiers, iii. 22 (24).

Josephus, as Reinach remarks, substitutes " Fate " for
*'
Providence " for his Gentile readers.
VOL. II o g85
.
JOSEPHUS
âiVctv he et? erepou ocofxa rrju rojv ayaOwv ixovqVy
ras Se toju <j>avX(x>v dLdloj rLfiojpta KoXalêoOaL.
1G4 YâhôvKaloL be, to Sevrepou TOiyfxa, ri^v fxkv
elfJLapfj.ei'rjv TravraTraoLV dvaipovoLV Kal rou Beou
105 ^^co Tov Spdv TL KaKOV t) €(f)opdv riOevrat.' (jyaolv
S' eV dvdpojTTtov eKAoyfj to re xaXov Kal to KaKov

TTpoKeloOau Kal Kara yi'coiirju eKaorou rovroju
iKarepov^ Trpooievai. 4^v)(?i^ Te r-qv hiapiovriv Kal
Ta9 KaB^ ahov^ rip.ojpia'; Kal rtpLag d^'aipouoti'.
166 Kal Oaptcraiot pei^ (fjLXdXXrjXoi. re Kal ttjv et? to

KOivov opLOvoiav doKovvTe?, "LahbovKaiojv 6e Kal
7Tp6<; dXXrjXov; to yjOo? dypLcuTepov, at re eVt/atîat
TTpO? TOU? OjlOLOVg dTTTQUel? CU9 7Tp6<; dXXoTpLOU8T79 o KXr)6el<i ' Ai^Ti—as", Slcokoup Td<; eaurcov
TeTpapxias' SaAoj/xr^ yap TeXeurojoa 'louAta rfj

70V êâoTov yvvaLKl Tqv t€ auTT^? roTrapxîau
Kal ^Xdpveiav Kal tov^ eV âoar^Xihi. (fyoLviKoJuas
IQS KareXiTTev. pLeraâGi^g be €ls Tt/Se'ptoi^ toi' '\ou-
Ai'a? VLOi' Tr]<;
'
Pojixaiajv r)y€fJLOi'La<; perd rrji/
AvyovoTov TeXevT-qv, d({)rjyqoapei^'ou tojv rrpay-
'
Herwerdeii: tKartpw V: tKaripu.- the rest.
' iftt^' adov C • KadoKov the rest
" Ttie doctrine of the reincarnation of the soul is expressed

in rather similar terms in B. iii. 371 (c/. Ap. ii. 2l&).
386
JEWISH WAR, II. 163-168 {cf. ant. xviii. 14, 27-33)
perishable, but the soul of the good alone passes into

another body,'^ while the souls of the wicked suffer
eternal punishment.
The Sadducees, the second of the orders, do away (iii.)The
with Fate altogether, and remove God beyond, not

^^^''^^^'^s^
merely the commission, but the very sight, of evil.

They maintain that man has the free choice of good
or evil, and that it rests with each man's will whether
he follows the one or the other. As for the persist-
ence of the soul after death, penalties in the under-
world, and rewards, they will have none of them.
The Pharisees are affectionate to each other and
cultivate harmonious relations with the community.
The Sadducees, on the contrary, are, even among
themselves, rather boorish in their behaviour, and in
their intercourse with their peers ^ are as rude as to
aliens. Such is what I have to say on the Jewish
philosophical schools.
(ix. 1) When the ethnarchy of Archelaus was con- The

verted into a province, the other princes, Philip and n'jjnpân
Herod surnamed Antipas, continued to govern their Herod
'^^'''
respective tetrarchies as for Salome, she at her "
;
death*^ bequeathed her toparchy to Julia, the wife of

Augustus, together with Jamnia and the palm-groves
of Phasaelis. On the death of Augustus, who had
directed the state for fifty-seven years six months
^ i.e. with the other sects or generally with their com-

patriots.
" Which took place under the second of the procurators,
M. Ambivius {r. 9-1-2 a.d.) J. xviii. 31. For her share in
:
the division of Herod's kingdom see § 98. Jamnia was in the

lowlands of PhiHstia, PhasaeHs in the Jordan valley, as also
was Archelais which is added to the list of Julia's legacies
in A. loc. c'd.
387
JOSEPHUS
liarojv eT€aLV eVra Kal TrevTrjKovTa, rrpo^ Se iitjolv
e^ Kal rjfiepaL? 6vo, Sia/ietVai^re? eV rat? rerpap-
;)((.'at? o 76 'Hpaj5T7? Kal 6 OiAitttto?, c) fiev rrpos
TQts Tou 'lopSdiôu TTrjyalg ev flayeaSt ttoAiv
KTt'êt \\aLaapeLaVy Kav Trj Karoo TavXaviTLKfj
*louAtdSa, 'Hpcu^r^? 8' cV /xei^ 717 raAiAat'a Ti-
jSepidSa, eV be rfj Uepaia (f)€pujvvpiOV MouAta?.
169 (2) neiJL(j)deU 6e et? îovbalau i7TLrpo7TO<; vtto
Ttêplov OtAdTO? vvKTOjp K€KaXvixii€va^ ei? 'lepo-
aoAy/xa TTapeLGKOiiilêL rd? Kat'crapo? eUovas , at
170 OTjiialaL KaXovvraL. tovto fxeO' rip.epav p.eylGTr]v
Tapaxr]V riyeipev 'lofdaiot?' ol re ydp eyyvg 77p6>

TT]!' di/>tP' lêTrXayrjoav cu? TrerraTrniivajv avrois
Tojv vofjLUjv, ovhkv yap ol^lovglv ev rfj TrdAet Set-
Ki-jXou riOeoBaiy Kal rrpog rrjv ayavaKrr,aiv rojv
Kara rr]u ttoXlu ddpov; 6 eV rrj<; \cjpa<; Aad?
171 ovveppevoev. opix-qoavres be vpo^ HtAdTOi^ els
KaLodpeiav iKerevov eêveyKelv i^ 'lepoooXvfjLojv

rds orjiiaiag Kal rripelv avroU rd Trdrpia. niXdroo
8' dpvovfJL€vou rrepl rrju otKLau TrprjveU Kara-
" This figure, repeated in A. xviii. 32. is about a month
too long. From the death of Caesar (15 March 44 b.c.) to

the death of Augustus (19 Aug. a.d. 14, Suet. Jug. 100) is 57
years 5 months and 4 days. The four days may be reduced
to two by reckoning from the opening of Caesar's will (17
March) as proposed by Gardthausen, quoted by Reinach the ;
latter accounts for the error in the number of months by a

confusion of the figures for 5 {(') and 6 (f).
By her former husband, Tiberius Claudius Nero.
''
' Caesarea Philippi of the N.T., mod. Danias.
* Bethsaida Julias {el-Tetl) east of the Jordan a little to
388
JEWISH WAR, II. 168-171 ( = ant. xviii. 32-36, 55-57)
and two days,^ the empire of the Romans passed to

Tiberius, son of Juha." On his accession, Herod Accessior
(Antipas) and Phihp continued to hold their tet- n^fo'.^^

rarchies and respectively founded cities Philip built : Foundati^
Caesarea near the sources of the Jordan, in the
'^
^^j^^,^'^^^^''
district of Paneas, and Julias'^ in lower Gaulanitis ; Tiberias,'

^^^'
Herod built Tiberias in Galilee and a city which also
took the name of Juha, in Peraea.^
(2) Pilate, being sent by Tiberius as procurator pilate
to Judaea, introduced into Jerusalem by night and excites^ti
under cover the effigies of Caesar which are called p^^^^^
standards/ This proceeding, when day broke, affair of t
aroused immense excitement among the Jews those staadard: ;
on the spot were in consternation, considering their

laws to have been trampled under foot, as those laws
permit no image to be erected in the city while the ;
indignation of the townspeople stirred the country-

folk, who flocked together in crowds. Hastening
after Pilate to Caesarea, the Jews implored him to
remove the standards from Jerusalem and to uphold
the laws of their ancestors. When Pilate refused,
they fell prostrate around his house and for five
the north of the head of the Sea of Galilee. It was called

after Julia,daughter of Augustus, A. xviii. 28 as she was :
banished in 2 b.c, Schurer infers that the refoundation of the

town by Philip must have been earlier than that date.
* The Peraean Julias (formerly Betharamatha, B. ii. 59
note) opposite Jericho was called after the Empress Julian
Livia {A. xviii. 27) ; other writers call it Livias and that,
rather than Julias, was probably the name given by the
founder.
^ correctly described in A. xviii. 55, " The busts (or
More
"medallions") of Caesar which were attached to the
standards." Tacitus {Hist. iv. 6-2) records how these impera-
torum imagines were torn down by Civilis and his victorious
Gauls.
389
J05EPHUS
TreaovTes eVt rrevre rjiiepa? Kal vvKra? toas
(iKLViqTOL bieKaprepouv.
172 (3) Tfj 8' e^T^? o ritAdTO? KaBioas eVt ^rjfxaros
6V Toi iieyaXuj orahico kol rrpooKaXeadiievo? ro
rrX-qdo? cu? aTTOKp'ivaaBai hrfiev avrolg BeXojv,
hlhojGLV Tol? GrparLcoTais oi-jfj-elov €k ovvTayixaros
KVKXcLcjaoBaL rous" ^lovhaiov? ev rols 077 Aoi?.
173 7TepLGr(ior)<i de rptcrrt^êt ttjs" (hdXayyos 'lofSalot

/lei' a;!(av'er? T^crai/ rrpog ro dSoKrjTOV rrjg oifjecog,
OiAdTO? Se KaraKoipeiv elrrajv avrovs, et /xt7
TTpooheâivTO -rcib Kataapos' eiVova?, yvpivovv to.
174 |<.'<i»T7 TOt? crTpartajTai? evcucrei'. ot 8e 'louSatot
KaQd-ep €K GVvBrjfjLarog dBpooi KaraTreoovre? Kal
rov9 TrapaKXivavres i-roLpLOV? duaipelv^
avxî^'o.s
o4>d<; eôuw
p.dXXov t) tov vopbov Tjapa^rfvai.
VTTepBavpidaas he 6 YXtXaros to t^s" SetatSai/xoiîa?
O-Kparov €KKOfjLLaaL p.ev avTLKa Ta? cr7yp,aia?
*IepoCToAJ/xajv KcAeuet.
175 MeroL 5e rravra Tapaxriv irepav cVtVet toi/

(4r)
tepop' Brjoavpou, KaXelraL he Kopôwds,^ el? Kara-

yojyrju vhdrwv eâvaXiOKOJV' KaTrjyev he avro
TeT paKO a iijjv^ orahlow. rrpog tovto rov ttXtjBovs
dyavdKTTjais rjv, Kal rov fltAaToy napovro? et?
'IfpoCToAuz-ta rrepLGrdvres ro ^rif.La Kareôojv.
176 o be, Trporjdei yap avrojv rrjv rapay^î'jVy roj TrXrjBet
roug Grpanajras evorrXovs [^v \^ eoOriGiv IhiojrLKaZs
KeKaXvfjLpLevov? eyKarajilâs Kal î(f>ei pieu XPV'
oaoBai KojXvGag, fuAot? he Traieiu rovg KeKpayo-
ras eyKeXevodpievog, GvvBrip.a hihojoiv d-rro rod ^1]-
^ PA : £!S duaip'-oiv the rest.
* P r.nd correctors of A and L: Kou{ioiva% the rest.
390
JEWISH WAR, II. 171-176 ( = ant. xviii. 57-61)
whole days and nights remained motionless in that

position.
(3) On the ensuing day Pilate took his seat on his
tribunal in the great stadium and summoning the
multitude, with the apparent intention of answering
them, gave the arranged signal to his armed soldiers
to surround the Jews. Finding themselves in a ring
of troops, three deep, the Jews were struck dumb at
this unexpected sight. Pilate, after threatening to
cut them down, if they refused to admit Caesar's
images, signalled to the soldiers to draw their swords.
Thereupon the Jews, as by concerted action, flung
themselves in a body on the ground, extended their
necks, and exclaimed that they were ready rather to
die than to transgress the law. Overcome with
astonishment at such intense religious zeal, Pilate
gave orders for the immediate removal of the
standards from Jerusalem.
(4) On a later occasion he provoked a fresh uproar (n.) the
by expending upon the construction of an aqueduct ^^^'^^^
the sacred treasure known as Corhonas the water <*

;
was brought from a distance of 400 furlongs. In-

dignant at this proceeding, the populace formed a
ring round the tribunal of Pilate, then on a visit to
Jerusalem, and besieged him with angry clamour.
He, foreseeing the tumult, had interspersed among
the crowd a troop of his soldiers, armed but disguised
in civilian dress, with orders not to use their swords,
but to beat any rioters with cudgels. He now from
" Cf. Matt, xxvii. 6, tov Kopâvav {v.l. KopjSwi/di') = " the
sacred treasury," the only parallel for this use of the word.
Corhan =" devoted," " taboo " {cf. Ap. \. 167).
* PAM : om. the rest.
391
,
JOSEPHUS
177 fJLaro?. TVTTTOixevoi he ol *lovhaLOi ttoXXol fJLev vtto
Tcbu rrX-qyojv, ttoAAoi 8e vtto ocjxZv avrojv iv ttj (jivyfj
KaTaTTarrjOevres d~ajXovro. irpos §e ttjv oviKôpav

Tojv dvr]pr]ii€vojv KaravXaykv to ttXtjOo? iaiajTrrjaev.
1"8 (5)TOVTU) Kariqyopos 'HpcuSou rod re-
Kai^
Tpap\ovvros 'AyptVTra? fio? 'AptarojSouAou, ov
6 Ttarrip 'WpojhrjS dulKreivev , Trapayiverai rrpos
Tt/Septov. Tov he jxr) Trpoodeâfieuov r-qv Kar-
-qyopiav fievcov eVt 'Pcofirj? rov? re dXXov? tujv
yvcvpifxcDV idepdrrevev Kal fjidXcGra tow TepiJ,avLKOv
179 TTalha Tdiov, IhLcorrjv ert oura. Kal hrj ttotc
eGTLojv avrov rd re dXXa ttolklXojs e(j)iXo<j)pov€.lro
Kal reXevralov rag xelpas dvareivag (j>avepa)S
rjvâro ddrrov avrov dedaaadai rcov oXojv hecTTTO-
180 rr]v drrodavovros Tiêpiov. rovro ns rcov OLKerojv
avrov htayyeXXei toj TcêpLco, Kal o? dyavaKriquas
elpyvvGLV rov ^ XypiTTTrav Kal fxer^ acKLas ^(-X^^
avrov €Ttl fjirjvas e^ iv heapiojr-qpia) , iiexpis avros
ireXevr-qaev -qyefjiovevGas errj hvo rrpos rot? e'lKOui
Kal rpeZs rjfjLepas errl {jltjuIv e^.
181 (6) WTToheixOels he Tdios Kalaap dvL-qacv re
rcov heo/JLOJV rov ÂypLTrrrav Kal rrjg ^lXlttttou
rerpapxi-O-S, OvrjGKei^ yap ovros, Kadiurr^Gi âacXea.
^
TrapayevofjLevos he els rrjV dpxrjv \yp Itttt as (fidovo)
^ P : TeduTjKd the rest.
" i. 551.
''
The whole story is told in much greater detail in .7.
xviii. (? from some Roman source), where, however, there is
no mention of this object of his visit. The visit was made
" year before Tiberius died " {A. xviii. 126).
in the
Eutychus, his freedman and charioteer, A. xviii. 168 ;
'
according to the account there given the words were spoken

during a drive, not at dinner.
392
J. WAR, II. 177-181 (c/. ANT. xviii 62, 126, 166 flF , 237)
his tribunal gave the agreed signal. Large numbers

of the Jews perished, some from the blows which they
received, others trodden to death by their companions
in the ensuing flight. Cowed by the fate of the
victims, the multitude was reduced to silence.
(5) At
time Agrippa, son of the Aristobulus Herod
this
who was put to death by his father Herod,* came to ôme^^
Tiberius to accuse Herod the tetrarch.^ The em- 36 a. d.
peror having declined to countenance the charge,
Agrippa remained in Rome, paying court to various
notabilities and in particular to Gaius, son of Germani-
cus,who was still a private citizen. On one occasion
when he was entertaining him at dinner, Agrippa,
after paying him all kinds of compliments, finally
raised his hands to heaven and openly prayed that he
might soon see Gaius master of the world, through the is im-
decease of Tiberius. This was reported by one of ^[beî'ua

Agrippa's domestics to Tiberius ; whereupon the
'^
emperor, in indignation, threw Agrippa into prison,

where he kept him under rigorous treatment for six
months until his own death, which closed a reign of î^^^^J
twenty-two years, six months and three days.'*
(6) Gaius, on being proclaimed emperor, liberated Accessic
Agrippa and gave him, with the title of king, the fcÂuaui
tetrarchy of Philip, now deceased.^ Agrippa's ,^°"pp*^
arrival to take possession of his kingdom ^ aroused and mad

king.
22 years 5 months and 3 days according to A. xviii. 224

<*
(c/. § 168 for confusion of the numbers 5 and 6). But neither
statement quite agrees with our secular authorities the :
reign lasted from 19 Aug. 14 (death of Augustus) to 16 March

(Tac. or 26 March, Dion), i.e. 22 years 6 months and 28
;
days (or 22 years 7 months 7 days).

* He had died in the twentieth year of the reign of Tiberius
{A. xviii. 106), i.e. in a.d. 33-4..
f A.D. 38-39.
VOL. II o2 393
JOSEPHUS
ra? *V\pcoSou rov t€7 pdp\ov hi-qyîpev InidvpLias.
182 ivrjye be fiaXLOTa tovtov et's" eArrtSa jSaaiAet'a?
'HpajSta? r] yvvrj, KaroveihiCovaa rrjv apyiav koL
(jyafievri rrapa to [irj ôvXeaOai ttXclv Ittl Kai'aopa
OT€pLGK€odaL fieiCouo? dpxT]?' 07T0V yap Wypin-
Ttav i^ lSlcotou âoiXia TreTToiriKev, rjTrov y dv
183 €K€Li'ou SioTOLoeLev €.K r€Tpdpxov; TOUTOt? dva-
TTeiodel? 'HptuSv]? rjK€i' Trpog Vdiov, vcj)^ ov rrjs
TrXeoveîa^ It: lt Lp.d7 ai (f)vyfj et? ^Traviau^- rjKO-
Xovdrjoev yap ainco Kar-qyopos *Aypt777ras", Kal
o)
rrjv rerpapxiau Ik€lvov
ttjv TrpoaedriKeu Fdiog.
Kal 'HpojSrjg pL€v iv ^Travia cru[jL(i)vyovGr]^ avrco
Kal rrj<i yvvaiKog reXevra.
1S4 (x. 1) rdLO<^ Se Kataap errl roaovrov i^v^pt-
oev ft? TT^v fu-)(riv, cjore deou iavrov Kal hoKelv^
ôvXeodai Kal KaXelodai, rcov re evyeveordrajv
dvhpujv aKpoTopLTjoai rr^v TTarplba, eKTelvat he rrfv
185 doeêiav Kal errl ^Xovhaiav. Werpojviov fxev ovv
fierd or par Lag errl 'XepoooXvpLtov errepLêv ey-
Kadihpvoovra rcZi vaoj rovs dvhptdvras avrov,
TTpoordâg, el pirj heÔLvro *IouSatoi, rods re
KojXvovra? dveXeli^ Kal rrdu rd Xolttov eOvos
186 eâvhpartohioaoOai. deep S' dpa row rrpoaray-
pidrojv epieXev. Kal WerpojVLOS p.ei' ovu rpiol
rdypiaoL Kal ttoXXoIs €k rijg Hvpla? ovjiiLdxaLS els j
187 rrjv ^\ovhaLav rjXavvev €k r'Pjs 'AvrioYeia?, loi>-
OaLOJV be ot p.ev rjTTiorovv errl rals rod noXepiOV
^ So (or "IcTrai'iai') all MSS. TaWta;' Niese and TaWia

:
below, to conform to A. xviii. 25?.

^ Kal doKeif Niese: 5oKui' Kal PA.M Exc. Kal Sokuu Kal the
:
rest.
* According to A. xviii. -252 to Lyons in Gaul.

894-
JEWISH WAR, II. 181-187 {cf. ant. xviii 240-262)
the envy and ambition of Herod the tetrarch. But it The end
was above all his wife Herodias who instigated the ot Herod
tetrarch to aspire to a throne she reproached him
;
Aniipas.
for his indolence and told him that it was only his
reluctance to set sail and wait upon Caesar which
kept him out of promotion. " Now that he has made
a king of Agrippa, a mere commoner, '* she said,
**
surely he could not hesitate to confer the same title
on a tetrarch." Yielding *to these solicitations,
Herod presented himself to Gains, who punished him
for his cupidity by banishing him to Spain." For an
accuser had followed him in the person of Agrippa,^
to whose kingdom Gains annexed his rival's tetrarchy.
Herod died in Spain, whither his wife had accom-
panied him into exile.
(x. 1) The insolence with which the emperor Gains on
Gains defied fortune surpassed all bounds he wished : of his su

to be considered a god and to be hailed as such, he
^gjj'îg
cut off the flower of the nobility of his country, and
his impiety extended even to Judaea. In fact, he
sent Petronius with an army to Jerusalem to instal in
the sanctuary statues of himself in the event of the;
Jews refusing to admit them, his orders were to put

the recalcitrants to death and to reduce the whole
nation to slavery. But these orders, as the sequel
showed, vêre under God's care. Petronius, accord- :^''^'^'''^l <^
1 . 1, , . IT r Petromu
ingly, with three legions ^ and a large contingent ot ptok
leniai
.
Syrian auxiliaries, left Antioch on the march for JjJ^f oj^^J

Judaea. Among the Jews, some put no belief in the 40 a. d.
In A. xviii. 247 Agrippa sends his freedman Fortunatus

*•
to accuse Antlpas.
Two only, according: to A. xviii. 262 (and so Philo, Leg.
"
ad Caium 31, § 207 " half his army " ; there were four legions
in Syria at this time).
395
JOSEPHUS
(j}rjiJLai?, 01 8c TnoTevoureg rjoav eV dfJLr])(dvco npog
Tr]u dfj-vvav Ta\v 5' cxcopî' 8ia TravTcov to Seo<i
rjbr) TTapovGTj^^ €tV flroAejaatSa rrj? crrpartdb.
158 (2) rioAt? 5' eoTTti/ a?rn7 ttJ? FaAiAaia? Trapd-
Xio^; Kara, to m^V^ TreStoi^ iKnafievr], Trepiex^raL
be opeoLV iK fiev rod Ttpos dvaroXrjV KXifxaro? dno
07ahi<jL>v i^TjKOVTa roj rrj? VaXiXala?, drro be
Tov ixeurjiJi^pLUoO toj Kap/xr/Aoj Stexouri OTaSiov^
Ikotov €lko(7l, TO) 8' vipr^XoTara) xa-r' dpKrou, o
KaXovcTLv /<Aiju,a/ca Tvplcvv ol iTnxcopi'OL- /cat tovto
159 de oraSt'ou? d(f}€GrrjKei' eKarov. rod 8' doreo?
oaov drro dvo OTahicov 6 KaXovfxevos BtÂco?
TTorafio? TTapappel -TTavrdrraaiv oAtyo?, Trap' a) to
Me'/xuoiôs" iivqfxelov iariv exov iyyu? aurov rorrov
190 iKarovraTT-qxf] Oav/jLaro? d^LOV KVKXorepy)^ fikv
ydp ioTLv Kal koIXo<;, dvabiSojGLi' 8e r-qu veXivqv
ipdfifxou, oTav eKKevojarj ttoAAo, rrXola -npoa-
Tjv
oôvra,^ TrdXiv dvr lttXt] pour at to x^P^^^t Kara-

ovpovTOJv iikv ojOTTep iTTLTTjSe? Tore tcuu dvefiajv
ei's" auTo Trjv e^codev dpy-qv â/LA/xov, tov he pLerdX-
191 Xov Trdaav evOecos pLeTa^dXXovrog elg veXov. 6au-

liaoLOJTepov 8ej' tovtov p.0L hoKel to rrfv vrrep-
X^deloav veXov eV tou tottou rrdXtv ibdixpiov yive-
oOaL eLKaiav. to p.ev ovv ;(ajptov tovto TotavTrjV
elX-qx^v (f)VGLV.
192 (3) 'loudatot he pLeTo, yvvaiKtov koI reKvcov
dBpoioBevTeg el? to Trebiov to Trpos [iToXepLatdL
KadiKerevov tov [\eTpujVLOV vrrep toii' rraTpiajv
vopLOjv TrpujTov, e-€LTa vnep avTcou. 6 be rrpog
Te TO TrXijdog Kal tol? berjoet? evbov? tov? piev
^ Dindorf : -,ap o'7/?y MS3.

* Dindorf: Trpoax^*"'* ^'3. ^ om. most m33.
396
JEWISH WAR. II 187-192 (c/ ant xviii 262 f)
rumours of war, others believed, but saw no means of

defence ; alarm, however, soon became universal,
the army having already reached Ptolemais.
(2) Ptolemais is a maritmie town in Galilee, built Digresi
at the entrance to the Great Plam, and encompassed ptoierr
with mountains To the east, at a distance of 60 vurec:

^^^^•
furlongs, is the Galilaean range to the south, 120
;
furlongs off, lies Carmel to the north is the highest

;
chain of all, called by the natives the " Ladder of the

Tyrians," 100 furlongs away. At a distance of about
two furlongs from the town runs the diminutive river
Beleus** on its bank stands the tomb of Memnon,
;
and close to it is a very remarkable region, a hun-

dred cubits in extent. It consists of a circular basin
which produces vitreous sand. Numerous boats put
in to this spot and empty the basin of its sand, where-
upon it is filled up again by the action of the winds,

which, as if by design, drift into it the common sand
outside, the latter being all promptly converted by
this mine into vitreous matter. But the phenomenon
which, to my mind, is even more remarkable, is that
the excess particles of glass which overflow from the
cavity become ordinary sand as before. Such are the
curious properties of this spot.
(3) The Jews assembled with their wives and Petrcn
children in Ptolemais and implored

the plain of Jewisn
^^ "^'°
Petronius to have regard first for the laws of their
fathers, and next for themselves. Yielding so far to
this vast multitude and their entreaties, he left the
" Belus in Tac. Hist. v. 7 and Pliny. N.H. xxxv). i90,
modern Nahr Na'man.
397
JOSEPHUS
duSpLavrag Kal ra? arpa~La<;^ iv YlroXeiiatSi AetVet,
193 TrpoeXdojv^ Se ei? tyju VaXiXatav Kal ouyKaXeoa?
ro T€ TrXrjOo'; Kal tous" yvajplpLov? TrdvTag et?
TtjSeptaSa ri'-ju re 'Pajfiaicov 8te^r]6t hvvapLLV Kal
Toi? Kaioapog aTreiAds-, eVt he rr]v d^lcooLv drr-
194 i(j)aLvev dyfajfiova' 7rdvTa)V yap tojv vTToreray-
p.€vojv idvayv Kara ttoXlv ovyKaOiSpuKorcDV rots
dAAot? deoLS Kal ra? Kaioapog elKovas, ro fjLOvovg
€K€Lwoug dvTirdoueoBaL Ttpos rovro ox^hov d<f)-
Lorafievafv eli'ac Kal /xe^' v^peojg.
195 (4-) Ta»i^ 8e rov v6p.ov Kal to Trdrptov edog
TTporeivopLevajv Kal c6? ovhk Oeov tl hcLKT^Xov, ovx
0770)? dvbpo?, ov Kara rov vaov fiovov dAA' ou8e
cV eiVat'cu rLvl tottoj rrjg )(copag deodai depurov
elrj, vrroXa^dju 6 YlerpcovLog
" dAAd jjltjv Kal ifiol
(f)vXaKr€Os d rovfiov heoTTorov vofiog," e<j>-q'
Trapa^ds yap avrdv Kal (êiodêvos vjjlojv

TToXeiirjoeL 8' i3â? d Treijupag
dTToXovfjiai hiKaiajs.
Kal OVK eya'j- Kal ydp avros, worrep Vfieis,
IJ.€
196 inLrdcrGopLaL." rrpog ravra ro ttXtjOos Trdur*

e/Sda 77p6 rov vopiov Trdoxeiv iroipLw? ^X^^^'
KaraareiXas 8' avrwv 6 Uerpcuvios rrjv ôt'^v,
]9~ " TToXepLTjoere ," eiTrev, "
dpa Kaioapt;" Kal 'lou-
Satot TTtpt pL€u Kaloapos Kal rov h-qp-ou row
'Pa>p.aLojv 6lg rr^s rjp.epa'; dveiv €<f)aGav, €t he
ôvXerat rd? eLKOvas eyKaOihpveLv, nporepov avrdv
he'iv dvav rd ^Xovhaiujv edvos -npoBvoaaOai'
TrapexeLv he o(j)ds avrov? eroipLovg els rr]v a<l)ayr]V
198 dp.a reKi-OLS Kal yvvaiîv. errl rovroLS âO/ixa Kal
OLKrog elofjei rov Y\erpdjviov rrjs re. dvvTTep^Xi^rov
* So PAM : rrji- uff ffTpariay Kal roij<i di-opia^ras the rest.
* C: -npoaiXduiv the rest.
S98
JEWISH WAR, II. 192-198 {cf ant. xviii. 269-271)
statues and his troops at Ptolemais and advanced into

Galilee, where he summoned the people, with all
persons of distinction, to Tiberias. There he dwelt
upon the power of the Romans and the emperor's
menaces, and, moreover, pointed out the recklessness
of their request all the subject nations, he urged,
;
had erected in each of their cities statues of Caesar,

along with those of their other gods, and that they
alone should oppose this practice amounted almost to
rebellion, aggravated by insult.
(4) When the Jews appealed to their law and the
custom of their ancestors, and pleaded that they were
forbidden to place an image of God, much more of a
man, not only in their sanctuary but even in any un-
consecrated spot throughout the country, Petronius
replied, " But I too must obey the law of my master ;
if I transgress it and spare you, J shall be put to

death, with justice. War will be made on you by
him who sent me, not by me for I too, like you, am
;
under orders." At this the multitude cried out that

they were ready to endure everything for the law.
Petronius, having checked their clamour, said, Will '
you then go to war with Caesar ? " The Jews

replied that they offered sacrifice twice daily for
Caesar" and the Roman people, but that if he wished
to set up these statues, he must first sacrifice the
entire Jewish nation and that they presented them-
;
selves, their wives and their children, ready for the

slaughter. These words filled Petronius with aston-
ishment and pity at the spectacle of the incomparable
" Cf. Ap. ii. 77 with note. From the present passage we
may infer that the daily sacrifice for the Emperor was offered
partly at the morning, partly at the evening service.
^99
JOSEPHUS
OpriOKela^ lujv avhpchv koI rod vp6<; Odvarou
€TOLfiou 77apaaTiqiJ.aT0^ . Kal Tore jiev aTrpaKToi
199 (5) Taii 3' cfr)? ddp6ov<; re toi)? SLitârou? kqt'

IdLav Kai 70 TrXrjdo^ iv koluo) ouAAeycui^' TTore piev
TiapeKaXei, vo-rk be ovveô-vXevev , to ttMov ptevroL
htrj-eiXei, r-qv re 'Ptu/xatcuv eTTavareLVOpLevos loxvv
Kai TOi)? Vatou 6ufj.ov<; ttju re Ihiav Trpo? toutoi?
200 di'dyKTqv. 7Tp6<; Be pr]heplav Trelpav evhihovTOiv,
a»? eojpa Kal ttjv ^copau KLvhvvevovaav donopov
Kara yap wpau oTTopov
pLecuaL, TTevrrjKoura -qpiepag
dpyd TTpoohierpLêv avrtp rd TrXrjdrj, reXevralov
201 ddpoLoas avrous Kal " TrapaKLvSvueureov ipLol
pid\/\ou," elnoWy " rj yap rod 6eov ovvepyovuro?
Tretaas" Kaiaapa GcoOrjOOfxat ped^ vpLcov rjBeoj?,
t} vapo^vvdevros virep rooovrojv eroLfx<jj<; evihojooj
r-qv ipLavrov ijjux'i'i^, hiac^rjKev rd 7TXrj6o<i ttoAAo,
Kar€V\6peuou^ avjoj, Kal TrapaXaôju rrju orparidu
Ik rr)^ IlroXepatSog vneorpeihev €t? rrju Âvtlo'
202 êiai^. eudeu evOeuJS eTreoieXXev Kai'aapi r-qv re
ifxôX-rju r-qv els 'lovSatai^ eavrov Kal rds LKeaias
rov edvovs, on 7e, el p.r) ôvXerat vpd<; rol^
dvbpdoii' Kal r-qv x^jpav dTToXeoai, deoL c^vXdrreiv
re avroLS^ TOf vopLov Kal rtapievai rd TrpdoraypLa.
203 ravraLS Tat? ov 0(i>6hpa pLerpiajs qpt-
eTricroXals
eypaijjev d Vdios, QTreiAoJi/ Werpojvlo)Bdvarov, on
rdjv vpcGraypidroju avrou ^padv? VTTrjperr)? eyl-
vero} dXXd rov? pev rovroju ypaixâro(f)dpov<;
oive^q )(eiiJ.aodr,uaL rpeU pTjUas ev rfj âAdacjTy,
'
(7l/\^f7<^TL;^ PA, whence ai\\i',f.v Destinon.
• /noTd-xcM^nuf PA* ' Niese: avrous m33.
* PA : t')i\>iTo the lest.
400
JEWISH WAR, II. 198-203 {cf. ant. xviii. 272-305)
devotion of this people to their rehgion and their

unflinching resignation to death. So for the time he
dismissed them, nothing being decided.
(5) During the ensuing days he held crowded
private conferences " with the aristocracy, and public
meetings with the people at these he had recourse
;
alternatively to entreaty, to advice, most often, how-

ever, to threats, holding over their heads the might
of the Romans, the fury of Gains, and the necessity
which circumstances imposed upon himself. As,
however, none of these efforts would induce them to
yield, and as he saw that the country was in danger
—
of remaining unsown for it was seed-time and the
people had spent fifty ^ days idly waiting upon him
— he finally called them together and said "It is :
better that I should take the risk. Either, God

aiding me, I shall prevail with Caesar and have the
satisfaction of saving myself as well as you, or, if his
indignation is roused, I am ready on behalf of the
lives of so many to surrender my own." With that he
dismissed the multitude, who rained blessings on his
head, and collecting his troops left Ptolemais and
returned to Antioch. From that city he hastened to
report to Caesar his expedition into Judaea and the
entreaties of the nation, adding that, unless he wished
to destroy the country as well as its inhabitants, he
ought to respect their law and revoke the order. To
this dispatch Gains replied in no measured terms,
threatening to put Petronius to death for his tardiness
in executing his orders. However, it so happened
that the bearers of this message were weather-bound
for three months at sea, while others, who brought
" These later conferences were held at Tiberias, A. xviii.

269 ff, ^ 40 according to A. xviii. 272.
401
.
JOSEPHUS
rov 8e Vatov ddvarov aAAot KarayyeAAoi^re?
^vttXoovv. e(f)dr] yovv rag rrepl rovrojv Werpuj-
uios eTTioroXas
AajStui' €77ra kol e'lKoaiv T]/M€pat?
r) ras" Kad^ eavrov.
204 xi. (1) Vatov 8e r]y€yiov€VoavTO<; err] rpla Kal
lirfvas OKTOJ KOL SoXo(l)Ovrj6€vrog dpTraêrat ijl€V
VTTO TCOV iv 'PcOIJiTj OT paTeVpi6.T(jjV ^€LS TTjU dpX'Tj^Y

205 KXavSiog , Tj he ovyKXr]ro?, e^qyov/JLevcov rcju
VTrdrajv Hevriov Haropvivov Kal YlofiTTajvLOv Se-
KovvSov, Tpialv rat? au/xjuevoucrai? aTretpats" €7n-
rpeipaaa (f)vXdTTeLV rrjv ttoXlv els to ViaTreTcoXiov
rjOpoLadr), Kal 8td rrjV wpLor-qra ttjv Vatou KAau-
St'oj TToXefj-elv etprjcfyiCeTo- KaTaar-qoeodai yap hi
dpiUTOKparia?, d'jo—ep ovv rrdXaL hiajKelro, rrju
dpxqv Tj Kpivelv 4'v4'V "^^^ d^LOV rrjs -qyepôvias
206 (^) ^vvep-q [heY rrjVLKavra npos i-TTchrjpLoOvra
Tov AypLTnTav ri'-jv re ovyKXrjrov KaXovaau €i?
GupLôvXlau TTefxipat Kal KXavhiov eV rrjg 7rape/x-
jSoArys", OTTO)? 77p6? d heoL xPV^^Îôs avrols yevoiro.
[KdKelvosY ovvLhojv TOV rjhr] rfj hwdfJieL Kaioapa

207 TTpo? KXavhiOv aTTeiaiu. 6 8' avTOV TrpeaêvT-qv
npos Tr]v oijyKXrjTOV dvaTrepLTrei hrjXovvTa Tr)v
eauTOV TTpoaipecnu, on Trpojrov p.ev aKOJV vtto twv
orpaTLojTojv dprrayeiTj, Kal ouTe ttjv eKeivwv
1 om. P. 2 om. PA.
" Tn the account of this affair of Petronius A. xviji. apain
enters much more into detail than B. ii. outstanding addi-:
tions are the pro%'identiaI rainfall and the intercession of

Agrippa with Gaius at Rome on behalf of the Jews.
' So A. xix. 201 ; in reality just o%er 3 years and 10
months (16 March 37 to 24 January 41 a.h.)
' The story of the assassination is told at icngth from some
402
J. WAR, II. 203-207 {cf. ANT. xviii. 308, xix. 201, 236 ff.)
the news of the death of Gaius, had a fortunate The temp

passage. So Petronius received this last information ihedpatii
twenty-seven days earher than the letter conveying J^^^^'j^^
his own death-warrant."
(xi. 1)/ When Gaius, after a reign of three years and
Accession
V, '
- ® o CLAUDIUS,
, , . ,
eight months, ° was assassmated,^ the troops m

.
Home* rf
carried off Claudius by force to make him emperor.

But the senate, on the motion of the consuls, Sentius
Saturninus and Pomponius Secundus, after entrusting
the protection of the city to the three ^ cohorts that
remained loyal to them, assembled in the Capitol and,
on the ground of the savagery of Gaius, decreed war
on Claudius they were determined either to revert
;
to their former constitution as an aristocracy, or to

elect by suffrage a leader worthy of the empire.
(2) Agrippa was at the time in Rome, and, as Tmportan
chance would have it, he received a summons alike by'Âgdpp
from the senate, calling him into consultation, and as mediat
from Claudius in the camp /; both parties solicited ciandms
his services in this pressing emergency. Agrippa, ^"^^l^J^
"
reflecting that Claudius was already virtually em-
peror with the power at his back, repaired to him.
Claudius, thereupon, sent him off as his envoy to
inform the senate of his sentiments. He Mas to
state, in the first place, that it was against his will
that he had been carried off by the soldiers at the;
same time he considered it both unjust to betray
first-hand authority in A. xix., where it fills more than half

the book. In the accession of Claudius, Agrippa plays a
larger part in B. than in A.
" The praetorian guard. * Four according to A. xix. 188.
' Ttie praetorian camp established by Sejanus in a.d. 23
on the N.E. of Rome, outside the ancient city, but afterwards

included within the AureUan walls; the site is used to-day
tor barracks for the Italian army.
403
. ,
JOSEPHUS
GTrovhrju eyKaraXivelv BiKaiov ovr€ aaâAe? rr)v
iavrou Kpivoi'
'7V)(^-qv koI yap to tv^Îv Tri<;
208 rjy€iJ,ovLKrj<; KArjaeoj? iTTLKLuBvvov elvai- ineid^ on

bioiKYjaet^ T-qu dpx'^^ wunep dyado^ vpoGTarr)^
ovx ^5" apKelodat yap rfj rLfifj rrjg
Tvpavvo?'
77 poG-qyopias, Tr)V 8'
e<^' eKaGTU) rojv vpayjidrtov
ôvXr]u TTaGiv dnohajGeiv' kgl yap et firj <f)VGeL

pLeTpio? rjv, LKaiow VTToheiypia oaj(f)poGVi'r]g avro)
TTpoKeiGOai Tov Vatov Qdvarov.
209 (3) TaOr' aTTTJyyetAei' 'AyptTTTra?. tj he ôvXr)
d7T€Kpivaro Grparcp kgl yvcvfiats dyadal^
Kai
Tenoidvla hovXeiav Ikovgiov ovx VTrofievelv. /cat
KAai'Sto? (!)<; rJKOVGeu to. Trapd rrj^ ôvXrjg, TrdXiv
rov * AypLTTTTau aTTayyeXovi'Ta avTOi^ on
€-€fjnlj€v
TTpohovvai p-kv rov? el? avrou opLOuorjGavra?^ ov^
VTTOpLeVOL, TToXeiJLrjGeLV S' aKCOU VpO? OV? TjKlGTa
210 ôvXoLTo. Selv jievroL 7Tpoa7ToheL\0rjvai toj tto-
Xefxcp xcxjpiov eôj ttj? voXecj?' ov yap oglov hid
TTju avTojv KaKOôvXiav 6pL0({)vXa) (f)6i>cp pLLaiveodai
TQ repLevrj ttj? Trarpiho?. 6 p-kv ovv ct/<:ouaas
ravra rot? ôvXevral? dTTViyyeiXev
211 fi) Mera^ti he rcou /ierd rrjg GvyKXrjTOV GTpa-
nojTcov ns GTraodpLevo? to îô? " dvhpe?,'
eôrjGev, " GVorpanajTai, Tt TraOoure? dheX(j)0-
KTOvelv ôuX6p.e6a Kai Kara rcoi^ p-erd \\Xavhioi
ouyyevojv 6pp.dv, eôvre? p.ev avroKpdropa p.rjhei
p.€p.(f)6rji>aL hvidfievou, rooavra he rd StVaia 77p6«
212 ous" pierd rcov p.eXXop.ev " ravrc
67tXcoi> xojpelv ;
^ bLOLK-qaoL L\ R. ^ oatcavTCi L\ RC.

° There is no verb in the Greek ; Reinach suspects thi
text.
* Or, with the other reading, " had sworn fidelity to him.'
404
JEWISH WAR, II. 207-212 (cf. ant. xix. 246-254 ff.)
such devoted supporters and unsafe (to abandon) ^

the fortune which had befallen him, for the mere fact
of having received the imperial title entailed risks.
Agrippa was further to state that he would govern
the empire as a virtuous ruler and not as a tyrant ;
he would be content with the honour of the title, and

on all public affairs would consult the whole people ;
indeed, were he not by nature inclined to moderation,

the fate of Gaius would serve as a sufficient warning
to him to act with discretion.
(3) To this message, delivered by Agrippa, the
senate replied that, relying on the army and the
wisdom of their own resolutions, they would not
submit to voluntary servitude. When Claudius
heard this answer of the senate, he again sent
Agrippa to tell them that he would not consent to
betray those who had unanimously elected him,^ and
must therefore reluctantly fight those who were the
last persons in the world he wished to have as his
enemies. It would, however, he said, be necessary
to select for the conflict some spot outside the city,
as it would be monstrous that their obstinate per-
versity should cause the sacred precincts of their
country to be polluted with her children's blood.
Agrippa noted and delivered this message to the
senators.
(4) In the midst of these negotiations one of the
soldiers who had adhered to the senate, drawing his
sword, cried out :
" Comrades in arms, what has
possessed us that we should wish to murder our
brothers and to rush upon our kinsmen in the ranks
of Claudius, when we have an emperor with whom
no fault can be found and are united by such close
ties with those against whom we propose to take the
405
JOSEPHUS
elTTOjv 8td fiearjs (Lpfjurjaev rij? ôvXijs Trdvra?
rovs GVGrpaTLcora? €(f)eXK6fX€i'og. ol 8' evnarplSaL
TrapaxpTifJÔL piev rrpog tyju drroXenpLv 77ept8eoj?
eaôv, avdtg 8' oj? d—oorpo<f)rj ocor-qpLo? ov

Kare(f)aLV€TO , rrjv tow orparLcurow ohov -qTreiyovro
213 TTpos KAai;8toy. VTTrjVTOJv 8' avrol? Trpo rod

TELXOus yvpLVol? Tols ^L(I)€GLV OL O(j>ohp6repov
KoXaKevovreg rrjv Tuxr/i^' Kau ouue^rj KLvhvvevaat
rovs TTpodyovras Trplv yvojvai rrjv oppirjw tow
GTpaTLCJTOJV KXavdLOV, €t pLTj Trpoobpafxdw WypLTT-
77a? avTOj TO KLvbvvevpLa r-qg rrpdêoj? iSriXajoeu,
OTi re et pLTj Kardoxot ttjv opji-qv tcou inl Tovq
evTTaTpidas XeXvGGr^Korojv , drroXeGa? 8t' ou? to
Kparelv eon rrepLOTrrov iprjixiag €golto /SacriAeu?.
21 -i (o) Taur' dxrouVas- KAau8tos- Kareox^^ rag
Opjxds TOV GT par LOJT LKOV , 7TpOGhe\€TaL T€ TTjV
GvyKXrjTOV elg to GTpaTOTrehov Kal (f)LXo(f)poviiGd-
ptevog îliî- ^^v avTolg aurtVa Ovgow tco deep

215 ra Trept tt}? -qyep-OPtag ;)(aptCTTrJpta. Kal tov
^ AypLTTTiav evdeoj? idojpelTO ttj TraTpojq. âaiAeia
TTdGTj, 77 poGTLdelg eôjSev Kal Ta? utt' AvyovGrov
hoBeiGas 'Hpoj8r) Tpa\ojvlTiv Kal kvpavlTtv,
Xojpl<; 8e TOVTOjv eVepar-- jSacriAetav ttjv Xvoaviov
216 KaXovfxevTiv . Kal toj jxkv h-qp-to biaTdypiaTL T-qv
hojpedv iSrjXov, tols dpxovoLV 8e rrpoGCTaêv

iyxoipdâvTag deXroL'; ^(aAKar? ttju Sogiv clg to
217 KaTreTojXtov dvadelpai. bojpelraL 8' avTOV Kai
406
JEWISH WAR, II. 212-217 {cf. ant. xix. 263-277)
field ? " With those words he rushed through the

midst of the senate, with all his fellow-soldiers at his
heels. At were moment-
this desertion the patricians
arily struck with dismay then, perceiving no other
;
refuge to which to turn, they followed the soldiers and

hastened to Claudius. Outside the walls they found
themselves faced by the more hot-headed courtiers
of fortune, with bared swords, and the lives of the
leaders of the party would have been imperilled before
Claudius even knew of the fury of the soldiers,
had not Agrippa run to him and told him of the
perilous situation and that unless he checked the
impetuosity of the troops, who were mad against
the patricians, he would lose the very men who
lent lustre to his sovereignty and be left monarch
of a v/ilderness.
(5) On receiving this message, Claudius repressed Agrippa
the fury of the soldiers, admitted the senators to his ot^jî^jae"
camp, and, after warmly greeting them, went off
with them without delay to sacrifice thank-offerings
to God on his accession to the empire. Upon
Agrippa he forthwith conferred the whole of his
grandfather's kingdom, annexing to it from over
the border not only the districts of Trachonitis and
Auranitis of which Augustus had made a present to
Herod," but a further principality known as the king-
dom of Lysanias.'' This donation he announced to
the people by an edict, and ordered the magistrates
to have it engraved on brazen tablets to be deposited
in the Capitol. He, moreover, presented Herod,
" B. i. 398.
''
Abila (north-west of Damascus) and parts of Lebanon
i.e.
{A. xix. 275). Caligula had alreadj^ given Agrippa " the
tetrarchy of Lysanias " (^. xviii. 237); Claudius merely con-
firms this gift.
407
JOSEPHUS
rov a8eA<;66v 'Hpcvbiqv, 6 S' avrog Kal yafifipog
rjv BepuLKT) ovvotKOJi', jSacTiAeta rfj XaAK'tot.
218 (6) Tax€cu? S', oj? av eV TOcrauTr;? ap;(7)?,
TrAoiiTo? 'Aypt7777a ovveppei, Kal tol? \p-qixaaiv
auTO? ou/<: ctV piaKpau^ Karey^priaaro' T-qXiKOvrov
yap Tols 'lepoGoXvpLOL? TrepiâXelv Tjpâro r€LXO?,
TjXiKOu ai^ reAeaêi' dvrjVVTOv 'Pcuâatotb e7TOL7]a€v
219 TT]!^ TToXiopKtau. dAA' e<^^7^ Trptp- vipojaai to epyov
reXevr-qoa? ev Kaiaapeta, /^c/SacrtAeuKco? /xei^ err]
rpta, TTporepou 8e tcui^ T^-rpapxicLv rpiolv eTepot?
220 ereoLU ac^riy-qGapLevo? KaraXeiTreL Se rpet? /ixei/
.
duyarepas €k KvTrpov yeyevvrjjjLevag, BepvLK-qv Kal

Mapta/x/x77i' Kat Apouat'AAai^, uioi' Sc eV rr^s" avTrjg
ÂypLTTTTav. ov TTauraTTaoLV oi^to? utjttlov ttolXlv
TQ? paaiXeLag KAat-dio? eVap^^tav 770trjaa9 eVt-
rpOTTOU 7TefJi7T€L KoVOTTLOl' ^ddov, e7T€LTa Tl^€pLOV
ÂXeâubpou, OL fJiiqSev TrapaKtvovvreg rcov im-
221 ;(CL>pttut' iOcov €v elpTjvri to edvo? Stec^vAaâp'. /Lxerd
ravra Kal 6 âotXevwu rrjs XaA/<tSo? *Hpa»Sr/?
TeAeuTOL, /caraAtTTOji^ 6k /u.ep' ri^g dSeA^tS?^? Bep-
VLKr]<; hvo 77ar8a? Bepi^tKiap'Oi' T€ /cat 'Tp/cav'dt', cV
Sc T7]? TTpoTepas Maptd/z/xT]? 'ApiardôuAot'. re-
^ pttKpi Hudson from Lat. "in rebus exiguis."
"Bernice was Herod's second wife he had previously ;
married Mariamme, grand-daughter of Herod the Great

{A. xviii. 134).
On the north of the city, to enclose the suburb Bezetha
''
or " new city " (B. v. 151 ff^ J. xix. 326).

The work was stopped, before Agrippa's death, by
•^
Marsus, the governor of Svria, under orders from Claudius

{B. V. 152, A. xix. 326 f.)
<*
A more precise statement is given in A. xix. 351. He
reigned four years in all under Gaius (37-41 and three under )
Claudius (41-44); for the first three years under Gaius he

408
J.WAR,II.217-221(c/A.xix. 277,326,343ff.,xx.l00fF.)
who was at once the ^tu er and, by his marriage with and his
Bernice, the son-in-law of Agrippa,'^ with the kingdom ^Trod^^k
ofChalcis. ol Cha'lci
(6) From so extensive a realm wealth soon flowed Reign an(
in to Agrippa, nor wâs he long in expending his^^j^rmja]

riches. For he began to surround Jerusalem with
a wall^ on such a scale as, had it been completed,
would have rendered ineffectual all the efforts of the
Romans in the subsequent siege. But before the
work had reached the projected height, he died'' at a.d. 44.
Caesarea, after a reign of three years, to which must
be added his previous three years' tenure of his
tetrarchies.^ He left issue by his wife Cypros,^
—
three daughters Bernice, Mariamme, and Drusilla
— and one son, Agrippa. As the last was a minor/ Judaea
Claudius again reduced the kingdoms to a province ufîer'^'^^
and sent as procurators, first Cuspius Fadus,^ and procurau
then Tiberius Alexander,'^ who by abstaining from
all interference with the customs of the country kept
the nation at peace. Subsequently Herod, king of Death of
Chalcis, died ;he left by his marriage with his niece of chaicii
Bernice, two sons, Bernicianus and Hyrcanus, and*-''-^^*
by his previous wife, Mariamme, a third, Aristobulus.
held the tetrarchies of Philip and Lysanias, for the fourth he
held that of Herod Antipas as well. His " reign " in the
present passage is limited to his tenure of the whole kingdom
of Herod the Great.
* Daughter of Phasael, the nephew, and of Salampsio, the
daughter of Herod the Great {A. xviii. 130 f.)

'^
He was seventeen years old {A. xix. 354).
» c. A.D. 44-45.
''
c. A.D. 46-48. Of a distinguished Jewish family of
Alexandria, son of the Alabarch Alexander and nephew
of Philo; renounced Judaism to tal<e service under the
Romans, as procurator of Judaea, as prefect of Egypt (ii.
309), and as chief of the general staff of Titus at the siege of
Jerusalem (vi. 237).
409
JOSEPHUS
6vqK€L S' auTOj Kal erepo? ajêX<f)6^ ^ Apioroôvkos
222 IdLioTTj^ KaraXtTTcov ^lojra.Trrji' dvyarepa. ovroi
Hev ovv rjoav, cu? TrpoelTTOv, WpLGroôvXou tov
^Wpwhov TratSe?, 'AptcrToôuAo? 8e koX 'AAef-
ai'S/jo? eV Mapta/x/xT7S' 'HpcoST^ yeydp'eto-ai^ utet?,
ou? o TTarrjp dvelXev tj he WXc^dvSpov yeved rrj?
lJi€ydXrj^ ÂpfjLeviag ijSaoLXeuoey.
2:3 (xii. 1) MeTCL 8e rrju 'YipwSov reXeur-qv, o?
r)PX^ '^^S" XaAKt'So?, Kadior-qGLV KXavStos els
rrjv âoiXelav rov deiov rov ÂyptTTTrav vldv
^ AypiTTTTa' rrjg 8' dXXrjs eTrapx^'O.? StaSexerai rrjv
€77 LT pOTTT^V
(1770 AXe^dvhpOV KoU/XaVOS", €(/)' OU
^
dopvÔL re rjpâvro Kal (f)dopd rrdXiV ^lovhalcov

224 iyevero. ouveX-qXvdoros ydp rod TrXrjOovg inl
rrjv eoprrjv tojp' dCvfjLcov els ^lepoaoXvfJLO Kal rrjs"
'Poj/xai'/crj? OTreipa? virep T-qv tov Upov crrodv
i(f)€Gra)Gr]?, evorrXoL 8' del rds eoprds 7Tapa(j}vXdr-
TOVGLV, ojs jjL-q TL veojrepil,OL ro ttXtjOos rjOpoL-
GiievoVy elg -rt? tojv Grpariajrwu dvaGvpdfxevos r-qv
eGdrjra Kal KaraKvipa? dGX'qP'dvoJS TrpoGaireGrpe-
ipev TOt? 'louSatot? ttjv ehpav Kal to) gx'^'^Pô.tl
225 o/xoiW e7Te(f)deyâTo. Trpog tovto aTrav
(f)a)i''qv
TO TiXrjBos TjyavdKTrjGev, Kal Kareôcov tov

fiev
Kovfjiavov KoXdleLV tov gt paT lajT-qv ol he tjttov ,
vqôvTes Twv vecjjv Kal to (f>vGei GTaGLwhes eK

TOV eduov? exojpovv errl p.dx'qVy XiOovs re dpTrd
226 oavTes enl tovs GTpaTicoTag eâXXov. Kal Kov-
" i.e. of A^'rippa.
*•
Called after her mother, a princess of Emesa {A. xviii.
135).
Agrippa, Herod of Chalcis, Aristobulus.
*
Alexander II and Tigranes. Tigranes was made king

<*
of Armenia by Augustus, but was soon deposed; anothei

410
JEWISH WAR, II. 221-^26 ( = ant. xx. 104-109)
Another brother,'^ Aristobulus, died in private station,

leaving a daughter Jotape.*' These three,'' as I have
previously stated, were the children of Aristobulus,
son of Herod Aristobulus and Alexander were the
;
issue of Herod's marriage with Mariamme and

were put to death by their father. The posterity
of Alexander became kings of Greater Armenia.*^
(xii. 1) After the death of Herod, sovereign of Agnppa i
°^
Chalcis, Claudius kingdom to his)!,'"",
presented
Chalcis.
his
A •
A . f A •
nephew Agnppa, son or Agnppa. As

I
procurator or cnmanus
the rest of the province (Tiberius) Alexander was procuratc
1 1
succeeded by Lumanus *
1 /-I
under his admmistration
;
48-5 II- 1 . • •
A.D.
disturbances broke out, resulting in another ^ large

loss of Jewish lives. The usual crowd had assembled sedition ;
at Jerusalem for the feast of unleavened bread, and Jerusaien

r. ^'^ Passov
• •
the Koman cohort had taken up its position on the caused bj

I I I I I 1
roof of the portico of the temple for a body of men oVa^Rom

;
in arms invariably mounts guard at the feasts, to soldier.

'^
prevent disorders arising from such a concourse of

people. Thereupon one of the soldiers, raising his
robe, stooped in an indecent attitude, so as to turn
his backside to the Jews, and made a noise in keeping
with his posture.^ Enraged at this insult, the whole
multitude with loud cries called upon Cumanus to
punish the soldier some of the more hot-headed
;
young men and seditious persons in the crowd started

a fight, and, picking up stones, hurled them at the
Tigranes, son of Alexander IF, was given the same kingdom
by Nero {A. xviii. 139 f., cf. Tac. Ann. ii. 3).
* Ventidius Cumanus (Tac. Ann. xii. 54).
'Cf. B. ii. 51.

" We
cannot infer from the present tense, as Reinach does,
the use of a source anterior to a.d. 70 ; cf. the similar use of
this tense in Ap. ii. 193 (note).
'*
Reinach appositely quotes Horace, Sat. i. 9. 69 "hodie
tricesima sabbata : vin tu curtis ludaeis oppedere ?"
|
411
JOSEPHUS
/xavo? 8et<7a9, ji-q tov X
opfMrj yevoLTO, TrAet'ou? OTrAtVa? fieranefJi^TTeTaL.
Se rat? aroat? i-nixeoyLevajv ôôs ifiTTLTTTei
rajv
TOLS 'louSat'ots- o.KardGX€ro<; kol rpaTreure? eV ,
227 rod Upov hi€(j)€vyov ei? ttî^ ttoXlv. rooavrr] he

TTepl ras" iôhous ^lol ovvojdoujjievajv iyevero,
ware TTarrjdevra? vtt' aXXriXaw kol owTpiêvra';
VTTep 7pia}j.vpiov<;^ aTToBaveiv, yevlodai 8e j-qv
ioprr]v nevdo^ ixkv oXcp ro) eOvei, Bprjvov he KaO'
iKaarr^v OLKiav.
228 (2) MereAa/LtjSap'ei' he ravrrjv rrjv ov(j.<ôpav
[aAAo?i^ XrjGrpLK6<i Oopvôs Kara yap ttjv Bat- -
dojpoj hr]piO(jLau dvohou^ llr€(f)duou riv6<; SovXou

Kaicrapo? dTTOGKevrjV KOfJLiCofJLeviqv hiriprfaGav Xtj- 1.
229 OTol 'HpoGTTeGovre';. Koujuaiô? hk 7T€pi7Teixijja<; rov? |:
eV rojv TrXrjGiOV KOjp,a)u Secr/xcoTa? eKeXevGev

dvdyeGdai 7rp6? avrou, imKaXajv on pLT) hicoâvres
TOi)? Arâra? GvXXdôiev. evBa rojv GTparLcorojv
TLS eupojv €v rivi Kojpurj tov lepov voîov hteppqêv
23U T€ TO ^l^Xlov Kal els rtvp KareâXev. 'JouSatoi
he cu? oXtjs avTols ttjs )(^djpas KaTa(f)XeyeLGr]s
GVvexvdrjGav, Kal Kaddrrep opyduu) rivl rfj Setcrt-
hatpbovia ovveXKOfievoL rrpo? ev Kiqpvypâ Trdvres
elg KaLodpetav eTrl Koupiavop Gvvehpapiov, iKerevov-
res TOV ovTOJS els tov deov Kal tov v6p,ov avTon
231 eû^piGavTa p,r] Trepuhelv dTLp.ujpiqTOV. 6 he
ov yap TjpepLeL to ttXyjOos, el p.r) tvôl napa-
* PAM Lfit. (Ens.): rot-s m' ,'^1'" J the rest duo u-vpLddes A.
: \\.
« om.M Lat. ^ p^^ L^t. 656*' the rest.

:
" 20,000 according to J. xx. 112.

''
The two Bethhorons (Upper and Lower), some ten anc
twelve miles respectively north-west of Jerusalem, on th«
412
JEWISH WAR, IF. 226-231 ( = ant. xx. 110-117)
troops. Cumanus, fearing a general attack upon

himself, sent for reinforcements. These troops
pouring into the porticoes, the Jews were seized with
irresistible panic and turned to fly from the temple
and make their escape into the town But such
violence was used as they pressed round the exits
that they were trodden under foot and crushed to
death by one another upwards of thirty thousand
;
**
perished, and the feast was turned into mourning

for the whole nation and for every household into
lamentation.
(2) This calamity was followed by other disorders, The affair
originating with brigands On the public road lead- "/,o?an-,tii
ing up to Bethhoron ° some brigands attacked one ofScnptu
Stephen, a slave of Caesar, and robbed him of his
baggage. Cumanus, thereupon, sent troops round
the neighbouring villages, with orders to bring up the
inhabitants'' to him in chains, reprimanding them for
not having pursued and arrested the robbers. On
this occasion a soldier, finding in one village a copy
of the sacred law, tore the book in pieces and flung
it into the fire.'* At that the Jews were roused as
though it were their whole country which had been
consumed in the flames and, their religion acting like
;
some instrument^ to draw them together, all on the

first announcement of the news hurried in a body to
Cumanus at Caesarea, and implored him not to leave

unpunished the author of such an outrage on God
and on their law. The procurator, seeing that the
multitude would not be pacified unless they obtained
main road to Joppa, famous in history : the defile was the
scene of the defeat of Cestius described below {B. ii. 546 ff.).
" A. XX. 114, *' the notables."
" The burnina: of the book is not mentioned in A.
*^ Or, as we should say, a magnet.
413
JOSEPHUS
yLvBiaSy ri$LOV T€ Trpoayeiv rov orpariujr-qv Koi
Sia fieocnu tojv aiTLOJixivajv OLTra^driv at rrjv IttI
davdro) KeXevei. Kal 'louSatot fiev dvexojpovv.

232 (3) Auî? Se VaXiXaiojv Kal Tâfiapdoju ytVerat
ovf.iôXrj. Kara yap VT^fiau KaXovjieviqv KcopLr^v,
rjTLg eV tw fieydXoj TreSttu KeiTai rrjg HafiapeiTthog,
TToXXcov di'aâLUOUTcov ^lovSaicou enl rrju ioprrjv
233 diatpeLTai FaXiXalog^ Trpog tovto TrXeloroL
Tt?
jxeu €K rrjg TaAtAata? Gvvihpapiov ojs TToXefx-qoovres
Tols ânapevoLV, ol yvcopLfioi 8' avrojv iXdovre?
TTpos Kovptauov rjVTLôXovv, TTplu dvTjKeGrov TrdOov^
€LS T-qv VaXiXaiav hia^dvra nfiajprjaaoOaL rovg
aLTLOv^ rod <j>6vov' f^LOvujs yap dv ovrojg bLaXvdrjvaL
irpo TToXefjLOu ro TTXrjdoS' Kou/ât'O? pikv ovv iv
SevTepoj ra? €K€lvojv LKeoias rcou iu yêpoi^ Trpay-
pdrojv dip-evo^ dnpaKTov^ d-neTrepupev rov? iK^rag.
234 (!•) IKyyeXdkv 8e et? 'iepocroAu/xa to TrdOo? rov
^
7T€(f)OU€ViJ.€uov TO. nX-qdr) GVi'€Tdpa^€u Kal ttJ? loprrf^

d(l)€p€VOL -npos Tr)U 'Lap.dpeiav e^wpfioiv dorparrj
yrjTOL Kal p-Tjêvl rcou dp\6vTa)v Kariôvri 7T€l66
235 fievoL. Tov XrjGrpLKOU 8' auroiv /cat GraGLOjhovg
AeivaLOV Ttb uio? 'EAeaâpo? Kal 'AAeâv8pos"
(i^TjpXov, ol TOt? ofMopoL? Trjs ^ AKpaâTiqvrj? ron-
apxi-o.5 7tpog7T€g6vt€S avrovs re dvrjpovv p,r)hep.Lds
'qXiKias (peiboj 7T0L0vp.€V0L Kal rds koj/j-q? ii'eTTip,-
vpaoav.
^ For ttoWCjv . . . dvaip. T(s FaXiXatoj PAM have ttoXXo.
Tiif . , . dfaipoCi/Tat (accommodation to yl. xx. WX'r).
2 Xfipi PAM.
* Tacitus, A7in. xii. 54-, irives a different account of tht
events recorded in (3)-(7) (Keinach). According to hiir
Cumanus was governor of Galilee and Felix of Samaria.
" Ginae {A xx. US), Ginaea {B. iii. 48), where it is namec
.
414-
JEWISFI WAR, II. 231-235 ( = ant. xx. 117-121)
satisfaction, thought fit to call out the soldier and

ordered him to be led to execution through the ranks
of his accusers. On this the Jews withdrew.
(3) Next came a conflict between the Galilaeans Battle
between
and the Samaritans.** At a village called Gema,^ Jews and
p o /^ 1 1
situate in the great plain of Samaria, a Galilaean, one Samaritan

of a large company of Jews on their way up to the Jf mu?d°er
festival, was murdered.'' Thereupon, a considerable of a
crowd assembled in haste from Galilee with the in-
tention of making war on the Samaritans mean- ;
while, the notables of the country went off to Cuma-

nus, and entreated him, ere any irreparable mischief
was done, to repair to Galilee and punish the per-
petrators of the murder, as that was the only means
of dispersing the crowd before they came to blows.
Cumanus, however, treating their request as less
important than other affairs on his hands,^ dismissed
the petitioners without any satisfaction.
(4) When the news of the murder reached Jeru-
salem, the masses were profoundly stirred, and,
I
abandoning the festival, they dashed off to Samaria,
without generals and without listening to any of the
j
magistrates who sought to hold them back. The
brigands and rioters among the party had as their
eaders Eleazar, son of Deinaeus, and Alexander,*
I
jvvho, falling upon the borderers of the toparchy of
I
\crabatene,-^ massacred the inhabitants without
jlistinction of age and burnt the villages.
IS the northern frontier of Samaria, En-gannim of the Old

Testament (Jos. xix. 21), mod. Jenin ;at the head of the
reat Plain of Esdraelon. With the incident cf. Luke ix. 52 f.
* According to A. xx. 1 18 several pilgrims were murdered.
A. says " bribed by the Samaritans."
<*
• Alexander is not mentioned in A,

f South-east of Shechem.
415
JOSEPHUS
236 (5) Kou/xai'O? 5e dvaXa^cou (itto rrj<; Kataapeta?
fitau iX-qv LTTTTeojv KaXovfievrjv Heâorrji'coif iê-
ÔTjdeL rots 7TopdovfJL€voL<i, Kal Tcjv TTepl Tov 'EAea-
lapov TToAAou? fjL€V ovvlXaêv TrXeLorov? 8' dn-
,
237 eKT€LV€v. Trpo? 8e to Xolttov ttXtjOo? tcov TToXefJielv

TOt? T.afiap€VOiv copfirjjjLevoju ol dpxovTeg rcoi'
'\€pocroXvijLa)v iKhpajiovreg oaKKOvg d/x7re;(o/L/,ep'ot
Kal T€<f)pav TOW KccpaXcov Karaxôvre? LKerevov
dvaxcopeli^, Kal jxtj 8td ttjv et? Saâpet? djivvav
€771 'lepoCToAu/xa *Pa)p,aLovs Trapo^vvew, iXerjoai re
Trjv TTarpiha Kal rov vaov, reKva re Kal yvvalKa?
Ihta?, a TTavra Kivhvvevîv St* ivos eKhiKiav FaAt-
23^ Aatou 77
a paTToXio 9 at. tovtols TretoOei'Tes 'louSaiot
bL^XvOrjaav. erpdnovro he 77oAAot 77pos' Xr)OT€Lav
hid TTju aSetav, Kal Kara Trdaav
xcopav dprrayai rrjV
239 T£ Tjoav Kal rcbv 6paovTepa>v eTravaoTaoeis. Kal
rcuv Hafiapeajv ol hvvarol Trpog Ou^tjuiStof Kova
hpdrov, OS rjv r^yepLOJV Trjg ^vpiag, et? Tvpov Trapa-
yevojjLeuoL hiK-qv Tivd Trapd tojv TTopdrjodvrcov ttji
240 yâjpav Tjîovv Xaêiv. Trapovreg he Kal ol yvco-
pijioi Ttov ^\ovhaLa>v Kal 6 dpxt^pevg 'lojya^ry?
vlos Âvdvov Kardpât fiev eXeyov rrj? Tapaxq-
Hafiapeag hid rov (f)6i'OV, atrLOV he rcJjv dTTOê^-q
KGTOjv Kof/xavoi^ yeyovivai, prj OeX-qcravra rod*:
avdevra? rov o<âyev7os eTteêXBeZv.
241 (6) \\ovahpdTO? he Tore fiev eKarepovg VTrep
TiOeraL (f)rjoag, erteihav els tovs tottovs Trapa
yevTiTai, hiepevvrjoeLV eKaura, avdis he TrapeXOoj
° Lat. ala.
^ See ii. 52 (note) : J. adds " and four companies (rd-)
fxara, ? cohorts) of infantry."
' Later the first victim of the slcarli, § 256.
416
JEWISH WAR, II. 236-241 ( = ant. xx. 122-129)
(5) Cumanus, taking with him from Gaesarea a

troop of cavalry known as " Sebastenians," * now
°
set off to the assistance of the victims of these
ravages he made prisoners of many of Eleazar's
;
companions and killed a yet larger number. As for

the rest of the party who had rushed to war with the
Samaritans, the magistrates of Jerusalem hastened
after them, clad in sackcloth and with ashes strewn
upon their heads, and implored them to return home
and not, by their desire for reprisals on the Samaritans,
to bring down the wrath of the Romans on Jerusalem,
but to take pity on their country and sanctuary, on their
own wives and children all these were threatened
;
with destruction merely for the object of avenging

the blood of a single Galilaean. Yielding to these
remonstrances the Jews dispersed. Many of them,
however, emboldened by impunity, had recourse to
robbery, and raids and insurrections, fostered by
the more reckless, broke out all over the country.
The leading Samaritans, accordingly, went off to
Tyre to see Ummidius Quadratus, the governor of
Syria, and urged him to punish the authors of these
depredations. The Jewish notables, including the
high-priest Jonathan,^ son of Ananus, also presented
themselves, and maintained that it was the Samari-
tans, by the murder in question, who had originated
the disturbance, but that the responsibility for all
that ensued lay with Cumanus for refusing to take
proceedings against the assassins.
(6) Quadratus, at the moment, deferred giving a interven
reply to either party, telling them that when he Quadrate
visited the district he would investigate the parti- governor
'
culars ; subsequently he proceeded to Caesarea,'* " ^"
«* " To Samaria " {A. xx. 129).

VOL. II P 417
JOSEPHUS
et? KatadpeLav tov<; vtto Kovixavov i,ajyprjddvTa?
242 dvearavpcxjaev Travras. eKelOev els AuSSa irapa-
y€v6fJL€vo<; ttolXlu Sli]kovg€v rujv Sa/xapetov', kol
fieraTTepufjoLfievog OKrajKaideKa tojv ^lovhaLotv, ovs
i7T€7Tvoro pLeT€a\r]K€.vaL ttjs fidx'T)?, TreXeKei 8t-
8uo 8' irepovg rojv hwaTajraroju Kal
243 exî-pLoaro.
Tovs dpxL€pel<; ^YojvdOriv Kal Âvaviav, rov re
Tovrov TTalha "Avavov Kal nvag aAAous" ^lovbaiajv
yvcopLjiovs dve7T€fjnJj€v €7tI Kalaapa, 6fxoLOj<; §€
244 /cat Tâ/jLapecvv rovs eir i<j)av ear dr ovs . TraprjyyeLXev
be Kal Kovfiavco Kal KeXepu tw ;^tAiap;(a> TrAett'
€771 'P(jofir)<; hujoovra? KAauStoj \6yov vrrep toju

yeyevrjfievcxjv. ravra hiaTTpa^dfievo? drro Xvhhcov
dveâivev el? 'lepoaoXufia, Kal KaraXaôjv ro
7TXi]6o? dyov r-qv tujv d^vp-cov eoprrjv ddopiJâj<;
els 'AyTto;êiai' eTravêL.
245 (7) Kara he rrjv 'PcofirjV Kalaap dKovoa<;
Kovfxavov Kal âfiapeajv , Traprjv he Kal WypirTTras
eKdvfioj? V7TepayowLl,6fjLevo<; ^lovhaloju, eTreLhrj Kal
K.ovjj.ai'a) TToXXol row hvvarwv Trapioravro, Za/xa-
peojv fJLev Karayvov<; rpels dveXelv Trpoaeraêv rov?
246 hvvarojrdrovg , Kovfiavov he e(f)vyddevoev. KeXepa
he heGficoriqv dvaTre/jnljag el? 'lepoooXvfJLa irapa-
hoOrivai 'lofSatot? rrpo? alKiav eKeXevoev Kal
TTeptovpeura r-qv ttoXlv ovrco rrju Ke(f)aXrjv dwo-
KOTTrjvai.
247 (8) Mera ravra 'louSata? iJ-ei' ertirpoTTOv OryAt/ca
rov WdXXavro? dheX(j>6v eK-ep-rrei rrfs re 2a/xa-
pela? Kal VaXiXaia? Kal [lepala?, eK he rrj?
41 S
where he crucified all the prisoners taken by Cumanus.

From there he went on to Lydda, where he gave
another hearing to the Samaritans. He then sent
for eighteen" Jews, who, as he was informed, had
taken part in the combat, and had them beheaded.
He sent up to Caesar, along with two other persons
of the highest eminence, the high-priests Jonathan
and Ananias, Ananus,^ the son of the latter, and
some other Jewish notables, together with the most
distinguished of the Samaritans. He also directed
Cumanus and Celer, the tribune, to take ship for
Rome and to render an account of their conduct to
Olaudius. Having taken these measures, he left
Lydda and went up to Jerusalem and, finding the ;
3eople peaceably celebrating the feast of unleavened

Dread, ^ he returned to Antioch.
(7) At Rome Caesar gave his hearing to Cumanus
Claudius
md the Samaritans in the presence of Agrippa, who ment for^^

nade a spirited
^
defence on behalf of the Jews, while Jews and
-, 1 . . T , . banishes
was supported by many eminent
T
ûmanus on his side Cumanus.
)ersons. The emperor condemned the Samaritans,
)rdered three of their most prominent men to be
executed, and banished Cumanus. Celer he sent
)ack in chains to Jerusalem, with orders that he was
o be delivered over to Jewish outrage after being :
Iragged round the city, he was then to be beheaded.

(8) After this Claudius sent out Felix, the brother Feiijc,
)f Pallas, as procurator of Judaea, Samaria, Galilee, r!^^f 52-60!^
<»
A certain Doetus with four others (A. xx. 130).
" " Ananus the captain " (? of the temple) in A. xx. 131,
si'here Jonathan's name is omitted.
" A national feast " (unspecified), ^. xx. 133. According
"
B. the disturbances described in this chapter must have

xtended over a whole year from one Passover (§ 224) to the
lext.
4>19
JOSEPHUS
XaAK"i8os" ÂypLTTTrav els iieilôva jSacrtAfiav /Ltera-
TidrjGLV, Sous' avro) r-qv re ^lXLttttov y€voiJievr]v
eTjapxiaVy avrrj 8' tjv Tpaôj^lng /cat Barai'ea Kal
TavXavLTLg, TrpoaedrjKev 8e ri'-jv re Avoaviov /3aat-
Aetav /cat tt^p' Ovdpou yevoixivqv rerpapîav
248 auTos" 8e Stot/crjcras' tt^v "qyepioviav ereau rpta-
KaiSeKa, rrpos Se p^-qolv o/ctco /cat et/cocrti^ -qfiepac?
reXevra KaraXiTTOjv êpojua rrj? otpxV'^ StdSoxoi^
249 ou rat? ÂypLTrTTLV-qg rrjs yvvacKos aTrarats" eV
K\-qpovop.ia rrj? ^PX^^ £LO£7Toirjoaro , Kairrep vlo)
e)(ow yvqaiov Bperrav't/cov e/c MeacraAtVi]? tt^'
7Tporepa<; yvvaiKos Kal ÔKraoulav dvyarepa rrj.
VTT* avTOV êvxêlaav Nepcop'f yeyoret 8' aurc
Kal iK n€TtyT79 Âvrcouia.
250 (xiii. l) "Ooa fxev ovv Nepcui^ 8t' VTrepôXrj
evhaipiovias re /cat 77Aoi;tou Trapa^povrjaa? c^
v^ptaev els ttjv rv)(T]v, "^ rtVa rpoTTov rov re dSe^
(f)6v Kal rr)v yuvat/ca /cat riî^ fi-qrepa hie^rjXdei
d(j)* (Lv CTTt rovs evyeveordrovs [xerrjveyKev rrj
251 (hpLor-qra, Kal ws reXevralov vtto ^pevo^Xaêia
eôjKeiXev el? GKr]vrju Kal Oearpou, eTreiSr] 8
oxXov TTaoiv eorw, TrapaXeLipco, rpeipopLai he €7
TO. 'louSatots- /car' avrov yevofieva.
252 ('2) Tr^v jxev ovv yuKpav App-eviav SlSojoi

^
âoiXeveiv WpiarofôvXa) rco 'Wpojhov, rfj >
ÂypirtTTa âoiXeia reooapa? TToXei? TrpoartOrja

ovv rats roTrapxlaig, "A/SeAa jjiev Kal 'IouAta8
" Antonius Felix (Tac. Hi.^f. v. 9 the reading KXat'Si
;
^qXiKa in A. XX. 137 is doubtful) was probably, like h

influential brother Pallas, a freedman of Antonia. mother .
Claudius. According to Tacitus (here probably untrus

worthy) he had already been procurator of Samaria (§ 2.'
note).
4:20
:
JEWISH WAR, II. 247-252 (c/. ant. xx. 138, 148-159)
and Peraea.<* Agrippa he transferred from Chalcis Agrippaii

to a larger kingdom, assigning to him Philip's former Trachoniti
province, namely Trachonitis, Batanaea, and Gaul- ®tc., a.d. .5
anitis ; he added the kingdom of Lysanias

to this
and the old tetrarchy of Varus. ^ After governing
the empire for thirteen years eight months and
twenty days," Claudius died, leaving Nero as his Death of
successor. Yielding to the artifices of his wife J ^^s^*^^'
Agrippina, he had adopted this prince as heir to the
throne, although he had by his former wife, Messalina,
I legitimate son, Britannicus, besides a daughter,
3ctavia, whom he had given in marriage to Nero ;
le had also, by Petina, another daughter, Antonia.

(xiii. 1) All the outrageous acts in defiance of Accession
'ortune of which Nero was guilty, when excess of character c
jrosperity and riches drove him mad how he nero. ;
uccessively made away with his brother, wife, and

nother how his cruelty then found fresh victims in
;
he highest of the nobility how his infatuation

;
inally landed him on the stage and the boards of the

—
heatre all these subjects, being so hackneyed, I
)ropose to pass over and to turn to the events of
ewish history under his reign.
(2) He presented the kingdom of the lesser Agrippa's
Armenia to Aristobulus, son of Herod ^ he annexed euiffgêd.
;
o Agrippa's kingdom four cities with their districts,*
* Varus is identified by Schiirer with the minister of

Lgrippa mentioned in Vita 48 ff., where he is described
11,
s a descendant of Soemus who had been a tetrarch in the
.ebanon district (ib. 52) it is assumed that he inherited
:
)ra time a part of this tetrarchy.

* The calculation, repeated in A. xx. 148, is here correct
Claudius reigned from 24th January 41 to 13th October 34.

" Of Chalcis, grandson of Herod the Great.
* Greek " toparchies."
421
JOSEPHUS
Kararrjv flepatav, Tapixcâ? he Kal TijSepiaSa
TaXiXala?, et? Se rrjv Xoltttji' ^lovhalav ^rjXiKa
Ti^?
253 KarioTTjuev eTrirpoTTOv. ovtos rov re dpxi-XrjaTrjV
^KXedCapov ereatv cIkogi ttjv âjpav XrâdfJievov
Kal TToXXovs TLov Gvv auToj t,ojypr)oas dveTrefiipev
els 'PcoiJLTjV TCi)V 8' dvaGTavpa)devTCDV vtt^ avrov
Xrjorcov /cat riov irrl Koivujvia (j^copaOevrajv b-qpio-
rcoi', ovg iKoXaoeVy aTreipov ri rrXrjdos tjv.
254 (3) KaOapdeLGTjs he rijs X^P^^ erepov efSo?
Xrjorcov ev 'lepoaoXvpbOLS enec^vero, ol KaXovpievoi
oiKapiOLy pLed^ rjpLepav Kal ev p-earj rfj rroXei
255 (f)OvevovTes dvdpcoTTOvg. p^dXiara he^ ev rals
eopraZs paoyopLevoL r<2) TrX-qdei Kal rals eodrjatv
VTTOKpVTTTOVreS piiKpd ^L(l)ihia, TOVrOL? eVVTTOV
Tov? hia<^6povs, eneira rreGovrcov piepos eyivovro kl
tCjv iTTayavaKTovvTcov ol 7Te(f)ovevK6T€s, hio Kal iz
TTavrdTTaoiv vtto dîOTnorias rioav dvevperoi

'Zb^ TTpwTos p-ev ovv utt' avTOJv *Icova^T7? o dpxi-epeus
d7TOG(f)dTTeTai, pLera 8' atnov Kad^ rjpLepav dv
"'
TjpodvTO TToXXoL' Kal Tcov Gvp.ôp6jv 6 (f)6ôs rjv
XOiXe77(x)repo?, eKdGTou KaBdrrep ev TToXepLOj Kad
257 wpav rov ddvarov rrpoohexopêvov TrpoeGKorrovvrc.
he TToppatdev Tovg hiaôpovs, Kal ovhe rol? (fiiXoLs

TTpoGLOVGLv^ 7TLGTIS Tjv , iv /xcCTats" he Tals VTTOVoiaLS
Kal Tat? (j)vXaKaL? dvrjpovvro' togovtov tcov IttI'
ôvXevovrcov to Tdxos rjv Kal tov XaOelv -q Texvrj
258 (4-) ^vveGTT] he vpos tovtois otI(J)os eTepov \^
7Tov)]pa)v, X^'-P^ H-^^ KadapojTepov, Tat? yvcopLaLS
1 om. PALV: yap Eus. 2 + In LVRC.

" Abila not mentioned in A. xx. 159 : there were severa'
is
places of the name and the exact position of this one is doubt
tul. For JuUas = Livias sec § IbS (note).
422
JEWISH WAR, II. 252-258 (c/. ant. xx. 159-167)
namely, Abila and Julias in Peraea," and Tarichaeae

and Tiberias in Galilee he appointed ^ Felix to be
;
procurator of the rest of Judaea. Felix took prisoner êiix quel
Eleazar,'' the brigand chief, who for twenty years brfgands.

had ravaged the country, with many of his associates,
and sent them for trial to Rome. Of the brigands
whom he crucified, and of the common people who
were convicted of complicity with them and punished
by him, the number was incalculable.
(3) But while the country was thus cleared of these Rise of th(
^^*^"'
pests, a new species of banditti was springing up in '
Jerusalem, the so-called sicarii,'^ who committed

murders in broad daylight in the heart of the city.
rhe festivals were their special seasons, when they
A'ould mingle with the crowd, carrying short daggers
concealed under their clothing, with which they
stabbed their enemies. Then, when they fell, the
murderers joined in the cries of indignation and,
;hrough this plausible behaviour, were never dis-
covered. The first to be assassinated by them was
fonathan the high-priest after his death there were
;
lumerous daily murders. The panic created was

nore alarming than the calamity itself; every one,
LS on the battlefield, hourly expecting death. Men
:ept watch at a distance on their enemies and would
lot trust even their friends when they approached,
fet, even while their suspicions were aroused and
hey were on their guard, they fell so swift were ;
he conspirators and so crafty in eluding detection.

(4) Besides these there arose another body of and of false
P"""?'^^^^-
illains, with purer hands but more impious intentions,
"*
i.e.confirmed his previous appointment (§ 24.7).
Son of Deinaeus, § 235.
'^-
^ " Assassins," from Lat. sica, a curved dagger.

423
.
JOSEPHUS
8e aGeêarepov, orrep ovhkv rjrrov rojv a(f)ayecov
259 rrjvevhaip-oviav rrj? TToXecos eXvpn'^varo. TrXdvoL
yap dvdpojTTOLKal OLTrarewvcg [vttoY TrpocrxrjP'O.TL ,
deiacrixov Kal
veojrepKJfxovs fieraôXd? npay-
fxar€v6fJL€V0L, SaLfiovdv ro ttXtjOo? eTretdov^ Kal
TTporjyov el? rrjV iprjfiLav, a>? eVet rov deov helôvros
260 avTols orjjJLela iXevdeplas. IttI tovtols OrÂt^,
ehoKei yap aTTOGrdaeajs elvai KarapoX-q, Trepupas
LTTTrels Kal Treôvs OTrXiras ttoXv ttXtjOos hti^deip^v
261 (5) Metjovt 8e [roirrou]^ '^^V/fi ^louhatous

eKaKCOGev 6 KlyvTmos ipevhoTT po<^rjT-qs rrapa- -
yevofievos yap els rrjv )(ÔL)pav dvOpojiros yorjg Kal

TTpot^Tjrov TTLGnv emOels eavrco Trepl rpLGpLvpiovg
262 fxev dBpoLl,€i ra)V r)77arrj[i€Vcov, rrepiayaycbv 8e
ainovs eK rrj? ep-q}xia<? els to eXaLwv KaXovfievov
opos, eKeWev old? re rjv els 'IepocroAu/xa TrapeXOelv
^Ldl,€Gdai Kal KparrjGas rrjs [jeY 'Pojfia'CKrjs
(f)povpds [KaV/ rov h-qfiov Tvpawelv, ;\;pcu/xevo9
263 ToZs GVveiGTTeGOVGiv hopvcôpois. (f)Bdvei 8' avrov
rr)V opfJLrjv OtÂi^ VTravrj^Gas^ fjuerd tojv 'PcofiaiKcov
ottXltcov, Kal rrds d Srjfxos GVve(f)rjifjaro rrjs djjbvvrjsj
cjore GVjjLôXrjs yevofievi-js rov fiev AlyvTrriov
^vyelv jLter' oAtycuy, SLacf)daprjvaL Se Kal lâ>yp-q-
di]vai TrXeLGTovs rojv ovv avrw, ro 8e Xolttov
TrXrjdos GKedaodev errl rrjv eavrujv eKaorov 8ta
Xadelv.
» om. VRC. 2 aueirddov VRC.
^ om. Lat. : toutu)v Eus. : ravr-qs VRC.
* om. P.\.M. ' ora. Lat.
^ PA Eus. : I'TrafTido-as the rest.
«»
Cf. Matt. xxiv. 24 ff. " There shall arise . . . fals«f "i
424
who no less than the assassins ruined the peace of the

city. Deceivers and impostors, under the pretence
of divine inspiration fostering revolutionary changes,
they persuaded the multitude to act like madmen,
and led them out into the desert under the belief
that God would there give them tokens of deliver-
ance.'* Against them Felix, regarding this as but
the preliminary to insurrection, sent a body of
cavalry and heavy-armed infantry, and put a large
number to the sAvord.
(5) A still worse blow was dealt at the Jews by The
the Egyptian false prophet. A charlatan, who had ^pJstor.
gained for himself the reputation of a prophet,
this man appeared in the country, collected a
following of about thirty thousand ^ dupes, and led
them by a circuitous route from the desert to the
mount called the mount of Olives. From there
he proposed to force an entrance into Jerusalem
and, after overpowering the Roman garrison, to set
himself up as tyrant of the people, employing those
who poured in with him as his bodyguard. His
attack was anticipated by Felix, who went to meet
him with the Roman heavy infantry, the whole
population joining him in the defence. The out-
come of the ensuing engagement was that the
Egyptian escaped with a few of his followers most ;
of his force were killed or taken prisoners the ;
remainder dispersed and stealthily escaped to their

several homes.
prophets and shall show great signs they shall say unto
. . .
you, Behold he is in the wilderness." Theudas was an

earlier impostor of this type, and met with a similar fate,
A. XX. 97.
" 4000 according to Acts xxi. 38; S. Paul was mistaken
For this impostor.
VOL. II p 2 4-25
JOSEPHUS
2G4 (6) KaT€OTaXfjL€vajv 8e Kal tovtojv ojonep ev
vooovvTL ocofiari ttolXlv erepov fiepos e(f)X€yiJLaLV€V,
OL yap y6r]T€£ Kal XrjcrrpLKol avvaxOevreg ttoXXou^
€LS OLTTOGraaLV ivrjyov /cat Trpog IXevBepiav irap-
eKpoTovVy BdvaTOV iTTLTLfiwures Tot? TTeiSapxovGLV
rfj 'Pcufiaiajv -qyepiovia. Kal rrpos jStav d(/>atprj-
oeodaL Xeyovres rovs iKovoiojs hovXeveiv Trpoaipov-
205 pêvovs. pL€pL^6pL€VOL 8' €1? TTjV ;(a»pav Kara Xoxou?
Si-qprraiôv re ra? rcov Svvarcov OLKias Kal aurou?
dvfjpovv Kal Tag Ktopa? €V€vipi7Tpaoav, ajore rrjg
drrovoLas avrcov rrrdoav rrju 'louSatav dvaTrip,-
TrXaodai. Kal ovros p-kv 6 rroXepo? Kad^ rjpiepav
dveppiTTLêTo.
266 (7) 'Erepa 8e rapaxrj ovvioTarai rrepl Kataa-
peiav Twv dvapLeptypevcov 'Ioi;8atajv Trpos Toug iv
avrfj Svpous" oraaLaadvTojv ol p-ev yap rjîovv .
o4>er€pav elvai, rrjv ttoXlv 'loySatov yeyoveVat rov

KTLGTrjv avrrjS Xeyovres' tjv he 'Wpajh-qs 6 jSaatAeu?
ol be erepoL rov OLKtarrjv p.ev TTpoaajfioXoyovv
'louSatov, avTT]vye tt]v ttoXlv 'KXXrjuatv
p.evroL
e4>aoav ov yap dv dvSpidvras Kal vaovg iyKad-
267 ihpvoai ^lovhaiois avr-qv dvaridevra. 8ia ravra
hLrjpL(f)L(j^rjrouv'^ eKdrepoL, TTpo-ijeL 8' avrol? to (J)lX6
veiKov els dirXa Kal KaB^ rjpepav ol Bpaovrepo

Trap' dp.(f)OLV Trpoe—iqhojv IttI p.dx'riv' ovre'^ yap
yepatol rovs Iblovs oraotaards Kar
'IoL'8attL»v ol
ex^^v oloL re rjoav Kal rols "KXXt]glv aloxos eboKei

268 loubatajv eXarrovoBat. Trpoelxov 8* ol p,ev TrXovrw
Kal oojpidrojv dXKrj, rd he 'KXXtjvlkov rfj rrapd
^ Destinon: oe r)^x(pLa ^tjtoi v yiss. * oide PAML.

'^
Where S. Paul then probably lay a prisoner.
426
JEWISH WAR, II. 264-268 (c/. ant. xx. 172-176)
(6) No sooner were these disorders reduced than Further

brigandage
the inflammation, as in a sick man's body, broke
out again in another quarter. The impostors and
brigands, banding together, incited numbers to re-
volt, exhorting them to assert their independence,
and threatening to kill any who submitted to Roman
domination and forcibly to suppress those who
voluntarily accepted servitude. Distributing them-
selves in companies throughout the country, they
looted the houses of the wealthy, murdered their
owners, and set the villages on fire. The effects of
their frenzy were thus felt throughout all Judaea,
and every day saw this war being fanned into fiercer
flame.
(7) Another disturbance occurred at Gaesarea," Disorders
where the Jewish portion of the population rose 5e\vn\^'^^
against the Syrian inhabitants. They claimed that Syrians,
^-
;he city was theirs on the ground that its founder, •
""
•
King Herod, was a Jew. Their opponents admitted

:he Jewish origin of its second founder, but main-
:ained that the city itself belonged to the Greeks,
dnce Herod would never have erected the statues
md temples which he placed there had he destined
t for Jews.^ Such were the points at issue between
:he two parties, and the quarrel eventually led to an
ippeal to arms. Every day the more venturesome
n either camp wôuld rush into combat for the older
;
nembers of the Jewish community were incapable

)f restraining their turbulent partisans, and the
jreeks considered it humiliating to give way to the
lews. The latter had the advantage of superior
t
vealth and physical strength, the Greeks that of the
^ In J. XX. 173 their argument is that the older city,

Jtrato's Tower, had not a single Jewish inhabitant.
427
.
JOSEPH us
T(x)V CTparicorcov djiuvrf to yap rrîov 'PojixaLOig
rrjg eVetSuiâ/xecu? eV Sfpta? '^v KaretXeyixeuov
/cat Kaddnep ovyyeuels rjaav rrpog rag ô-qdeias
269 eroLfjLOL. rolg ye iirjv irrdpxoLS (jipovrls rfv dva-

oreXXeiv rrju rapaxrjv Kal tous" pLaxipLiorepovs del
ovXXapi^dvovTes eKoXatov fidari^L Kal Secr/Ltot?. ov
IJLTjv TO, Trddrj rcov ovXAafiâuofievcov iueTToiet rols
KaraXeLTrofxevoLS dvaKorr-qv rj Seog, dAA' ert fxaXXov
270 Trapoj^vvovro Trpos ttjv ordcnv. VLKajvras Se nore
Tovg '\ovSaLOV£ TrpoeXddjv^ els Tr)V dyopdv 6 ^rjXi^
fier dTTeiXrjs eKeXevoev dva-)(Ojp€.Zv tcou he firj
.
Tieidoixevajv eTTLTTepupas tovs crrpaTLwra? dvaipe'i

avx^'ous, ojv bLapTTayrjuai ovve^rj Kal rds ovaias
fieuovar)? be rrjs o-rdoeojs eViAefa? eKarepojOei'
Tov? yvixjpipLOVs errefxipev TTpeoêig enl êpcova
SLaXeôfjLei'ov? vepl raju hiKaicov.
271 (xiv. 1) \La6e^dfj.evos be irapd rovrov rrjv
e-niTpoTTTiv 6 Or^cTTO? TO [idXiara Xvp,atv6fievov rrji'
XojpQ-v €776|rjef Tijjv yovv Xrôr ojv avveXaf3ev re '^<
272 TrXeLGTOvs Kal hie(jideLpev ovk oXlyous. aAA' ovx

6 fxerd ^rJGTOV AX^tuog rou avrov rponou e^
^
rjyqoaro rcov rrpayixdrcov, ovk eonv he -qurtwa Ka

273 Kovpyias Iheav TrapeXemeu. ov [jlouov yovu ev rol^
TToXirLKOLS TTpdy/xaoLV eKXe-nrev Kal hi-qpTraêu rd^
eKaorcov ovaias, ovhe ro rtdv eduos e^dpei rai^
elo(jiopalsy dXXd Kal rods €.7tI XrjGreia hehe/jLevov'^
vno rijs irap* eKdorois ôvXrjs tj ru)V vporepojv
eTTLrponcov dTreXvrpou rols ovyyeveaiVy Kal fiovos
1 PM : napeXOwy (di' C) the rest.
" Festus died in office (A. xx. 200).

l^jrcius A more p.
favourable estimate of tiis successor (l.ucceius) Albinus is 5..'
given in J. xx, than in the War. There he begins by putting li
4Vh
J. WAR, II. 268 273 {cf. ant. xx. 176-188, 197, 215)
support of the military for the troops stationed here

;
were mainly levied by the Romans from Syria, and

were consequently always ready to lend aid to their
compatriots. The magistrates, indeed, were at pains
to repress these disorders, and constantly arrested
the more pugnacious offenders and punished them
with the scourge and imprisonment but the suffer- ;
ings of those arrested, so far from checking or in-

timidating the remainder, only served as a stimulus
to sedition. On one occasion when the Jews had
3een victorious, Felix came forward into the market-
place and ordered them in menacing tones to retire ;
)n their refusing to obey, he set his troops upon them,
»vhen many were killed, their property being subse-
quently plundered. The quarrel, nevertheless, con-
inuing, Felix selected the notables of the two parties
md sent them to Nero as deputies to discuss before
lim their respective rights.
(xiv 1) Festus, who succeeded Felix as procurator, The last
)roceeded to attack the principal plague of the p'Jocurator
'ountry he captured larê numbers of the brigands Festus,
:
^'^' 60-62.
mdJ put not a ^tew to death.
4. 4- J V, 4- 4-
The administration of Albinus," who followed Aibinus,

^•^^"'^^'
"estus, was of another order there was no form of
;
illainy which he omitted to practise. Not only did

le, in his official capacity, steal and plunder private
)roperty and burden the whole nation with extra-

ordinary taxes, but he accepted ransoms from their
elatives on behalf of those who had been imprisoned
or robbery by the local councils or by former
rocurators and the only persons left in gaol as
;
own the sicarii, though he ends, on hearing of his super-

ession, by opening the prisons and thus filling the country
ith brigands.
429
JOSEPHUS
o fLT)Sou? Toi? beGfJLOjrrjpiOLS cLs Trovrjpo? iyKar-
274 eXeiTTero. rrjviKavra /cat roji^ veajrepitêiv ôvXo-
IJL€va>v eV 'lepoGoXvfjiOLg idapG-qaav at roAjitat, /cat
Xprjp-CLcrLV jiev ol hwarol tov WX^lvov TTpoaeXdfi-
âvov <l>ur€ rov OTaoLalêiv avrois Trapiêiv aSetav,
TOV hrjixoTLKOV 8e TO fJiT] )(âZpov -qavxta TTpog rovg
21.i 'AAîVof KOLVojvov? OTre'/cAtiêi'. e/caaro? 8e tojv'
TTOVTjpojv Xhiov otI<J)os V7Tel,(jjopi€vos avTOs /xev
ojOTTep apx^X-Qorris rj Tvpavvo<; Tipoavelxev €k tov
Xoxov, ToZs hopvôpovGL hk TTpog apTtayas roiv
216 fjLeTpLOJV Karexp'TJ'ô crvveâwev 8e tov? fiev d(f)-
.
rip-qp.ivovs vrrep tSv ayava/cTeti^ ^XPW OLUjTtdv,

Tovs drrXriyas he, Seet rov fx-q rd avrd 77aêty,
Kal KoXaK€V€Lv rov d^Lov KoXdaecog. KadoXov 8e
fjL€V TTapprjoia Trdvrojv TrepiKeKorrTO, rvpavvl?
8'
77
qv 8ta TrXetoi'ajv, Kal rd ortepixara rrjg jjieXXova-qg

dXtoo€cos €KTore rfj TToAet KareâAAcTo.
277 (2) ToLOvrov 8* ovra rov WX^lvov dTreSetêv
6 fier^ avTOv iXBojv Feooiog OAoipo? dyadwrarov
Hard ovyKpLGLv. 6 fiev y€ Xddpa rd 77oAAa xrat
ji^B^ VTTOGToXrj? €KaKovpyr]G€v, VeGGLog 8e ras-
€t? TO eBvo<; T7apavop.ias €7r6fX7T€VG€v, Kal wGrrep
€77t TLjjiOjpia KaraKpiTOJV 7T€p.(j}dels Btjijllo? ovre
278 dpTTayrj'^ nva rpoTTov ovre atVta? TTapeXiTrev. rjv
be ev fiev rols e'Aeetiôt? ojfxoraros, eV 8e rot?
aloxpoL? dvaibeGraros' ovre 8e TrXeito ris dTTLGriav
rri<; dXr]deias Karexêv ovre ev rep navovpyelv
boXiwrepas 6bov<i eTrevorjoev. o) rd /Ltev Kar
dvhpa Kephaiveiv puKpdv eboKet, TToXetg 8' oAas
iêdiSvoKe Kal SrjiJLOvg ddpoovs eXvpLaivero, Kal i
" Literally "unbelief": "was more successful in

smothering the truth " (Traill).
430
JEWISH WAR, II.273-278(r/'.ANT. XX. 214 f., 252-256)
malefactors were those who failed to pay the price.

Now, too, the audacity of the revolutionary party
in Jerusalem was stimulated the influential men
;
among their number secured from Albinus, by means

of bribes, immunity for their seditious practices ;
while of the populace all who were dissatisfied with

peace joined hands with the governor's accomplices.
Each ruffian, with his own band of followers grouped
around him, towered above his company like a
brigand chief or tyrant, employing his bodyguard to
plunder peaceable citizens. The result was that the
victims of robbery kept their grievances, of which
they had every reason to complain, to themselves,
while those who escaped injury cringed to wretches
deserving of punishment, through fear of suffering
the same fate. In short, none could now speak his
mind, with tyrants on every side and from this date
;
were sown in the city the seeds of its impending

fall.
(2) Such was the character of Albinus, but his

^"^pjQryg
successor, Gessius Florus,made him appear by com- hisexcessi
a^^- 6^-66.
parison a paragon of virtue. The crimes of Albinus
were, for the most part, perpetrated in secret and
with dissimulation Gessius, on the contrary, ostenta-
;
tiously paraded his outrages upon the nation, and,

as though he had been sent as hangman of con-
demned criminals, abstained from no form of robbery
Dr violence. Was there a call for compassion, he
was the most cruel of men for shame, none more
;
shameless than he. No man ever poured greater

:;ontempt " on truth ; none invented more crafty
methods of crime. To make gain out of individuals
seemed beneath him he stripped whole cities,
:
ruined entire populations, and almost went the
431
JOSEPHUS
fjLOVOU ovK eKrjpvêv dva rrjv •)(^(jjpav ttclolv eêZvai
Xrj(jT€V€LV, e</>' cb fJLepos auTos" X-qifjerai rcbv Xa(f)V-
279 pcxjv. Sta yovv ttjv eKeivov TrXeoveîav Trdaa?
iprjiicodrjvaL ovi'e^r] rds TToXei?^ Kal ttoXXovs ra>v
TTarpLow TjOcou^ iâvaaravras ^vyelv etV rds dXXo-
(f)vXovs eTTapxiCLS.
280 (3) ^lexpi pi^v ovv eV Hvpia Kecrrtos FaAAo?
rji> hi€7TOJV rr]v ovSe TTpeaêvoaadai rt?
eTrapx^civ,
TTpog avrov eroXpLTjueu Kara rod ^Xd)pov irapa-
yev6pL€vov he els 'lepoooXvpia ttjs twv dl^vpLOJV
eopr-q? ivearajGif]? Trepiordg 6 Srj[io?, ovk iXdrrovs
rpLaKOGLOJV pLvpidhojv, Ik€.t€VOV iXe-qaat ras" rod
edi'ovs ovpi(f)opd? Kal rov Xupêcoua r-qg ;)(ojpa?
281 ^XdJpov cKeKpdyeaav o 8e rrapojv Koi roj Keoricp
TTapeoroJS hiexXe-6al,ev rds <f)Covds. o ye pirjv
Keano? rrjv 6pp.rjv rov irX-qdovs KaraarelXag Kal
hovs €pL(f)aGLV (hs TTpos rd piiXXov avroZs rov
^Xwpov KarauKevdoeiev pLerptwrepov, vTreGrpe<f)ev
282 etV 'AyTto;(etav'. 7rpoe7Tef.L7Te 8* avrov piexpi \\ai-
oapeias 0/\a>po? eâirarajv Kal TToXepLov rjht] ro)
edvei GKOTTOvpievos, dj piovcp GvyKpvipeiv rds eavrov
283 TTapavopilas vireXapLâvev elp-qvqs pi'^v ydp ovgtjs
Kar-qyopovs eêiv IttI Kaioapos ^lovhauovs nrpoo-
ehoKa, TTpaypLarevGapLevos 8e aTTOGraGuv avrow tco
fjieLlovL KaKO) TTepiGrraGeLV rov eXeyxov dird rcbv
pierpLajrepojv. 6 ptev ovv, (Ls dv aTToppayety] rd
cdvos, Kad^ -qpuepav ertereivev avrols rds Gvpi<f)opds.
284 (4-) ^Kv he rovrco Kal ol KaLoapecov "K/^-qveSy
VLK-qGavres Trapd Nepcovt rrjs TToXecos dpxeLV, rd,
^ Towapxi-as LVRC Exc.
' Destinon from A. xx. -256 and Lat. : edQv mss.
432
*
JEWISH WAR, II. 278-284 (c/ ant. xx. 256 f.)
length of proclaiming throughout the country that

all were at liberty to practise brigandage, on con-
dition that he received his share of the spoils.
Certainly his avarice brought desolation upon all the
cities, and caused many to desert their ancestral
haunts and seek refuge in foreign provinces.**
(3) So long as Cestius Gallus remained in Syria The Jev
discharging his provincial duties, none dared even to c?™ani
send a deputation to him to complain of Florus ; but governc
^"*'
when he visited Jerusalem on the occasion of the
feast of unleavened bread, the people pressed round Passove
^ '^^'
him, and a crowd of not less than three millions ^ ^
implored him to have compassion on the calamities of
the nation, and loudly denounced Florus as the ruin
of the country. Florus, who was present at Cestius's
side, scoffed at their outcry. Cestius, for his part,
having quieted the excitement of the crowd, pledged
himself to secure for them greater moderation on the
part of Florus in future, and so returned to Antioch.
Florus escorted him as far as Caesarea, playing upon
his credulity, and already contemplating the prospect
—
of war with the nation his only hope of covering up
his own enormities. For, if the peace were kept, he
expected to have the Jews accusing him before
Caesar whereas, could he bring about their revolt,
;
he hoped that this larger crime would divert inquiry

into less serious offences. In order, therefore, to
produce an outbreak of the nation, he daily added to
their sufferings.
(4) Meanwhile the Greeks of Caesarea had won Arising
and obtained from

their case at Caesar's tribunal," leads tc
"^'^^ ^^^
him the government of that city they brought back
;
Rome.
" Here the parallel narrative in the Antiquities ceases.
"An impossible figure. * See § 270.
433
JOSEPHUS
TT^S" Kpioecog iKOjJLLGav ypd/JLiiara, Kal rrpoo-
eXdfJiâvev rrjv dpx'')^ o TToAe/xo? ScuSeKaTOj jjLev
€T€L rrjs êpcovo? 'qyeyiovias , iTrraKaS^KaTw he

285 Trjs ÂypLTTTTa jSaatAeia?, WprefjiLGLOU fi-qvos. Trp6<^
hk TO fieyeOo'i ru)V i^ avrov GvpL(f)opa)u ovk dîav

€o\ev 7Tp6(f)aaiv. ol yap iv Katcrapeto, 'louSatot,
ovvayojyrjv e;!(oi'T€?ov beoTTorrjs rjv
Trapa )(<jL)piov,
Tt? "EAAtî^ Kacaapevs rroXXaKLg piev KTrjoaadai

,
roi' roTTOv ioTTOvSaoav TipL-qv TJoXXaTrXaoiova rrj';

286 aî'a? bihovre?' tu? 8' VTrepopojv tol? Serjcret? 7rp6?
eTT-qpeiav en
Koi TTapojKohop.ei'^ to yîop^^^ eVetiô?
ipyaGTrjpLa KaTaoKevafôfjLevo?
CTTevrjV re Kal ,
TTavTarraoLv ^laiav irdpohov drreXeLTTev avTolg, to

fxev TTpojTov ol depfJLOTepoL Twv vecov 7Tpo7T7]hcovTe<;
287 oLKohopLelv eKojXuov. to? 8c tovtov? elpyev Trjg
/Sta?OAcupo?, dp.ri\avovvTe<; ol hvvaTol twv
^Xovhaiojv ovv oU Îtodvvris 6 TeXcovr]?, -neiOovoi
,
Tov ^Xujpov dpyvpiou TaXduTOLS oktuj SLaKcoXvaaL

288 TO epyov. 6 be rrpos pioi'ov to Xaêlv VTTooxofievog
TrdvTa GVfJLTTpdêLV, Xa^dw eêioiv ttJ? Kaiaapeta?
€t? êâoTiji' Kal KaTaXeiTrei ttiv OTdotv aur-
eôdoLov y woTTep dheiav TrerrpaKojs" louSaiots' tou
jidxôOaL.
289 (5) Trjs 8' eTTLOva-rjg r]p.epa^ e^hop.dho£ ovorjSy
Tojv ^Xovhaiojv avvadpoLodev-
els Tr}u ovvayojyr^v
Tojv, GTaoLaoTi^s TLS KaLoapev? ydoTpav Kara-
QTpeipas^ Kal vapd ttjv e'ioohov avTojv Bep.evos
np0(7U'K060lJ.il VFiC.
^
Niese ingeniously conjectures Karaarf^pas "wreathed

2
like an altar"; c/. B. i. 37H where the words are confused,

but here no correction seems necessary.
" Xero's decision must have been given some years

434.
with them the text of the decision, and it was now

that the war opened, in the twelfth year of the
principate of Nero, and the seventeenth of the reign c. May
of Agrippa, in the month of Artemisius." The *'^- ^^'
ostensible pretext for war was out of proportion to
the magnitude of the disasters to which it led. The
Jews in Caesarea had a synagogue adjoining a plot The affa
of ground owned by a Greek of that city this site gynaôs
;
they had frequently endeavoured to purchase, offer- atCaasf

ing a price far exceeding its true value. The pro-
prietor, disdaining their solicitations, by way of insult
further proceeded to build upon the site and erect
workshops, leaving the Jews only a narrow and
extremely awkward passage. Thereupon, some of
the hot-headed youths proceeded to set upon the
builders and attempted to interrupt operations.
Florus having put a stop to their violence, the
Jewish notables, with John the tax-collector, having
no other expedient, offered Florus eight talents of
silver to procure the cessation of the work. Florus,
with his eye only on the money, promised them every
assistance, but, having secured his pay, at once
quitted Caesarea for Sebaste,^ leaving a free field to
sedition, as though he had sold the Jews a licence to
fight the matter out.
(5) On the following day, which was a sabbath,
when the Jews assembled at the synagogue, they
found that one of the Caesarean mischief-makers had
placed beside the entrance a pot, turned bottom
earlier, sincethe decisive part in the matter was played by

Pallas {A. XX. 182). who died in 62 (Tac. Ann. xiv. 65). But
the decision led to increased trouble at Caesarea and ulti-
mately to war {A. xx. 181). Artemisius is a month in spring
or early summer in the Macedonian calendar which is
followed throughout the War. " Samaria.
435
JOSEPHUS
€7T€6u€V OpveiS. TOVTO TOV? ^lovhaLOU? dvT^K'eCTTCO?
Tiapoj^vvev ojg v^piofxlvajv {jlcuY avrol? tojv
29^ vofjiojv, iJL€iJLLaafJL€i'ov be rod x^P^^^- '^^ fiev ovu
evoradeg Kal rrpaov IttI tovs rjyefJLOvas dvatfyevyeiu
wero xprjvai, ro oraaLcohes Se Kal Iv^ I'eoTrjTL
Âey/Liairoi- eêKatero rrpo? pLO-XTji'. TrapeaKevaajjce-
voL 8' elorrjKeGav ol tujv Kataapcojv OTaaLaaral,
rov yap eTTtdvaoi'Ta 7rpo—€7T6iJb(f)eGav €K ovvrdy-
291 /xaros", Kal Taêoj? eyevero avfiôX-q. TrpooeXOujv
he ^Yo-UKovvhos 6 StaKojAuetv reraypievo? LTTTrdpx'rjS
TTji' re ydarpav alpei Kal KaraTraveLV eTreiparo rrjv
ordaiv. rjTTWfievou 5' avrov rrjs tojv Katcrapecoi^
îas 'lofSatot tovs v6p.ovs dprrdoavres dvexojprjoav
els Napâra* X^P^ '^'•S" olvtow ovtoj KaXelrai
292 GTahiovs e^-qKOvra hiexovaa ttj? Katcrapeta?* ol
8e Trepl rov ^lojduvrjv Bvvarol hojheKa irpos (t>Xa)pov
iXdovres els êâorrji' drrajSvpovro Trepl tojv ne-
TTpayjjievojv Kal ôrj6eu> iKeTevov, alS-qfiovcos vtto
pLifivrjGKoi'Tes Tcbv OKTuj TaXdvTOJV 6 he Kal ov\- .
Xaôjv ehrjoev rovs dvhpas, alricopLevos VTrep rov

TOVS vopLovs eêveyKeZv ttjs Kaioapelas.
293 (6) Ylpos TOVTO TOJV ev ']epoooXvpLOLS dyavd-
KTTjOis rjVf en fievTOL tovs dvfiovs KaTeZxov. 6 he
OAcupos" aioTTep r]pyoXa^rjK<jJS eKpnTil,eiv tov ttoAc-
ixov, TTemljas irrl rov lepov d-qaavpov eâipel
heKae-nrd TaXavra, OKrupdpLevos Îs rds Kalaapos
^
C: om. the rest. ' om. ^f Niese.
" An insinuation as acutely suggested by Reiand. that the

Jews were lepers, for whom, under the Law, birds were to
4.S6
upwards, upon which he was sacrificing birds." This

spectacle of what they considered an outrage upon
their laws and a desecration of the spot enraged
the Jews beyond endurance. The steady-going and
peaceable members of the congregation were in
favour of immediate recourse to the authorities but ;
the factious folk and the passionate youth were

burning for a fight. The Caesarean party, on their
side, stood prepared for action, for they had, by a
concerted plan, sent the man on to the mock sacrifice ;
and so they soon came to blows. Jucundus, the

cavalry commander commissioned to intervene, came
up, removed the pot and endeavoured to quell the
riot, but was unable to cope with the violence of the
Caesareans. The Jews, thereupon, snatched up their The Jew
copy of the Law and withdrew to Narbata, a Jewish Jaesarei
district sixty furlongs distant from Caesarea.** Their and vaii
leading men, twelve in number, with John at their piJrus,
head, waited upon Florus at Sebaste, bitterly com-
plained of these proceedings and besought his assist-
ance, delicately reminding him of the matter of the
eight talents.^ Florus actually had them arrested
and put in irons on the charge of having carried off
the copy of the Law from Caesarea.
(6) This news roused indignation at Jerusalem, Florus
though the citizens still restrained their feelings. Tempfe
But Florus, as if he had contracted to fan the flames ferment
of war, sent to the temple treasury and extracted
seventeen talents, making the requirements of the
be killed in an earthen vessel (Lev. xiv. 4
f.). The charge
that Moses and the Israelites whom he led out of Egypt
were lepers occurs constantly in the Contra Apionem {e.g.
i. 279 if.).
* The " toparchy " of Narbata is mentioned later, § 509.

« §287.
437
.T05EPHUS
^'
€v6eoj? ef^^^ 'ôv hijjJLOv, Kat
cr^Vx'^<^^^
204 XP^^^^-
ovvdpafi6vr€S to lepov ôals hiaTTpvoioLS to
et?
Kato-apos- aveKaXovv ovojjia kol rij? OAcupou rvpav-
295 vtSo? iXevdepovv o(j)ds lk€T€VOV. €vlol 8c rail'
oraotaoTcJv Xoihopias alox^crrovs etV toi^ OAcopov
€K€Kp6.y€OaV KOL KaVOVV 7T€pL(f)epOl>T€? iTTrjTOVV^
avro) Kepfiara KadaTrep aKXrjpcp /cat raXaLTTcopcu.
ToijroLg ovK dveTpaTn] rrjv <l)t.Xapyvpiav, dAA' eVi
296 TO /xaAAov ;\;pr;/LtaTtaaaât TrapajpyiGdrj. heov yovv
els Kaiaapetai^ e'Aôi^Ta o/Seoat to tou TToXepiov
TTvp eKeldev apxopievov Koi rrjg rapa^T]? dveXcZu
Tag atVtab, e^' a> /cat pnoOov eXa^€v, 6 8e /xcto.
GTpaTLOL? Ittttlkt]? t€ Kal 7T€l,LKrjg €771 lepoooAi^jLtcov '
wpfjLYjGev, Lva Tot? 'Poj/xatojp' ottXols ipyda-qraL^

/cat to; 8eet /cat Tat? d77etAat? neptSvafj rrjv ttoXlv.
297 (~) '0 8e hrjfjLog TTpoSvooj-rjaat Trjv 6pi.Lr)v
avTOV ôvXopLevog VTravra Tot? OTpaTLcvTatg /li6T*
€V(f)r)pLias /cat toi^ OAwpoi' depaTTevriKwg e/c8e;\;6-
298 aât rrapeoKevdoaTo /cd/ceti/o? 77po77e/x(/fa? ctui^ tV-

.
TievoLV KaTTLTcova eKaTOVTdpxTju dua-

7T€VTrjKOUTa
Xojpelv avTovseKeXevoev, /cat /x-)) 77p6? op" outojs
iXoiSoprioav aia;(pais" elpcoueveaOaL to? iûv (f)LXo'
299 (j)povqoeLS' helv yap avrovg, etVep yevvaloi eloLU
/cat TTapprjGLaoTaL, okco7tt€lv jj,ev ainov /cat
TTapovra, <j)aiveGdaL be fir) fiovov iv tol? Xoyoi?,
3(Xi ctAAd /cdi' Tots" 077Aot? (l)LX€X€vd€povg . TOirroi9
/caTaTrAayev' to TrXijOog, d/xa /cat tcDv' 77€pt Ka-
TTLTOJva l777T€a>v €1? fxeGOV (fyepofJLevojv , buGKeSdadrj
TTplv doTrdaaodai tov ^Xojpov rj Tot? GTpaTLcoTats
^ dnTjToiv PA.M.
* -i-ro ôv\6fjL€i'oi> C: r/. "ad quod uolebat uteretur " Lat.
and for t6 l^.
A. x\\. 390.
438
JEWISH WAR. IT 29^-300
imperial service his pretext." Instantly fired by this

outrage, the people rushed in a body to the temple
and with piercing cries invoked the name of Caesar,
imploring him to liberate them from the tyranny of
Florus. Some of the malcontents railed on the pro-
curator in the most opprobrious terms and carrying
round a basket begged coppers for him as for an
unfortunate destitute. These proceedings, however,
far from checking his avarice, only provoked him to
further peculation. Accordingly, instead of betaking
himself, as he should have done, to Caesarea, to extin-
guish the flames of war, there already breaking out,
and to root out the cause of these disorders a task for—
—
which he had been paid he marched with an army ^ of
cavalry and infantry upon Jerusalem, in order to at-
tain his object with the aid of the Roman arms, and by
means of intimidation and menaces to fleece the city.
(7) The citizens, anxious to forestall and make him Fioru.s a
ashamed of his intention, went to meet the troops ^6'^"*^''^
with acclamations, and prepared to give Florus an
obsequious reception. He, however, sent on ahead
a centurion, Capito, with fifty horsemen, and ordered
the Jews to retire and not to mock with this show of
cordiality one whom they had so grossly abused if ;
they were courageous and outspoken persons (so ran

his words) they ought to jeer at him in his very
presence and to show their love of liberty not only
in words but with arms in hand. Dismayed by this
message and by Capito's cavalrymen charging into
their ranks, the crowd dispersed, before they had a
chance of saluting Florus or giving the soldiers proof
" Perhaps because their payment of tribute was in arrear,
§ -1-03 (Reinach).
* Apparently he had only a single cohort (§ 332).
439
JOSEPHUS
<f)av€p6v TTOiTjoai TO TTeidrjVLOV. avaxajprjoavre^
8e etV TOLS" OLKLas fJL€ra heovs Kal raTretvoTr^ro?
ivvKTepevaav.^
301 (8) OAoJpo? Tore fiev eV tol? âcrtAetot?
8e
avAiJcrat, ttJ 8'
varepaia PrjP'OL rrpo avrojv
dcjjLevo? Ka6ei,€TaL, Kal TrpooeXdovres ol re o.p\L-
epel? Kal hvuarol to re yva)pip,ojTarov rrjg TToAeo)?^
302 TTapioTTjoav rep ^rjiiaTL. tovtols 6 OAajpo? €/<€-
AeuCTev Tovs Xoihopiâavr as ainov eVSowat, â/x€-

vo? a-UTovg aTToXa-uaeLV rrjs dpLVvrjs, el jjltj irpo-
dyoiev rovg alrLov?. ol 8e rov fiev SrjpLOv d7T€(f}r]vav^
elp-qvLKa. (f)povovvTa, roZs he Trapacfydeyâpevois
303 fjTovvro avyyvcop.riv ev yap rouovr oj TrXrjdei dav-
pLaoTov pev ovhev eivai riiâ? Opaavrepoug Kal 8t*
riXiKLav d(f>pova?, dpLrjâiôv 8e tcuv rjpLaprrjKorajv

TTjv hidKpiOLv eKaorov pLerauoovvTog Kal Seei* d
304 behpaKeu dpvovpepov. Setv pevroi ye eKelvov, el
TTpovoeZ rrjg Kara to edvos elp-qvrjs Kal ôvXerai
*Pa»/Ltatot? 7TepLO<jjt,eLV rrjv ttoXlv, pidXXov 8td tou?
TToAAou? dKaraLTLdrovs <Jvyyva>vaL Kal rot? oAiyot?
rrXrjpLpLeX-qoaoLU r) St' oXlyovg TTOvqpovg rapdâi
Srjpou dyaOoi^ rooovrov.
305 (9) Hpo? ravra pdXXop TrapoûvOels ipLôa TOt?
OTpaTttuTat? rrjv KaXovpevT^v
hiapTTdleiu
dvcjj
dyopdu Kal rovs evrvyxdvovras. ol 8'

Kteiveiv
e-nidvpia Kephovs TrpooXaôvres r^yepoviK-qv Trapa-
KeXevatw ov pLOUOv e<f>* ov e7Tep(j)6-qoav tottov
7Jp7Ta(,ov, dAA' els Trdoas ip.TTiq'bCjvres rds olKias
* biivvKT€f>ii.aav VRC (the usual word in Josephus).
* + irav VRC. ' aTTicpcxLiôv VRC,
* Destinon :
5*' mss.
440
of their obedience. They retired to their homes

and passed the night in terror and dejection.
(8) Florus lodged at the palace, and on the follow-
ing day had a tribunal placed in front of the building
and took his seat the chief priests, the nobles, and
;
the most eminent citizens then presented themselves

before the tribunal. Florus ordered them to hand
over the men who had insulted him, declaring that
they themselves would feel his vengeance if they
failed to produce the culprits. The leaders, in reply,
declared that the people were peaceably disposed
and implored pardon for the individuals who had
spoken disrespectfully. It was not surprising, they
said, that in so great a crowd there should be some
reckless spirits and foolish youths but to pick out
;
the delinquents was impossible, as everyone wâs now

penitent and would, from fear of the consequences,
deny what he had done. If, then, Florus cared for
the peace of the nation and wished to preserve the
city for the Romans, he ought to pardon the few
offenders for the sake of the many innocent, rather
than, because of a few rascals, to bring trouble upon
such a host of good citizens.
(9) This speech merely increased the exasperation
He deiiv(
of Florus, who now shouted to the soldiers to sack h^s sofdil
the agora known as the " upper market," and to for piunc
<*
kill any whom they encountered. The troops, whose massacre

lust for booty was thus backed by their general's
order, not only plundered the quarter which they
were sent to attack, but plunged into every house and
" The upper city or upper agora, viz. the south-west
quarter of the town. See B. v. 137 f. for the citv hills :

(1) upper city [S.W.], (2) lower city or Akra [S.E.], (3) a
third which had disappeared in the time of Josephus
[probably N.E.] with G. A. Smith, Jerusalem^ ii. 448 note.
;
441
,
JOSEPHUS
306 ea(hatov tou? OLKTjTopa?. <f)vyr) 8' rjv Ik tcui^
orevojTTOjv kol (f)6vo? rujv KaraXa/jLâvo/JLCvajv

rpoTTOS T€ dpTTayfjg ovdel? TrapeXeLTTcro, /cat 770A-
Xov9 rcjjv iJL€TpLajv ovXXaôvres eVt tov (t>Xojpov
dvrjyov ov? fidariîv 77 poaiKLodpLevo? dvearav-
307 pojoev. 6 de^ CTt'/XTra? TtDv' eKeivqs d7ToXop,€vwv
TTJg Tjiiepas dpidpios avv yvvai^lv Kal reKVois, ovSe
yap vrjTTLOJV dTreaxovro, rrepl TpLG^îXiovs^ Kal iâ-
308 Kooiovs ovvrj-)(dri. âpvrepav re IttoUl ttjv ovp.-
<f)opdv TO KaLvov TTJg 'PcD/iatcuy ajp-orriTos' o yap
fjL-qbels Trporepov rore OAcupo? iroXpLrjuev, dvhpas
LTTTTLKov rdypbaros piaariycoaaL re Trpo rov ^qp.aros

Kal aravpo) TTpoG-qXajoai, (Lv el Kal to yevos 'lou-
halov^ dXXd yovv rd d^lojpLa 'Pwpia'CKOv rjv.
309 (xv. 1) Kara rovrov rov Kaipov 6 iîev â-
GiXevs WypLTTTTas ervx^v elg rrjv WXe^dvhpeiav
7T€7TOp€VpL€VOS, OTTOJ? WXe^dvbpO) OVVqadeir] 776771-
crevpLevoj rrjv Ar/VTrrov vtto Slpujvos Kal 77e/x-

310 (f)d€vrL hieTTeiv. rrjv dSeAcî^v §e avrov êpvLKrjv
rrapovaav iv 'lepoGoXvpLoig Kal rr]v Trapavopilav
rojv orpariancov deojpLevrjv heivov elarjeL irddos,
Kal TToX^dKL? rovg re LTTTrdpôvs eavrrjg Kal
cra)/xaTo</)uAaKa? TrepLTTOvua Trpos OXoJpov ebelro
311 TTavaaadai, rov <l)6vov. Kal 6 p.ev ovre els rd
TrXrjdo? rojv dvaipovpLevajv ovre els rrjV evyeveiav,
rrjs TTapaKaXovcrqs , dXX els pLovov rd XvaureXes
312 TO eK rojv dpTraywv dTTO^Xerrcuv Ttap-qKOvaev. rj
d' dppLTj rojv orparLOjrujv eXvaarjoev Kal Kara rrjs
/SaatAtdos" ov pidvov yovv ev opLpLaaLv avrrjs flKt-
ôvro rovs dXtoKopLevovs Kal dLe(f)deLpov, ciAAd
1 6 701'^ VRC. 2 VRC: TpidKovra PAM.
' ML: 'loroatajj/ or 'loioatoi the rest.
442
slaughtered the inmates. There ensued a stampede

through the narrow alleys, massacre of all who were
caught, every variety of pillage many of the peace-
;
able citizens were arrested and brought before Florus,

•who had them first scourged and then crucified. The
total number of that day's victims, including women
and children, for even infancy received no quarter,
amounted to about three thousand six hundred. The
calamity was aggravated by the unprecedented
character of the Romans' cruelty. For Florus
ventured that day to do what none had ever done
before, namely, to scourge before his tribunal and
nail to the cross men of equestrian rank, men who,
if Jews by birth, were at least invested with that
Roman dignity.
King Agrippa, at this moment, was absent, ineffectu;
(xv. 1)
having gone to Alexandria to offer his congratulations 0^^^^ °*
to Alexander," recently sent to take over the govern- Bemice t
ment of Egypt, with which he had been entrusted
by Nero. Agrippa's sister Bernice, however, who
was at Jerusalem, witnessed with the liveliest
emotion the outrages of the soldiers, and constantly
sent her cavalry-commanders and life-guards to
Florus to implore him to put a stop to the carnage.
But he, regarding neither the number of the slain nor
the exalted rank of his suppliant, but only the profit
accruing from the plunder, turned a deaf ear to her
prayers. The mad rage of the soldiers even vented
itself upon the queen. Not only did they torture
and put their captives to death under her eyes, but
<•
Tiberius Alexander, previously procurator of Judaea
(§ 220 note), and brother-in-law of Bernice {A. xix. 276 f.).
443
.
JOSEPHUS
Kciv avTXjV aveiXov, el fir] Kara^vyelv etV rr]V
âoiXLKy]v avXrjv €(f)9r), KOLKel htevvKTepevaev /xera
(f)vXaKrj'i hehoLKula rrjv rojv arpaTLajrayv €(l)ohov.
313 €77€bi]iJL€L 8' iv Toi? * lepoGoXvfjLOLg €vxr]u EKTeXovcra
TO) Oeoj- Toi)? yap tj vogco KaraTTovovp,ivovs rj
TLOLv aAAats" avayKais edo<; eu;(€crât-npo rpid-
Kovra dnoScooeLV fxeXXoLev 6vGia<; oivov
-qfxepojv rjs
314 re kol ^vprjaeadaL^ rds K6yLa<;. d 817
dcjilêoOai
Kal Tore TeXovua BepvLKrj yufivoTTOvg re rrpo rov
^rjfjLaros lk€T€V€ rov <t>Xa)pov, Kal Trpos ro) p,r)
TVX€LV alhovs avrrf rov nepl rov 1,-qv klvSuvov
eveipaaev.
315 {"2) Tavra fX€V ovv e^KaLheKarrj fx-qvo? 'Apre-
fxiOLOV GUvrjvexOrj, 8* imovGrj ro fxev ttXtjOo?
rfj
V7T€p7Tad7]Gav 61? rrjv dvoj Gweppevoev dyopdv kol
jSoat? iâcGLOLg rrepl rwv drroXcoXorajv dvcohvpero'
ro rrXiov 8e -qGav els rov ^Xojpov i7TL(f)dovoi (f>ojvai.
316 TTpos o heiGavres ol hvvarol ovv rolg dpxt^peuGLV
rds iodrjra? Trepiepp-qâvro, Kal TTpoGTriiTrovres
eKaoroLS^ eSeovro TravGaodai Kal pLrj rrpog ois
TTeTTOvdaoLv els dvrjKeGrov ri rov OAcupov epeBit,eiv.
317 eTTeiodr) he ro ttXtjOos ra\eojs alhoZ re row vapa-
KaXo-6vra>v Kal Kar^ eXTtiha rov fjLrjhev en rov
^Xcjpov els avrovs TrapavofxriGeiv
318 (3) '0 8€ GpeGdeLGrjs rijs rapax^S rJxOero Kal
ndXiv avrrjv dvdi/jau Trpayfiarevofjievos rovs re
dpxi^pels Gvv roLS yvajpijiois iier aire pur erai Kal
pLOVov e<f)T] reKpL-qpiov eGeodai rod pLTjhev en rov
^ Dindorf ^vprjrraadai (-icraadai) MS9.
:
2 Destinon: avrrif mss.

3 VRC (Lat. ?): cKaaTos the rest.
" A Nazirite vow, c/. Acts xxi. 2S-26. Thirty days was
444
they would have killed her also, had she not hastened
to seek refuge in the palace, where she passed the
night surrounded by guards, dreading an attack of
the troops. She was visiting Jerusalem to discharge
a vow to God for it is customary for those suffering
;
from illness or other affliction to make a vow to ab-

stain from wine and to shave their heads during the
thirty days preceding that on which they must offer
sacrifices." These rites Bernice was then undergoing,
and she would come barefoot before the tribunal and
make supplication to Florus, without any respect
being shown to her, and even at the peril of her life.
(2) These events took place on the sixteenth
of^June^
the month Artemisius. On the following day the Mou'rnin
multitude, overcome with distress, flocked to the^^®*^®^^
upper agora, uttering terrific lamentations for the
dead, but the shouts of imprecation upon Florus pre-
ponderated. Alarmed at this outburst, the leading
men and the chief priests rent their clothes and,
falling at the feet of one after another of the mob,
implored them to desist, and not to provoke Florus,
after all they had endured, to some new and irre-
parable outrage. The multitude promptly complied,
alike out of respect for their petitioners, and in the
hope that Florus would spare them further enormities.
(3) The procurator was vexed at the extinction of
Fiprus
the tumult, and, with the object of relighting the cohorts

flames, sent for the chief priests and leading citizens
[Ja^satea
and told them that the people had but one way of
proving that they intended to refrain from any
the period of purification prescribed by the school of Shammai
for Nazirites completing a vow in Palestine ; the school of
Hillel was apparently more severe (Mishna, Nasir, iii. 6,
quoted by Schiirer).
" According to Niese's calculation.
445
JOSEPHUS
hrjfjLov veaiTepia€iv , el TrpoeXOovre^ vnavT'qoovGLu
Tot? 0770 KaiCTapeta? olulovglv crrpaTtdjrat?- Trapeyt-
319 vovTo be bvo UTTelpai. rcov 8' ert uvyKaXovvrajv
TO TrXrjdo? TTpoTTefiipas btebrjXou rolg rcov GTteipojv
eKO.TOVTOLpxoL?, OTTOj? TTapayyeiXcjjGiv rots v<j>*
eavTovs avTaoTTaaaoBaL rovs ^\ovhaiovs,

P-'T}'!'^
kolv tl Kar^ avTov <f)9eyâjurai ;)^pT]CTacrât rot?

320 ottAoi?. ol 8' apxiepels els to lepov ttjv nXiqOuv
(jvvayay6vTe<£ VTiavrdv rot? 'Pai/xatot? TrapeKaXovv
Kal 77 p6 avrjKearov Trddou? ra? OTreipas he^LOVodat.
rovroL? TO OTaotojdes rjTTeLdeL, /cat 8ta. tovs
dnoXajXoTag to ttXtjOo^ epperrev Trpo^ Tovg dpaav-
Tepovs
321 (4.) "Kvda Sr] Ttds p-ev lepevg nd? 8' VTr-qpeTiq?
rod deov rd dyta OKevrf TrpoKopiLaavTe? /cat rov

KoopLOv, eV d) XeLTovpyelv edos tjv avTols, dva-
XaôvTes, KidapLGTai re /cat vpLVOjbol /xera tcl)V
opydvojv TTpoGeTn-TTTOv Kal KaTrjVTiôXovif <f}vXdâL
Tov lepov KOGpLov auTot? /cat pLrj npo? dpTrayrjv
322 TOW Beiojv KetpL-qXlcow 'Pcu/xat'ous' epeOiGai. tovs
8' dpxLepel<^ auTou? -qv Ihelv /cara/xcu/xeVous' /xev
TTjS Ke(j>aXri<; kovlv,^ yvpivovs 8e to, GTepva rwv

iod-qTajv bLeppriyp.evojv ^ 6vop.aGTL 8' eKaorov rcov
yvojpip.ojv Kal Kowfj to ttAtJô? iKerevov pLrj 8t*
eXax^GT-qg TrXripLp-eXeiag Trpohovvai ttjv TTarpiba
323 rot? emdupLOVGLU TTopOr^GaL- riva yap rj rotS"
GTpaTLojTacs (f)epeLV aj(f)eXeLau rou otto ^lovbalcov
doTTaGpLOV r) hLOpdcOGlV aVTolg TCOU GVpiê^rjKOTOJV
324 TO pLTj vvi' TrpoeXBeZv ; el be brj be^tojoaLVTo tou?
^ LVKC (cf. § 601): Tr,v K((pa\riv AOfft PAM.

^ wepitppTjyfj.ii'Uv LVRC.
446
JEWISH WAR, II. 318-S24
further revolutionary proceedings, namely to go out

and meet the troops coming up from Caesarea two—
cohorts being at the time on their way. Then, while and sends
the leaders were still convening the people for the pjf^te
purpose, Florus sent word to the centurions of the instruc-
cohorts to instruct their men not to return the salute
of the Jews, and if they uttered a word in disparage-
ment of himself, to make use of their arms. The
chief priests, meanwhile, having assembled the
multitude in the temple, exhorted them to meet the The priest
advancing Romans and to prevent any irremediable Je?\^s\*Jf
disaster by giving a courteous reception to the submit.
cohorts. To this advice the factious party refused
to listen, and the crowd, influenced by their memory
of the fallen, inclined to the bolder policy.
(4) Then it was that every priest and every minister
of God, bearing in procession the holy vessels and
wearing the robes in which they were wont to per-
form their priestly offices, the harpers also and the
choristers with their instruments, fell on their knees
and earnestly implored the people to preserve for
them these sacred ornaments, and not to provoke the
Romans to pillage the treasures of the house of God.
Even the chief priests might then have been seen
heaping dust upon their heads, their breasts bared,
their vestments rent. They appealed by name to
each of the notables individually and to the people
as a whole not, by offending in so trifling a matter,
to deliver up their country to those who were eager
to sack it. " After all," they asked, " what would
the troops profit by receiving a salute from the
Jews ? What reparation for past events would they
themselves obtain by now refusing to go out ? If,
on the contrary, they welcomed these new-comers
447
J05EPHUS
TTpoaiovTas cl»? Iô?, OAojpoj yikv aTTOKOTT-qaeadai
TTju d(f)opfMrjv rov
KepS-qoetv S* aurou?
TroAe/xov,
T-)]!^ TTarpiha kol to fn]dev Tzaêtv ttXIov. aAAco?
re Kat to TreiBôdai Graaiatôvaiv oAr/ot?, Seov
avTovs Sijfiov ovra? roaovrov ovvavayKatêiv kol-
Kîvovs ovvevyvojpioveiv ,^ heivrjs aKpaoias elvai.
325 (•^) Toirrots' pueiXioooiievoi to ttXtjOo? a/xa /cat
Tcui' aTaCTtacrrtuv ovs fiev aTretAat?, ous" Se atSot
KareoreiXav . erreira i^-qyoviievoi /i,e^' rjcvxô.?

re /cat kog/jlov rot? arpaTLcoraig vtttjvtcov /cat
ttXtjoIov yevopbdvovs rjaTrdaavro' rcov 8e jjLrjhev
OLTTOKpLvapievajv ol GTaaiauTal OAoSpou Kareôojv.

326 7"oi^' 'î' ovvdr^pia /car' aOrcDv ScSo/xeVoi^* aurt/ca
youy ot orpartwrat TTepiaxovTe? avrovs eTraiou
$vXoLs, /cat <f>€vyovTas ol tTZTret? /caraStoi/coi^re?
CTUveTrarouy. eTTLTrrov he 77oAAot /xei' utto 'Pa>-
pLalajv rvTTTopLevoL, ttXclous S' utt' dAArjAajv /3ta-
327 C6pL€VOL. Setvo? Se Trept ra? TruAa? (L6 capos r]v,
/cat (f)ddv€LU eKaGTov GTrevSovros ^pahvripa pikv r^
<f)vyrj ttclglv iyivero, rcou 8e G<f)aXewTOJU dTTcvXeiO
heiurj' 7TVLy6pL€voL yap /cat /cAco/xeiôt TrAi^êt rcDi
eTTLâivovrojv koI ovhe Trpog ra(f)rii
rj(i>avil,ovTO,
328 ''"'S" yvojpLpos rols l6lols KareXeLTrero. gvi^€lg-

eTTLTTTov^ 8e /cat GrpaTLOjraL Traiovres dv4hr]v rou<
KaraXapLâvopevous /cat 8ta rrj? Beêâ KaAou
pLevrjsdvecoOouv to TrXrjdos, ^taô/Ltevot TrapeXdet)
/cat KparrjGai tov re UpoO /cat rr^? 'A^'ra>lHa?
^ au'eiSai/xoê?;' PAL.
2 Bekker: awein.vTov mss.
" Or " New city," the northernmost suburb, include
within the unfinished wall of Agrippa I {B. v. 151 fF.).

448
with their customary courtesy, they would cut away

from Florus all ground for hostihties and gain for
themselves their country and freedom from further
molestation. And then, above all, what utter feeble-
ness it showed to be guided by a handful of rebels,
when they ought instead with their numerous body
to coerce even these malcontents to join in their
"
,
own rational policy !
(5) By these remonstrances they succeeded in Receptioi

soothing the multitude, while they quelled the rebels cihirts:
partly by menaces, partly by appealing to their feel- a fresh
^°
ings of respect. Then, taking the lead, they ad-
j
vanced in quiet and orderly fashion to meet the
i
troops, and on the approach of the latter saluted
them. The cohorts making no response, the rebels
started clamouring against Florus. This was the
given signal for falling upon the Jews. In an instant
the troops were round them, striking out with their
clubs, and on their taking flight the cavalry pursued
and trampled them under their horses' feet. Many
fell beneath the blows of the Romans, a still larger
number under the pressure of their own companions.
I
Around the gates the crush was terrible as each
;
! strove to pass in first, the flight of all was retarded,

j
and dreadful was the fate of any who stumbled ;
suffocated and mangled by the crowds that trod them

j
down, they were obliterated and their bodies so dis-
figured that their relatives could not recognize them
1 to give them burial. The troops pushed in with the
fugitives, mercilessly striking anyone who fell into
their hands, and so thrust the crowd back through
the quarter called Bezetha," trying to force their way
through and occupy the temple and the castle of
VOL. II Q 449
JOSEPHUS
wv Koi OAajpo? i(f)L6iJL€vo? i^'TJye rrjg âoLîKrj^
avXi)? TOi)? Gvv avTO) kol Trpog ro (fypovpLov IXBelv
329 riyojvitero. Siyj/xapreV ye p.riv rrj? emôXr)?'^
6 yap brjfjio? avTLKpu? e77tCTTpaêt? etpyev rrjv
opfjLTju,^ Kal hLaardvres irTL rcjv reycov rovg 'Poj-
fjLaiovg eâXXov. KaTaTTOvovfJLevoc 8e rot? virepdev
êXeoLv Kal hiaKOipai to rov? orevojTTOV? €p,(f)pdâv
TrXrjdo? daOevrjaavres dvexcopovv els ro rtpos tol^
,
/SacrtAetot? orparoTreBov.
330 (6) Oi he Graoiaaral heioavreg p.rj ttolXlv
eTTeXdoju 6 (t>X(jjpo? KpaT-qcTj rov Upov Sid rrj?
Âvrajviag, dva^dure? evOeco? rd? crvvex^^? (JTod<;
331 Tov Upov 77po? T-qv 'Ai^TOJt'tav' 8te/<:oi/fav. tout'
eipvêv TTju ^Xujpov TrXeove^tav rojv yap rou
deov drjoavpcov e<j>iep,€vo<; Kal 8ta rovro TrapeXdelv
iTTidvpLcov et? rrjP 'AvTOJvtai^, w? aTTeppdyrjaau at
oroal, r-qv opfi-qv dverpdnr], Kal fjLeraTTefMifjdiJLevo?
TOV? T€ apxêpel^ Kal rrju ôvXr]v avrog pikv
e'^teVat rrjs TToXeojs ^'r], (f>povpdv 8' iyKaraXelipeiM
332 avTOL? dv d^LOjacouLV. ra)v 8e Trdvra rrepl
oorjv
do(f>aXeia? Kal tov fx-qhkv vewreplaeLv VTroaxofie'
vwv, el fjLLav ainols KaraXeirroL OTrelpav, (jlt) p-ev-
TOL Trfv p.axeGap,evriv , Trpo? ydp ravrrju drrexOd)?
8t' a TTeTTOvdev ^X^'-^
'^^ dXXdâ? rrjv
TrXrjdo?,
OTTelpav, tus" Tj^LOVv, p-erd rrjg Xonrrjg hvvdp.eoj(^
VTreorpeifjev Katoapetav.
et?
333 (xvi, 1) 'Krepav Se eTTiôXrjv^ rcjp rroXepLO)
7Topi.l,6pLevos eTTecrreXXev KeaTtoj ^\ovhaia>v drro-
^ L Lat. : iTriôi\r/s the rest. * t??? 6p/j.ri<; P: om. Lat.
' iwiôvXvu PAM and second hand of L.
" i.e. the cohort which Florus himself had brought into
the city (§ -296) and which had sacked the Upper Market.
4,50
Antonia. Florus, with the same object in view, led

his men out from the court of the palace and struggled
to reach the fortress. But he was foiled in this
purpose for he found himself faced by the people,
;
w^ho turned upon him and checked his advance, while

others, posting themselves along the roofs, kept the
Romans under continuous fire. Overwhelmed by
the missiles from above and incapable of cutting
their way through the crowds that blocked the
narrow alleys, the soldiers beat a retreat to their
camp adjoining the palace.
(6) Fearing, however, that Florus might return to The Jews
the attack and capture the temple by way of the porticoes
fortress Antonia, the Jewish revolutionaries instantly ^^^°^î"^
mounted the porticoes which connect the two build-
ings and cut the communication. This manoeuvre
cooled the cupidity of Florus for it was God's
;
treasures that he coveted and that had made him

so eager to reach Antonia, and now that the porticoes
were broken down, his ardour was checked he sent ;
for the chief priests and the council, and told them
that he intended to quit the city, but would leave Florus
them whatever garrison they desired. In reply, they jerasaiem

undertook to maintain perfect order and to prevent
any revolution, provided that he left them a single
cohort, but not the one which had fought," as the
people bore it a grudge on account of what they
had suffered from it. He, accordingly, changed the
cohort, as they requested, and with the remainder
of his forces returned to Caesarea.
(xvi. 1) With a view to providing further ground Cestius
for hostilities, Florus now sent a report to Cestius, eaSissary

investigat
Florus leaves one of the two cohorts wiiich had just arrived thepositi
from Caesarea.
451
JOSEPHUS
oraaiv KaraêuSd/xevo?, rrjv r€ dpxv^ ^'^'^ f^^^XV^
Trepidelg avrol?, Kal Spdoai Xdyojv eVetvous" a
TTeTTOvSeaav. ov yLTjV ovb" ol rcov 'lepocroAu^cov
apxovTes eoiyrjoav, dAA' avrol re Kal Bepvt/07
Toj KeoTLcu TTepl d)V OAaJpo? €t? Tr]v ttoXlv irap-qvo-
334 fiTjoev iypacpov. 6 be ra rrap" api(j>olv avayvov<;
fjL€Ta Tcou riyefioucjv iôvXevero. rolg p.€U ovv
avrou^ idoKeu Ke'artov pterd orparid? dvaâlveiv
rj TLp.(jjprio6p.evov rrjv OLTTooTaaLV, el yeyovev, tj
êâioTepou? KaraoTrjaoura 'loLiSat'ous" Kal ovfi-

fievovrag, avTuj be TTpoTTejjufjaL' row eralpcov tou
KaraoKeipoiJLevov ra rrpdypiara Kal ra (f)povi^fjiara

335 rojv 'louSat'cov Trtcrrdj? dvayyeXovvra. rrefirrei 817^
riva rcjv x'-^'-dpX^^ SearroXiravov,* o? drTO rrjs
*AXeâvhpeLa? v7T0Grpe<f)0vrL Trepirvxdjv WypiTTTTq

roj âoiXel Kara ÎdfiueLav rov re Trejjufjavra Ka\
ra? atVta? edrjXojaev.
336 (2) "Ei^â Kal ^lovbaicov ol re dpxêpel? d/xo
Tots hvvarol^ Kal r) ôvXr] rraprjv he^LOvixeviq roi
âaiXea. fierd be r-qv eh eKelvov depaireiav d-rr-
ojbvpovro rd? eavrcov au/xcôpd? Kal r-qv ^Xojpoi

337 bie^rjeaav oj/xdrr^ra. rrpd? rjv' -qyavaKrei <ê\
'Aypt7777a?, crrparrjyLKO)? be rrjv opyqv eh ov'

rjXeet 'lovbaiovg pLere(j>epev, raireivovv avrcjv ôv
Xofievog ra (fypovqfiara Kal rep (jlyj boKelv dbiKO)'
338 Tt TTadelv rij? dfivvqs drrorpe-rrajv. ol p,ev ovv, co
'
LCavTwu the rest: ora. Lat.
:
P: ' TLva the rest.

-f-
^ Cardwell: 5e or ovv dq ms3.

• Seoiro\iTav6v here and below VRC (as in Vita 1:21).
45^
Jews of revolt, representing them

falsely accusing the
and charging
as the aggressors in the recent fighting,
them with crimes of which in fact they were the
sufferers. However, the magistrates of Jerusalem,
on their side, did not remain silent they, too, wrote
:
to Cestius, as did also Bernice, on the subject of the

iniquities perpetrated upon the city by Florus.
Cestius, having read the dispatches from both parties,
took counsel with his officers. They were of opinion
that Cestius should go up in person to Jerusalem
with an army, either to punish the authors of the
revolt, if it was a fact, or to confirm the Jews in their
allegiance, if they still remained loyal to Rome. The
governor, however, decided first to send one of his
:?olleagues to investigate the position of affairs and
to present a faithful report to him of the temper of
the Jews. He accordingly dispatched the tribune
Neapolitanus, who fell in at Jamnia*^ with king Agrippa,
.\grippa as he was returning from Alexandria, and Jerusalem
nformed him who it was that had sent him on this
Tiission and what was its object.
(2) To Jamnia also came the chief priests of the inquiry or
Jews, the leading citizens and the council, to welcome torufs'aL
the king. After paying homage to him, they pro- Jerusalem
ceded to deplore the calamities which had befallen

them and to recount the brutalities of Florus.
A.grippa was indignant at their narrative, but diplo-
matically turned his resentment upon the Jews whom
it heart he pitied, wishing to humiliate their pride
ind, by appearing to disbelieve that they had
3een at all ill-treated, to divert them from revenge.
" Jamnia (Yehnah) in Philistia not being on the direct

•oute to Jerusalem from Caesarea (or Antioch), it is supposed
:hat Neapolitanus went out of his way to meet Agrippa.
453
JOSEPHUS
av ovreg eKKpiroi
koI 8td to.? iavrcov Kr-qaîs
€7ndviJL0vvT€<i Gvvieoav evvoLKTjv rrjv inl-
elprjvr]? ,
ttXti^lv tov âoiXecog- 6 he SrjfJLog Ik tojv 'lepooo-

XvfjLOJV iiTL i^TjKovra TrpoeXdojv crrahlov^ ede^touro
339 Toy 'AyptTTTrav Kal tov yêaTToXiTavov €kojkvou .
8e Kal Tojv d7T€a<f)ayiJL€vcov at yvvalKe? irpoeK-

diovoai, Kal Trpo? rrjv tovtojv olfjLwyrjv 6 SrjjJLog
els 6Xo(f)VpfjLovs TpaTTOfievos eTTLKovpelv rov WypiTT-
TTav Ik€T6V€v, TOV Tc NeaTToAiTavou KaT€p6a)v oaa
TTadoiev VTTO ^Xojpov, Kal TrapeXBovoLv els ttjv
ttoXlv T-qv T€ ayopav rjprjfjLajjJLevqv l-neheiKwaav Kal
340 7Te7TopdrjjJL€va? to.? OLKLas. eTreira St' WypLTrna
TTetdoVGL yeaTToXlTaVOV OVV €vl depOLTTOUTL
TOV
TTepieXdelv p-e^^pi tov SiAcud T-qv ttoXlv Iva yvo) ,
^lovbaiovg tol? jJLev aAAoi? 'Pco/xat'ots aTraaiv

etKOVTas, fiovcp 8' dn-exdavofievovs ^^Xcopcp 8t'
VTTepôXrjV TTjS ei's" avrovs (Lijlottjtos . 6 8' oj?
htoSevaas LKavrjv eXaêv ttj? vpaoTrjTO?
Trelpav
341 avToJv, TO Upov dvaâLV€L. evda uvyKaXioas
€t?
TO TrXrjdos, Kal ttoAAol /Ltev et? ttlgtlv avTovg ttjv
rrpos 'Pcu/xatoDS" eTraivioas ttoAAo, 8e els to TrjpeZv
,
T7]v elpT]V7]v TTpoTpexpap-evos Kal tov deov irpoa-

KVVTjGas odev e^rjv to. dyia, irpos Keartop' eTravrjei.
342 (3) 6 be TrXrjdos tcov ^lovhatojv eVt re tov
âoiXea Kal tovs dp)(LepeLS TpaTTOjievov TrepLTreiv
KaTOL OAcL»pou TTpioêis rjîov Trpos Sepojva Kal

/XT/ atcoTTcovTas enl togovto.) (I)6vcp KaTaXnreZv
eavTols VTTovoLav dTroGTaaeajs' hoêtv yap avTol
" The pool of Siloam at the south-east extremity of the

city.
* i.e. without passing the stone balustrade or parapet
{8pi'(paKTo$, soreg), which separated the outer from the inner
454
They indeed, being men of position, and as owners

of property desirous of peace, understood the
benevolent intention of the king's reprimand. But
the people of Jerusalem also came out to a distance
of sixty furlongs from the city to welcome Agrippa
and Neapolitanus ; the widows of the slain ran on in
advance uttering piercing cries, and to their shrieks
the people responded with lamentations, entreating
Agrippa to succour them, and loudly declaiming to
Neapolitanus all that they had suffered from Florus.
When they entered the city the Jews showed them
the agora a scene of desolation, and the houses
'plundered. Then, through the agency of Agrippa,
they induced Neapolitanus to make the tour of the
city as far as Siloam," with a single attendant, in
order to assure himself that the Jews were duly
subordinate to all the Roman officials, Florus alone
excepted, whom they hated for the excessive cruelty
with which he had treated them. Having traversed
the city and satisfied himself as to the amenable
temper of the inhabitants, Neapolitanus went up to
the Temple. Here he called the multitude together,
highly commended them for their loyalty to the
Romans and earnestly exhorted them to keep the
peace ; then, after paying his devotions to the
sanctuary of God from the permitted area,* he
returned to Cestius.
(3) The Jewish populace now turning to the king The
citiz
and the chief priests pressed them to send an embassy embassy

to Nero to denounce Florus, and not to remain silent ^î^^-
after so frightful a massacre, thereby leaving the
Jews under the suspicion of revolt as they would be
;
court, entry to the latter being forbidden to Gentiles under

pain of death (B. V. 193 f.).
^55
,
JOSEPHUS
Karapâi tcuv ottAcov, €t yur] <j)BaoavTes ivhelâLvro
343 TovKardp$avra. (f)av€pOL S' rjuav ovk -qpefirjaovres,
€1 r-qv TTpeoêiav rig OLTroKcoXvoi.^ 'AyptTTTTO, 8e
TO fiev yêtpoTovelv ^Xwpov Kar-qyopovs i7TL(f)dovov,
ro TrepitSetv 8e 'louSat'ou? ft? TrdAe/xoi' eKpiTti-
344 oSivTas oyhk"^ avTo) XvcnreXe? Kareâivero. Trpoa-
KaXâdpievo? he els rov ^varoi' to ttXtjOos Kal
TTapaurrjadiievos ev TrepiOTrrw rrjv dheX(f)r]v Bep-
VLKr]v €771 rrjs 'Aaa/xcovatcov otxrtas", avrr] yap -qv
errdvaj rod ^votov Trpos to nepav rrfs d-voj TToXems
Kal yecfivpa toj ^vgto) to lepov avvrJTTTev, 'AyptV-
770? eXeêv roidhe.
345 (4)
" Et piev ecopcuv Trdvras t'/xd? 7ToXep.elv
*PcxjpLaLOLg djpfjLr]pievovg Kal pirj rov hrjiiov ro
Kadapajrarov Kal elXiKpiveGrarov elprjvrjv dyeiv
TTpOTjprjfjLevovs, ovr^ dv TTaprjXdov els vp.ds ovre
GvpLôvXeveLv eddpp-qaa- Trepiaods yap VTrep rod rd
heovra TTOielv Trds Xoyos, drav fj rojv aKovovrajv
346 Trdvrojv Trpos ro x^^P^^ opLOVOia. eirel he rivds
fiev -qXiKia rcov ev TToXepLco KaKCJV aTrelparos, rtvds
he eX-rrls dXoyLoros eXevdeplas, eviovs he TrXeoveîa
^
dTTOKuXuei PAM. 2 Q . 0^-;,-^ t^g rest.
" The meaning of irpos to irepav ttjs duu TroXewy is un-

certain ; Reinach renders " et sa facade regardait les
terrains qui font vis-a-vis a la ville haute."
The Xystus, perhaps the gymnasium originally built by
*•
Jason {2 Niacc. iv. 9), was a place of exercise, apparently

mainly open to the air, with " polished " flag-stones from
which it took its name. Its exact position is uncertain :
it seems to have lain on the lower slopes of the western hill
(the upper city) above the Tyropoeon valley, which separated
the west and the east hills, or (G. A. Smith) in the valley
itself. The palace of the Hasmonaeans was to the west of it,
higher up the western hill ; in this palace Agrippa I had jj^
456
—
regarded as having commenced hostilities, unless

prompt measures were taken to denounce the real
aggressor. It was clear that they did not intend to
submit quietly to any opposition to the proposed
embassy. Agrippa saw how odious would be the
task of electing a body to accuse Florus, but reaHzed
also the danger, even to himself, of letting the flames
now smouldering in Jewish breasts break out into
war. He, accordingly, summoned the people to the
Xystus and placed his sister Bernice in a commanding
position on the roof of the palace of the Hasmonaeans,
which stood above the Xystus on the opposite side
of the upper town the Xystus was connected with
'^
;
the Temple by a bridge.'' Agrippa then delivered

the following speech ^ :
" Had I found you all bent on war with the Speech of
(4)
Romans, instead of seeing that the most honest and difsiSdê t
single-minded members of the community are deter- Jews from
[iiined to preserve the peace, I should not have

presented myself before you, nor ventured to offer
idvice ;for any speech in support of the right policy
s thrown away when the audience unanimously
'avours the worse. But seeing that the stimulus to
vvar is for some of you mere youthfulness which lacks
experience of its horrors, for others an unreflecting
lope of regaining independence, for yet others
constructed an apartment which commanded a view of the

nterior of the Temple {A. xx. 189 f.).
^ On the accuracy of the information given in the following
>peech, and apparently derived from some official source,
nonographs have been written by Friedlander, De fonte quo
losephus, B.J. ii. 16. 4, ustis sit (Konigsberg, 1873), and
Joinaszewski, "Die Dislokation des romischen Heeres im
fahre 66 n. Chr." {Rheinisches Museum, 1892, pp. 207-218).
owe these references to Drs. Th. Reinach and E. Schiirer.
VOL. II Q 2 457
JOSEPHUS
Tts" 7Tapo^vv€L Kal TO TTapoL Toju dadei>€(jr€pojv , iau
ra TTpdyfiara avyxvdfj, KepSos, ottcos avrol t€
0(jj(j>poviGdevT€S fJLera^dXajvrai Kal firj rrjs ivicov
KaKopouXias ol dyadol TrapaTToXavGOjaiv , ojrjdrjv
Setv inl TO avro Trdvras vp.ds ovvayayojv elnelv

347 a vofJiCiôj ovyL<j)ep€iv . dopv^rjarj 8e jjlol fJLrjSeiS,
idu fjLrj TO, 77p6s" TjSovqv aKOvrj- TOtS" p-^v yap dvrj-
K€orojs i^TL 7rjv aTTOGraaiv (Lpp^-qpiivois €V€ori Kal

p,€rd r-qv €p.r)v rrapaiveGLV ravrd (^povelv, ip,ol 8e
StaTTtWet Kal Trpo? rovs dKoveiv ideXovras 6 Xoyo?,

348 idv fjLrj Trapd Trdvrojv rjavxta yevrjraL. ol6a pkv
ovv on TToXXol Tas €K rcov ImrpoTTOJV v^pea Kal
rd TTJs iXevdeplas eyKojpua rpaytphovoiv, iyoj
he TTplv i^crd^cLv rives ovres riaiv eTTixîpeZre
TToXefieZv, TTpcorov SLat,evâ) rrjv ovp.7rXoKrjV tcDv
349 77 poi^daeajv. el p.ev yap dp^vveode rovs dhiKOVvrag,

ri oepLvvvere rrjV eXevOepiav ; el he to hovXeveLV
d(f)6prjT0v -qyelode, Tre ptaar) Trpos rovs -qyepiovas rj
pep,ipLS- Kal yap eKeivnov pêrpLaôvrojv alo^pdv

350 opioiujs TO hovXeveiv. OKonelTe he Kal Kad* eKa-
OTov Tovrcov cog ecmv puKpd rod 7roXep,elv rj vtto-
deoLg, Kal TTpcord ye rd r<Zv eTTtTpoTTojv eyKXr]p,ara.
Beparreveiv ydp, ovk epeOitêLV XPV ''"^^ eôvoias'

351 OTay Se tcjv puKpujv dpLaprrj p,dr ojv rovg eôvet-
Sta/xoi)? TTOirjade fieydXovg, KaO^ eavTojv rovg
4.58
JEWISH WAR, II. Si6-C>51
perliaps avarice and the prospect of enriching them-

selves at the expense of the weak in the event of a
general convulsion, I, in order to bring these mis-
guided persons to reason and a better frame of mind,
and to prevent virtuous citizens from reaping the
consequences of the errors of a few, have thought it
my duty to call you all together and to tell you what
I conceive to be to your interest. If my remarks are
not to the liking of any of my audience, pray let him
not create a disturbance. For those who have irre-
vocably determined to rebel will still be at liberty,
after my exhortation, to retain their sentiments ;
but my words will be lost even upon those who are

anxious to hear them, unless you all give me a quiet
hearing,
" Now, I know that there are many who wax Your
eloquent on the insolence of the procurators and warfare
pronounce pompous panegyrics on liberty but, for mixed.
;
my part, before examining who you are and who are

this people whom you are undertaking to fight, I
would first consider apart two distinct pretexts for
hostilities which have been confused. For, if your
abject is to have your revenge for injustice, what
good is it to extol liberty ? If, on the other hand,
it is servitude which you find intolerable, to complain
af your rulers is superfluous ;were they the most

;onsiderate of men, servitude would be equally
disgraceful.
"Consider then these arguments apart and how (i) Your
weak, on either ground, are your reasons for going to agaS^"'
war ; and first the charges against the procurators, individua
The powers that be should be conciliated by flattery, curators^
lot irritated ;when you indulge in exaggerated JJ,^^"!^\Yj^^'
•eproaches for minor errors, you only injure your- Rome.
459
JOSEPHUS
oueibilofxei'ovg aTreAey^êre, /cat TzapeVre? to Xddpa
Kal fjLer^ atSou? vfid? ^XaTrretv TtopOovai (f)av€pa)g.
ovd€v 8e ovTOjg TQ? TiAryya? tus" to êpetv' dva-
aTe'AAei, /cat to tcuv ddLKOvfJLevcou rjovxi-ov rot's
352 dSt/couCTt yiverai hiarpoTrr]. (f)€pe S' etVat tou?
PojfjLaLow VTTTjperag dv-qKearuj? )(aX€7T0V?' ovttco
PojfjLaLoi TTavre? dSt/coucrtv vfidg ovSe Kataap,
Trpo? ovg atpeode^ rou TToXejiov ouSe ydp i^
IvroXrjs 7Jk€l rtg TTOvrjpog cxtt' ^Keivcov, ovhi ye
Tovs V7t6 TTjv dvaroX-qv ol d<f)* iairepas €Trt/3Ae-
7TOVOLV dAA' oi38' dKoveiw raxôjs rd evrevdev eKel
353 pdhiov. droTTOv he kol hi eva TToXXolg Kal 8td
fiLKpdg alrlag rrjXiKOVTOLS Kal /XTySe yivujOKOVGLV
354 d pLefKhopieOa TToXepielv. Kal tCjv fiev rjfi€Tepa)V
iyKXrjfidrojv raxela yevoir* dv [t]]* hLopdcoais'
ovre ydp 6 avro? iTTtrpoTTOS fxeveV hid Travrog, Kal
TOVS htaheôfievous etVo? eXevoeadai fierpiajrepovs'
KLvqdevra 8' drra^ rov TToXejiov ovr^ dTrodeodai
355 pdhiov hL)(a GVii4)opa>v ovre âardêiv dXXd firjv .
TO ye vvv eXevBepias eTTidupLelu dcopov, heov vrrep

rod firjhe dTTOâXelv avrrjv dyajviLêuOai Trporepov.
rj ydp TTeipa rrjs hovXeias \aXe7T-q, Kal rrepl tov
356 jJirjh^ dpâodai Tavrrjs d dydjv hiKaios' 6 S' drra^
Xî-pojdeis, erreira d<f)iGTdfjievos, avddh-qs hovXos
iariv, ov (f)iXeXev6epog. t6t€ roiyapovv exP'^^
Trdvd^ VTikp TOV fir] heâodai 'PcofJiaiovs Troieiv
357 ore* eTreâivev ttjs ;)(ojpa? YlofiTrrjios. dAA' oi p.ev
Tjixerepoi^ npoyovoi Kal ol âoiXels avTuJv, kqi

^ Cobet (cf. e.g.
'
B. ii. 638) : alpuade mss.
2 cm. PAL. » MfVei PAL.
* +TT]v dpx"^" MVRC. * vfx^repoi AL Lat.
" Or **
turns the wrongdoer aside.
460
;
selves by your denunciation of those whom you

incriminate ; instead of maltreating you, as before,
in secret and with a sense of shame, they will now
despoil you openl}^ There is nothing to check
blows like submission, and the resignation of the
wronged victim puts the wrongdoer to confusion."
Granted that the Roman ministers are intolerably
harsh, it does not follow that all the Romans are
unjust to you any more than Caesar yet it is against
;
them, against him, that you are going to war. It is

not by their orders that an oppressive governor
comes from them to us, and they cannot see in the
west their officers in the east it is not easy even
;
promptly to hear yonder the news from these parts.

How absurd it were, because of one man to make war
on a whole people, for trifling grievances to take arms
against so mighty a power, which does not even
know the nature of our complaints The wrongs
!
which we lay to their charge may be speedily rectified

for the same procurator will not remain for ever, and
it is probable that the successors of this one will show
greater moderation on taking office. But war once

set on foot cannot be lightly either broken off or
carried through without risk of disaster.
" Passing to your present passion for liberty, I say oi) Your
that it comes too late. The time is past when you Pf(fe'°°(5
ought to have striven never to lose it. For servitude ence is
^^^^*^^*^'
is a painful experience and a struggle to avoid it once
for all is just but the man who having once accepted
;
the yoke then tries to cast it off is a contumacious

slave, not a lover of liberty. There was, to be sure,
a time when you should have strained every nerve to
keep out the Romans ;that was when Pompey
invaded this country. But our forefathers and their
461
;
JOSEPHUS
y^pr]iiaoLV koX oojyiaoLV kol ilsv\als aêivov VfJLcjv
TToXXo) hiaKelyievoL, Trpo? [jLolpav oXcyrju tt^s" *Pa>-

fiaiojv Suvdfieoj? ovk avrioxov Vfjcels 8c ol to /xei'
V7TaKov€LV €K hiaboxTJ? 7Tap€LXrj(f)6r€S rolg rrpdy- ,
ixaaiv be rcvv Trpojrojv VTraKovaavrcov Toaovrov

iXarrovficvoL, Trpog 6Xr]v avdioraoOe r-qv 'Pajfialcov
358 -qyeiioviav ; koI ÂOr^vatoi fia ol rrepl rfjg TUiv
'EAATyyojP'iXevdepia? Trapahovres TTore Kal irvpl
rrjv ol tov V'nepr](j)avov 'E.ep^rjv 8ia yif^s"
ttoXlv,
TrXe-voavra kol 8ta daXdaor)? oheijaavTa Kal pLj)
Xojpovfievov fiev rols TreXdyeoLV, TrXarvrepav 8e
rijs EupcuTTT^? rr]V cnpaTidv dyovra, ola hpaTrirrjv
€77L fiids veojs hiwâvrc^, Trepl 8e ri] afiLKpa
SaAa/xtvt TT^y rooavrrjv 'ActiW /cAaaavre? vvv
SovXevovGLV 'Poj/Ltaiot?, Kal rrjv -qyeixovtSa rrjs
'EAAaSos" TToXiv 8toiK-et ra oltto rfjs 'iTaAia? irpoo-
359 ray/xara. Aa/ceSat/xdrtot 8e fierd Bep/uoTruAa?
M:ai nAaratas" kol top ipevvrjoavra T-qv Âolav
360 WyqatXaov dya7ra)GLV rovs auTous" heoTToras, Kal
MaK:e8dve? eVt (fyavraôjJLevoi ^lXlttttov Kal rrjv
ovv 'AAeâv8pa> TrapaGTreipovoav^ axnols rrjV rrjg
olKoviievTjs rjyejjiOVLav opcovreg, êpovoiv rr]v rooav-
rrjv fieTaôXrju Kal Trpos ov? fjceraê^-qKev r) TV)(r)
3G1 TTpoGKVvovow. dXXa re edvr] /xupta TrXelouos ye-
[lovra Trpd? iXevdeplav Trapprjola? €lk€l. (jlovol 8*
I'/xet? dhoêlre hovXevecv ols vnoreraKrai rd rrdvra;
^ Dindorfs conjecture TrapaaTralpoiaav is unnecessary

the noun Tvxni> must be understood, but need not be
inserted, as it is by Destinon.
° Alluding to the canal of Athos and the bridge across the
Hellespont.
* His campaigns in Asia against Tissaphernes and Phar-
462
kings, though in wealth and in vigour of body and

soul far your superiors, yet failed to withstand a
small fraction of the Roman army and will you, to;
whom thraldom is hereditary, you who in resources

fall so far short of those who first tendered their
submission, will you, I say, defy the whole Roman
empire ?
" Look at the Athenians, the men who, to maintain Many gn
the liberty of Greece, once consigned their city to submltte
the flames the men before whose pursuit the Rome:
;
haughty Xerxes, who navigated the land and trod ^^^ ^^^^
the sea," Xerxes for whom the deep was too narrow
and whose army overflowed Europe, fled like a
fugitive slave on a single galley the men who, off
;
the coast of little Salamis, broke the immense might

of Asia. Those men today are the servants of the
Romans and the city that was queen of Greece is
governed by orders from Italy. Look at the Lace- (?) SpaH
daemonians after Thermopylae and Plataea, after
:
Agesilaus the explorer of Asia,* they are content to

serve the same masters. Look at the Macedonians, (c)Mace(
who still cherish Philip in their imagination, still have
before their eyes the vision of her who with Alex- '^
ander scattered broadcast for them the seeds of the

empire of the world yet they submit to endure
;
such a reversal of fate and bow before those to whom

Fortune has transferred her favours. Myriads of
other nations, swelling with greater pride in the
assertion of their liberty, have yielded. And will
you alone disdain to serve those to whom the universe
is subject ?
nabazus in 396-394 b.c. were cut short by his recall to war

at home.
* The goddess Fortune.
463
JOSEPHUS
TTOia orrpaTia, ttolol? 7T€rroL66r€^ ottAoi?; ttov
fiev 6 CTToAo? Vfilv hLaXr]ip6fi€Pog ras 'Pojiiaioju da-

Xauuas; nov 8' ol rats" cVtjSoAat? iâpK€G0VT€<i
362 drjGavpoi; irpos \lyv7Triovs 6.pa Kal rrpos "Apa/Sa?
oteode Kivelv tov iroXeyiOV ; ov TrepLOKeipeoOe ttju
'Pojfiaiojv -qyefjiouLav ; ov fMerpiqaere rrjv iavrwv

dodevELav ; ov ra fxkv -qfjierepa^ Kal twv TTpoaoLKcov
idvojv rjTTTjBr] ttoXXolkls, rj 8e €K€Lvajv lox^"^ ^'^
363 TTJs OLKOvpievqs dvLKrjTOS ,* fxdXXov be Kal ravr-qg
€^rp-rjodv ti TrXiov . ov yap i^rjpK€G€V avTols opog^
Ei)(/>paTi7? VTTO rrjv duaroArjv, ovde rwv npoa-
apKTLOJv 6 "larpos, 17 re fjLeurjfi^pLV^ y-^XP^ "^^^
doLKiqTOjv ipevvTjdelaa Xi^vrj Kal FaSeipa 77po?
ionepav, dAA' VTrep ojKeavov irepav il,rjTr]Gav
OLKOVfJL€vr)v Kal pL^xpL Tojv dvLGTop-qrajv rrporepov

36i Bperravdjv btrjveyKav ra orrXa. rl ovv ; vp.els
TtXovGiujrepoL YaXarojv, LGX^porepoi VepjjLavwv,
'EAAt^vcov GVverwrepoL, ttAciolis" ra)V Kara rrjv
OLKOvpLevqv eark Trdvrwv ; rl ro Trertoidos vfids

365 Kara 'Poj/i,ataji^ eVatpei ; ;)(aAe776v ro hovXeveiu,
ipel Ti?. TTOGco fjLdXXov "KXXrjGLV, ol rojv u^' rjXia)
TTavrojv rrpovxovres evyeveta" Kal roGavrrjv ve-
fiofievoL \ojpav e| 'Vojiiaicov V77€lkovglv pa^Sot?,
TOGavraL? be Kal MaKeSop'e? ol biKaiorepov vpLcov
366 6<f)elXovTes eXevdeplas dvrLTTOLelGdaL. rl 6' at

'
vfi^repa MLC Lat. Niese, Destinon * oXos mss. :
' Trpoi'XoiTes (vyiuda P Trpovxa-f fCyefeia coKOvuTe^ Kai fibres

:
A : Trf)Ovx(i-v evyfptia (or €17. 7rpoi/X-) SoKoOvrex the rest.
» The Danube. ' Greek "Gadeira"; Cadiz.

464
.
" What are the troops, what

the armour, on Contrast
is
which you rely ? Where is your fleet to sweep
the ?°smirces
Roman seas ? the ^ '^;'i^^^f
Where is your treasury to meet
cost of your campaigns ? Do you really suppose that Roman
you are going to war with Egyptians or Arabs ? Will ^™P'^^-
you shut your eyes to the might of the Roman empire
and refuse to take the measure of your own weakness ?
Have not our forces been constantly defeated even
by the neighbouring nations, while theirs have never
met with a reverse throughout the whole known
world ? Nay, even that world has not sufficed for
their ambition. For, not content with having for their
frontiers on the east the Euphrates, on the north
the Ister," on the south Libya explored into desert
regions, on the west Gades,^ they have sought a new
world beyond the ocean and carried their arms as
far as the Britons, previously unknown to history.
I ask you, then, are you wealthier than the Gauls,
stronger than the Germans, more intelligent than
the Greeks, more numerous than all the peoples of
the world ? What is it which inspires you with
confidence to defy the Romans ?
" '
hard to serve,' you will tell me. How
It is other
much harder for Greeks who, though noblest of all besides
races under the sun and occupants of so vast a ^°
^J^^'^®
territory, are yet subservient to six rods or a Roman have bowi

^°™^'
magistrate ^ A like number suffices to curb the
!
*°
Macedonians,^ who with better right than you might

claim their liberty. And then the five hundred cities
' The Achaea, since 27 b.c. (except under
lictor's fasces.
Tiberius, when
was an imperial province, and for a short
it
period under Nero, when Greece was proclaimed free) was a
senatorial province governed by a proconsul of praetorian
rank, who was attended by six lictors.
'^
Another senatorial province.
465
;
JOSEPHUS
TTevTaKOGLai rrj? 'Aai'a? ttoAci? ; ov blxa (f>povpd<;
era TrpoGKVVovaiv r)y€fi6i'a Kal rag VTranKa?
pdpSovs ; 'HvLoxovg re Kal KoXxovg
ri xp'rj Aeyett'
Kal ro Twv TavpojvBooTTopavovg re Kal <f>vXov,
ra TTepioLKa rod Tlovrov Kal rfjg MatojrtSo? edui]

367 Trap' of? rrplv p,kv oi)8' oiKelog iyiyvcooKero
heaTTorrjs, vvi^ 8e rpiGX^-Xioig orrXiraig vrrorao-
oerai, Kal reooapaKOvra vrj€? jiaKpal rr^v Trplv
308 arrXojrov Kal aypiav elp-qvevovGL OdXaoaav . TToaa

Bidwla Kal KaTTTTahoKLa Kal ro Y[apL(f)vXLov edvos
\vKLoi re Kal KtAi/<:e? VTrep eXevdepta? exovreg
elrrelv ;(Ojpt? ottXojv <j)opoXoyovvr at ; ri Sal ; &paKeg
OL TTevre fiev evpog, errrd he firJKog -qfiepcov x^'^P^^
hLeLXr](f)6res, rpaxvrepav re Kal ttoXXo) rrjs vfierepag
oxvpojrepav Kal Padel KpvpLO) rovg eTnarparev-
Govras^ dvaKOTTrovGav ovxl 8icr;(tAtots- 'PcofJLatcjv
,
369 VTTaKovovGLV 4>povpois ; ol 8' oltto rovrojv 'lAAuptot

TTjv p-expi- SaXfiariag aTrorejJLi'OfJLeurjV "iGrpuj Kar-
OLKOVi'reg, ov SugIv pLovotg rdypLaGLv VTreiKOVGiv,
jjLed^ Jjv avrol rag Aa/caji' dvaKOTrrovGLV op/xa? ;
370 at Se roGavrdKis rrpos eXevdepiav dvaxo-LriGavres

AaXfidrai Kal Trpos pLOvov del ;êtpt(j JeVrc? ro
^ PL : iiri'jTpaTfvovTa^ or -ei'ffavra^ the rest.
" The number agrees with that named by Philostratus

(Lives of Sophists, ii. 1.4): the geographer Ptolemy reckons
only 140 (Pceinach). Asia was senatorial with a governor of
consular rank.
" 1 he Colchians, of whom the Heniochi were a tribe, were
settled on the east and south-east of the Black Sea.

*
Inhabiting the Tauric Chersonese, the modern Crimea.
The sea of Azov.
•*
466
of Asia**: do they not, without a garrison, bow (d) Asia,
before a single governor and the consular fasces ?

Need I speak of the Heniochi, the Colchians,*
the race of the Taurians,'' the people of the Bos-
phorus, the nations bordering on the Euxine and
Lake Maeotis'*? These peoples, who formerly
recognized no master, not even one from their own
ranks, are now in subjection to three thousand
soldiers, while forty battle-ships bring peace to that
once unnavigated and savage sea.* What strong
claims to liberty might be advanced by Bithynia,
Cappadocia, the Pamphylian nation, Lycians and
Cihcians ? Yet they pay their tribute without resort
to arms/ Then, what of the Thracians, who are (e) Thrac
spread over a country five days' march in breadth
and seven in length, a country more rugged and far
stronger than your own, the rigour of whose icy
climate repels an invader do they not obey the
:
orders of two thousand Roman guards ? ^ The

Illyrians, their neighbours, who inhabit the region (/) inyri
extending from Dalmatia to the frontier of the Ister,
are they not kept in check by no more than two
legions,'' with whom they themselves unite to repel
the incursions of the Dacians ? The Dalmatians, (f/)Daimai
too, who have so often reared their heads * for liberty,
* The numbers of troops and ships here mentioned cannot
be checked the military occupation of these districts appears

;
to date from the annexation of the kingdom of Pontus on

the deposition of Polemon lie. a.d. 63.
''
Or perhaps " without constraint of arms " (Reinach).
" Detached from the two legions stationed in Moesia ;
Thrace, after several risings, was finally converted into a

Roman province in 46 a.d.
* The two legions of Moesia (not Illyria) are intended:
viz. VIII Augusta and VII Claudia (Tac. Hist. ii. 85).
* Greek " manes."
467
o ,
JOSEPHUS
ovXXeiduevoi,^ rrjv Icrxvv TraXiv aTTOorrjvai, vvv ovx
371 V(f)' ill rdyiiarL 'PajfJiaLcov r]GVxio-v dyovoLV ; dXXa
jjLrjv €L ye nva? el? dTTOoraaiv a)(f>eLXov d(f)op}ji.al
fieydXat Trapo^vveLv, fidXiGra TaXdrag ixPW> 'ôv<i
ovTw? VTTO TTj^ (hvaeojs rereLXi-Ofievovs, ef draroAr)?

fiev rat? " AXneGLV, rrpo? dpKToj he 'Pr^voj TTorapiCo,
IJ-earipL^pLvolg Se rols Ylvp-qvaloLS opeuiv, ojKeavo)
372 he 77 p6^ hvafxcov.^ r-qXiKavra pLev
ctAAd Kairoi
epKY) TrepiêBXripievoi, Kal rpiaKOoioLS
Trevre he
vXriBvovres edveaiv, rds he TTTjyds, cu? dV Tt? etVot,
r-fjg euSat/xovia? eTTLXojpiovg exovres /cat rols dya-
Bols ox^hov 6Xr]v eTTLKXvCovTe? rr)V olKOvpLevrjv,

dvexovrai 'PcopiaLa>v Trpooohos ovre? Kal rapLievo-
373 p-evoL rrap^ avrojv rrjv oiKeiav evhatpLOviau. Kal
Tovd* VTTopLevovGiv ov hid <f)povr]pLdTa)V /xaAa/ctW,
ovhe St* dyevetaVy ol ye hi-qveyKav oyhorjKovra err]
TToXepLov VTTep rrj? eXevBepias, dXXd p,erd ttjs
hvidpLeoj? 'PwpLaLOJU Kal rrjV Tvxr]v KaranXayevres
"qTLS avTols KaropBoL TrXeiova rwv ottXwv. tol-
yapovv VTTO ;)(iA(.'ots' Kal hiaKoaloLS orpaTLcorais
hovXevovGLV, (Lv oXlyov helv TiXeiovs exovoL TToXeis
374 ovhe "l^rjpGLV 6 yewpyovpLevos XPÔ'o? ct? rov virkf.
TTjs eXevBepias eî^pKeuev TToXepiov, ovhe to to-
aouTov (2770 'PojpLalojv yi]g Kal BaXdaar]? hidcrTripLa
^ Text emended by Xiese : rpos to fj.6vov del x^'P- '''o''"'
(TlXXf|. MSS.
' bvatxah MVRC.
" Apparently XI Claudia (c/. Tac. Hist. iii. 50).
"400 according to Appian, Celt. \. 2, 300 according t(
Plutarch, Ca(s. 15: the " nations" intended are the jsa^r/
" cantons."' a subdivision of the civltates (Reinach).
' From the campaign of M. Fulvius Flaccus (125 b.c.)
which led to the foundation of the Provincia Narbonensis
468
v/hose constant defeats have only led them to muster

their forces for a fresh revolt, do they not now live
in peace under a single Roman legion " ?
" But if there is one people above all others which (/<) Gaiu
should be tempted by its grand opportunities to raise
the standard of revolt, it is surely the Gauls with their
magnificent natural ramparts, on the east the Alps,
on the north the river Rhine, on the south the chain
of the Pyrenees, on the west the ocean. But, though
encompassed by such formidable barriers, though
swarming with a population of three hundred and
five nations,^ possessing, so to say, in their native
soil the springs of prosperity and irrigating well-nigh
the whole world with the overflow of their products,
the Gauls are yet content to be treated as a source
of revenue to the Romans and to have their own
prosperous fortune meted out to them at their hands.
And this they tolerate, not from any lack of spirit or
because they are an ignoble race, they who for full
eighty years ^ fought for their independence, but
because they are overawed at once by the power of
Rome and by her fortune, which brings her more
triumphs even than her arms. That is why they
submit to the orders of twelve hundred soldiers,**
they who have cities enough almost to outmatch that
—
number.^ Then the Iberians neither the gold (i) Spain
which their soil produces, nor the vast extent of land
and sea which separates them from the Romans, nor
up to the end of Caesar's campaigns was a period of about
seventy-five years.
I
Two cohorfes urhanae established at Lyons, one of which

**
(the eighteenth) is mentioned in Tac. Hist. i. 64, and the

other (the seventeenth) in an inscription, Mommsen, Hermes,
xvi. 645 (Reinach).
• " More than 800 cities "(App. Celt. i. 2; Plut. Caes. 15),
469
JOSEPHUS
ûAa re AovaLrava)v Kal Kavrd^pcov dpetfidvia,
ovSe yeircjjv d)Keav6s <f)o^€pdv /cat rots' eTTixcoptoLS
375 dpnTOJTLV indycov, aAA' vrrep to.? 'HpaKrAetou? gt^-
Xas eKreivavres to. orrXa Kal 8ta vecfxZu oSev-
aavreg rd Yivp-qvala^ opr), Kal rovrov^ iSouXd)-
aavro 'Pto/xatof (j)poupd 5' ripKeoev rojv our cos
hvopid-x^cxiv Kal TOOOVTov dTTcoKLGfJbevcov €V rdyfia.
376 rls VfJLow ovK dKofj TrapelX-qcjiev to V€pp.av(JL)V
TrXrjOos ; oAktî^ p-ev yap Kal pieyedr) oojixdrojv

ctSere hiqTTOv TToXXdKLs, irrel Travraôv *Pa»/xatot
377 rov? TOVTOJV alxp-O-Xajrovs exovGLV. dAA' ovtol
yrjv pL€V aTTeipov ve/td/xei'ot, /êt^co Se rojv Gcop^drcov
rd (f)povqfJLaTa Kal ttjv ptev ipvxrjv davdrov
€xpvre<s
Kara^povovGav rovs Se dvpLOVs rojv dypLOjrdrojv
y
Oripinjv G<t)oSpoT€pov9, *Prjuou rrjs oppbij^ opov

eôvGLV Kal 'Pojp,aLajv okto) rdypiaGiv Sap,at,6-
pL€voi SovXevovGLv pLCv dAovTe?, TO 8' oAov avrcjv
378 edvos 4^'uyfl StacrojêTai. Kal to OKeipaGde he
^perravajv re^xos ol rolg 'lepoGoXvpaov relxeGLV
TTeTTOiOoTes' Kal yap eKeivovs 7TepLê^Xrjp,ei>ovg
ixJKeavop Kal rrjS Kad^ rjp^dg OLKOvp.evrjs ovk eXdG-
oova vrJGOv OLKOVvras irXevGavres ehovXajGavro
^PajfiaLOL, reGGapa be Tciy/xara rrji' roGavrrjv
379 vrjGOV (f)vXdGGeL. Kal ri 8et TroAAd Xeyeiv, ottov
^ Uvp-ni>iit}u PAM.
" VI Victrix, the legion which proclaimed Galba emperor
(Tac. Hist. V. 16; Suet. Galba, 10).
" Four in Upper, four in Lower
Germany. In a.d. 69
(when the upper army numbered only three) the seven
legions were IV, XXI,XXII ; 1, V, XV, XVI. The eighth ^
470
JEWISH WAR, II. S74-S79
the tribes of the Lusitanians and Gantabrians with

their fever for war, nor the neighbouring ocean, the
ebb and flow of whose tides terrifies the very in-
habitants, none of these sufficed in their struggle for
independence no, the Romans carrying their arms
;
beyond the Pillars of Hercules, traversing through

clouds the mountains of the Pyrenees, have reduced
even them to servitude to guard this nation of
;
fighters, so stubborn, so remote, a single legion now

suffices." W^hich of you has not heard tell of the
horde of Germans ? Nay, you have surely often seen o)Qerma
their stalwart and burly figures, for the Romans have
captives from that nation everywhere. This people
occupies an immense country, their hearts are even
greater than their stature, their souls disdainful of
death, their rage fiercer than that of the most savage
of beasts yet the Rhine sets a bound to their im-
;
petuosity and, tamed by eight Roman legions,^ the

captured are reduced to slavery, while the rest of the
nation has found safety in flight. Again, consider
what a wall of defence had the Britons, you who put ^) Britai
your trust in the walls of Jerusalem the ocean :
surrounds them, they inhabit an island no less in

extent than the part of the world in which we live ^ ;
yet the Romans crossed the sea and enslaved them,

and four legions now secure that vast island. But
<^
in A.D. 66 is thought to have been X Gemina. Mommsen,

Provinces, i. 1 18 f., 132, Domaszewski, op. cit. (§ 344 note).
* Palestine.
i.e. Or possibly ' the whole of our inhabited
continent ; for before Agricola's campaign of a.d. 84 the
'
Romans had a very imperfect conception of the size of

Britain (Merivale, Romans under Empire, vii. 90).
^ II Augusta, IX Hispana, XIV Gemina Martia Victrix
(recalled in 68), XX Valeria Victrix. Domaszewski, op. cit.,
cf, Mommsen, Provinces, i. 174, note 4.
471
JOSEPHUS
Kal YldpdoL, TO TToXeiJ-LKcorarov (f)vXov, rooovrcov
apxovres iOvcov /cat rrjXLKavT-qv TrepLê^XrjiievoL
SvvaiJLLV, OfJLTjpOV? 7T€pi7T0VGLV '
PcO/XatOl?, Kol €(7TLV
€77t TTjS 'IraAta? Iheiv ev elprjvrjg 7Tpo(f)dGeL Sou-
380 Xevovaav rrjv Atto rrj? dvaroXrj? evyeveiav. rrdv-
rojv St] gx^Sov tojv vcf)^ -qXico rd 'PcjOfiaioju orrXa
TTpOOKVVOVVTCOV Vfiel? fjiOVOL TToX^pHqOeTe jJLTjSe TO y
KapxrjSovLOJV reXo? OKOTTOVvres ol rov pLeyau ,
avxovureg Wvvlâv Kal ttjV d-TTo ôlvlkojv ev-

381 yevetau vtto T-qv 'LKLnlajvog Septal' €tt€Gov ; ovre 8e
Kupr^yatot, to AaKwvojv yevos, ovre Map/xaptSat,
TO p^^xpi TTJ? 8t?/;aSo9 €KT€rap.ivov <j)vXov, ovB^ at
(f)0^€paL Kal roLS dKovovaiv HvpTeig, Naaapicoves
re Kal Maupot /cat to No/xaScov' direipov TrXrjdo^
382 Ta? 'Pojpialojv dveKoipav dperdg. r-qv he rpirrjV
rrjs OLKOvpLevTj? pLolpav, rj^ ouSe eâpiOpi'qoaodai
rd eOvYj pdhiov, opitoiilvrjif ArXavriKO) re rreXdyei
^
Kal orrjXaL? 'Hpa/cActot? Kal /xe^P'' '^V'^ 'Kpudpd?

daXdaarj? rovs dTreipovs vepuovaav AWloTra? ex^^-
383 pcoaavro pLev oXrjv, x^P*-^ ^^ '^^^ errioiojv KapTTOJU,
ot pLTjolv o/CTcu TO /coTO, rrju *P(x)pLr]v TrXrjOo? rpe-
<f)ovoLV, [Kaiy eûjdev TtavroLOjg tôpoXoyovvrai Kal
Tat? ;(petats" rrjg rjyepLOVLa? Trapexovoiv erotpLOvg
rds eLO(f)opdg, ovbeu row emraypidrajv cjoTrep
vpiels v^pLv rjyovpevoL, KatTrep evo? rdypiarog
384 auTot? TTapapievovro? . Kal ri Set rroppajdev vplv
TTjU *PcupaLojv VTTobeiKvvvaL Svvapiv, Trapdv e^
1 ora. PAL.
" Reinach instances Tiridates I (king of Armenia and
brother of the king of Parthia), who in a.d. 63 did homage to

Nero and left his daughter in Rome as a hostage (Tac. Ann.
XV. 29 f.).
47:2
^
why enlarge, when the Parthians themselves, that (0 Parth

race of finest warriors, lords of so many nations,
provided with so vast an army, send hostages to the
Romans, and the nobility of the east may be seen in
Italy, under the pretext of peace, bending to the
yoke ?
°
" Thus, when almost every nation under the sun (»i)
does homage to the Roman arms, are you alone to ^^J^^^^s^-
defy them, regardless of the fate of the Carthaginians, and the
who, for all their pride in the great Hannibal and in Amc^^^^
the nobility of their Phoenician descent, fell beneath
the hand of Scipio ? Neither Cyrenians, of Spartan
breed, nor Marmaridae, that race that stretches to
the regions of drought, nor Syrtes, whose very name
strikes terror, Nasamons, Maurians, Numidians in
their countless hosts, none have checked the valour
3f Rome. This third part of the inhabited world,
the mere enumeration of whose nations is no easy
;ask, bounded by the Atlantic ocean and the pillars
)f Hercules, and supporting right up to the Red Sea
Ethiopians innumerable, they have subdued it all ;
ind these peoples, besides their annual produce,

vhich feeds for eight months of the year the populace
f Rome, over and above this pay tribute of all kinds
md ungrudgingly devote their contributions ^ to the
ervice of the empire, far from seeing, as do you, an
)utrage in the orders which they receive, although
mt one legion^ is quartered among them.
" But why seek so far afield for proofs of the power (n) Egyp
•f Rome, when I can find them at your very door, in audrial'^''
^ Africa,
* 6t(T0opd in Attic Greek is a sort of super-tax.
•*
III Augusta, stationed in the senatorial or western
•ortion of the province of Africa.
473
JOSEPHUS
385 Alyvrrrov rrjs yetrvtajarys", tJtls €KT€LVOfi€vr) ixl^p^S
AWlottcov Kal rrjs euSat/xovo? 'ApajSta?, opfJLog^
T€ ovaa rrjs 'IvSikitJ?, TTevTTjKOVTa TTpog rat? inra-
Kooiais €)(ovGa ixvpidhas avBpo'jTTcov hi-)(a rwv
WXe^di'bpeiav KaroLKOvvTCJV, cu? eveanv €K rrjs
Kad^ eKaar-qi^ Ke(f>'i\riv elo(ôp3.s^ reKfi-qpaad at, r-qv
'PajfiaLajv -qyefiovLav ovk dSoêl, Kairoi TT-qXiKOV
aTTOGrdaeajs Kevrpov eôvoa ttju *AAcfai^Spetay
TrX-qdovg re dvSpcov eVexa Kal TrXovrov, vpos Se
SSC) fjieyedovs' fjL-qKO? fiev ye avrrjs rpidKovra arahicov,
evpos 8' OVK eXarrov SeKa, rod 8e Iviavaiaiov
Trap" vjjLOJV ôpov Kad^ eva pirjva TrXiov 'Pco^LtatotS"
TTapex^t Kal rcjov ;)(;/)7]/xaTa>v eôjBev rfj 'Pt6/X7^

airov reaodpajv rereiXLorai 8e rrdvrodev
iîrjvcov
r^ hvo^drois Ip-qplais r) daXduaais dXifxlvoLS "J]
387 TTorafjLol? t) eXeuLV. dAA* ovSev rovrcov lax^po-

repov evpeOrj 'PojfJbaiojv rvxr)S, 8uo S' iyKaO-
rrjs
r)IX€va rdyfxara rrjv âOelav AtyvTrrov
rfj rroXei
388 aâ rfj ^laKehovajv evyevela ;âAtvor. rivas om
inl rov rroXefiov eK rrjs doLK-qrov TrapaX-qipeude
avfjLfjbdxovs ; ol fiev yap inl rrjs oLKOvfievrjs vdvres
elolv 'PajfialoL, el pnq rts vrrep Kv(f)pdr-qv eKreivei
rds eXTTihas Kal rovs eK rijs ÂSia^-qvrjs 6jxo<^vXovs
389 olerai TrpoGapLVvelv} ol 8' oirre hi air lav dXoyov
^ ofxopos VC Lat. 2 (Tvvf icr<popds P.
^ Niese from Lat. : wfôaauvvdv or ina/xvvdv mss.
* Diodorus Siculus, writing some seventy years earlier

gives the population of Egypt as seven millions (i. 31
Reinach), that of Alexandria as 300,000 (xvii. 52).
* Or, perhaps, " a centre for revolt."
' " Seven or eight," Strabo xvii. 1. 9 (Reinach); Strabc

agrees with Josephus as to the length.
474
Egypt ? This country, which extends as far as

Ethiopia and Arabia Felix, which is the port for
India, which has a population of seven million five
hundred thousand souls," exclusive of the inhabitants
of Alexandria, as may be estimated from the poll-
tax returns, this country, I say, does not disdain to
submit to Roman domination and yet what an
;
incentive to revolt ^ she has in Alexandria, so popu-

lous, so wealthy, so vast Tlie length of that city
!
is thirty furlongs, its breadth not less than ten ;

'^
the tribute which she yields to Rome in one month

surpasses that which you pay in a year besides ;
money she sends corn to feed Rome for four months ;**
she is protected on all sides by trackless deserts, by
seas without ports, by rivers or lagoons. Yet none
of these assets proved a match for the fortune of
Rome, and two legions ^ stationed in the city curb
this far-reaching Egypt and the proud nobility of
Macedon.
" What allies then do you expect for this war ? You cann
Will you recruit them from the uninhabited wilds ? f^m^Jew
For in the habitable world all are Romans unless, Wondth —
maybe, the hopes of some of you soar beyond the
Euphrates and you count on obtaining aid from your
kinsmen in Adiabene.-^ But they will not, for any
**
The corn for the capital for the other eight months of the
year being furnished bv Africa (§ 383).
' These in a.d. 69 were III and XXII (Tac. Hist, v. I);
under Augustus there had been a third legion, Mommsen,
Provinces, ii. 273.
/ Cf. B. i. 5 for these expectations. " Proselytes " would
have been a more correct term than " kinsmen " the ;
dynasty of Adiabene, a region east of the Tigris on the

Parthian frontier, had under Claudius been converted to
Judaism {A. xx. 17 ff.). Some members of the royal family
fought on the side of the Jews {B. ii. 520, vi. 356).
475
;
JOSEPHUS
rrjXLKOvr oj 7roAe/Lta» avvefiTrXeôvaiv eairrou?, ovre
ôvX€vaaiievoLS KaKco? 6 Yidpdog iTTLTpeipec rrpo-
voia yap avrw ttjs rrpog *Pco/xatou? iKexeipias,
Kal 7TapaâLi'€LV olrjueraL ra? aTTorSas", av tls riov
39<:' utt' avrov cttl 'PajpLatov? tr). Xolttou ovv iirl Tqv
rod Oeov GvpipLa)(iav Kara(i)€VKreoi'. dXXa /cat
rovTO Trapd 'PajpLalots r era Krai' hlxo. yap deov
391 Gvurrjvai r-qXiKavr-qv -qyepLOviav dhvvarov. gk€-
ipaade S' w? vpilv ro rrjg dp-qaKeta? aKparov, ei
Kal TTpog evxî-pcj^Tov? TToXeiioLrjre, SvahiOLK-qTOV,
Kal 8t' a pLaXXov rov Beov iX-iCere avfifiaxov,
Tairr' dvayKaLopLevoi -rrapaâiveLV aTTOGrpeipere.
392 T7]povvTeg ye pLrjv rd tcov cjSSo/xdScov €^17 /cat
TTpos fJLrjbepiLav rrpdîv KLVovfJcevoL pabiajs oAojcreauc,

KaSdrrep ol Trpoyovoi YlopLTrrjLOj, rairrag fidXcGra
rd? ivepyovs 7TOLr]Gapi€va) Tqs rroXiopKLas
rjpLepag
393 ev als rjpyovv ol TToXiopKovpLevoi- Trapaâivovres 8
€V' TO) —oXefioj rov Trdrpiov vofiov ovk olh vrrep
orov XoLTTOu TTon^Geode rov dycova' (jTrovhrj yap
394 vfjLLV /xia ro pLT) rcjv Trarpiojv ri KaraXvuai rrojs .
5' erriKaXeoeoOt ro Oelov 77/30? rrjv dfivvav 01

eKovGLw? rrjv els avro depairelav
TTapa^dvre?
ertavaipovvrai he eKaaroL TToXep.ov 7) dela TTCTTOt-
dores Tj dvdpajTrlvr) ôrjdelq.- orav he rrjV Trap*
dp.(ôlv ro elKOS aTTOKOTrrrj, <âvepdv dXojGiv 01
395 TToXefxovvre? alpovvrai. ri hrj KcoXvet Tat? eavrwi
X^polv hiaxprjoaGdai reKva Kal yvvatKas Kal rrji
TreptKaXXeordrrjv Trarplha ravrrjv Kara(j)Xeâi; /x-a
• Cf.B.u 146; .-l.xiv. 63ff.
476
frivolous pretext, let themselves be embroiled in so

serious a war, and, if they did contemplate such folly,
the Parthian would not permit it for he is careful
;
to maintain the truce with the Romans, and would

regard it as a violation of the treaty if any of his
tributaries were to march against them.
" The only refuge, then, left to you is divine assist-
ance. But even this is ranged on the side of the ooV'^who
Romans, for, without God's aid, so vast an empire on the sic
"
could never have been built up. Consider, too, the ° °"
difficulty of preserving your religious rules from con-
tamination, even were you engaging a less formidable Jg°"Jjon
foe ; and how, if compelled to transgress the very wiifham]
principles on which you chiefly build your hopes of^^*^'""
God's assistance, you will alienate Him from you.
If you observe your sabbath customs and refuse to
take any action on that day, you will undoubtedly be
easily defeated, as were your forefathers by Pompey,
who pressed the siege most vigorously on the days
when the besieged remained inactive " if, on the
;
contrary, you transgress the law of your ancestors,

I fail to see what further object you will have for
hostilities, since your one aim is to preserve inviolate

all the institutions of your fathers. How could you
invoke the aid of the Deity, after deliberately
omitting to pay Him the service which you owe Him ?
" All who embark on war do so in reliance on the
support either of God or man ;but when, in all you have
probability, no assistance from either quarter is allies; bf
forthcoming, then the aggressor goes with his eyes t'lme.
open to certain ruin. What is there, then, to prevent
you from dispatching with your own hands your
children and wives and from consigning this sur-
passingly beautiful home of yours to the flames ?
477
JOSEPHUS
v€vr€9 yap ovrcos to ye r-qg "qrTrjg 6v€lSo? Kep-
396 SrjG€T€.KaXov, to (fyiXot, KaXov, eco? en iv opjjLCi)
TO OKd(f)og, TTpoGKeTTTeGdai^ rov piiXXovra X€.ip,a)va
€tV /xcCTa? rag dv€/\Xag a.TToXovixevovs'^ ava^Brj-
p-Tjb'
vaf TOi? p-ev yap i^ dSrjXcov ep^TreGOVoiv^ Setvot?

TO yovv IXeeZoOai TrepUarLV, 6 8' els Trpoh-qXov
397 aTTajXeiav 6pp.rjGagKal 7TpoGOveihil,eTai. ttXtjv et
/Lti^ Tt? V7ToXap,^dv€L Kard GvvOriKag TToXepLTjGeLv
Kal 'PcopaLOv? KparrjGavrag vp,(jov pêrpidGeiv, aAA'
ovK 61? UTToSety/xa rcjv aXXcov idvojv KaTa(j)Xe^€iv
p.€v rrjv Updv ttoXlv, dvaiprjGeiv Se Trdv vp.u)v ro
(f>vXov ovhk yap TreptXcKÔevre? (fyvyrj? evp-qGere
TOTTOV, aTTdvTOJv iyourajv 'Pojp,aLOV? SeGrrora? rj r;
398 SehoLKorcou ox^tv- d Se KivSvvog ov rojv ivddSc

piovov, dXXd Kal rcov Kara rag aAAa? KaroiKOTjvrojv
TToAet?- ov yap eGriv iirl rrjg oiKOvp.evr]s hrjpLO? 6
399 p-rj pLotpav rjperepav exojv. ovg dvavra? TroXepir]-
odvrojv vpdjv KaraG(f)dôvGiv ol hidcjyopoL, Kal 8t'
oXiyuiv dvhpcjv KaKOôvXlav iraGa TTXrjGdrjGerai^
ttoXls 'lofSat/coO (f)6vov. Kal GvyyvcopLT] pkv rols
rovro TTpdâGLV dv he pLTj TrpaxOi], XoyLGaaOe ttcos
TTpds ovruj <f)LXavdpa)7TOV'i orrXa kluelu dvoGLOV.
40U eLGeXOeroj 8' oiKros vptdg el Kal pLrj reKvcov /cat
yvvaiKiov , dXXd rrjg ye pLr^rpoTroXeat? ravriqs Kal

rcuv lepoju TrepiôXajv <f>eiGaG6e rod lepov Kal .
rov vaov eavrols perd rdJv dyiojv rrjp-qGare' dcf)

eôvrai ydp ovKen 'Pajpaloc rovrcov Kpdrrjaavres
^ TrepiGKiTTTecrdai. P,
* PA : dTroWviJ.€vovs L : ciTro Xiuivos MVRC (perhap!
6ia
rightly).
' Î : fTTfTrecroi/crtJ' the rest. * P: TrXT^pw^âerai the rest
478
!
JEWISH WAR, II. 395 400
3y such an act of madness you would at least spare

ôurselves the ignominy of defeat. It were well,
ny friends, it were well, while the vessel is still in
)ort, to foresee the coming storm, and not to put
)ut into the midst of the hurricane to meet your
loom." For to the victims of unforeseen disaster there
s left at least the meed of pity but he who rushes
;
;o manifest destruction incurs opprobrium to boot.

" There may be some who imagine that the war will Do not loo
3e fought under special terms, and that the Romans, hJve^p^ty
vhen victorious, will treat you with consideration your race, ;
m the contrary, to make you an example to the rest and'your

)f the nations, they will burn the holy city to the Temple.
ground and exterminate your race. Even the sur-

vivors will find no place of refuge, since all the peoples
jf the earth either have, or dread the thought of
laving, the Romans for their masters. The peril,

noreover, threatens not only us Jews here, but also
.11 who inhabit foreign cities ; for there is not a
•eople in the world which does not contain a portion
f our race.* All these, if you go to war, will be
•utchered by your adversaries, and through the folly
f a handful of men every city will be drenched with
ewish blood. Such massacre would be excusable but, ;
hould it not take place, think what a crime it were

take up arms against such humane opponents
'ake pity, then, if not on your children and your
dves, at least on your mother city and its sacred
recincts. Spare the temple and preserve for your-
slves the sanctuary with its holy places ^ ; for the
lomans, once masters of these, will refrain their
" Or, with the other reading, " put out from harbour into
»e midst of the hurricane."
" C/. Ap, ii. 282. « Or " treasures."
4.79
JOSEPHUS
401 (jjv (f)eLGdiJL€voL TTporepov rjâpior-qvrai. fiaprvpo
fiat 8e iyd) fikv vpiwv rd ayia koI tov? Upov';
dyyeXovg rod deov Kal rrarpiha rrjv kolvtjv, w
ovbev Tujv ocorrfpitov vplv Ka6v(f)rjKdiir)v, u/Ltet? 8e
ôvXevodfievoL fjLev rd beovra KOLvrjv ovv ifjLol rr)
elp-qv-qu €$er€, TTpoaxOdi^re? 8e rot? dv(JLOL<; X^P^-
402 (5) Toaavra elrrajv irreSdKpvaev re \ierd tt]-
ddeXchrjg Kal ttoXv rrjg opixrjg avrcov erravaev roh

Sa/cpuot?. dveôojv Se ov *Pcc>/xatot?, dAAd OAojpo
403 OL d TTeTTOvdaaLV TToXefxeLU. rrpog touto âoiXev
AypiTTTTas " dXXd rd epya, eî], " 'Poj/Ltatot '
TJbr) TToXefiovvTajv iortu- ovre yap KaLoapt SeSco
Kare rov (j)6pov Kal rd? orod? dTTeKOipare rrjsl

404 AvTojvia'i. aTTOGKevdaaLGde' 3' dv rr]V atrta
TTj? d7TOGTda€Oj<; el ravrag re Gvvdipere 7rdAt|
,
Kal TeXeGere rrjv €LG(l)opdv ov yap Stj ye OAojpo

TO (f)povpL6v eGTLV Tj ^Xojpcp TG y^pi^piaTa hojGere.
405 (xvii. 1) Toirroi? d hrijio? eTreiSe'ro, Kal fxer
Tov âGLXea>g rrj? re IBepviK-qg dva^dvre? els r
Lepov Karrjpâvro rrjs rcovGrocov SojjLi^Geo)?, e
be rd? Kco/jLag ol re dpôvre? Kal ôvXevral /x<
pcGdevres rovs (ôpov? GVveXeyov ra^âjs Se r
reGGapdKovra rdXavra, roGovrov ydp eXeiire
406 r)9poLGdr]. Kal rod fj.ev TToXepLOV rore ovroj ri
dTteiXr)v Karel\ev ^ XypLTTTras, avQis Se eTTeipdi
veideiv ro ttXtjOos VTraKoveiv OAcopoj, /xe'xpt? dv
avrov TTepupei^ KatGap îdSoxov Trpos o rtaf
o^vvdevres e^XaG(f)i]p,ovu elsrov âGiXea Kal ri
* rds PAL (t/. Lat. Antonianas).

- Dindorf : a-maKtvdaaaBe or the like ms3.
3 M : trifx-lrj the rest.
480
JEWISH WAR, II 401-406
hands no more, seeing that their forbearance in the

past met only with ingratitude. As for me, I call
your sanctuary and God's holy angels and our
common country to witness, that 1 have kept back
nothing which could conduce to your preservation ;
as for you, if you decide aright, you will enjoy with

me the blessings of peace, but, if you let yourselves
be carried away by your passion, you will face,
without me, this tremendous peril."
(5) Having spoken thus, he burst into tears, as Agrippa'i
did also his sister ; and his emotion much restrained ^.^pay^yo
the passion of his hearers. Still they began to tribute a
,^L^.i ^.1- •. restore
cry out that they were not takmg up arms against porticoes
I'.
the Romans, but against Florus, because of all

the wrong that he had done them. To this king
Agrippa replied " But your actions are already acts
:
of war against Rome : you have not paid your tribute

to Caesar, and you have cut down the porticoes
communicating with Antonia If you wish to clear
yourselves of the charge of insurrection, re-establish
the porticoes and pay the tax ; for assuredly the
fortress does not belong to Florus, and it is not Florus
to whom your money will go."
(xvii. 1) Acting on this advice, the people went up
to the temple, with the king and Bernice, and began
the reconstruction of the porticoes, while the magis-
trates and the members of the council dispersed to the
various villages and levied the tribute. The arrears,
amounting to forty talents, were rapidly collected.
Thus for the moment Agrippa dispelled the menace of
war. Subsequently, he endeavoured to induce the
people to submit to the orders of Florus until a
successor was sent by Caesar to replace him. But
this exasperated the Jews, who heaped abuse upon
VOL, II R 481
.
JOSEPHUS
TrdAecu? avrou lêK-qpvauov, eToXfiajv 8e rti/e? rcju
407 orauiacrrcov Kal Xidov? eV avrou ^dXXeiv. 6 hk
jSaatAeu? Ihtov r-qv opfx-qv ridrj tojv v€.ojT€pil,6vTUJV
aKa-do\^rov Kal x^^^'^V^^^ ^4>' ^^^ -poTTerr-qXa-
KLoro,^ Tovg p.kv dpxovra^ avTojv djia tol? hvva-
Toli e—€ii-€ 77p6? OAc2»pov €1? Kaiadpeiav, lu*
€K€Luo^ e^ avTojv OLTroSei^r] rovg rrjv ôjpav
<f)opoXoyrjOOUTag , avro^ 6^ ai^'€;(aipv]crev elg ttju
âoiXeiav
408 (2) \\dv rovTco rive? TtDi^ iidXtara Kivovvrojv
Tov -oXepLOV ovveXdouTCS (Lpp-rjcravInl (f)povpi6v
Tt KaXovpievov Waudhav, /cat KaraXa^6vre<? avro
Xddpa TOV? 'PojpLaLOJV
(l)povpovs d7T€0(f)aâv,
p-kv
409 eVepou? 5' eyKarear-qoav Idlov?. dp.a dk /cat Kara.
TO Upov 'EAeaâpo? vlo? 'Aiâvta rov dp)(L€peoj£, i
vean'a? dpaavraro?, orparr]yojv rore rovg Kara

rrjV Xarpeiav Xeirovpyovvr as dvarreidei p.-qhev6s
dXXorpiov dojpov r) dvaiav TrpoGdexeadaL. rovro ;p
S' TjU rov -po? Poj/Ltatou? rroXepLov KaraôX-q-

'
rrjv yap VTrkp rovra>v dvoiav /cat^ Katcrapo? dir-

410 kppupav. Kal rroAAa rcJov re dpxi-€peojv Kal rcjv
yvLopipLUJV 7TapaKaXovvra>v p.rj TrapaXtTrelv ro virkp
rcov -qyepLovow edog ovk eveSocrav, rroXv p.kv Kal
T(2) ocjyerepoj rrX-qdei Trerroidores, Kal yap ro
aKpLaiorarov rojv vecorepLLôvroiV avv-qpyet, p.d-
* TrfjOimrriXAKi.'jTdL PA. ^ om. Kal VRC.
" As opposed to the tribute already collected from Jeru-
salem and the environs (i 405).

* Close to the Dead Sea, more than half-way down the
west coast, modern Sebhefi.

* t.^. "captain of the Temple" (Acts iv. 1, etc.), or .?a/7an,
482
JEWISH WAR, ir 406-410
the king and formally proclaimed his banishment Aarippa

from the city some of the insurgents even ventured
; fr^JJi*, t'île
to throw stones at him. The king, seeing that the ^'^y-

passions of the revolutionaries were now beyond
control, and mdignant at the insults which he had
received, sent the magistrates and principal citizens
to Florus at Caesarea, in order that he might appoint
some of their number to collect the tribute in the
country ° he then withdrew to his own dominions.
;
(2) And now some of the most ardent promoters Capture of

of hostihfies banded together and made an assault Jg^^^'jj^ ^^
on a fortress called Masada * and having gained insurgents
;
possession of it by stratagem, they slew the Roman a. d. 66.'

guards and put a garrison of their own in their place.
Another incident occurred at the same time in the CessaiioiK
Temple. Eleazar, son of Ananias the high-priest, a Ro,"e.'^^^
êry daring youth, then holding the position of
?aptain,^ persuaded those who officiated in the Temple
services to accept no gift or sacrifice from a foreigner.
This action laid the foundation of the war with the
Romans for the sacrifices offered on behalf of that
;
lation and the emperor were in consequence re-

ected.^ The chief priests and the notables earnestly
Desought them not to abandon the customary offering
'or their rulers, but the priests remained obdurate.
Their numbers gave them great confidence, supported
IS they were by the stalwarts of the revolutionary
m official who in the hierarchy ranked next to the high

)riest.
**
These daily {B. ii. 197), were
sacrifices, offered twice
nstituted by Augustus and consisted of two lambs and a
)u]l (Philo, Lfifj. ad Calum, 157, 317 Cohn). The expense,
iccording to Philo, was borne by the Emperor (eV tQu iSiwv
rpoaoouji'), according to Josephus {Ap. ii. 77) by the Jewish
lation.
483
JOSEPHUS
XiOTa 8' d(j)Opa)PT€? 6t? t6i> ^KXedâpov orpa-
TT]yovvTa.
411 (3) T.vveXdoureg ol hvvarol
yovu'^ roU d.px-
lepevGLV Kal
et? Tavro
toI^ tojv Oapiaai'oji'
yvajpLpiOL? COS" €77* dvrjKeoTOis -qbi^ ovix(f)opalg
eôvXevovro TTCpl tlov oXcdv Kal hoâv drroTreLpa-
drjuai Tcbu oTaoLaorcou Xoyoig, rrpo rrjs xaXKrj^
7TvXr]<; ddpoilovGL Tov hijixov, rjTLs riv rod evhov
412 Upou rerpapnievq rrpo^ dvaToXd<; r)Xiov. Kal

TTpwTOV avrcjv ttoXXol Tipog ttju ToXfiav rrjg drro-
orduewg xaXeTTrjvavre'; Kal to T-qXiKovrov Ittl-
oeUiv rfj TTarpihi iroXefiov, erreL-ra to rrjg npo-
(f)do€a)<; dXoyov SiTÂey;^©!^, 4>diJL€V0L toi)? fjL€u
Tjpoyovovs avTwv KeKoufxrjKevaL rou vaou Ik tcov

dXXo(f}vXajv TO TrXeov, del TTpoGBexofJ-evov? rds drrc
413 Tojv eôjOev iSvojv Scopca?, Kal ov fiovov ov 8ta
KeKOjXvKevai dvoias rtvow, rovro yap doeêorarov
dXXd Kal rd ^Xerrop-eva Kal^ Trapapiivoina [r6v\
Tooovrov xpovov dvadi]p.ara rrepl ro) Upco KaO
414 ihpvKevai. avrovs he vvv epeOiôvra? rd 'Pw
p.ai(jjv oTrXa Kal pLvrjOTevopievovg rou citt' eKeivan
TToXepiOV KaivoTop,eZv dprjOKeiav êvrfv, Kal fierc

rod KLvSvvou KaraipricfyiGaadat ttjs TroXecos d
GeêiaVy el napd p,6v'0i^ 'louSaiot? ovre dvoei tl
41 o dXXorpios ovre TrpoGKUvqaeL. Kav p.ev IttI Ihio'jrox
ns evos rovrov elocfyeprj rov i'6p.oi', dyavaKrel

ojs 6pLLop,ei'-qg dTravOpcoTTLag, TTepiopdv 8' dr^
41 G 'Pco/Liatot Kal 6 \\alGap eKG7TOvdo<; yiverai. 8€8ot
1 oiv VRC. 2 +î ,,,5. 3 om. PAML
" The gate of Corinthian bronze (B. v. ^Qi), probably o

484-
party ; but they relied above all on the authority of

the captain Eleazar
(3) Thereupon the principal citizens assembled Evpostuia
with the chief priests and the most notable Pharisees it^wish^^"
to deliberate on the position of affairs, now that they ruiers.
were faced with what seemed irreparable disaster.
Deciding to try the effect of an appeal to the revolu-
tionaries, they called the people together before the
—
bronze gate that of the inner Temple facing east-
ward ." They began by expressing the keenest
indignation at the audacity of this revolt and at their
country being thus threatened with so serious a war.
They then proceeded to expose the absurdity of the
alleged pretext. Their forefathers, they said, had
adorned the sanctuary mainly at the expense of
aliens and had always accepted the gifts of foreign
nations not only had they never taken the sacri-
;
legious step of forbidding anyone to offer sacrifice,

but they had set up around the Temple the dedicatory
offerings which were still to be seen and had remained
there for so long a time. But now here were these
men, who wêre provoking the arms of the Romans
and courting a war with them, introducing a strange
innovation into their religion, and, besides endanger-
ing the city, laying it open to the charge of impiety,
if Jews henceforth were to be the only people to allow
no alien the right of sacrifice or worship. Should

such a law be introduced in the case of any private
individual, they would be indignant at so inhumane
a decree yet they made light of putting the Romans
;
and Caesar outside the pale. It was to be feared,
the east of the women's court and identical with " the
Beautiful gate " of Acts iii. 2 and " Nicanor's gate " of the
Mishna.
485
JOSEPHUS
KeWt jjLevTOL yLTj ra? v-nkp eKeivajv dTToppiipavreg
dvaias KcoXvdojGL dvetv Kal ra? vnep iavrwv,
yevqrai re iKorrovdog rrjs rj-yepLOviag -q ttoXl?, el
fir] raxôj? aco(f)povrjaavTe? (iTTohwoovGLU ras
Ovoias, Koi TTpXv eêXdeZv €</>' ovg vj^piKaoLV rrjy
^TjpLiqv S LopOo) GOVT ai rrjv v^ptv.
417 (4-) "Aâ ravra Xeyovres Traprjyou rous e/x-
TTeipovs Tojv TTarpiujv tepet?, a^r^you/xeVou? ort

TTavres ol Txpoyovoi ra? Trapa rajv a.?ôyeva)V
dvoiag a7Tehe)(ovTO. Trpoaelxev 8e ovhels rcjv
veajrepitôvrajVy aXX ovhe Trpoarjeaav^ ol Aet-
Tovpyol^ rrjv rod TToXefiov KaraôX-qv evoK€vai,6-
418 fieuoL. avvihovTeg ovv ol Svuarol r-qv re oraoLV
Tjhri hvoKaBaiperov vri* avrojv ovaav koi rov oltto
'PwfJLaiajv klvSuvop IttX Trpojrovs avrovs o.(j>-

Lôfievov, d7TeaKevdl,ouro rds alrtas, Kal Trploêis
OVg jJLeV TipOS ^XwpoV eTTeflTTOU, d>v "^PX^^ ^^^^
* AvavLOV TiipLCDV, ov<i Se rrpog ÂypLTnrav, ev ots
•qoav eniorjijioi HavXog re Kal WvriTTag Kal
KoCTTOjSapo? rrpoG-qKovreg roj âoiXeZ Kara yevog.
419 eheovro he dp.(j)orepojv dva^qvai pierd hvudpeojs
elg rrjv ttoXlv Kal nplv yeveodai hvGKadaiperoi
420 eTTLKoipai r-qv Grdotv. ^Xcopco p,ev ovv hetvov'
evayyeXiOV -qu, Kal TTporjp-qpieuo? e^dnreiv rov
421 TJoXepiOv ovhev drreKpivaro rol<^ irpeGêvrais' Aypirr-
TTQb he K-qhopievog eTTLGiqg rd)u re d(f>LGrapi.ev(j)v
Kal -pog ovs d TToAe/xo? -qyeipero, ôvXopevos re
' M LC : irporrlfaaf the rest.

« XriarpiKoi PAM*: + sal PAL; the text is doubtful.
' TO dfiyov C " the dire iiewb was u godsend toOtc '
:
Seii^bf MVR.
486
however, that, once they rejected the sacrifices for

the Romans, they might not be allowed to offer
sacrifice even for themselves, and that their city
would be placed outside the pale of the empire,
unless, with a speedy return to discretion, they
restored the sacrifices and made amends for the
insult before the report reached the ears of those
whom they had insulted.
(4) In the course of these remonstrances they They ob
produced priestly experts on the traditions, who ment^'^fr
declared that all their ancestors had accepted the Agnppa,
sacrifices of aliens But not one of the revolu-
tionary party would listen to them even the
;
Temple ministers failed to come to their support

and were thus instrumental in bringing about the
war. Thereupon, the leading citizens, perceiving
that it was now beyond their power to suppress
the insurrection and that they would be the first
victims of the vengeance of Rome, took steps to
exonerate themselves from blame, and dispatched
two deputations, one to Florus, headed by Simon, son
of Ananias, and another to Agrippa, including some
eminent persons, Saul, Antipas and Costobar," all
members of the royal family. They besought them
both to come up to the city with troops and to crush
the revolt before it became insuperable. To Florus
the news was a wonderful godsend determined as
;
he was to kindle the war, he gave the emissaries no

reply. Agrippa, on the other hand, equally solicitous
for the rebels and for the nation against which they
were rising in arms, anxious that the Romans should
"Saul and Costobar were brothers who, after the defeat
made a timely exit from .Terusalem
of Cestius, ;Antipas,
who remained, was slain by the insurgents {B. ii. 556 f., iv.
140).
487
,
JOSEPHUS
' Ptu/Liatot? iJLev 'louSat'ou? aa)l,€crdaL, *IouSatot9 he
TO iepou Kat TTjU 1X7)7 po—oXiv, dW ou6' iavTO)
XvoLTeX-qaeLV rrju 'Tapa')('qv iTTiardixevo^, errefXTreu
Tou? eTTafiviovuTas^ rco Siyxco biGxi^Xiovg LTTnelg,

AvpauLTag re Kat Baravat'oi;? kolI \ paxojvLTa<;
V7TO Aapet'oj p.eu L7T~dp-)(]j, orpaniyco hk rco
laKLfxov ^lXlttttco.
422 (5) TouTOt? BapGr]GavTe<; ol hwarol guv rots
dpxt€p€VGLV KOi -ndv daov rov n\r]dov<g elprji^rjv
qyaTTa ttjv dvoj KaraXaix^dvouraL ttoXlv tt)?
ndroj yap rd GraGidCou eKpdreL Kal rod lepov.

423 xepp-dGLv fxeu ovv Kal rolg eKfjfioXoLf; dhiaXeinrwf;
€Xpo->vro, Kal GVvex^LS rjoau fieXow d(f)eG€L<; e^
eKarepoji' row KXifxdrojv €gtlu 6 ore Kat Kara
Xdxovs €Krpdxovr€<; GVGrdSrji^ eixdxouro, roA/xat?
fxev OL oraGiaGral rrpoexoure?, e/x7reipta Se ol
424 âGiXiKoi. Kal rovrotg fxeu rju dydjv rov tepov
Kparfjoac ixdXtora Kat tous" p.iaivoi'ra'i rou uaov
eêXdoai, toIv Se Trepl rou 'EAeaâpof oraGta-
oraZs 77 pd<; ois €gxov Kal rrjv duo) ttoXlv TrpoGXa^clu.
C77-a fxeu ovu
Gvx^d^ dp.(j>orepojv
-qixepatq (f)6i'o^
eyu'ero, Kal ovberepuL rod KaraXijcfyOivro'^ ix4pov<;

eiKov.
42.")
(5) \ rj 6'
^$'>'i^
rrj<; row ^vXocfiopLon' €oprri<;
ovGTjg, iv fj
TrdoLV idog rju vXtjv rqj jSto/xoj rrpoG-
<^€p€LV, drrcjb ixrjTTorti rpocl)rj roj rrvpl XeiTTOi,
* L : in-LiJvvofTixs tlic rest.
" The subsequent ydventures of I'tiilip, " lieutenant

48H
JEWISH WAR II. 421-425
not lose the Jews nor the Jews their Temple and
mother city, conscious, moreover, that he had nothing
to gain from this disorder, dispatched to the aid of
the citizens two thousand liorse from Auranitis,
Batanaea, and Trachonitis, under Darius, as cavalry
commander, and Philip,* son of Jacimus, as general.
(5) Encouraged bv these reinforcements, the lead- struggle
ing men, the chief priests and all the people who pro-Romi
were in favour of peace occupied the upper city for ^"*^ ^'^^
; ,
the lower city and the Temple were in the hands of

the insurgents. Stones and slings were incessantly
in action from one quarter and from the other there
;
was a continuous hail of missiles sometimes com-

;
panies even sallied out and there was a hand-to-hand

engagement, the insurgents having the superiority
in daring, the king's soldiers in skill. The objective
of the royal troops was to capture the Temple and
to expel those who were polluting the sanctuary ;
Eleazar and the rebels strove to gain the upper
city in addition to the ground which they held
already. So for seven days there was great slaughter
on both sides, neither of the combatants surrender-
ing the portion of the town which he occupied.
(6) The eighth day was the feast of wood-carrying, The rebel
1
altar, m
. 11 1.11
when it was customary for all to brina: wood for the |';>i"^*?
ni
order that there might be an unfailing supply
^'i*
^^'^^ sicar.
(eirapxas) ofAgrippa II, are narrated at length in the Life

(46, etc.). His father Jacimus had held a high position
(according to one text as " tetrarch ") under Agrippa
(probably I) his grandfather Zamaris had been placed by
;
Herod the Great in charge of a colony of Babylonian Jews

in Batanaea {A. xvii. 23-29). Waddington's supposed
discovery of the name Darius on an inscription in
Trachonitis referring to Agrippa has been shown to be
erroneous (Dittenberger, Orientis Graeci Inscr. Sel. i. 422
Reinach).
yoL. II R 2 489
JOSEPHUS
8ta/i.eVet yap aoêarov dei, hiaôpov;
rovg fiev
rrjg dprjaKeia? eêVAetaai/, rco 8'
dadevel Aaoi
ovuetapveura? ttoAAous" tcou OLKaptojv, our oj? yap
€k6.Xovv Tovg Xrjords exovra^ vtto rot? k6\ttoi<;
î</)7], 7TpooXa^6vT€g dappaXewrepou rJTrrovTo r-qs
426 €T7LX€LprjOeoj?. rjrrojvro 8' ol âoiXiKol TrXrjdeL
T€ Kal roXfirj /cat ^laoafievoLS €lkov €k T'i7? dt'to
77-dAeaji. OL 8e i-nLTTeaovre'^ TrjV re ^ \vavLOU rod
dp\iepeoj^ oiKLav Kal to. ^ AypiTTTra Kal BepvixT^s"
427 vTTOTifjLTTpaGLV âolXeta- (jLeO' a to rrvp irrl rd
dpxela e(f)€pov dcpauiaai OTrevdoureg rd uvfiôXaLa
Tuju heSaueLKoratu Kal tol? €LG—pdêL<i diTOKOâi
rojv xped)V, OTTOjg avTol t€ irX-qdog TrpooXdôjOLV
TOW wcjieXrjdeurafv Kal /lxct' d8eta? rot? evnopoL?
€7TavaarrjGajGL rovg drropov?. (f)vy6uTajv be tujp
428 7Tp6? TO) ypa/jL/jLaTocbuXaKelcp to Trvp evieGav. enel
8e rd v€vpa Trjg iroXeajs KaTachXeâvTes irrl tous
€)(Opov^ €)(copovv, evda hrj tcov duyarojv Kal tCjv
dp^L€pi(jjv ol fjL€i> els Toug VTTOVofMOvg KaTahvvres
429 bteXdvdai'OU, oi 8e guv tols /SacrtAtKOt? etV ttji
avcuTepo) KaTaîvyovTes avXrjv rajjê'cu? aTreVAetCTai'
Tas" dvpas, GUV ot? 'Aiâi'tas' o dpîepevs 'EêKtas
re o d86A<^6? auTou /cat ot -peoêvGavTes irpos
WyptTTTTav TjGav. tot^ fiev ovv Trj vLkt] /cat rots
eixrrprjGdeLGLV dpKeodivTes dveTravGavTO.
" Cf. Lev. vi.

1-2 f. According to the Mishna, Taanith.
iv. 5, the wood
was carried by respective families on nine
separate days in the year, but the principal day was the
loth of Ab (July-AujETust). Josephus, however (see § 430),
appears to place the feast on the preceding day, 14th Ab.
" Probably additions of Agrippa II to the old palace of
the Hasmonaeans (c/. A. xx. 189 f.).
490
of fuel for the flames, which are kept always burning.'* capture
The .lews in the Temple excluded their opponents an(?^Du"r'r
from this ceremony, but along with some feebler folk tiiearcm
—
numbers of the sicarii so they called the brigands ^.d.
66.''
who carried a dagger in their bosom forced their —

way in ;these they enlisted in their service and
pressed their attacks more boldly than before. The
royalists, now outmatched in numbers and audacity,
were forced to evacuate the upper city. The victors
burst in and set fire to the house of Ananias the high-
priest and to the palaces of Agrippa and Bernice ^ ;
they next carried their combustibles to the public

archives,'' eager to destroy the money-lenders' bonds
and to prevent the recovery of debts, in order to win
over a host of grateful debtors and to cause a rising
of the poor against the rich, sure of impunity. The
keepers of the Record Office having fled, they set
light to the building. After consuming the sinews
of the city in the flames, they advanced against their
foes ; whereupon the notables and chief priests
made their escape, some hiding in the underground
passages,^ while others fled with the royal troops to
the palace situated higher up,^ and instantly shut
the gates among the latter were Ananias the high-
;
priest, his brother Ezechias and the members of the

deputation which had been sent to Agrippa. Satisfied
with their victory and incendiary proceedings, the
insurgents paused for that day.
•^
The Archives building was finally burnt down by the
Romans {B. vi. 354)there spoken of as adjoining the
; it is
Akra (or citadel, thought to be the old city of David) and
the council-chamber (of the Sanhedrin).
<*
Or " sewers."
* The palace of Herod the Great on the highest terrace of
the upper city, described in B. v. 176 ff.

491
JOSEPHUS
430 (?) Tfj 8' î^S> TTeureKaibeKarr] 8' rjv Acoov
ynqvos, ojpjxrjuav cttI ttju ^ Ai^rwulav Kal rov? eV
avrfj 4>povpov^ hucilv rjfjiepais TroXLopKrjcravre?
avTovs T€ elXou Kal Kar€a(f)aâv Kal to fJ)povpLOv
431 ev€77 pii']aav . eTTetra {.lereâLvov et? r-qv auXrjv, et?
T]u ol âoiXiKol KaT€(f)vyov, Kal hiaveifiavTes o(f)d^
avTovs €Lg reaorapa p-eprj rcou 7ei)(u)v eTretpojvro.
Tcjjv 8' €1^801^ Trpos" eKhpojxrjV jxev ouSeiS" iddppei
Slol to ttXtiOos rcjv l<j>€GT(x>ra>v, Sttorra/xev'ot Se
€.7tI to. dcopoLKLa Kal Tou^ TTvpyov? 'iâWov TOl)?
TTpoGLOvra?, Kal
uuxôl tcov Xijgtcjv V7t6 roZ<;
432 Teiyj.aiv ovre 8e vvkto? ovre rj/xepa?
emTrroi'.
SUXenTev -q aviJujioXi], tojv p.ev oraoiaoTOJV oltt-
ayopevaeiv rovg euSou olopLevojv eV8eta rpo(f)rj?, tcov
8' €vhoOev Kajj-drcu rou? TToXLopKouura?.
433 (8) Kdv rovTcp Mamry/xo? rt?, fto? 'louSa rov

KaXovfJLevov FaAtAatou, oo(f)LGTr]g^ 8etvdraTos', o
Kal CTTt Kvpi-jULOV TTore ^lovhalovg ot'ctStcra? on
'Paj/xatot? VTre-rdoaovro jxerd rov deou, dvaXaôjv
434 Tous" yvajpipLovg dv€)(ojpria€V els Maaa8av', eVâ
T-)7i^ ^HpcoSov rod /SuotAeoj? 077Aoî7k:t7V dvapprjâ?
Kal Trpos roZs hi]ix6rais Irlpovs Xrjord^ Kad-
OTtXiaas, rovroLS re XP^H-^^^^ Sopu(f)6poL?, ola Srj
âGiXeug endveiGLV els '[epoGoXufia Kal yevopiêvos
r]ye}ji<jjv rfjg ordGecos hieraGGev rrjv TToXiopKiav.
435 dnopia 8' r]v opyduojw, Kal (f>avep<ji)s VTTopvrreiv
ro reL)(o? ov^ olou re rjv dvtodev âXXofievovs'
vnovopiov br] n6ppa>dev €(/>' eva rojv nvpyajv vrr-
opvâvres dveKprnxviGav avr6v,e-eLra rrjV dvexovGav
^ OS rjif aocpiarrjs VRC : Destinon suggests oocpicrTrjs <î'> or

that the whole clause (to Uto^) is a gloss.
492
(7) On the next day, being the fifteenth of the They

month Lous,^ they attacked Antonia, and, after af,jrt"Antt
siege of two days, captured the garrison, put them to and besif
the sword and set fire to the fortress. They then ana loyai
repaired to the palace, in which the king's followers hî^Js'
had taken refuge, and forming themselves into four palace.
sections made repeated assaults on the walls. None
of the blockaded party ventured on a sally because
of the large number of their assailants but, posted ;
along the breastworks and towers, they showered

missiles upon all who approached, and numbers of the
brigands fell beneath the walls. The combat con-
tinued incessantly day and night, the insurgents
hoping to exhaust the besieged through failure of
wear down the besiegers
supplies, the defenders to
by fatigue.
(8) At this period a certain Menahem, son of Menahen
Judas surnamed the Galilaean that redoubtable — coimnaiK
doctor who in old days, under Quirinius, had up- ^'''^*^'
1-111
braided the
T
Jews
'•
ror
.
recogmzmg the Komans

• 1 -r>
-i
as
^'^^
and dire(
the siege
masters when they already had God ^ took — his
intimate friends off with him to Masada,*^ where he
broke into king Herod's armoury and provided arms
both for his fellow-townsmen and for other brigands ;
then, with these men for his bodyguard, he returned

like a veritable king to Jerusalem, became the leader
of the revolution, and directed the siege of the palace.
The besiegers, however, lacked engines, and, exposed
as they were to missiles from the wall, found it
impossible to undermine it under the enemy's eyes ;
they accordingly started digging a mine at a distance,
continued it as far as one of the towers, which they
<*
Roughly the equivalent in the Macedonian calendar of
the Hebrew Ab and of our August.
" See§ 118. « § 408.
493
,,.
JOSEPHUS
orr^piyfidrajv 6 f-ikv 77vpyo<; lâicjyviqs KaTaoeUrai,

T€t;ô? 8' erepov evSoBev duTajKoSofirjuduov* Si-
e<l)durj- TTjv yap It: LfiovX-qv"^ avroiv TrpoaLaBofjievoL,
Ta;(a kol tov rrvpyov KLv-qBevro^: c/J9 v~ujpvTTeTO
437 devrepov iavrols epuixa KareoKevaaav. np6<; o tCjv
dboKr]r(jj<; IhovTOjv kol Kparelv rjbr] 7T€7TeL(jpi€vojv
KaTd7TXrj^L<; rju. oi 8e evhoBev rrpog re tou Ma-
ydrifjiov kqi touc i^dpôvra'; ri^s o~da€Oj^ e-^purov
n^LOVvr€<; iêXBelv VTTOUTTOvhoL. kol hoBkv iiovois
rot? âoLXiKol^; kol tol<; i7TL-)((jjpLOL<; ol fiev e^rjeoav.
438 dBufiia Se rovs 'Pajfiaiovs Kara\ei<j)BevTa<; fi6vou<;
VTTeXaêu- ovre yap jStaaacrâi rooovrov ttXtjBos
eSvvavTo Kat to Sefta? atreti' oiêtSo? VTTeXdjJL-
i'S9 âuov, 77po? TO) firihe TTLGrevetu. el biholro. Kara-
Xl7t6vt€<; br) ro arparoTredou cjg evdXojrov irtl
TOi)? âaiXiKOvs dvl<^vyov m'pyovg, tov t€ 'Itt-
7TLKOU KaXovfievov Kal âadr^Xou Kal WapidfJifir^v
4 10 ol §e TTepl TOV yiavdrjfjiov €lg7T€g6vt€S oBev ol
OTpaTiojTaL htechvyov oaovg re avToJv Kar-
eXdfxâvov fiT] (hddaavTas iKhpafielv SLe<f>B€Lpav,
Kal ra? aTTOGKevd? hiapTrdoavTeg ivenprjaav to
OTpaToirehov raura ^kv ovv eKTrj TopTnaLOV
.
li-qvo'^ irrpdxBrj.
4^1 (9) Kara 5e Tr]v eiriovoav o re dpxupevs
Avavia'; tov ttjs âoLXiK-rj^ avXrj<; evpnrov
Trepl
biaXavBdvcov dXioKeTai Kal Trpog tojv XrjGTCjv
dvatpeLTai ovv 'Eêxt'o. to) dbeX(f)oj, Kal tov<;
TTvpyov? TT^piaxovTes^ ol OTaaiaoTal 7Tape(f)vXaTTOV
^ duoiKodofxTjixfuop PA. * fTTj/SoXTjf Niese.

' Naber after Lat. "circumsidentes '": ^Tri<r\6vre% mss.
494
shored up, and then, after setting light to the supports

retired. When the props were consumed, the tower
suddenly collapsed, but only to reveal another wall
constructed in its rear for the besieged, foreseeing
;
their stratagem, perhaps warned by the tower shaking

during the mining operations, had provided them-
selves with a second rampart. This unexpected sight
dismayed the assailants who believed that victory
was already theirs. However, the garrison now sent Evacuat
to Menahem and the leaders of the insurrection a ^^\''l
request for permission to quit the fortress under
treaty. This was granted, but only to the king's
troops and natives of the country, who came out
accordingly. The Romans, left alone, were now
despondent they despaired of forcing their way
;
through such a multitude and were ashamed to sue

for terms besides, even were they granted, they
;
could put no faith in them. They, accordingly,

abandoned their camp, as untenable, and retired to
the royal towers, known as Hippicus, Phasael and
Mariamme/' Menahem's followers, rushing into the
quarters just deserted by the soldiers, killed all the
stragglers whom they could lay hands on. rifled the
baggage and set fire to the camp. These events
took place on the sixth of the month Gorpiaeus.''
(9) On the following day the high-priest Ananias Murders
was caught near the canal in the palace grounds, '^^^"^'^^^^
'^
where he was hiding, and. with his brother Ezechias,

was killed by the brigands while the rebels invested
;
and kept strict watch on the towers, to prevent any

" These towers, built by Herod the Great and described
in B. V. 161 ff.. were on the old city wail (173) on the north
side of the palace enclosure ( 1 76).

* =Hebrew Elul (August-September).
* For the canals in the palace gardens see B. v. 181.
495
JOSEPHUS
442^17 '''I? TOfi^ GTpn.riojTf7)u 8ta(/)j;yot .'
tou o€ Ma-
jâry/xou t) t€ rtot' d;^jjpo>t' KcnafjTpofj)-}) ô>pta>p
Kat o Toi; ap)(i€peoj^ ^
\vavLov Odvaro<; eTV(j)fjL>o€V
€19 copLor-qra, Kal fiiqheva vopLil^cov €)(eLU €7TL rot?

443 TrpdypLaGLU dvrLTraXou d(f)6pr)To<; Tvpavuo<i •
tju . €7t
avLor avrai 8e ol rou ^KXedlapoi^ avrco, Kal

rrepl
Xoyou dXXrjXoi^ houreq d)^ ov XP'^
.
Ptt)/u,oitî' '
drroordvTas St* iXevdepias rroOov KaranpoinBai

ravTYju OLK€Lw hripLLo/ KOI beoTTor-qv (fidpeiu, ei
Kat piiqhkv TTpdrroL f^Laiou, aAA' ovu iavrcbv

ra7T€iv6r€pov el yap Kal Scot ni'd tcou oXa)v
d(f)7]y€LodaL, TTauTL /xdAAop' t) ckciVoj npoaiqKeLV,
ovvriOevraL Kal Kara ro Upou inexîpovv avTOj-
444 ooâpos yap duafSe^rjKei TrpocrKwrjaow eodrJTL re
âoiXiKfi K€KOGiJLr)pLeuo? Kal Tou? ^rÂojTOi? ev-
445 077A0U? ecêXKop-evos ojs S' ol nepl rou 'EAeaâpoi^
.
€77' avrou ojppL-qaav, o t€ Xoirrog hrjpLO<; [eVt ra?

opydsY Xldovs dpTrdGavr€<; rou Go<j)iGTr]v 'iâXXov,
OLopievoL TOVTOV Kar aXvB evr o<; hiaTpdipeiu 6Xt]U
446 Tr]u GrdGLU, npos oXiyov'*' ol Trepl tov Wavdr\p.ov
duriGxdvT€? ojs elhov irdv eV aurou? to TTXrjdo?
oppLrjGav, ^<f)vyov ottt] tls lgxvg€u, Kal (f)6vos p.ev
T)v ra)v KaraXrj(f)66UTa>i^, epevva hk rwv qtto-
447 Kpv7TTOpL€Pa>u. Kal bL€Gco6r)Gav oXiyoL Xddpa 8ia-
hpdvT€s et? Waadhav, gvv olg 'EAeaâpo? uto?
Maetpou, TTpoGrjKcou tw MavarjpLOj Kara yevoSy
448 o? VGrepov ervpdvvqaev ri]<; MaoaSa?. avrou t€
TOV }^\audr]pLOv €tV rov KaXovpiCvov ^0<f)Xdv ovpL-
(f)vy6ura /cciKiet raTreLvoj? viroXavOdvovra t,ioypr)'
^ Naber: ota0i.'7T, mss. ^ Destinon : d tj /jlu) uss.
3 om. L Lat. '
* C: +5f the rest.
" Greek " zealots." ^ 1 ext and meaning doubtful.

496
soldier from escaping. But the reduction of the

strongholds and the murder of the high-priest
Ananias inflated and brutalized Menahem to such an
extent that he believed himself without a rival in the
conduct of affairs and became an insufferable tyrant.
The partisans of Eleazar now rose against him they ;
remarked to each other that, after revolting from the

Romans for love of liberty, they ought not to sacrifice
this liberty to a Jewish hangman and to put up with
a master who, even were he to abstain from violence,
was anyhow far below themselves and that if they
;
must have a leader, anyone would be better than

Menahem. So they laid their plans to attack him
in the Temple, whither he had gone up in state to
pay his devotions, arrayed in royal robes and attended
by his suite of armed fanatics.'^ When Eleazar and
his companions rushed upon him, and the rest of
the people to gratify their rage ^ took up stones
and began pelting the arrogant doctor, imagining
that his downfall would crush the whole revolt,
Menahem and his followers offered a momentary
resistance then, seeing themselves assailed by the
;
whole multitude, they fled whithersoever they could ;
all who wêre caught were massacred, and a hunt
was made for any in hiding. A few succeeded in

escaping by stealth to Masada, among others Eleazar,
son of Jairus and a relative of Menahem, and sub-
sequently despot of Masada/ Menahem himself,
who had taken refuge in the place called Ophlas '^
and there ignominiously concealed himself, was

" B. vii. 275 ff. The siege of Masada ended the war in
Palestine.
"^
The 'Ophel (
=" protuberance "), a region in the lower
city, " either the whole of the east hill south of the Temple
or some part of it
" (G. A. Smith. Jerusalem, i. 154).
497
.
JOSEPHUS
aavre^ ei? to (f)au€p6v eêiXKvaav kol TroAAai?
alKLadfX€voL âadvoL? dvciXou, o/Ltotco? 8e Kal toi)?
V7T avTov Tj-yefiovag top t€ eTnarjfioTaTov T-fjs
Tvpai'VLBo<; V7Trjp€T-qu ^ AifjdXojiJLOU

440 (10) '0 jJiev ovv SrjfjL0<;, cL? €(f)rjv, ci? TavTa
CTVvrjpyriGev iXTrilajv tlvcl Trjg oXr]^ oracreco?
hLopdojGiv ol 8* ov KaTaXvaai tov TToXefJbov
CTTevBovrei, dXX dSeecrrepov TToXep-elv, Mavar^/xoy
450 di'r]prjKeGau. dfieXei ttoXXo. tov SrjpLou Tot? OTpa-
TioSrat? dv€LvaL ttjv TToXiopKiav TrapaKaXovvTog,
OL §6 TTpooeKeiVTO ;)(aAe77ajT€pov, P-^XP^ pnqKlri
avT€\ovTe<; ol Trepl tov Mert'Atoi^, ovto<; yap tjv
Tcov 'Pojfiaiojv €7Tapxo<^, hLaTrefJLTTOVTai Trpo? TOU<i

TTcpl TOV ^KXediapov lâiTOVixevoi fiovag tol?
ipvxd? VTTOGTTovBovg, TOL Kal ttjv Xoltttjv
S' ovrXa
451 KTrJGLv 7TapaSajG€LV XeyovTc?. ol 8e Kal T-qv
LK€GLav dpTrdGavT€<; dverTefJiipav Trpo? aurous" Foj-
piovd Te ^LKOjjLTjSov^' VLOv Kal Âvaviav SaSouVt
Kal ^lovhav ^lowddov Se^tav^ re Kal opKous hojGOV-
Tas. (hv yevopLevofV KaTTjyev tov^ GTpa-LcoTag 6
452 Me-rt'Aio?. ol he fJ-^xpi fJ-€v -qaav iv rot? nrrXoi?,
out' irrex^lpî' GraGiaGTow avToZ^ out*
'^t? 'ToJv
ivecjiatvev eTTLôvXrjV co? 8e Kara tol? GVv6T]Ka<i
a7TavT€? dnedevTO tovs Ovpeovs Kal rd î(hr] Kal
453 llTjhkv CTL V7T07TT€VOVTe? dv^X^jpOVV , OjpiirjGaV €77*
avTOV? OL tov
'EAeaCapov" Krai, TreptaxovTe?
Trepl
dvfjpouv ovTe dfivvofievovg ovTe iKeTevovTas fiovas ,
he Tct? ovvdrjKas Kal tovs 6pKov<; dvaôwvTa?.

454 ol fj.ev oi'v ovtoj? cu/xoj? d—ea<f)dyrjGav aTravTeg
ttXt-jv MeriAtou, tovtov yap iKeTevaavTa Kal pLexpi-
TTepLTOfirjg lovhatGetv VTTOGxdfJievov hieGcoGav fiovou^

1 Nicodemi Lat. * 5^^^^; LVRC.
498
JEWISH WAR. II. 448-454
caught, dragged into the open, and after being sub-

jected to all kinds of torture, put to death. His
Heutenants, along with Absalom, his most eminent
supporter in his tyranny, met with a similar fate.
(10) The people, as I said," co-operated in this Capitnia-
plot in the hope of its producing some radical massacre
cure for the revolt; but the conspirators, in lî^l"
j/^Jj^n
ing Menahem, had no desire to end the war, but garrison.
only to prosecute it at greater liberty. In fact,
though the civilians urgently entreated the soldiers
to abandon the siege, they, on the contrary, only
pressed it more vigorously until Metilius, the com-
;
mander of the Roman garrison, unable to prolong his

resistance, sent envoys to Eleazar, asking, under
terms of capitulation, for no more than their lives,
and offering to surrender their arms and all their
belongings. The besiegers, grasping at this petition,
sent up to them Gorion son of Nicomedes, Ananias
son of Sadok, and Judas son of Jonathan, to give a
pledge of security and to take the necessary oaths.
That done, Metilius marched his men down. So
long as the soldiers retained their arms, none of the
rebels molested them or gave any indication of
treachery ; but when, in accordance with the
covenant, they had all laid down their bucklers and
swords and, with no suspicion remaining, were taking
their departure, Eleazar's party fell upon them, sur-
rounded and massacred them the Romans neither
;
resisting nor suing for mercy, but merely appealing

with loud cries to " the covenant " and " the oaths."
Thus, brutally butchered, perished all save Metilius ;
he alone saved his life by entreaties and promises
to turn Jew, and even to be circumcised. To the
,
" § 445.
499
.
JOSEPHUS
TO 8e TTados 'Pcu/xatots" ^te^^ 'qv Kov(f)OV, €k yap
aTrXerov SvvdfjLecos OLTravaXcuOrjaav oXlyoi, 'louSatot?^
455 §e TTpooijiLOV dXajoeco? edoêu. /cat /cartSoi'Te?
di'r]K€GT0V5 fJLeu rjdrj rds alrlas rod TToXejiov,

T-qv he TToXiv r-qXiKOvrco /xtacr/Ltart 7T€<t)vpiJ,evr]U,
€.B OX) haipLOVLOV TL fi'qi'LjjLa TTpoahoKav eiKog rji^,
el Kol fjLTj TTjV €K 'Pcoixaioji' dfivvav, irrevdovv

hrjixoGia, Koi TrX-qp-qs jjl€V KarT](heias "qv rj ttoXl?,
eKaoTOS 8e rcjv pLerpicov cos avro? VTrep rcou
456 GTaoLaGTOJu StVa? Scoocov rerdpaKTO. /cat yap
dr] aa^^dro) ovve^-q TTpa-xOrjvaL tov ôvov, eV a)
hid Trjv dprjGKelai^ /cat toju oglcou epyojv eyôvoLV

iKe\€ipiav
457 (xviii. 1) Tr]? S' aurrjg -qjiepas /cat cupa?,

€K haip-oviov TTpovoias, dvfipovv Kataapet?
ojGTiep
Tovs Trap" iainol? ^lovhatov?, ojg vrro iJilav wpau
dT70G<f)ayquai pikv VTrep biGfJivpLOug, Kei-ojdrjuai 8e
TTO-Gav ^lovhaiojv rrjV Kataapetai^' /cat yap rovs
btaSevyovra? 6 OAtupos" GvXXaôju Karrjyev^ heGp-oj-
458 ra? et? ra vecvpia. Trpos Se Tr)v eV rr^? Kat-
crapeta? TrXriyqv oXov ro eOvos iâypiovraL, Kal
bLapepLoOevTes "rdg re Ktupas row "Lvpojv /cat
rds TTpoGexovoas irropOovu TroXetg, (lîXaheXSetdv
re Kal 'Eaeôtrtrti^^ /cat Fepaaai^ /cat UeXXav kol
loioaluju PAL Lat.

' Hudson: Zfdo.'i'tVii' L: rf3(f)a;n'Tti' the rest.
The day of the month was perhaps 1 7th Elul (Gorpiaeus),

<•
if we may identify the massacre as the event referred to in

the old Jewish calendar MepiUalh Taanith: "On the 17th of
Elul the Romans evacuatid Judah and Jerusalem " (vi. (b)
in Zeitlin's edition, Philadelphia, 192-2); Zeitlin's identifica-
500
—
Romans this injury the loss of a handful of men out
of a boundless army —
was slight but to the Jews
;
it looked like the prelude to their ruin. Seeing the

grounds for war to be now beyond remedy, and the
city polluted by such a stain of guilt as could not but
arouse a dread of some visitation from heaven, if not
of the vengeance of Rome, they gave themselves up
to public mourning the whole city was a scene of
;
dejection, and among the moderates there was not

one who was not racked with the thought that he
would personally have to suffer for the rebels' crime.
For, to add to its heinousness, the massacre took
place on the sabbath," a day on which from religious
scruples Jews abstain even from the most innocent
acts.
(xviii. 1) The same day and at the same hour, as Massacn

it were by the hand of Providence, the inhabitants of ^'^^^gl^'j.g^
Caesarea massacred the Jews who resided in their the Syri

city ;within one hour more than twenty thousand
were slaughtered, and Caesarea was completely
emptied of Jews, for the fugitives were arrested by
orders of Florus and conducted, in chains, to the
dockyards. The news of the disaster at Caesarea Jewish
infuriated the whole nation and parties of Jews ""^p^^*^^
;
sacked the Syrian villages and the neighbouring

cities,^ Philadelphia, Heshbon and its district, Gerasa,
tion of that event as the capitulation mentioned in § 437 is

open to the double objection that no terms were then made
with the Itomans and that Josephus dates that incident on
the 6th of the month. The Romans held out, it seems, for
eleven days more.
* The enumeration following begins in the south of
Decapolis, proceeds northwards, rounds Galilee, and then
generally follows the coast line from north to south. Separate
parties probably started from Peraea, Galilee, and Judaea.
501
J0SEPHU5
459 ^kvOottoXlu. CTretra Tahdpoig /cat "Ittttco kol rfj
TavXai'LTLbi 7TpoGTr€o6wres tol^ /xew KaraoTpeijjd-
ra' 8' imoTrprjoauTe'; exo^povv enl KaSaaa
fievoL,
Tvplcuu /cat
T-qv JlToAf/xaiSa raâi^' re /cat
4Gu Kataapetai'. avTcoxî' S' olStc Heâorrj rats

opfxalg avTcuv ovre WokolXcou, aAA' irrl Tavrats
TTvprroXrideLoaig ÂvOrjboi'a /cat Tdiav KareoKajr-
rou. TToXXal 8e Trepl^ eKaorrjv tovtcuv tojv TToXdOjv
dvrjpTTdtovTO K(x>p.aL, kol tlov dXtaKOfieucov dvhpow
(l)6i'og Tjv aTTeipos.
4G1 (;2) Oi) fJLy]v ol HvpoL roju ^lovbalcuv eXarrov
7TX-qdo<; di^Tjpovv, dXXd /cat aurot rov? ev rat?
TToXeoLV XapLâvofjievovg aTriucârTov ov ptovov Kara
/xiaob, CO? TTpo-repoVy dAA' rjh-q /cat to^ €(^' eairrot?
462 /ciVSuvov <f>Bdvov7€S' heivi) 8e oAryi^ tt]^ Y,vpiav
€7T€lx€v rapaxri, /cat Traaa TroAt? et? 8uo hifipr^ro
arparoTTeha, ocjTrjpta de tols e-ripois rji> to toi)?
4G"J erepov^ (f)6doaL. Kal rag fiev -qptepa? ev at/xart
hiriyovrag he vvKrag heet ;YaAe77C(jT6pa? /cat yap
, •
drteoKevdodai rovg ^lovdaiovg SoKOVure? e/caarot

rovg lovSatL,oura<; elôv ev VTroipia, /cat ro Trap''
eKdoroLs dp.(j)iôXov ovre dveXelv rt? 7Tpo\eipa)S
VTrefievev, Kal p.ep.Lyp.evov cog êâiojg dXXoc^vXov
464 e<f)oêlro. irpovKaXelro he eul rag o(âydg rcov
hiaSopcjjv Kal rovg TrdXat vpaordrovg irdw
hoKOVvr ag -q irXeoveîa rag yap ovoiag rcov
dvatpedei'roju dhecLg hirjpTralov Kal Kaddrrep €/c
TTapardêojg rd OKvXa row dvriprip.eva>v elg rovg
ocfjerepovg olKovg p.ere(f)€pou, euhoôg re rjv 6
^ Many mss. read rd?. 2 ^d/SaXa^ PAM.

^ <a6' A : om. P (reading (KdcTr, for -t?^).
502
JEWISH WAR, 11. 459-464
Pella, and Scythopolis. Next they fell upon Gadara,

Hippos, and Gaulanitis, destroying or setting fire to
all in their path, and advanced to Kedasa," a Tyrian
village, Ptolemais, Gaba,^ and Caesarea. Neither
Sebaste nor Ascalon withstood their fury
'^
these ;
**
they burnt to the ground and then razed Anthedon

and Gaza. In the vicinity of each of these cities
many villages were pillaged and immense numbers
of the inhabitants captured and slaughtered.
(2) The Syrians on their side killed no less a Syria a
number of Jews they, too, slaughtered those whom

; ^na"fa"r^
they caught in the towns, not merely now, as before,
from hatred, but to forestall the peril which menaced
themselves. The whole of Syria was a scene of
frightful disorder every city was divided into two
;
camps, and the safety of one party lay in their

anticipating the other They passed their days in
blood, their nights, yet more dreadful, in terror.
For, though believing that they had rid themselves of
the Jews, still each city had its Judaizers, who aroused
suspicion and while they shrunk from kiUing
;
offhand this equivocal element in their midst, they

feared these neutrals as much as pronounced aliens.
Even those who had long been reputed the very
mildest of men were instigated by avarice to murder
their adversaries for they would then with im-
;
punity plunder the property of their victims and

transfer to their own homes, as from a battle-field,
the spoils of the slain, and he who gained the most
<»
Kedesh-Naphtali, north-west of Lake Merom, " always
at war with Galilee " (iv. 105).
**
A pro-Ptoman town in Galilee, built by Herod the Great
tor his veteran cavalry {B. iii. 36, Vita I 15).
" Samaria.
* Or rather the surrounding villages (Reinach).
503
JOSEPHUS
465 TrAetCTTa Kephavas cLs KaTio^vaas rtXeiovojv. rjv
he ISelv rag 77oAet? /Ltcard? drd(f)cxju G<x>ixdrojv Kal

V€Kpov? a/Lta v-qTriois yepovra? lppLp.yi€vovs ,
yvvaid
re f-LTjBe rrj^ eV* alSoV OKeTrrjS fji€r€LXri(f)6ra, Kal
TTaoav fjiev ttjv e7Tap-)(iav fjieorrjv dSLrjyqrojv
oviJL(f}op(jiji^, fxelCova he twv eKdarore roXfJLoJiJiivcov
dvdTaoiv.'
rrjv Ittl toI<^ aTrctAou/xeVot?
466 (3) y\e\pi fi€P hi) rovrcov 'louSaiot? Trpog to
dXX6(f)vXoi' rjoav TrpooôXai, KaraTpexovreg he elg
HkvOottoXlu tov? Trap'' eVeiVot? 'louSatous" erteipa-
oav TToXefJLLOvg' Ta^dfxevoi yap fierd tcov ^kvOo-
ttoXltojv Kal tt}? eaurwu docjiaXeias ev hevrepco i^
dep-evoL Ti-jv ovyyeveiav, 6p,6ae rols 6p,o(j)vXois ^

467 ex<-opovi'. VTTOJTTTevOq 8* airrCjv Kal to Xiav Trpo- ot
dvpLOV ol yovv ^KvdoTToXlraL heioavres fir^ vuKTOjp

e77i\eip'qa(x>oi rfj TToXet Kal pierd pieydXrj? avrajv
GvpL(f)opd? Tols OLKeioL? dTToXoyiôajvrai Trepl rrjs
dTTOGTdoeojg , eKeXevov avrov'^, el ôvXovraL rrjv
opLouotav j8ej8ata»CTat Kal ro Trpo? rovg dXXoeduelg
TTLGTOV imhelâGdaL, pLeTaâivetv dp.a Tat? yeveals
iC8 €19 TO aAoo?. rwv he TTOL-qadvTojv to 7TpoGTa\6ev
Xojpl? VTroi/jLa?, hvo p,eu rjp.epag -qpepLrjoav ol
^KvdoTToXlraL r-qv ttlgtiu avrdju heXediôvreg, rfj
he TptTT] i'vktI 7Taparr]p-qoavTes rov<; p,eu d(f)vXd-
KTovg, ou? he Koip.a>pLeuovs, aTTavras drTeaSaâv
oiras rou dpi6p.6u vrrep pivpiovs Kal rpcGXi-Xiovg,
Tcib 06 KTiâetg hirjpTraGau drrdurajv.
iC9 (i) "A^Loi' 8' d(f)r]yi^GaGdaL Kal to Hip-ojuos
^ L at'jw the rest.

:
^ EiJS. : dfaoTaSLf (luiTda'ra'jii') MSS.
" The Bibhcal Bethshan, modern Beisan, the one town of

504
covered himself with glory as the most successful

murderer. One saw cities choked with unburied
corpses, dead bodies of old men and infants exposed
side by side, poor women stripped of the last covering
of modesty, the whole province full of indescribable
horrors ; and even worse than the tale of atrocities
committed was the suspense caused by the menace
of evils in store.
(3) Thus far the Jews had been faced with aliens Perfidy of
only, but when they invaded Scythopolis " they found poiiuns*^t
their own nation in arms against them ; for the Jews iheir Jewi
""'^''*
in this district ranged themselves on the side of the
Scythopolitans, and, regarding their own security
as more important than the ties of blood, met their
own countrymen in battle. However, this excess of
ardour brought them under suspicion :the people
of Scythopolis feared that the Jews might attack the
city by night and inflict upon them some grave
disaster, in order to make amends to their brethren
for their defection. They, therefore, ordered them
if they wished to confirm their allegiance and demon-
jtrate their fidelity to their foreign allies, to betake

themselves and their families to the adjoining grove.
The Jews obeyed these orders, suspecting nothing.
For two days the Scythopolitans made no move, in
3rder to lull them into security, but on the third
tiight, watching their opportunity when some were
Dff their guard, and others asleep, they slaughtered
them all to the number of upward of thirteenthousand

and pillaged all their possessions.^
(4) Mention may here be made of the tragic fate
he ten cities of Decapolis which lay west of the Jordan,

between it and Mt. Gilboa.
' This incident is referred to again in the
Life^ § 26.
505
J05EPHUS
vd6o<;, OS Tjv ZgoJAou tiros' tojv ovk
vlos fiev
GLG-qfJiajv, ocjâros kol toAut/ Sia(j)€pcxjv
pctj/xry be
Itti KaKO) Tojv OfjLo^vXcov aiJ.<j)orlpoLS KaTexprjGaTO'
470 TrpoLow yovv oarjfjiepaL rroXXovg pukv dvrjpeL tojv

Trpos rfi YKvdoTToXec *]ovhaiow, rp€-6fievos he
TToXXcLKL? aVTOUg O-TTaVTaS p.6vOS r)U pOTTYJ TTjS
71 Trapardêoj?.
'1 TrepUpêTaL 8* avrov d^la ttolvt]
rod GvyyevLKOv (f)6wov' enei yap TreptaxovTes ol
^KvOoTToXlraL KarrjKomilôv avrov? dvd to dXaos,
GTraudfievos to î4>os eV ovheva p,ev wppnqoev tcjv
TToXepiicov , Kal yap lojpa to TrX-qOo? dvrjvvTOV,
472 di-aôrjGas Se jxdXa CKTraOcos " d^td ye (Lu ehpaoa
Trdoxoi, Y^KvOoTToXlraL Kad^ vpiibv^,^ 61^ toctoutoj
(f)6voj Gvyyevcjv ttjv Tzpog airrovs^ evvoiav IrnGTOJod-
fieda} Toiyapovv ols dmGTov fiev evXoycos evprjrai
TO d?^6(i)vXou, -qGe^-qrai 3e et? ggxolto. to olk€lov,
dvrjGKUjpLev (hs evayels ;)(cpatr IhiaL?' ov yap
473 TrpeTTOV iv" rats' tcov rroXefJiiajv. to avro S' dv
e'lrj fjLOL Kal rroLvr] tov jjudGfJuarog d^'ia Kal rrpog
di'bpeiav erraivos, Iva i-i-qSel? tow i^dpow ttjv Ip^r^v
"
avx'TjGrj GcjiayrfV P'TjK erâXaLôvevoiqTai 77eCTOVTt.

474 rauT* elrrdjv iXeovGtv dp-a Kal Ted viiojp.lv ols o/x-
paOLV 77 €pLGK€7TTeTaL TTjV laVTOV yCVcdv TjU
8'
avToj Kal yvuT) Kal TeKva Kal y-qpatol yovelg.

475 o 8e 7Tpd)T0V l/xet'j® tou Trarepa Trjs TToXids €7tl-
GTraodpievos hteXavvei toj ^L(f}€L, ped'' dv ovk
aKOvoav ttjv pLTjTepa, Kdnl tovtols ttjv re yvvalKa
Kal rd T€Kva, povov ovx vrraTravTowTos CKdoTov
TOJ îS^L Kal G7T€v6oWTOS <f>6dGaL TOVS TToXepious-
' om. Lat. Heir.: -ap' iulJu Hudson. * b-^t MLV'RC.

' uos Lat.: uobis Heg. * PAL: i-rric-rwcan-nv the rest.
- T]v Bekker. ' P Lat. : om. the rest.
506
JEWISH WAR, ir. 469-475
of Simon, whose father, Saul, was a man of some Heroic

distinction. Endowed with exceptional physical 8haon*ti
strength and audacity, he abused both gifts to the "^^^^jj*^,
detriment of his countrymen. Day by day he had

marched out and slain large numbers of the Jews who
were attacking Scythopolis often had he put their
;
whole force to flight, his single arm turning the scale

in the engagement. But now this slaughter of his kin
metwithits due penalty. Forwhen theScythopolitans
had surrounded the grove and were shooting down
its occupants with their javelins, he drew his sword,
and then, instead of rushing upon one of the enemy,

whose numbers he saw were endless, he exclaimed in
a tone of deep emotion :
" Justly am I punished for
my crimes, men of Scythopolis, I and all who by such
a slaughter of our kinsmen have sealed our loyalty
to you. Ah well, let us who have but naturally
!
experienced the perfidy of foreigners, us who have

been guilty of the last degree of impiety towards our
own people, let us, 1 say, die, as cursed wretches, by
our own hands ;for we are not meet to die at the
hands of the enemy. This, God grant, shall be at
once the fit retribution for my foul crime and the
testimony to my courage, that none of my foes shall
be able to boast of having slain me or glory over my
prostrate body." With these words he cast a glance
of mingled pity and rage over his family he had
:
wife, children, and aged parents. First seizing his

father by his hoary hair, he ran his sword through
hisbody after him he killed his mother, who offered
;
no resistance, and then his wife and children, each

•
victim almost rushing upon the blade, in haste to
anticipate the enemy. After slaying every member
507
,
JOSEPHUS
476 o 8e hieWow Traoav ttju yeveau Kal vepLOTrro?
cog ixriheva oXov etV rrjv iavrov a(f)ayr]v

XaOelv,
iâTTTLoev to d^tog jiev iXeovg [o]^ veaviag
^(.(pos,
8t' olXk-tju ocojJiaTOS Kal 4'^Xl'^ TTapdorrjfjLa, rrjg
he vpog dXXoSvXovs TTLGreoJS ereKCV aKoXo-udois
770.6 eoi ;)(p7]aa/xeiô?.
477 (5) ripob Se Trjv iv ^KvdoTToXeL (f)dopdv at

Xotrral TJoXeig irravLGTavro Tolg Kad^ iavrrjv 'lou-
hatOLS eKaorrj, Kal TrevraKooiovs fikv IttI hia-
XlX'lols ^ AoKaXanlraiy W-roXeiîaelg 8e 8ta;(tAtou?
478 dvelXov, edrjodv t' ovk oXr/ovg. Kal Tvpioi
ovxvoijg fji€u 8te;(etptaai/TO, TrXelovg' 8' avrojv
8e(7/xcL>Ta? iSpovpovp, 'Itttttivol re Kal ra8ap€ts'
ojioiojs Tovg fxev dpaovripovs drTeGKevdaavTo
TOV5 he (poêpovs hid <f)vXaKrjg elx^^, at re XoLTral
TroXetg ttjs ^vplag, ottcu? eKdor-q rrpog to 'Iou-
479 haiKOv t) p.ioovg t) hiovs elxov. fxovoi 8' Âv-
Tioxelg Kal liiSoji^tot Kal 'ATra/Ltets" e<j>eLoavTO tojv
pieToiKovvTOJV Kal ovTe dveXelv Tivag ^\ovhaiojv
VTrefxeivav ovre hrjoai, rdxo- p-^v Kal hid to
0(f>eTepov TrX-fjOog VTrepopowreg avTwv rrpog rd
KarjiJLara, to rrXeop 8' ep-oiye hoKelv^ olktw rrpog
480 ovs ovdev eajpow veojTepiiôvTas Vepao-qvoi, t€ .
ovre elg rovg epipeivavrag e.TrXripp.eX'qoav Kal rovg

eêXBelv eOeXrjGaurag irpoeTrepipav p-expi- tojv dpujv.
481 {(^) HvveGrrj he Kal Kard rrjv WypLTTTra /Sacrt-
Aei'ai' eTTLôvXr) Kard ^lovhalajv. avrog ydp erreTTO-
pevro Trpog KeoTLOV VdXXou elg Witlox^'-Olv, Kara-
'
om. L.
* L.ai. (plures) : rXetaroi^s PAML to 7r\('oi^ ot to vXilaTov
.-
the rest. • Niese-. 5oku ass.

50«
JEWISH WAR, ir. 476-481
of his family, be stood conspicuous on the corpses,

and with right hand uphfted to attract all eyes,
plunged the sword up to the hilt into his own throat.
So perished a youth who, in virtue of his strength of
body and fortitude of soul, deserves commiseration,
but who by reason of his trust in aliens met the
consequent fate.
(5) As a sequel to the holocaust at Scythopolis, General
the other cities rose against the Jews in their ^'f^°s^ j.
respective territories. The inhabitants of Ascalon Jews

slew 2500, those of Ptolemais 2000, besides putting syâ.^^'
multitudes in irons. The Tyrians dispatched a con-
siderable number, but imprisoned the majority in
chains ;similarly the people of Hippos and Gadara
made away with the more daring of their enemies
and kept the timid folk in custody and so with the
;
remaining cities of Syria, the action of each being

governed by their feelings of hatred or fear of
their Jewish neighbours. Only Antioch, Sidon and
Apamea*^ spared the residents and refused either to
kill or to imprison a single Jew perhaps, with their
;
own vast populations, these cities disdained the

possibility of Jewish risings, but what mainly influ-
enced them, in my opinion, was their pity for men
who showed no revolutionary intentions. The people
of Gerasa ^ not only abstained from maltreating the
Jews who remained with them, but escorted to the
frontiers any who chose to emigrate.
(6) Even within Agrippa's dominion a plot was
formed against certain Jews. The king himself had
gone to visit Cestius Gallus at Antioch, leaving in
° On the Orontes. south of Antioch.

' In the south-east of Decapolis, north of the river Jabbok.
509
,
JOSEPHUS
XeXcLTTTO 8c hiOLKeXv ret Trpay/xara rovrov rwv
eralpajv rt? rovvofxa Noapo?, HoaLfJLCp tco jSaatAet
482 TTpoGrjKOJV Kara yevos. tjkov 8' Ik rrjs Bara-
valas i^doixiiKovra rov apidjiov avhp€s, ol Kara
yevog /cat avveoLV rcvv rroXircov hoKifiajraroiy
orpariav alrovvres Iv* , et rt yevoiro Kiv-qjia /cat
,
7T€pl o<j>d<^, exo(-€v d^Loxpôjv (fyvXaKTjv KOjXveLV

483 rovg inavLGrafjievovs . rovrovs 6 Noapo? €K7T6fi-
ijjas vvKrojp rojv âoiXiKaJv rtva? onXiraiV drravrag
dvaLpel, roXfjL-qaas /xev rovpyov hiâ rrjg 'AyptTTTra
yvcofiT]?, 8ia 8e (îXapyvpiav djjierpov els rovg
6iJLO(f)vXov^ iXo/jLevo? daeêlv rrjv âGiXeiav 8t-
€(f)deLp€V StereAet re co/xojs" ei? ro edvo? irapavopâjv
pLexpi Trvdojievos WyptTTTrag dveXelv jikv avrov
fjSeodrj Std HoaLjiov, erravaev Se rrjg emrpoTTrjs.
4^8-i ol Se oraotaGral KaraXaôfievol n
(fipovpuov, o
KaXeirai /xey KwTrpos", Kad-ujrepdev 8' 7)y 'lept-
;\;owTos-, Tou? êy (jipovpovs direGcjiaâv rd 8' ,
485 epvfjiara Kareppufjav els y^]^- Kara Se rd? avrds \j,
T^jjilpas /cat rcjv eV Ma;\;atpouvTt 'louSatojr to L^
ttXtjOos e7T€idev rovs (^povpovvras 'Poj/xatou? e'/c-

486 AetVetv to <f)povpiov /cat 77apaStSoiât G(f)LGLV. ol
Se TTî^ e'/c ^ta? d(j)aipeGiv evXa^rjdevres GVvriOevrai
rrpog avrovg e'/câjpTJaetv^ 7;77do-7roi^Sot /cat Xaôvres
rd TTLGrd TrapaStSoaat to <j)po-6piov, OTrep (f)uXaKfj
KparwdfievoL Karelxov ol Ma;\;at/3tTat.
" Called \'arus in the parallel account in V'da^ 48 fF. and
possibly in B. ii. 247.

''
King of Emesa {Horns, in N. Syria), mentioned in B. ii.
501 as furnishing a contingent to the Romans, and else-
where. In Vita 52 Varus is called a descendant (? grand-
son) of another Soemus, who had been "a tetrarch in the
510
;harge of the government one of his friends named Massacre of

sfoarus," a relativeof KingSoaemus.* At this juncture Agrrppa's
here arrived from Batanaea a deputation of seventy viceroy.
)ersons, pre-eminent among their fellow-citizens by
)irth and ability, to ask for a body of troops in order,
n the event of trouble arising in their district, to be
n a position to repress the insurgents. Noarus sent
•ut by night some of the king's heavy infantry and
massacred the whole deputation. TJjis outrageous
tction he took without consulting Agrippa un- ;
)ounded avarice led him thus deliberately and

mpiously to murder his countrymen, to the great
^jury of the kingdom. He continued this brutal
laltreatment of the nation until Agrippa, being
iformed of his conduct, but withheld by respect for
oaemus from putting him to death, deposed him from
is regency.'' It was now that the insurgents took Capture of
he fortress called Cypros,^ which dominated Jericho, cyprosând
lassacred the garrison and levelled the defences. Machaerus
.bout the same time the Jewish population ofreîeis?
lachaerus * succeeded in inducing the Roman
arrison to evacuate that fortress and to hand it over
them. The Romans, fearing that it would be
irried by assault, agreed to retire under treaty, and
aving received the necessary pledges surrendered
le fort, which the people of Machaerus thereupon
)cupied and garrisoned.
ibanon district," and is probably identical with the " king

Ituraea " mentioned in Tac. ^4nn. xii. 38 (died a.d. 49).
* The story of Varus's aspirations to supplant Agrippa,
s further massacres of Jews, and his supersession is told in

•tail in Vita 52-61.
^ Built by Herod the Great and named after his mother
f. i. 417).
' Above the east coast of the Dead Sea.
511
J05EPHUS
487 (?) Kara be rrjv ^ Weâx-hpeiav ae\ fjiev rjv crTCLcrt?
7rp6? TO 'louSatKrov tois" eTri^ôjptot? d^' ol' )(prjGd-

fiei'os 77 poOvfiOTdrotg Kara t<jjv AlyvTTTLwv 'lou-
SaioLs WXeâi'Spog yepas rrj'; (jvpLyLa\ia<; eScoKeu
TO iJ.€roLK€LU KaTOL TTju ttoXlu €^ laopiOLpia^^ Ttpoi
4SS rovs "EAAryva?. hieixeivev 8' aurot^ r] Tifirj Koi
TTapd rojv hiah6)(û}V 61 koI tottov Ihiov avrol?
,
dcjicopLoau, OTTOjg Kadapojrepav exotev r-qv hlairav,

rJTTOV €.77 LpLLoyoiievajv tcov dXXoc})uX(jDV , /cat XP^l'
fiariCeLv eTrerpeipav Ma/ceSoiâs" eTret 8e 'Pco/xaiot
KareKT-qaauTO rrjv AlyvTrrov, ovre Kalaap 6
7Tpa)Tog ovre tujv /xer' avrov tls VTrijjieivev rd^
d—' 'AAe^di-3/3ou Ttjuo-b ^Xovbaiojv iXarTcoGai.
489 ovjiôXal 8' T^CTat* auroji' dStdAetTrrot Trpo? tov<;
"EAAr^ras", Koi rcvi' -qyeixouwi' ttoAAol's OGrjjjiepa
Trap* dfjLcboLU KoXaiovroju tj ordan ixdXXov Trap
490 6u^W6TO. Tore 8' cu? /<at <'Td>'^ vapd rols dAAot*
irerdpaKTO, fjcaXXou €î](f)dr) rd rrap^ cVetVot?
/cat h-q Tojv WXeâvhpeujv iKKX-qoLalovrajv rrep
rjs ejieXXox' eKTrepLTTeLu TrpeoêLa<; iirl êpcoua
GvveppvTjoai^ p.ev els to dfjLcfyLdearpou d/Lta rot'
491 ''EAA>]ati^' ovx^'ol 'louSatoji^, K-aTt8di^Te? be avrou'
OL hid4>opoi TTapaxp'rjiJ'Ci [/êi^]'' dueôojv -noXepiiov
KaraoKOTTOvs Xeyovres' err e era dvaTnqhr'ioavTe
/cat
eTreâXXoi' rag ;)(etpa9 aurot?. ot p.ev ovv Xoltto

(j)evyovTes hieorrdpriaav,^ rpels 8e di'dpas ovX
492 Aa^di^Te? eavpou ojs (,<jJVTas Kara(j>Xeôvres rjpO .
' Destmon r t'^ troiuoipas (sic) PA : (^ ifforiMtas the rest.

2 ins. Destinon. ' A : om. the rest.
* Naber with Lat. : hiicpBdp-qaav mss.
" Josephus elsewhere states that this quarter was îve

them by Alexander {Ap. ii. 35 with note). The privilege
512
(7) At Alexandria there had been incessant strife Riots at

between the native inhabitants and the Jewish oieeksl;?
settlers since the time when Alexander, having Jews.
received from the Jews very active support against

the Egyptians, granted them, as a reward for their
assistance, permission to reside in the city on terms
of equality with the Greeks. This privilege was
confirmed by his successors, who, moreover, assigned
them a quarter of their own," in order that, through
mixing less with aliens, they might be free to observe
their rules more strictly and they were also per-
;
mitted to take the title of Macedonians. Again,

when the Romans took possession of Egypt, neither
the first Caesar nor any of his successors would
consent to any diminution of the honours conferred
on the Jews since the time of Alexander. They were,
however, continually coming into collision with the
Greeks, and the numerous punishments daily inflicted
on the rioters of both parties by the authorities only
served to embitter the quarrel. But now that dis-
order had become universal, the riots at Alexandria
broke out more furiously than ever. On one occasion,
when the Alexandrians were holding a public meeting
on the subject of an embassy which they proposed to
send to Nero, a large number of Jews flocked into
the amphitheatre along with the Greeks their ;
adversaries, the instant they caught sight of them,

raised shouts of " enemies " and " spies," and then
rushed forward to lay hands on them. The majority
of the Jews took flight and scattered, but three of
them were caught by the Alexandrians and dragged
off to be burnt alive. Thereupon the whole Jewish
bestowed on the Alexandrian Jews by the Ptolemies and the

Romans are stated more fully in Ap. ii. 42-64.
VOL II s 513
JOSEPHUS
8e 77av TO ^lovhatKov to fieu
IttI rrjv ajjivvav, /cat
TTpojrou XidoL? TOU£ "KXXr]va?
eâXXou, au^t? Se
XafJLTTahag apTraadfJievoL vrpo? ro d(JL(f)L6eaTpou
(ZpfjiTjoav, dTTeiXovvres eV avrco KaTacf}X€^€LV tou
Srjfiov avravSpov. kolu €<j>6rioav touto hpdaaprc?,
€L iJLTj rovs OvfJLOvs avTcov dveKoipev Tt/Septo?
493 WXeâi'Bpog 6 rrj^ Tro'Aetu? -qyeixcov. ov pL-qv
ovros y€ drro tcjv ottXojv rjpâro 0(xJ(j)poviL;€LVy
dXX vrroTTepiliag rovs yvcopipLovs avrol? navoaoOai
TTapeKdXec /cat /xt) /ca^' iaurcov epeditîv to 'Poj-
pLaiajv GTpdrevp,a. KaraxXevdCoureg 8e rrjg napa-
KX-qoeojs OL crTacrtc68et? e^Xao4>rip.ovv rov Tt/Septov.
494 (8) Kd/cetiôs" Gvvihojv ojs X^P'-'^ p.€ydXrjg ovp,-
<j>opdsovK dv TravoaivTO veajrepiiovre?, €7Ta(f)LT]GLV
avTols rd Kara rrjv ttoXlv 'Pajpalcov hvo rdyfiara
/cat GVP avroL£ hiGXi^Xiovg^ crrpaTLcora? Kara rv^y]^
TTapovras etV rou ^lovSaiajv oXeOpov €K Xi^v-qs
iTTeTpeijjev 8' ov pLovou dvaLpelu, dXXd /cat tcis
KT-qo€L5 auToip' 8tap77a^€tP' Kat -rdg ot/cta? Kara-
495 (j^Xeyeiv. ol 8' oppriaavre? elg ro KaXov/ievoi
Ae'Ara, ovvcoKioro yap CKel ro 'Iou8ai/cov', ireXovi
rag ivroXds, ov p.rjv dvaipicari' ovorpa(j)evres ydf
at 'Iou8atot /cat rovs dp.€Lvov ojTrAta/xeVous" iavroji
77 pora^dpL€voL p-^XP^ TrAetarou piev dvreaxov, aTrai
496 8* ey/cAtVavTes"" dveSrjv hiecfideLpouro. /cat Trai'
Totos" avrcjv oXedpog, rcju piev eV rep Trehiq

rju
KaraXapiâvopiivojv, rojv 8* elg rag ot/cta? ovvwdov

pivojv. vt: €77 ipLTTpaoav he Kat TauTas" ot 'Poj/xato
^ TTfj'raAftcrjftXtoi'S LVRC Lat.
2 Bekker: 5f €KK\ivapres or 6f AfXtVairej mss.
•^
And prelect (viceroy) of the whole province of Egypt
see B. ii. -220note and iv. 616.
514-
colony rose to the rescue first they hurled stones

;
at the Greeks, and then snatching up torches rushed

to the amphitheatre, threatening to consume the
assembled citizens in the flames to the last man.
And this they would actually have done, had not
Tiberius Alexander, the governor of the city," curbed
their fury. He first, however, attempted to recall
them to reason without recourse to arms, quietly
sending the principal citizens to them and entreating
them to desist and not to provoke the Roman army
to take action. But the rioters only ridiculed this
exhortation and used abusive language of Tiberius.
(8) Understanding then that nothing but the The Romi
infliction of a severe lesson would quell the rebel-^, fp^tjoo'se
he let loose upon them the two Roman legions "po" the
stationed in the city,** together with two thousand jews!"
soldiers, who by chance had just arrived from Libya
to complete the ruin of the Jews permission was;
given them not merely to kill the rioters but to

plunder their property and burn down their houses.
The troops, thereupon, rushed to the quarter of the
city called " Delta," where the Jews were con-
'^
centrated, and executed their orders, but not without

bloodshed on their own side for the Jews closing
;
their ranks and putting the best armed among their

number in the front offered a prolonged resistance,
but when once they gave way, wholesale carnage
ensued. Death in every form was theirs some ;
were caught in the plain, others driven into their

houses, to which the Romans set fire after stripping
^ Cf. § 387 note.

**
The quarters of Alexandria were called after the
five
of the alphabet, two being occupied by Jews
first five letters
(Philo, In Flaccum, § 55 Cohn ; quoted by Reinach).
515
JOSEPHUS
TTpoStapTraôvTC? ra evSov, /cat ovr€ vrjTrLcov eXeog
avTOV? ovre alSoj? elarjeL yepovrcov, dXXa Std
497 Trdorjs rjXLKiag Ix^J^povv kt€lvovt€s, ojs iTTLKXvod-qvat
fiev atfJLari rravra rov yôjpov, Trevre he /xuptaSe?
ioojpevdrioav v€Kpujv, 77 epieXelSdrj 8' dv ouSe to
XoLTTOv, el firj TTpos Kar-
LKeTTjpias erpdrrovTO.
OLKTeipag 5'
avrovg 'AAeâi'Spo^ dvaxcopelv rovg
498 'Pcu/xatou? eKeXevoev ol fiev ovv i^ edov? to
.
7T€l6t]vlov exovTe? djia vevjiaTt tov (f)Oi'eveLv e-nav-

oavTO, TO h-qfjLOTLKOv he TOW WXeâvSpecov 8t'
VTTepôXrjV fiioovs SvoaudKXrjTOV rju Kal jjloXl?
direoTTdTO tcov oajfidTajv.
499 (9) ToLOVTOv iiev to KaTa ttjv WXe^dvhpeiav

Tiddo? ovvTjvexOrj- KeoTLco he ovKeTi rjpefJLelv
idoKet vavTaôv tcov *Iou8aia>i^ €K77e77oAe/xcD/x6Va>v.

500 dvaXaôjv 8e 0770 ttJc 'AvTioêta? to /xev 8co8e-
KOTOV Tdyp.a rrXrjpe^;, arro be tow Xolttojv dvo
Sta)(tAiOL'? eTTLXeKTou^, Tretwv re e^- OTrelpa? Ka>
Teoaapa? tAa? tTTTreajv, Trpo? af? rd? Trapd to);
âoiXeojv cru/x/Lia;(ia?, 'AvTtd;(ou /xei^ 8tc7;^tAtou5
LTiTTels Kal Trelovg TpioxiXiov;, Toôra? TrdvTas

'Aypt7777a 8e rretov^ p.ev tovs lgov? iTTTreZ? 8<
501 8icr;(tAtojt' iXaTTOv?, elrreTO he Kal Hoai/xo? /Lêrc
TeTpaKLGX^Xiojv , ojv rjoav iTTTrels t] TpiTiq jio'ipa /ca

TO TiXeov ToôTai, TTporjXdev el? FlToAeâtSa
502 TzAetCTTOt he KdK twv TToXeujv eTTiKOvpoL ovveXey-q
" Governor of Syria, ii. -2S0, etc.

There were four legions in Syria, as there had been sine
^
the time of Augustus ( Tac. Ann. iv. 5, quoted by Keinach)

516
them of their contents there was no pity for infancy,

;
no respect for years all ages fell

: before their
murderous career, until the whole district was
deluged with blood and the heaps of corpses numbered
fifty thousand even the remnant would not have
;
escaped, had they not sued for quarter. Alexander,

now moved to compassion, ordered the Romans to
retire. They, broken to obedience, ceased massa-
cring at the first signal but the Alexandrian
;
populace in the intensity of their hate were not so

easily called off and were with difficulty torn from
the corpses,
(9) Such was the catastrophe which befell the Cestius
Jews of Alexandria. Cestius," now that on all ^hê'tieuu''

sides war was being made upon the Jews, decided
to remain inactive no longer. He accordingly left
Antioch, taking with him the twelfth legion in full
strength, two thousand picked men from each of the
other legions,^ and in addition six cohorts of infantry
and four squadrons of cavalry besides these he had
;
the auxihary contingents furnished by the kings, of

hich Antiochus ^ supplied two thousand horse and
three thousand foot, all archers, Agrippa an equal
number of foot and rather less than two thousand
horse, Soaemus^ following with four thousand, of
which one-third were cavalry and the majority archers.
With these troops he advanced upon Ptolemais.
Further auxiliaries in very large numbers were
viz. VI Ferrata, X Fretensis, XII Fulminata;
Ill Gallica,
Mommsen, Provinces, ii. 63 note.
Antiochus IV, king of Commagene (in N. Syria) from
•^
A.D. 38 to 72, when he was deprived of his kingdom on the

charge of conspiracy {B. vii. 319 ff.).
King of Emesa, § 481 note.
<*
517
JOSEPHUS
uav, ifJLTTeLpia ixkv rjTTcoiJLevoL tcov crrpaTtajTCJV,
Tat? 8e TTpodufxlatg /cat tco Kara ^lovhalajv fxiaeL
TO XelTTOv ev rat? eTrtaTT^âtS" avriTrXripovvT^s -
rraprju^ he Kal avro? WypLTTTrag KearLOj rrjg re

503 odov Kal Tojv Gvii(j)ep6vrojv e^Tqyovfxevos dua- .
Xaûjv he fJLepog rrj? hwdpieoj? Keario? ajpfi-qaev

6771 ttoXlv Kaprepdv rrjs TaXtXalag, \aôvXow' Ka-
Aetrat', hiopiLei he cztto tov edvovs ttjv YlroXeixatha.

504 Kal KaraXaôjv avrrju ep-qpiou piev dvhpcjv, dva-
7Te(f)evyeL yap to 7TXi]6o? ei? to. 0^17, TrXrjpr] he
TTavToiojv KT-qpLarcov, rd /xey i(f)rjKev Tot? orparioj-
Tat? Stap77aêiv, to he darv Kairoi davpiduas tov
KaXXovs, exow rag olKias opotajg Tat? ev Tvpco
Kal ^thowL Kal Jjr]pvTOj hehopLrjpLeuag, eveTrp-qoev.
505 erreiTa Tr]u ^(cjopav Karahpapoju Kal hiap-daa'^
pLeu TTav ro 77 poottZtttov Kara^Xeâ? he rd? Trepi^
506 Kajpâs VTreorpeipev etV rrjv YlToXepLatha. Tipog he
Tat? apyrayat? eTt rwv Xvpcjv outcou Kal ro irXeov
"BrjpvrLcou dvadapa-qoaureg ol 'louSatot, Kal yap
aTTOKexojprjKora ovvUoau Keanoi', Tot? dno-
XeL(f)deLGLu dhoKrjTOj? eTreTreaov Kal rrepl 8ta;!(tAtoL»?
avrojv hLe4>6eipav.
507 (10) '0 he Ke'dTto? ai'aêt'la? aTTO Trj? Hto-
Ae/xatdo? awTO? pev els \\aLodpeiav dcjuKveZrai,
piolpav he rrfs orpartds rrpoenepipev €t? ^loTTTrrjU,
rrpoordâSy el p.ev KaraXaêadai hvvqdelev rrjv
voXlv, (f)poupeLv, el he rrpoaioOoivro rrju e(f)ohov,
508 rrepipeveiv airrov re Kal rr]v dXXriv hvvapuv. rcov
6' ot pLev Kard BdXaaaav ol he Kard yrjv ertei-
* avixirap^v MVRC. * Niese (r/. iii. 38): ZaôvXC^v mss.
^
^ (or ^) /caXeFrai avopCjv siss. aucpCû has probably come
:
in from the next sentence (Niese).
518
collected from the towns ; these, though lacking the

experience of the regulars, made good their de-
ficiency in technical training by their ardour and their
detestation of the Jews. Agrippa personally accom-
panied Cestius, to guide and to provide for the
interests of the army. With a detachment of these
troops, Cestius marched against a fortified city of
Galilee, called Chabulon,'^ on the frontier of Ptolemais Capture o
^habuion
and Jewish territory. He
deserted by its
found it
inhabitants, who had all fled up into the hills, but
stocked with goods of all kinds, which he allowed
his soldiers to pillage the town itself, although he
;
admired its beauty, with its houses built in the style

of those at Tyre, Sidon, and Berytus, he set on fire.
He next overran the district, sacking everything in
his path and burning the surrounding villages, and
then returned to Ptolemais. But while the Syrians
and in particular those of Berytus were still occupied
in pillage, the Jews, understanding that Cestius had
departed, recoveredcourage, and, fallingunexpectedly
on the troops which he had left behind, killed about
two thousand of them.
(10) Leaving Ptolemais and resuming his march, and Joppa
Cestius himself proceeded to Caesarea, but sent
forward a detachment of his force to Joppa, with
orders to garrison the town, if they succeeded in
taking it by surprise, but if the inhabitants obtained
previous intelligence of their approach, to await his
arrival with the main body. These troops advancing
rapidly in two parties, by sea and land, easily carried
" Called Chabolo in the Life, 213, etc., modern Kabul ; it

probably gave its name to the district presented by Solomon
to Hiram (1 Kings ix. 13).
519
. .
JOSEPHUS
')(BlvT€<; ajKÔTipajB^v alpovoiv 7r)v ttoXlu pabicug'
Kal fjL-qbe (f)vyeLv tojv OLKT^Topojv ov\
(f)daodi"Tojv ,
OTTOjg 7TapaoK€vdoaodaL rrpos fjidx'r]^, €fi7T€G6vT€S

d7ravTa<i dvelXov ovv rals yeveals Kal ttjv ttoXlv
509 StapTrdoavres iveTrp-qoav 6 Se dpiSfxa? tu)V (fiovev-
divTojv rerpaKOGLOL Trpos OKraKLOXi-XioLS Ojuoiws" .
Se Kal €t? T-qv 6p.opov Trjs Kaioapeia^ yapârrju-qu

TOTTapx'-o.v e77€/u,0ei^ GVxyov<^ tojv l-nTTeujv, ol rrjv
7€ yiji' erep-ov Kal ttoXv vXtjOos Sieîdeipav rdju
rds t€
CTTixajpiajv, KTTjGen SirjpTTaGav Kal rdi
Kwp.as Kari<f)Xeâv
510 (11) Et? 8e T-qv FaAtAatai^ arreGTdLXev Kai-
G€vviov VdXXov riyep.6va tov SajSeKarov rdyp-aTos
TTapaSoi)? 6vvap.LV ogtjv dpKeoeiv rrpos to edvcg
51 V7T€Xdp.âv€v
J TOVTOv 77 KapTepcjrdTr) r-qs PaAi-
.
Xaias ttoXls ZeVâjpt? /êr' evc^-qpLias Se'^êrat, Kal

Trpos T-qv TavT-qq ^vôvXiav al Xoi-al ttoAci?
qp€p.ovv. TO he aracrttuSe? Kal XrjGTpLKOv ndv
(divyev eiV to /Lteaatraroi^ ttjs VaXiXaias opos, 6
KeWaL p-kv dvTLKpu ttjs ^€TT(f)cop€CJS, KaAciTat 8e
WoapLcvv. TovTOis 6 FaAAo? eTj-qye T-qv hvvap.iv.
512 01 S' €ajs p.€v rjoav VTrepSe^tOL, pabicos tovs *Pa»-
pialovg -qpivvavTO TrpoGiovTas Kal Trpos SiaKOGLOvg
axndjv dvelXov, TrepieXOovTajv Se Kal y€vopLev<jjv €v
TOis viprjXoTepoLs rjTrcovTO rax^cog, Kal ovre yvp.-
vqT€S OTrXtTas GVGTdSrjv ecjiepou ovTe iv Trj TpoTrfj
TOVS iTTTreis €^€(l)€vyov, ojGT€ oXlyovs p.€v iv Tais
hvGXOjplaLS hiaXaSelu, dvatp^drjuac be vnep hta-
XiXiovg.
513 (xix. 1) FaAAos pi€v ovv d>s ovdev €tl eu)pa
Kara Tr]v VaXiXaiav v€ojT€pii6p.€vov, v7TeGTp€(f)€v
fieTa TTJs GTpaTids €is Kaiodpetav Kccttios 8c
520
the town by an attack on both elements the in- ;
habitants had no time to fly, much less to prepare

for defence, and the Romans, bursting in, slew them
all with their families, and sacked and burnt the
town the victims numbered eight thousand four
;
hundred. Cestius likewise dispatched a strong force

of cavalry into the toparchy of Narbatene," which
borders on Caesarea these ravaged the country,
;
killed a large number of the inhabitants, pillaged

their property and burnt their villages.
(11) To Galilee he sent Caesennius Gallus, com- , ,
^ ' una red Hi
mander of the twelfth legion, with such forces as he tion of
^^'''^®'
considered sufficient for the reduction of that pro-
vince, Sepphoris, the strongest city in Galilee,
received Gallus with open arms, and, following the
sage advice of this city, the rest remained quiet.
All the rebels and brigands in the district fled to the
mountain in the heart of Galilee, which faces Sep-
phoris and is called Asamon ^ against these Gallus
;
led his troops. So long as the enemy held the

superior position, they easily beat off the attacks of
the Romans and killed some two hundred of them,
but when the Romans turned their flank and gained
the higher ground, they were quickly defeated ;
being lightly armed, they could not sustain the
charge of the heavy-armed legionaries, nor when
routed outdistance the cavalry consequently a ;
few only succeeded in concealing themselves

in broken ground, while more than two thousand
'^
perished.
(xix. 1) Gallus, seeing no further signs of revolt in jjarch of
Gahlee, returned with his troops to Caesarea where- Cestiusu ;
« Cf. ii.291. » Unidentified.

V ' Or perhaps '"
escaping over."
VOL. II s2 521
.
JOSEPHUS
fxera Trdoiqs ttj? hvvdfiecos dval,€Vâs eveâXev els
^
AvrLTTarpiha, Koi TTvOofxevo? ev rivi Trvpyoj
*A(f)€KOV KaXovfievci) avvrjOpoludai ^lovSatoju Svva-
fjLLU ovK oXlyrjv, TrpovTrefjufje rovg GVjxâXovvras
514 ol he TTplv els X^^P^^ eXBelv heei rovs 'louSatof?
SLeuKeBaGav, erreXOovres Se eprjixou to orparoirehov
515 /cat TO.? Trept^ KwjjLas eveTrprjoav. OlTto 8e tt^s
ÂvrtTTarplhos \\eoTios els AvSSa TTpoeXBojv Kevrjv
dvSpcou TTjv ttoXlv KaraXafjL^diêf 8td yap rrjv rrjs
GK-qvoTT-qyias eoprrjv dvaê^-qKeu Trav to ttXyjOos els
516 'lepoGoXufjLa. Trevr-qKovra he rcou Trapa(f)aveuTa)V
hia(f)9eipas koI to aoTi; KaraKavGas eâjpeL TrpoGOJ,
Kol hid BaiOajpcov dva^ds gt paronehever ai Kard
TLva yûjpov Taâoj KaXovfieuov, dnexovra rcjv
*\epoGoXvp.(jjv TTevTrjKOvra Grahiovs-
517 (2) Ot he ^lovhaloL Karihovres "qhrj rrXriGidt,ovra
rfj jjirjrpoTroXei toi^ TToXefôv, d(f)eiJLevoL rrjv eoprrjv
exojpovv eTTL rd dirXa, /cat fieya rco TrXrjOei dap-
povvres draKTOL [/cat]^ pierd KpavyrjS eêrrrjhow
enl TTjv pidx'qVy pnqhe rrjs dpyrjs e^hopidhos evvoiav
Xaôvres' r]V yap hrj to pidXtGra Trap* avroZs
518 OprjGKevopievov Gd^ârov. 6 S' eKGeiGas avrovs
rrjs evGeêias 0vp.6s enoLrjGev TrXeoveKrrJGai /cat
Kara ttjv pidxTî'' p-erd TOGavrr]s yovv oppLrjs Tots
'Poj/Ltaiots" TTpoGeTTeGOv, (jjs hiapprjâi rds rdêis
519 avrojv /cat8ta pLf.GOJV x^P^^^ dvaipovvras . el he
piTj TO) ;!(aAaaêVTt rrjs <f)dXayyos ol re tTTTretc
1 om. PAL.
"In the plain of Sharon, north-ea'>t of Joppa.

Or perhaps " called after Aphek." Several places o
''
the name are mentioned in the O.T. this may be the Aphel-
:
522
upon Cestius resumed his march with his entire army

and entered Antipatris.*^ Learning that a considerable
body of Jews had assembled in a towercalled Apheku,*
he sent on a detachment to attack them. Fear, how-
ever, dispersed the Jews before any engagement took
place ;and the Romans, on invading their camp,
found it evacuated, and burnt it and the neighbour-
ing villages.From Antipatris Cestius advanced to
Lydda ^ and found the city deserted, for the whole
population had gone up to Jerusalem for the Feast «• Octobe
of Tabernacles. Fifty persons who showed them- xishri).
selves he put to the sword, and after burning down
the town resumed his march and, ascending through
;
Beth-horon, pitched his camp at a place called

Gabao,^ fifty furlongs distant from Jerusalem.
(2) The Jews, seeing the war now approaching the a success
capital, abandoned the feast and rushed to arms ciiarge ;
and, with great confidence in their numbers, sprang

Jg^ygâkn
in disorder and with loud cries into the fray, with no
thought for the seventh day of rest, for it was the
very sabbath which they regarded with special
reverence.* But the same passion which shook
them out of their piety brought them victory in the
battle for with such fury did they fall upon the
;
Romans that they broke and penetrated their ranks,

slaughtering the enemy. Had not the cavalry, with
a body of infantry which was not so hard pressed as
in Sharon (Jos. xii. 18, some LXX mss.), doubtfully identified
with el Mejdel, south-east of Caesarea.
* Ludd, south of Antipatris, at the point where the road
from the north joins the route from Joppa via Beth-horon to
Jerusalem.
'^
The O.T. Gibeon, modern el Jib, five or six miles north-
west of Jerusalem the distance given in A. vii. 283 is only
;
4U furlongs (stadia). For Beth-horon see § 547 note.

* Falling within the week of the Feast of Tabernacles.
523
,
JOSEPHUS
CKTrepLeXdovre? in-qfjivvav Kal rov Trefou to {jltj
o<f)66pa KOLfivov, Kau €KLpSvu€va€v oXrj rfj Swdfiei
KdoTLOS. OLTTedavov be 'Pajfiaicov TrevraKOOLOL
SeKaTTeWc" roinojv -quav ot rerpaKOGLOL Trelôi, to
8e XoLTTOV 1777761? Ttov §6 ^lovhaiojv Suo TTpo^ rol<;
•
520€t«:oo't. yevvaLOTaroi S' avr(jov ehoâv ol Moiô-

^dl,ov rov TTjg WSLa^rjvrj? jSaCTtAeoj? crvyyevelg
MordjSa^d? T6 Kal KeveSato?, fxed^ ou? d OeparTr}?
Niyep Kal StAa? d Ba/SL'At6i'to? avrojjLoXrjoag et?
Toi)? lofSat'ou? qtt' 'Aypt777ra toG jSaatAeoj?*
521 earpaTevero yap Trap' avroj. Kara irpooojiTov
ixkv ovv dvaKOTTevre^ 'louSatot 7rpdb TrfV ttoXlv
V7T€OTp€(f)OP, KarOTTLU he TOt? ' PaJ/U,atOt? €771 TYjU
Bedcvpap^ dvLOVGLu TrpoGTreoajv 6 rov Tiwpa îfjoov
TToXv rrjs ovpayiag eairdpaêv Kal avx^d tojv
GKevo(f)6pajv OLTTOGTraGag -rjyayev el? rrju ttoXlv.
622 fjievovro? be rodKeGTtov Kara yôjpav TpiGLV
rjfiepatg ol ^lovbalot rd jj-ereajpa KaTeiXrjchoreg
erreTripovv tci? Trapobovs, brjXol re rjoap ovk -qpe-
pLi^GOvrei dpâfievojv rcov 'Pwfj.aLOjv obeveiv.
523 (3) "KvOa brj Kartbdw ÂypLTTTra'? ovbe tq 'Poj-
fialwv aKLvbuva, vXrjOov? aTTelpou rroXepiiujv rd
opr) nepLOXovros, eKpivev aTTOTTeLpadrjvai rwv 'lou-
baiojv Adyots" r] yap Travrag veiaeiu KaradeodaL
rov TToXepLOv t) toju evavnajdevrajv dvoGTrjGeLV to
524 fjLrf ovp.<^povovv. eTrepuipev ovv tojv irap' eavrco
Tov<; fxdXcGTa yvojpipiovs eVetVot?, PtopKiov re Kal
(t>OLôv, Sc^ta? re rrapd \\eGriov Kal Gvyyva)fj.rjv
rrapd 'Pajfialot? dcrâAy^ Tzepl rojv rjiJLapr7]fj,evojv
^ PAL: Bai^wpii/ the rest.
" King- Monobazus, like his brother Izates, whom he had

524
the rest, wheeled round to the reHef of the broken

Hne, Cestius and his whole army would have been in
jeopardy. The Roman killed were five hundred and
fifteen, of whom four hundred were infantry and the
rest cavalry the Jews lost but two and twenty. In
;
the Jewish ranks the most distinguished for valour

were Monobazus and Cenedaeus, kinsmen of Mono-
bazus,*^ king of Adiabene next to them came Niger
;
of Peraea and Silas the Babylonian,'' a deserter to

the Jews from the army of King Agrippa. The Jews,
when their frontal attack was checked, retired to the
city ; but from the back of their lines Simon, son of
Gioras, fell upon the Romans as they were mounting
towards Beth-horon, cut up a large part of their rear-
guard, and carried off many of the baggage mules,
which he brought with him into the city While
Cestius for three days remained in his former quarters,
the Jews occupied the heights and kept guard on the
defiles, clearly not intending to remain inactive,
should the Romans begin to move.
(3) At this juncture, Agrippa, perceiving that, Agrippa
with the enemy in such countless numbers in posses- a^tJ^^ptg
sion of the surrounding mountains, even a Roman a parley
army was in a perilous position, decided to try the Jews.

effect of parley with the Jews he hoped either to
;
prevail on all to abandon hostilities, or at least to

detach from their opponents those who did not share
the views of the war party. He accordingly sent his
two friends, whom the Jews knew best, Borcius and
Phoebus, with an offer of a treaty on the part of
Cestius and of sure pardon for their misdoings on the
recently succeeded, and his mother Helena, was a convert
to Judaism ;cf. § 388 note.
* Probably one of the colony of Babylonian Jews settled
in Batanaea ( Vita 54 note).

525
.
JOSEPHUS
V7nGxvovfj.€vos, €i TOL oTrXa pLipaure? npos ainous
525 /xerajSaAotP'TO. Setaavre? 8' ol oraoiaoTal^ {jltj
TTav TO TrXrjdog aSeta? eA77tSt vrpos" tov ^ hypivnav
fieTa^dXTj-TaL, rovg oltt^ avrou TrpeoêuovTa? c5p-
526 p-'Tjoav ave}<elv. /cat Trplv top fikv
r) (fideyâoOat
ÔLôv hU(j)deipav, 6 he Bopxrto? rpcodeU €(f)dri
6La(f)vyeiU' rod St^pLOU 8e toi)? ayavaKr-qaavras
XldoLS Kal fuAots" Traiovres etV to aoTV ovvriXaaav
527 (4) KecTTto? 8e tt)^ 77po? dAAr]Aoi;9 auroji' ra-
paxrjv evKaipov Ihcov et? errideaiv, a-uaaav iTrrjyev
T-qv hvvapLiv Kal rpaTrevrag p-^XP'- '^^poooXvpLcuv
528 KaTebiojêv. OTpaTonehevoapievos he eVt tov Ka-
Xovp-evov Y.K07TOV, htexî 8' ovto? eTrra rrj? noXeajg
araStoUi, rptat /xet' rjpLepaLS ovk eiTex^^pî- Trj
TToXeL, TO-XOL n
irapa rcov euhov evhodrjoeodat
77 poohoKow, et? he rag Trept^ KcopLa? ecf)^ apTrayrjv
OL70U TToXAovs hLa(l)r}Kev tG)V orparLioroju- rfj

Terdprr] he, rjris tjv TpiaKas 'YnepêperaLOU
p.rju6s, Siardâ? ttju orpaTidv eLarjyev els ttjv
529 ttoXlu. 6 p.ev ovv hrjpLog vtto toIs oraoLaoTals
ep.(f}povpos rjv, ol he oraoiaoral rrjv evraîav tcov
'PcopLaLcxJV KaraTrXayevres rwv p.ev e^co tt^s" TToXecjs
p.epa>v eLKou, els he r-qu evhoTepco /cat to tepoi^
530 dvexojpovv \\eoTios he napeXdojv vno-uipLTrprjaiv
.
rrju re Beleddv TrpoaayopevopLevqv ttjv /cat^ Kati^d-

ttoXlu /cat TO KaAou/xevov Sokcov dyopdv, eTreira
VpOS TTjV dvCO TJoXlV eXdcoV dvTLKpV TTjS âaiXiKT^s
631 auA^î eorparoTTehevero. kolv eiTrep rfieXiqaev Kar*
^ rrji/ Kai Reland: Kal Tr,v mss.
<*
A hill to the north-west and commanding a "view"
5'z6
part of the Romans, if they ^vould lay down their arms

and return to their allegiance. But the insurgents,
fearing that the prospect of an amnesty would induce
the whole multitude to go over to Agrippa, made a
murderous assault upon his emissaries. Phoebus
was slain before he had uttered a syllable Borcius ;
was wounded but succeeded in escaping. Any

citizens who raised indignant protests wêre assailed
with stones and clubs and driven into the town.
(4) Cestius, seeing that these internal dissensions Cestius
offered a favourable opportunity for attack, brought suburb^
up his whole force, routed the enemy, and pursued Bezetha,
them to Jerusalem. Having pitched his camp in the
region called Scopus," distant seven furlongs from
the city, for three days he suspended all attack upon
it, expecting perhaps that the defenders would show
signs of surrender but he sent out to the surround-

;
ing villages numerous foraging parties to collect corn.

On the fourth day, the thirtieth of the month Hyper- Novemb
^'^' ^"
beretaeus, he deployed his forces and led them into
the city For the people were at the mercy of the
rebels, and the latter, overawed by the orderly dis-
cipline of the Romans, abandoned the suburbs and
retired upon the inner city and the Temple/ Cestius,
on entering, set fire to the district known as Bezetha
or " New City " and the so-called Timber Market ;
he then proceeded to the upper city and encamped

opposite the royal palace. Had he. at that particular
(whence its name) of the city {A. xi. 329, where it is called
Saphein).
* November 17, according to Niese's reckoning.
« They abandoned the unfinished third wall (that of
Agrippa 1, see § 318) as untenable Cestius advanced to the
:
second wall, enclosing the upper city : for the northern

suburb Bezetha between the two walls cf. § 328.
527
JOSEPHUS
avT7]v eKelvrjv rrû ojpav ivrogrow t€lx^cov ^tdaa-
odai, TTapavTLKa rrjv ttoXlv eaêv Kal tov TToXefiov
avve^Tj KaraXeXvadaL^' dAAd yap o re crrparo-
TTehapxr)?TvpdvuLos YlploKog Kal rwv t777rdp;(ajv
ol TrXelaTOL )(pi'jpLaGLV vtto OAoSpou heKaodevre?^
532 aTTeGrpeifjav avrou rrj? imx^Lprjaeoj?. Kal irapa
T-qv alriav ravrrjv 6 re ttoAc/xo? inl roaovrov
fjLTjKog TTpov^T) Kal dur)K€GTOJV ^lovSatovg oviJL(f)opoJv
di'a—Xrjadrjvai Gvuerreaeu.
533 (5) 'Ep' 8e rovrqj ttoXXoI tcov yvojpijxojv SrjfjLO-
Toji',Avdvcp TO) ÎcovdOov TratSt TreLodevre?, €Kd-

^
Xovv rov KfCTTtoi^ (jj<; dvoiôvres avrw rd? TTvXas.

634 6 hk Kal TTpog opyrjv VTrepihujv Kal firj Trdvv ttl-
crreucra? dieixeXXiqaev, eoj? ol GTauLaaral ttjv Trpo-

hoGiav aiGdofJievoL rovg fiev rrepl tou "Avavov aTTO
TOV reixpvg KarlâXov Kal XiBois Tralovres gw-
TjXaGav etV rag OLKLag, aurot 8e StacrTcivTe? diro^
tCjv TTvpyojv Toug d-nOTTeipoJiiivovg rod relxovg
535 lâAAoi^, TreVre fiev ovv rjpbepaLg Trdvrodev eVt-
X^LpovGLV rolg 'Poj/âtot? dfJirjX'^ôg rjv tj TrpoGôX-q,
8' eTTLOVGY) dvaXaôjv 6 KeGnog rcov re cVt-
rfj
XeKrojv Guxôug Kal roug roôrag Kara ro rrpoG-
536 dpKriov irrex^LpeL KXlfia roj Upoj. 'louSatot 8c
(1770 rrjg orodg €ipyov, Kal TToXXaKig fikv dn-
€KpovGavro roug rep reixî TrpooeXdovrag, reXog
be ro) rrXyÔei rcov êXcou dvaKorrevreg dvexcop'^jGau.
537 rcou be 'Poj/xatajv' ol Trpcoroi roug dupeovg eêpei-
Gavreg elg ro relxog Kal Kara rovrcov ol Karoniv
dXXovg ol re e^rjg opLolojg rrju KaXovpLevrjV Trap
avrolg x^^^^^W (.(^pdâvro, Kad^ rjg rd ^kXr)
KaraXueadai PA ML. * L; êXeao-^fVres the rest.
• îri Bekker. Naber.
528
moment, decided to force his way through the walls,

he would have captured the city forthwith, and the
war would have been over; but his camp-prefect <*
Tyrannius Priscus, with most of the cavalry com-

manders, bribed by Florus, diverted him from the
attempt. Hence it came about that the war was so
long protracted and the Jews drained the cup of
irretrievable disaster.
(5) Many of the leading citizens, at the instance and attac
of Ananus, son of Jonathan,'' now sent an invitation oay'and"^
to Gestius, promising to open the gates to him. Temple.
These overtures, however, partly from anger and
disdain, partly because he did not wholly credit them,
he hesitated to accept, until the insurgents, dis-
covering the treason, pulled down Ananus and his
confederates from the wall and drove them, with
showers of stones, into their houses then, posting;
themselves on the towers, they kept up a fire on the

enemy who were attempting to scale the wall. For
five days the Romans pressed their attack on all
sides without success on the sixth Cestius led a
;
large force of picked men with the archers to an

assault on the north side of the Temple The Jews
from the roof of the portico resisted the attack and
time after time repulsed those who had reached the
wall, but at length, overpowered by the hail of
missiles, gave way. The front rank of the Romans
then planted their bucklers against the wall, those
behind them placed theirs upon the first row of
shields, and the rest did likewise, forming a screen
which they call *'
the tortoise," '^
from which the
" Quartermaster-general.
" Jonathan, probably the hiarh-prieat and first victim of the
iicarii (§ 256).
•
festudo.
529
.
JOSEPHUS
<f)€p6fjL€va TrepLoaXiGdavev arrpaKra, pLTjhev 8* ol urpa-
riajrai KaKOV/j,€voL to relx^? vireavpov /cat rov
lepov rrjv ttvXtjv VTroTTLfiTTpdvai TrapedKevdCovro
538 (6) AetvT] Se rovg araGiaards eKTrX-q^cs Kar-
eXaêVy -qSr] re^ rroXXol SteStSpacr/cov (itto rrj^
TToXecos a*? dXcoGOfjLevqs ainiKa. rov Se hrjfJLov
inl TOvroLS Gvveâtuev dappeZv, xrat Kado -rrap-
eiKOiev ol TTOv-qpoL, aurot rds TTvXag

TrpoorêGav
dvoLôvT€S Kal heôjievoi rdv Kecrrtov co? evepye-
539 rr]v. os et ^po-X^ '^fj
'ôXiopKLo. rrpoGeXLTTdprjGev,
Kav evOecos rrjv ttoXlv rrapeXaêv dXX ol/jLaL 8ta
rovs TTOvqpovs aTTeGrpapnievos 6 Beds rj^rj /cat rd
dyia, reXos Xaêlv eV eKeivqs rrjs -qjiipas e/cco-
XvG€V TOV TToXeflOV.
540 (t) '0 yovu Keartos", ovre rr)v tcDv TroXiopKov-
jxevcov aTToyvajGLV ovre rov hrjixov rd Sp6vqp,a
Gvvihojv, iâL(f)vrj? diê/caAeaev roug orparLojra?
/cat Karayvovs ctt* ovbepLta rrX-qyfj rcjv iXiridajv
541 TTapaXoycorara drrd rrjs -ndXecjs dvet,ev^€v. rrpos

8e rrjv dSoKrjrov avrov rpoTrrjv dvadapG-qGavres
ol XrjGral Kard rcov vordrcov iTTeêSpa/JLOv /cat
542 Gvxvovs rujv l7T77€cov /cat 7T€l,djv SieSdeLpav. rore
fjLev ovv iv ro) Kard rov ^kottov auAt'êrat orparo-
TTebo) KeWtos", rfj 8' errLOVGrj TrpoGcorepoj X^P^'

i,6fX€vos /LtdAAov eê/caAeVaro rov? TToXepiiovs Kal y
Tovs vordrovs avrcov TrpoGKeLfievoL hieÔeipov Kal

/ca^' (Karepov rrj£ oSou Trepuovre? rjKovrLlôv et?
543 TrXayiovg. ovre 8e eTTLGrpacfyrjvaL rrpos rovs /car-

077 Lv rirpo'jGKOvras iddppovv ol reXevraloi, aVet-
pov Tt rrXrjOos olofxevoL 8toj/cetv, /cat rov? Kard
vXevpov iyK€L[jLevovs dvaGreXAetv ovx VTrlfievov
^ Destinon : be :ÎSS.
530
missiles, as they fell, glanced off harmlessly, while

the soldiers with immunity undermined the wall and
prepared to set fire to the gate of the Temple.
(6) A terrible panic now seized the insurgents,
many of whom were already slinking out of the city
in the belief that it was on the verge of capture. The
people '^
thereupon took heart again, and the more
the miscreants gave ground, the nearer did these
advance to the gates, to open them and welcome
Cestius as a benefactor. Had he but persisted for a
while with the siege, he would have forthwith taken
the city ; but God, I suppose, because of those
miscreants, had already turned away even from His
sanctuary and ordained that that day should not see
the end of the war.
(7) At any rate, Cestius, realizing neither the ^°^®^^®°*
despair of the besieged nor the true temper of the disastrom
people, suddenly recalled his troops, renounced his cSus.^^
hopes, without having suffered any reverse, and,
contrary to all calculation, retired from the city. On
this unexpected retreat, the brigands, plucking up
courage, sallied out upon his rear and killed a con-
siderable number of cavalry and infantry. Cestius
passed that night in his camp at Scopus. The follow-
ing day, by continuing his retreat, he invited further
opposition from the enemy hanging upon his heels
;
they cut up his rear, and enclosing the troops on

either side of the route poured their missiles on the
flanks of the column. The rear ranks did not dare
to round upon those who were wounding them from
behind, supposing that they were pursued by an
innumerable host ; nor did the rest venture to beat
Dff those who were pressing their flanks, being heavily
**
i.e. the moderates.
5S1
JOSEPHUS
avTol fiev 6vT€? jSapet? Kal SedotKores" ttj^ tol^lv
hLaovdv, rovg 8e 'louSat'ou? opwvres KOV(f)OVS Kai
vpos ras eTTtSpo/xd? €vk6Xovs' wore ovvdâivev
avTols 77oAAd KaKovadat fjiiqhev OLvri^XdnrovGLV
544 Tovg ixdpovs. 77ap' oXrjv he ttjv ohov Traio/xevot
KOL rrjs (fxiXayyo? €KO€i6yi€voi KareTrnrTov, /^€;)(pt
TToXXojv hiacjyOapevriov , iv ot? rjv YlplaKOS /xev
orparapx'^S rdyfiaros eKrov, Aoyylvos Se X^^^'
apxos, €7Tapxo? he lXt]s AlfxiXiog ÎovkovvSos ovofia,
(jloXl? €tV Taâoj^ Kar-qvriqoav inl to rrporepov
orparoTTehov, rd —oXXd Kal rwv OKevGiV diroâ-
545 XovTeS' ev9a hvo p,ej/ rjfxepa? eVe/xeivev o Keonos
dfxrjxcLi'aju, 6 tl xPV "ÔLelu, rfj TpLTr) he ttoXXo)
TrXelovg rovg TToXefiLous Oeaadfjievo? Kal Ttdvra ra
kvkXco fxeord ^lovhaicxju, eyvco KaB^ eavrov re ^pa-
hvvas Kav en pLelvrj TrXeioaiv xP'^^'ôpievos exOpols.
54G (8) "\va hr)^ ovvrovajTepa^ ;)(pr]CTaiTO 4'vyi], ra
TTjV orparidv dvdeXKOvra TrepLKOTTreiv Trpooeraêv.
hiacfidapevTajv he tCjv tc opeujv Kal rcov ouojv en
he Kal rojp VTTo^vylojv, ttXtjv oaa êXiq rrapeKopntev
Kal pnqxo-vdsi tovtojv yap hid rrjv ;(petW rrepu-
eixovro Kal fidXicrra hehoLKores /x?) ^lovhaiois Kar
avTcov dXo), TTporjye rr)v huvafitv Kara* Saidiopajv.
54" OL he ^lovhaloi Kard p.ev Ta? evpvxojpias r)rrov
erreKeiVTOy ovveLXrjBevTcov S' els rd arevd Kal Tr]V
Kardâaiv ol fieu (fiddoaures elpyov avrovs ttjs
1 VaâiL'p PA {rf. § 516). 2 L Lat. (itaque): ot the rest.
^ I)indorf: awroixurfpa mss. * iirl \'RC.
° Perhaps identical with Jucundus, the cavalry commandei

at Caesarea, § iyi.
''
From Upper Beth-horon (1730 feet) to Lower Beth-
horon (1240 feet famous pass has been the scene oi
I : this
numerous defeats (G. A. Smith, Historical Geography of tht
532
armed themselves and afraid of opening out their

ranks, while the Jews, as they saw, were hght-armed
and prepared to dash in among them. The result
was that they suffered heavily, without any retaha-
tion upon their foes. All along the route men were
continually being struck, torn from the ranks, and
dropping on the ground. At length, after numerous
casualties, including Priscus, the commander of the
sixth legion, Longinus, a tribune, and Aemilius
Jucundus," commander of a troop of horse, with
difficulty the army reached their former camp at
Gabao, having further abandoned the greater part
of their baggage. Here Cestius halted for two days,
uncertain what course to pursue but, on the third,
;
seeing the enemy's strength greatly increased and

allthe surrounding country swarming with Jews, he
decided that the delay had been detrimental to him
and, if further prolonged, would but increase the
number of his foes.
(8) To accelerate the retreat, he gave orders to Scene in
retrench all impedimenta. So the mules, asses, and all ^g^holoi
the beasts of burthen were killed, excepting those
that carried missiles and engines of war these they
;
clung to for their own use, and, still more, from fear
of their falling into Jewish hands and being employed
against themselves. Cestius then led his army on
down the road to Beth-horon. On the open ground
their movements were less harassed by the Jews,
but, once the Romans became involved in the defiles
and had begun the descent,^ one party of the enemy
went ahead of them and barred their egress, another
Holy Land, 210 f.). It was down this same road from Gibeon
on the plateau (2300 feet), through the two Beth-horons, to
the maritime plain that Joshua pursued the tive Canaanite
kings (Jos. X. 10 f.).
523
JOSEPHUS
€^0801;, dXXoL he TOV£ voTOLTOvs KareojOovv el? rrjv
(f)dpayya' to he rrdv TrXrjdog irapeKradev virep rov
avxeva rrj? oSov KareKdXvTrre rrju (f)dXayya rot?
648 êXeoLV. evda koL tcjv 7Tel,a)V diJ,rj)(âvovvTa)v
TTpooayLVveiv eavrols eTTLGchaXearepo? rot? LTTrrevatv
6 KLvSvvo? rjw ovre yap ev rdêu /caret rrjg oSou
âhiêtu ehvvavro âXXofxevoL, Kal to TrpoaavTeg
549 eTTL TOV? TToXe/JLLOVg LTr—dGLfJLOV OVK rjV TO he eTTL
SdTepa KprjpLvol Kal (jidpayyes, els ovs d7TOG(f)a-
XevTes KaTe<^deipovTo. Kai ovTe (f>vyrj? ri? tottov
ovTe dfjLVVTj? ^'f-X^^ e7TLV0(,au, dAA' utt' di.Lrj)(âvLag
€77* olfjLojyrjv eTpdrrovTO Kal Toug ev aTToyvojoeoLV
ohvpfjiovg' dvTrjx^t- 8' avTols to Trapd ^Xovhaicov

iyKeXevofia Kal Kpavyrj )(aLp6vTcov dfia Kal Tedv-
5o0 fJiOj[j.evojv oXlyov he helv Trdoav dv rip-naoav TrjV
.
dfia Kearioj hvvafjLLV, el ixi) vv^ erreXaêv, ev fj

*Pa>jjLaLOL yiev el? T-qv Bedcopav KaTe(j)vyov, 'Iol»-
haloL he TrdvTa ra kvkXco 7TepLa\6vTe? e(f)povpovv
avTUJv TTju eôhov.
651 (9) ""EvOa Kecmo? ttî^ (fiauepdu ohov aTTo-
8r)
yvov? eôvXeveTO, Kal hiaKpiuas tou?

hpaofioi'
evijjvxoTdTovs GTpa-LcoTa? ojael TeTpaKoaiov? err-
eoTTjaeu tlov hcofj-drcov, TrpooTdâ? dvaôdu ra
Grjiiela tcjv ev Tolg OTpaTOTrehoi? <j)vXdKa>v, ottoj?
[o// 'loudatoi rrdaav olwvTai T-qv hvva}iiv /card
Xojpav fieveiv avTO? he tov? Xolvov? dvaXaôjv
552 rjovxrj TpidKovTa TTpoeiGiv crrahiovs eojdev he .
'Ioi;8atoi KaTihovTes eprjfiov ttjv erravXiV avTcov

€771 Tov? eâTTaTTjoavTa? TeTpaKoolovg ehpapiov,
KdKeivov? p-ev Taxeco? KaT-qKOVTioav, ehiojKov he
553 Tov KeoTLOv. 6 he tyj? Te vvktos ovk oXlyov
1 om. P.
5S4
JEWISH WAR, II. 54>7~553
drove the rearguard down into the ravine, while the

main body hned the heights above the narrowest part
of the route and covered the legions with showers
of arrows. Here, while even the infantry were
hard put to it to defend themselves, the cavalry were
in still greater jeopardy ;to advance in order down
the road under the hail of darts was impossible, to
charge up the slopes was impracticable for horse ;
on either side were precipices and ravines, down

which they slipped and were hurled to destruction ;
there was no room for flight, no conceivable means of

defence in their utter helplessness the troops were
;
reduced to groans and the wailings of despair, which

were answered by the war-whoop of the Jews, with
mingled shouts of exultation and fury. Cestius and
his entire army were, indeed, within an ace of being
captured only the intervention of night enabled the
;
Romans to find refuge in Beth-horon." The Jews

occupied all the surrounding points and kept a look-
out for their departure.
(9) Cestius, now despairing of openly pursuing his Flight of
march, laid plans for secret flight. Selecting about Cestms.
four hundred of his bravest men, he posted them
upon the roofs, with orders to shout out the watch-
words of the camp-sentinels, that the Jews might
think that the whole army was still on the spot he ;
himself with the remainder then stealthily advanced

another thirty furlongs. At daybreak the Jews,
discovering that the enemy's quarters were deserted,
rushed upon the four hundred who had deluded them,
rapidly dispatched them with their javelins, and then
hastened in pursuit of Cestius. He had gained much
<*
The lower Beth-horon at the foot of the pass.
535
,
JOSEPHUS
7TpoeLXrj(l)€L Kal ovvTovoj-repov e(f)evy€v /j,€^' rjfiepau,
ware tov^ GrpaTLcora<; vtt^ iKTrXrjêojg Kal h€ov<;
TQ? T€ eAcTToAet? Kal Tou? o^L'/SeAets' Kal ra ttoXXol
TCijvaXXiov opyavcjjv KaraXiTrelv, a Tore MouSatot
Xaôvreg avdig ixpt'/oavro Kara rujv a(j)lvrtov.
554 77 porjXOov be rovg 'Poj/LxatoUb hiajKoure? p.e\pLS
Wi^'TLTrarpiSos. enetd^ cog ov KareXap.âvov , vtto-
(jrpe(f>ovreg rag re fxrj)(avag fjpov Kal rovg veKpovg
ecrvXojVy rrjV re a7:oXeL<f)deloav Xeiav ovvrj-yov Kal
fiera Tiaidvojv elg rrju ixrjrpoTioXLU erraXahpopiOVv
555 avrol p.ev oXiyovg drroê^Xrip.euoL Travrdrtaoiv, rojv
be 'Poi/Lcai'tut' Kal row oviJLiJ.dxojv rrelôvg fiev
7TevraKLO\iXiovg Kal rptaKOoiovg dvrjp-qKoreg,
LTtTrelg 6e oyboriKOvra Kal rerpaKOoiovg.^ rdbe
fxevovv eTTpaxdr] At'ou pLTjUog oyhorj, dwbeKdrcp rrjg
yepojvog rjyep.oviag erei.
556 (XX. l) Mera he rriv \\eoriov oviKJiopdv 77oAAot

rujv e7Ti(l)ai'cov lovhaiayv worrep /SaTTTiô/xeVr^?
veujs d77evri\ovro rrjg TToXeojg. Kooroâpog yovv
Kal SdouAo? ddeX(f)ol ovv ^lXlttttu) ro) 'laKt/xou,
orparoTTehdpxrjg 5' tju ovrog WypLTTTra rov /3a-
oiXeojg, biaSpdireg €k r-qg TToXeojg a)XOvro irpog
557 KcCTTtop* o he ovv rovroLg Kara rrjv âoiXiKrjv
avXrjv 77 oXiopKTiB elg ÂvrL77ag V77epLh(l>v rrjv (f)vyr}v
au^t? d>g 1)770 araotaorcvv hcecfiddpr] h-qXuj-

rojv
558 oofxev. KtCriog he rovg 77e pi ^dovXov d^Lwoavr ag
dvenefjupev elg 'A;>âtai^ 77p6g Sepwva rrjV re avrcjv
^ PL: TpioKOfftois the rest and Heg. : nongentis Lat.
November 25 (Nie5e).
536
upon them during the night, and, when day came,

quickened his flight to such a pace that the men in
consternation and terror abandoned the battering-
rams, catapults, and most of the other machines,
which the Jews then captured and afterwards
employed against those who had relinquished them.
The Jews continued the pursuit as far as Antipatris,
and then, failing to overtake the Romans, turned and
carried off the machines, plundered the corpses,
collected the booty which had been left on the route,
and, with songs of triumph, retraced their steps to
the capital. Their own losses had been quite in-
considerable of the Romans and their allies they
;
had slain five thousand three hundred infantry and

four hundred and eighty of the cavalry. This action
took place on the eighth of the month Dius in the iNovembet
twelfth ^ year of Nero's principate. ^ ^^' '*
(xx. 1) After this catastrophe of Cestius many Eminent

distinguished Jews abandoned the city as swimmers Jerusalem
desert a sinking ship. Thus the brothers Costobar
and Saul'' with Philip,'^ son of Jacimus, prefect of
king Agrippa's army, fled from Jerusalem and joined
Cestius. We shall tell later* how Antipas, who had
been besieged with them in the royal palace and
disdained to fly, was killed by the rebels. Cestius Cestius
'^
dispatched Saul and his companions, at their request, yeZ!'^
to Nero in Achaia, to inform him of the straits to
* As the date of the accession of Nero was 13 October

34,
tappears probable that Josephus is slightly in error, and that
he battle of Beth-horon took place early in his thirteenth
|?ear. S 418.
'
Philip had escaped from Jerusalem after the siege of the

"*
Dalace ( Vita 46 ff.), and we are not told that he had returned.
• iv. 140.
537
.
JOSEPHUS
57]Aoj(70VTa? dvdyKrjv xrat ra? atVta? rod rroXefJiov
Tpei/jovra? elg Âwpov rrjv yap eV €KeZvov opyrju
TOU? iaVTOU KLvSvVOVg tJXtTLGCU
KOV(f)LG€LV Kal .
559 (2) Kdv

Tovru) âiLaoK-qvol ttjv tcjv 'Pcu/zatojv
SBopdv 7Tvd6}ji€voi Tou? TTap" lavTols 'louSatou?
560 dveXelv ioTrovSaaav. Kal KaOo pikv etxov aOroi)?
iv TO) yvp-vaoLU) avvrjOpoLGfjiei-ov? rrdXai, 8td to,?
VTTOipia? TOVTO TTpayp-aTevadfJievoL, pdor-qv ttju
iTTLX^Lp-quLV ihoKovv, ihehoiK€ioav he rds iavra)u
yvvaiKa? d77acra? 7tAt7i^ oXiyojv VTriqyyilvas rij
561 ^lovSaLKT] 6pr]aK€La' Sto pieyiGro=; avrols dydjv
eyevero XaOelv eVetVas", rou? Se 'louSatou? cu? du
€v Grevo) x^P^<^> "^^v dptdfiov fivpiov; Kal Trevra-
KOGLOV?, Trdurag dvoTrXoui irreXdoure^ vtto fxlau
wpav ddeoj? drreG(i)aâv
562 (3) Ot he hLcoâure? rou KeGnov co? vtt-
eGTpeipav els 'lepoCToAu/xa, rovi fxev îa tCjv en
pojfxaLLovrojv rovg he rreiOoL irpoG-qyovTo, Kal
GVvadpoLGdevre? et? to lepov Grpar-qyovs drrehei-
563 KvvGai- rod ttoXIjiov irXelovas Jip^dr] he 'lajGrjiros
.
re uto? rojplovog Kal 6 dpx^^P^^S ^ \vavos row re

Kara rrjv ttoXlv dirdvrojv avroKpdrope? Kal fid-
564 Xiora rd relx^] rrji TToXecog dveyetpeiv rdv yap
Tov ILipbOJVOs Vidv 'EAedâpoi/, KaiTiep v(f)^ eavrcZ
TTeTTOLTipievov rvjv 'PcofJiaiajv Xeiav Kal rd dpnayeura
KeGriou ;j(pr//LtaTa, rrpog olg 77oAAd rwv hrjfjLOGLOji
dr]Gavpu)Vy oficog ovk eTreGrrjGau rat? ;^petat5-.
* ex-high priest. Ananus. son of Ananus (the fathei

i.e.
seems to be the Annas of the N.T.), a Sadducee, was ap-
pointed high priest by Agrippa II and deposed after three
months on account of his action in punishing James th(
brother of" Jesus called Christ " {A. xx. 197 ff.). The harsh
character there given of him forms a strange contrast to tht
538
JEWISH WAR. II. 558-564
which they were reduced, and to lay upon Florus the

war for he hoped, by exciting
responsibility for the ;
Nero's resentment against Florus, to diminish the

risk to himself.
(2) Meanwhile, the people of Damascus, learning Massacre
of the disaster which had befallen the Romans, were Damas'cu
fired with a determination to kill the Jews who
resided among them. As they had for a long time
past kept them shut up in the gymnasium —
a pre-
—
caution prompted by suspicion they considered that
the execution of their plan would present no diffi-
culty whatever ;their only fear was of their own
wives who, with few exceptions, had all become
converts to the Jewish religion, and so their efforts
were mainly directed to keeping the secret from
them. In the end, they fell upon the Jews, cooped
up as they were and unarmed, and within one hour
slaughtered them all with impunity, to the number of
ten thousand five hundred.
(3) The Jews who had pursued Cestius, on their Selection
return to Jerusalem, partly by force, partly by per- geJTerais
suasion, brought over to their side such pro-Romans fof the wi
as still remained and, assembling in the Temple,
;
appointed additional generals to conduct the war.

Joseph, son of Gorion, and Ananus the high priest '^
were elected to the supreme control of affairs in the

city, with a special charge to raise the height of the
walls. As for Eleazar, son of Simon, notwithstand-
ing that he had in his hands the Roman spoils, the
money taken from Cestius, and a great part of the
public treasure, they did not entrust him with office,
picture drawn of him in the War. Here he is a leader of the
moderate party, opposes the Zealots, and on being murdered
bv the mob receives an encomium worthy of a Pericles (B.
Iv. 319 fif.).
539
JOSEPHUS
1 ^
avTOV T€ rvpavvLKOv opcuvres Kai rov? vrr avroj
565 IrjXcoTas hopv<j)6p<jjv eBeoL xpojp.€uov? Kar' oXiyov .
ye iJir]v rj re XP^^^ '^^^ ;\;pr//xdTtoi^ Kal yo-qrevojv

'EAeaâpo? iKrrepLrjXOe tov hr\\xov tuare awroj
TTeidapxîv TTept rojv oXojv.
666 (4-) EtV Se TT]!^ Irepov^ eTreXdâvro
'ISou/âtai'
(jrpariqyovg 2a77^d' Tajt' apxt-^peoji^
Îrjoovu vlov
eva Kal ^KXedlâpov dpxi-^pôj^ vlou Seov^ tco 8'
dpxovTi rore rris Îhovfiaias ?Siyept, yeuos 8' 771^
CK TT)'; U77ep' ^Xophdvqv Hepata?, 8t6 xat Oepafrr^?
cVaAeiTO, Trpooeraâv VTroTaooeodaL rots arpa-
567 Trjyolg. -qpieXovv he ovhk rrjs dXXrjg ;(ojpa?, dAA'
etV fJLev ^lepLxovv Îcogtjtto? 6 ^lijlojvos , et? Se t77P'
Depatay 0a/xvd 8e roTrapxiag Îcodwrj?

MaiâaaT^S",
6 'Ecjaaro? OTpanqyqaojv €7T€[i(f)6ri' 7TpooKeKXr]pojro
568 8' aura) A!j8Sa kqi '1o7777T7 Kat 'A^/Ltaou?. tt)? Se
To(j)viTLKris Kal WKpa^GTTTjvqs 6 WvavLOU '\ajduuri^
r]yep.ujv dTroheiKwrai Kal rrjg FaAtAata? eKarepa?
^\ojar]7Tos ^lardiov TTpoocopioro 8e rfj tovtou
Grpar-qyla Kal TdfiaXa tojv ravTrj TroXea)^ oxv-
pcoTCtTry.
560 (5) Tojv fieu ovv dXXcov OTparrjycou eKaorog cu?
elx^^ 7TpodvyLLa<i rj ovveoeojs hiajKet rd 776771-
orevfieva ÎwarjTTOS 8e eh ttju FaAiAaiai^ iXSdju
' Niese: Zavcp^ or ZaTr^di' MS?.: Zan(pia Hudson (r/.

§ 599).
2 'Apafiov Hudson. * Niese: inpi mss.
" No hi^h priest of this name is known if we read :
Ananias with Hudson. Eleazar will be the son of Anania;

alreadv mentioned as niainlv responsible for the war (j 409)
* § 520.
' i.e. his province was the north and west of Judaea
540
JEWISH WAR, II 564^-569
because they observed his despotic nature, and that

his subservient admirers conducted themselves Uke
his bodyguard. Gradually, however, financial needs
and the intrigues of Eleazar had such influence with
the people that they ended by yielding the supreme
command to him.
(4) Other generals were selected for Idumaea,
namely, Jesus son of Sapphas, one of the chief priests,
and Eleazar, son of the high-priest Neus ^ and the ;
existing governor of Idumaea, Niger, called the

Peraean ^ because he was a native of Peraea beyond
Jordan, received instructions to act under the orders
of these officers. Nor were the other districts
neglected Joseph, son of Simon, was sent to take
;
command at Jericho, Manasseh to Peraea, John the

Essene to the province of Thamna, with Lydda,
Joppa and Emmaus also under his charge.'' John,
son of Ananias, was appointed commanding officer of
the provinces of Gophna and Acrabetta'^ Josephus, ;
son of Matthias * was given the two Galilees, with

the addition of Gamala,^ the strongest city in that
region.
(5) Each of these generals executed his commission Josepbua
to the best of his zeal or ability. As for Josephus, [',',e^d"efeE
on his arrival in Galilee, he made it his first care to of Gaiiie(
Thamna is in the region of Mt. Ephraim ; for Emmaus see

§71 note.
" of the N.E. of Judaea.
i.e.
« The historian. In his Life § 29, he tells us that his com-
—
mission was of a purely pacific nature to disarm the dis-
affected. There is a noticeable change in the character and
style of the narrative where the historian turns to his personal
history and seems to take the pen into his own hand ; the
marks of the skilled assistant whose services he has hitherto
employed {Ap. i. 50) are less conspicuous.
^ In Gaulanitis, east of the sea of Galilee.
541
JOSEPHUS
rrpwrov €(i)p6vTLa€v rrjg €ig iavrov cvvoiag tojv
i7TL)(^copi(jjVy etdcus" ort raijrrj rrXeloTa Karopdwoet,
570 Kav rdXXa Siafiapravr]. gvvlSojv §' on rov<; p-kv
hvvaTovs OLK€iojG€raL pêradiSoijg ttjs iôvoiag
airrol?, ro be ttolv ttXtjOo?, el 8t' eTTLxcopLcov Kal
GVvrjOojv ra rroXXa Trpooraaaoi, rujv pev y-qpatcov
€^dop,i]Kovra rov? oaj<f)pov€GTdrou? eVtAcâ? Ik
Tov eOvovs KareoTTjaev apôvras oXr]s rrjg FaAt-
571 Aata?, eTrra 8' ev eKdcrrr] TroAet hLKaardg rcov
evreXearepajv hiacjiopojv' to. yap /xet^co TrpdypLara
Kal rag (f)OVLKdg StVas" €(/>' iavTOV dvarrep^TTeiV
€KeX€VG€v Kal rovg i^SopLT]Kovra.
572 (6) KaraarrjGdp.evog hk to. rrpog dXXrjXou?
vo/xi/xa Tcov Kara ttoXlv irrl rrjv e^coOev avrchv
573 aaâAetav ixojpei. Kal yLvojOKOJV 'Pcoâtou?
poepLâXovvras el? Trjv FaAtAatav TaTrtri^Seta tojv
TT
ôjpLwv irelxiC^Vi 'IcorciTrara pev Kal ^-qpoaê

Kal HeXdp-qv, en he KacftapeKxo-) Kal "\a<f)a Kal
^lycLxf) TO re '
Ira/S upiov KaXovpievov opog Kal
TapLxala? Kal Tt/ScptaSa, Trpog he tovtol? to. Trept
Tewqadp tyjv XipLvqv oTn^Xaia Kara tyjv Karto

KaXovpLevqv VaXiXalav eTeixiaaTo, ri]? he dvoj
VaXiXaias T-qv re Trpooayopevopevrjv WKxa^dpajv
574 TTeTpav Kal Hencf) Kal ^]apLueld Kal Myjpco. Kara
he rrjv TavXavLTLKTjV HeXevKeidv re Kal ^coyavatav
Kal Fdp.aXav (jj\vp(jjoev pLovoL? he Se77(/)a;ptVats
icf>rJK€^ Kad^ eavTov? TeZô? dvaheip.aodai, XPV
pdTwv re evTTopovs opojv 6vTa<; Kal rrpodvpLOVs
' Bekker : ?<pri PAL: d<pr)Ke the rest (Josephus uses f ^teVat,
not d(pi4pai, in this sense).
542
win the affection of the inhabitants, knowing that

this would be of the greatest advantage to him,
however he might otherwise fail. He reahzed that
he would conciliate the leaders by associating them
with him in his authority, and the people at large, if
his orders were in the main given through the medium
of their local acquaintances. He, therefore, selected
from the nation seventy persons " of mature years
and the greatest discretion and appointed them
magistrates of the whole of Galilee, and seven
individuals in each city to adjudicate upon petty
disputes, with instructions to refer more impor-
tant matters and capital cases to himself and the
seventy.
(6) Having established these principles for the He fortifi
^^"^^
internal regulation of the various towns, he proceeded ^'^®
to take measures for their security from external
attack. Foreseeing that Galilee wôuld bear the
brunt of the Romans' opening assault, he fortified the
most suitable places, namely, Jotapata, Bersabe,^
Selame, Caphareccho, Japha,. Sigoph^ the mount
:
called Itabyrion,'' Tarichaeae, and Tiberias he ;
further provided with walls the caves in Lower

Galilee in the neighbourhood of the lake of Gen-
nesareth^ and in Upper Galilee the rock known as
Acchabaron,'Seph,,Jamnith,*.and Mero. In Gaulanitis
he fortified Seleucia, Soganaea and Gamala.^ The
inhabitants of Sepphoris alone were authorized by
him to erect walls on their own account, because he
saw that they were in affluent circumstances and,
« Cf. Vita 79. ^ Mt. Tabor.
" This enumeration of fortified places is repeated, with

some variations, in Vita 187 f. ; the "caves" are there
identified as those of Arbela (see B. i. 304 f.).
543
JOSEPHUS
575 inl Tov rroXefJiov Stâ 77 poor ay ixar os 6}ioi<jj^ Se .
/catrta;âAa ^Xojavvrjs 6 i\r]iov Kad^ iavrov irel-

5' aAAoi? ipv-
X'-^^^ 'Icocrr^Trou KeXevaavrog' Tolg
fiaGLV a—auLV auro? avyLTTOVchv a/Lta Kal rrpoG-
oTb rdoGUJV TTaprjv. KareXeêv Se Kal Swaijuv Ik Trj<;
PaAtAata? vrrep SeVa /LtuptaSas" vewv dv8pa)V, ou?
Trdi'Tai CK^ T(jL)U ayXXeyofidvajv TraXatcov ottXcxjv
€yKara(jK€val,6ijL€vog corrXLêv.
577 (7) "Erretra gvvlSojv drjTT-qrov ttjv 'Pco/Ltat'cui^
loxvu y^yevripLev-qv euTrei^cta ixaXiara Kal fxeXerrj
Tcou o77Xa>u, TTjV fxev SiBaGKaXiav dneyvoj rfj
;^peta hiOJKOixevqv, ro 8' euTretê? opojv TTepiywo-
fxevov Ik tov ttXyjOov? twu -qyepiovojv pcvixa'CKco-
Tepov erep^vev ttjV arpandv Kal ttX^lov? Kadioraro
bis raîdpxovs. arparLajrcov re yap d—eheiKwev 8ta-
(f)opdsy Kal rovTou? fJL€v VTreraocrev deKa^dpâus
Kal eKarovrdpxais y erretra xtXtdpôi?, Kdrrl tov-
Tot9 -qyefiovas rayfiaTcov dhporepcov d(f)rjyov-
579 p.€voug. iSiSaGKev Se orjpieiojv TrapahoGeis Kai
odXTTLyyo? TrpoKXrioeis re Kal dvaKXiqaeis irpoa- ,
/SoAas r€ Kepdrcov Kal rrepLayojyd?, Kal ttcu? Se

Trpog p.kv to Kdpivov e7no'rpl(^€iv eV rov nepLOurog
58(J iv Se TO) TTOVovvTL GVfjLTTadelu. 00a re etV Trapd
oraoLV ^vx'TJ? rj Kaprepiav avverdXec oojfiaTO'
d(f)y]yelTO' fidXiara S' avrovg -qoKet Trpog roi
TToXepLOV Trap* eKaara ttjv 'Pcoftatojv evra^ta.
hiTiyovpievo^y Kal tu? TToXefx-qoovGiv irpos dvhpag k
ol St' dXKYju oojpiaTos Kal ^pvx'f]^ TrapdaTT^pn
'
C : most Mss. add re.
This conflicts with the account in the Li/e (§§ 30,

" etc.
which represents Sepphoris as consistently pro-Roman ; cj
B. ii. 51 (the welcome given to the Romans).
1
544- V
even without orders, eager for hostilities." Similarly,

John, son of Levi, fortified Gischala at his own
expense, on the instruction of Josephus.^ The other
fortresses were all built under the personal super-
intendence of Josephus, who both assisted in and
directed the operations. He, moreover, levied in
Galilee an army of upwards of a hundred thousand
young men, all of whom he equipped with old arms
collected for the purpose.
(7) Another task remained. He understood that and traina
the Romans owed their invincible strength above all an army o
to discipline and military training; if he despaired iines.
of providing similar instruction, to be acquired only

by long use, he observed that their discipline was
due to the number of their officers, and he therefore
divided his army on Roman lines and increased the
number of his company commanders. He instituted
various ranks of soldiers and set over them decurions
and centurions, above whom were tribunes, and over
these generals in command of more extensive
divisions. He taught them the transmission of
signals, the trumpet-calls for the charge and the
retreat, attacks by the wings and enveloping man-
oeuvres, how relief should be sent by the victorious
portion to those who were hard pressed and aid
extended to any in distress. He expounded all that
conduces to fortitude of soul or bodily endurance ;
but above all he trained them for war by continually

iwelhng upon the good order maintained by the
Romans and telling them that they would have to
fight against men who by their vigour and intrepidity
" On the contrar}' the Life states that John was the enemy
3f Josephus and fortified Gischala without consulting him
;§§45, 189).
VOL II T 545
JOSEPHUS
581 TTCtar]? oXiyou Seli^ rrjg OLKOVixevq? KparovGLV. €<f)-q
be Trelpav avrojw )^rjipeodaL rfjs Kara rov TToXefxov

TTetdapx^GL'i Kal rrpo Ttapardêujs, el rojv ovvrjdajv
anoaxoivTo, kXottti^ re /cat XrjOTeia?
ahiK-qixaroiV
Kal apTTayrj?, rod re eâTrarav to 6iJL6(f)vXov, rov
T€^ K€pbog OLKeiov Tiyelodai ttjv ^Xd^-qu rcov avv-
582 ridecrrdrojv. SiotKetaât yap KaAAtara rovg tto-
XefjLOvg vap* of? au dyaOou to avveSos eyûjoiv
[ridvres'Y ol oTparevofxevoL, rovg 8e otKoBev <âv-
Xovs ov pLOvov 7ols iniovaiv eyOpoZs dXXd /cat ro)
deo) "x^prioOai TroXepLLOj.
683 (8) rioAAd roiavra Trapaiuaju SiereAet. /cat to
p.€v eroLpLOU €t9 napdra^Lv avrco avv€K€Kp6r7)TO
TTelcjv pi€v 1^ pLVpidSes, LTTTrels Se rrei'TTJ/covTa /cat
TpiaKOOLOL,^ XOjpl? 8e TOUTCOt', ot? €.7Te7ToiBei
p-dXiora, p,La6o(j)6poL rrepi reTpaKLG\iXiovs Kal
77€UTaKOOLOVs' IniXeKTOVS Se TTepl avrov ^^X^^
584 lâKooiovs (f>vXaKa? rov ocopLaros. €rp€(f}OV Se
ttXtju tibv piLo6o({)6pu)U TTjv OTpaTidv at
clAAt^p'
TToAets" paSi'cu?' Tcup' yap KaraXeyevrcav iKaarrj

TOL'9 77/xtact? inl ttju orpareLav* €K7T€p.7TOvaa tol»s"
Aot770U? €77t OVpLTTOpLOpLOU aUTOt? TcJoU €7TLrr]h€ia>V
KaTelx^^', c5? Tous" p.€u els OTrXa, rovs he els
epyaoiav hifiprjodaL, /cat TOt? to, otTa TrepLTTOVOLV
avrLxop-qyelo 6 at irapd rcov ottXltoju ttju do(f)dXeLau.
585 (xxi. Atoi/couvTt 8* ovrojs to) ^laiorjncp rd
1)
Kara FaAiAatav rrapavioTa'Tai Tt? eniôvXos
rrjv
dvYjp and TioxdXwu, vlog Arjtov, *la)dvvr]s oi'opLa,
vavovpyoTaros piev /cat 8oAtto7aTOS" rujv eTnoT^pLOJV
^ Tod re Dindorf : to, tov or t6 re the best mss.

* cm. VRC Lat. and placed after arparevofxivoL by AM :
perhaps a gloss. ^ ciaKoaiOi Kai invTriKOPTa VRC Lat.

546
had become masters of well-nigh the whole world.

He told them that he should test their military disci-
pline, even before they went into action, by noting
whether they abstained from their habitual mal-
practices, theft, robbery and rapine, and ceased to
defraud their countrymen and to regard as personal
profit an injury sustained by their most intimate
friends. For, he added, the armies that are most
successful in war are those in which every combatant
has a clear conscience whereas those who were
;
depraved at heart would have to contend not only

with their adversaries but also with God.
(8) Such was the tenor of his unceasing exhorta-
tions. He had now mustered an army, ready for
action, of sixty thousand " infantry and three hundred
and fifty cavalry, besides some four thousand five
hundred mercenaries, in whom he placed most con-
fidence ; he had also a bodyguard of six hundred
picked men about his person. These troops, the
mercenaries excepted, were maintained without
difficulty by the towns each town sent out on service
:
only one half of its levy and kept back the remainder
to provide them wn'th supplies thus one party was
;
told off for mihtary, and the other for fatigue duty,
and in return for the corn which their comrades sent
^hem the men under arms assured them protection,
(xxi. 1) While Josephus was thus directing affairs intrigues
n Galilee, there appeared upon the scene an intriguer, q? jo^^jf ^j
1 native of Gischala, named John, son of Levi, the Gischaia.
T>ost unscrupulous and crafty of all who have ever
» Contrast § 576, " over 100,000 " ; presumably the rest

'*
A-ere not yet ready for action."
* Destinon : arpaTiau mss.

547
.
JOSEPHUS
iv TOLohe Tot? TTOvqpevfJLacrLV aTravrcov, neu-qg Se
TO, TtpcjTa /cat fJi^xpt' noXXov KcoXvîa oâjv rrjs
586 KaKias rrjv aTToplav, eroi/xos" /xev ipevoaodai, heivos
S' iTTidelvac ttlgtlv tols iifjevafievoLS, dperrji' rjyov-
fjL€vos rrjv dTrdrrjV Kal ravrrj Kara tcjv (^tArartov
587 xP^l^^ôs, VTTOKpLT-qs <f)LXavdpoj7TLas Kal 8t' iXnlSa
KepSov? (f)ovLK<joTaro?, del fiev iTTLdviirjaa? fjLeydXcou,
Tpe(f)ajp Se ra? eA/ztSa? eV tojv Taireivajv KaKOvp-
yrilidTojv' Xt^gttjs yap -iqv fjLovoTpoTTog, errena Kal
Gvvohiav evpev rrjs roXfir)?, ro fiev Trpcjrov oXiy-qVy
588 TTpoKOTTTOJV 8* del TrXeiova. (j)povrls 8' -qv avro)
(ji-qSeva TrpoorXapL^dueiv evaXcorov, dXXd rov? eveîa
oojiiaros Kal ifjvx'q? Trapaar-qpiari Kal TToXepmjv
epLTTeLpla 6La(êpovTas iêXeyero, p-€.xpL Kal rerpa-
Kooiojv dvhpojv OTL(f)og ovveKponqoev, 61 to irXeov
Ik ri]s Tvptcov ;^c6pas' Kal row iv avrfj Kcofiajv
589 ûyaSes" rjoav 8t' wv ndaav eXrjêro r-qv FaAt-
Xaiav Kal /jberecvpovs ovr as inl rep jxeXXoi'TL tto-
XepLcp Tovs TToXXovs eoTTapaGoev
590 (2) "1187] 8' avrov orpaTqyiujvra Kal iieitôvcji
i(f)LefjLevov eV8eta xP'^P'drojv KareZx^v. eirel 8f
Tov ÎcoarjTTOv opcorj^ avrov [G(f)6SpaY xaipovrc
roj hpaGriqpia), Tieidei rrpajrov p.ev avro) ttl-
GrevGai ro reZôs dvoLKohoixrjGai rrj? rrarpiSog
ev d) TToXXd napd rojv vXovGLa>v eKephavev
591 eneira ovvdel? OKi^vqv Travovpyordr-qv , co? ape
^ M: optDf (without construction, reading H as N ?) th<
rest.
* ora. PM Lat.
This portrait of John (blacker than any drawn of hin

"
in the Life) recalls Sallust's description of Catiline " animu; :
audax, subdolus, varius, cuius rei lubet slmulatur ac dls

simulator nimis alta semper cupiebat
. . . . agitabatu. . .
548
JEWISH WAR, 11. 585-591
gained notoriety by such infamous means. Poor at

the opening of his career, his penury had for long
thwarted his mahcious designs a ready Har and
;
clever in obtaining credit for his lies, he made a merit

of deceit and practised it upon his most intimate
friends ; while affecting humanity, the prospect of
lucre made him the most sanguinary of men always ;
full of high ambitions, his hopes were fed on the

basest of knaveries.'^ For he was a brigand, who at
the outset practised his trade alone, but afterwards
found for his daring deeds accomplices, whose
numbers, small at first, grew with his success. He
was, moreover, careful never to take into partner-
hip anyone likely to fall an easy prey to an assailant,
but selected good, strapping fellows, with stout
bearts and military experience. He ended by
nustering a band of four hundred men, for the most
Dart fugitives from the region of Tyre and the villages
n that neighbourhood. With their help he plundered
:he whole of Galilee and harried the masses, whose
ninds were already distracted by the impending war.
(2) He was already aspiring to the command and His
lad yet higher ambitions, but was checked by im- to ?o^3ephi
)ecuniosity. Perceiving that Josephus was delighted
it his energy, John first induced him to entrust him
vith the rebuilding of the walls of his native town,

m undertaking in which he made a large profit at
he expense of the wealthy citizens.* He next con-
rived to play a very crafty trick with the avowed
;
"
nagis magisque in dies animus ferox inopia rei familiaris
De Cat. coni. 5).
^ According to Vita 71 ff., John obtained permission from
osephus's colleagues to sell the imperial corn stored in

jpper Galilee, and to devote ttie proceeds to ttie repair of the
vails of Gischala.
549
JOSEPHUS
4>v)â7TOLVTO Travres ot Kara ttjv Hvpiav 'louSatot
iXaLco XPV^^'^^ I^V ^''' ofjLocjjvXajv eyKexetpta/xeVo),
592 7Tejj.—€LV avTOLS eVt rr^v fieOopiav e^rj-rjoaro. ovv-
covovfievo? 8e rod Tuplov vojJLLOiJLarog, o reaaapag
*ArrLKas BvvaraL, reaaapas afJiôpei?, rrjs avrrjs
€7TL7Tpv.<7K€V rLjjLrjS TjiiiaixcfyopLOV . ovor]s he rrjs
FaAtAaia? iXaLO(f)6pov pLaXtara rore ev(f)opr)- /cat
KvlaSy et? orrai'Lôurag ela-epLTTow ttoXv Kal piovos

arretpoi' ri rrXfjOos ovvijyev y^prjpidrwi', oh evdeojs
593 i)(prjro Kara rod
epyaalaw^ Trapaaxovros. Ka\
rrjv
VTToXaôjv, el KaraXvaeiev rov Îcoorjirov, avros
-qy-qaeodaL rrjs TaXiXalas, rots /xev v(f)^ iavroi
Xr]oraLS rrpoueraêv evrovojrepov eyxeipelv rats
aprrayals, ottojs rroXXojv veajreptôpievajv Kara rrji
Xcopav rj hiaxp^CFO-Lro rrov rov arparr^yov eV

ô-qdovvra Xox'Tjoas rj rrepiopcovra rovs Xrjorat
694 StajSctAAot TTpos rovs €7TLXcopiovs . erreLra Ste^rj/Lttêi
TToppojdev COS" dpa ra vpdypâra 'Pcj
TipoSiSotT]'
jjLaloLs ^]co(Tr]7ros, Kal rroXXd roiavra rrpos Kara
XvoLV rdvhpos irr paypuar ever o.
695 (3) Ka^' ov Kaipov dno LââpiOBcov KOjp.r)
veavLGKOi rives rwv ev rip pLeydXco vehico Kad
etopievojv (jivXaKcov, evehpevaavres YlroXepialov ro
AypiTTTTa Kal JêpviKTjs eTTirponov, dcfyeiXourt
^ ivipyealav PAM Lat. : the text finds a parallel i;
Acts xvi. Ifi.
^ Dindorf : TTpoQibi^r) mss.
"In the account in Vita (74 f.) there are again sligh
differences. The persons to be protected from the forbidde
use of foreign oil are there not " all the Jews of Syria," bu
only those who had been confined by order in Caesare
Philippi. In the Life John makes a profit of 10 1 (buyinj :
550
object of protecting all the Jews of Syria from the

use of oil not supplied by their own countrymen,
he sought and obtained permission to deliver it to
them at the frontier. He then bought up that
commodity, paying Tyrian coin of the value of four
Attic drachms for four amphorae and proceeded to
sell half an amphora at the same price." As Galilee
is a special home of the olive and the crop had been
plentiful, John, enjoying a monopoly, by sending

large quantities to districts in want of it, amassed
an immense sum of money, which he forthwith
employed against the man who had brought him
his gains. Supposing that, if he could get rid of
Josephus, he would himself become governor of
Galilee, he directed his band of brigands to push
their raids more vigorously than ever in the ;
anarchy thus produced throughout the district, either

the governor would go to the rescue, in which case
he would find means of laying an ambush and making
away with him, or if Josephus neglected to take
measures against the brigands, he would calumniate
him to his countrymen. Lastly, he had long since
been spreading a report that Josephus intended to
betray the country to the Romans, and in numerous
similar ways he was scheming to ruin his chief.
(3) About this time some young men of the village The affai
of Dabarittha,^ units of the guard posted in the great fn^^""

plain, laid an ambush for Ptolemy,^ the overseer ^ Agrippa'i
of Agrippa and Bernice, and robbed him of all the goods!
80 sextarii for 4 drachms and selling 2 sextarii for 1 drachm),
here of 8:1.
* O.T. Daberath, modern Dehurieh, under the western
slopes of Mt. Tabor ; the *' great plain " is that of Esdraelon.
C/. the parallel account in Vita 126 IF.
' Ptolemy's wife. Vita 126. Or " finance officer."
**
55]
JOSEPHUS
TTaaav oarjv -qyev OLTTOGKevrjU, iv fj TroAureAet? re
ioOrJTes ovK oAtyat Kal ttXtjOo? eKTrcJixdrcov
596 dpyvpoji' xpvGol re rjoav lâKoaioi. firj Svvd-
fJievoL Se SiaOeodai^ Kpv(f)a rrjv dpTrayrjV rravra
697 77/305" ^lajorjTTOV els TapL)(aLa? eKopiaav. 6 8e
fjLejJUpdpevo?avrwv to 77^6$" rovs /SacriAtKous'
^laLov ridrjoiv rd KopbLoOevra Trapd rw hvva-
rajrdrcp tojv Tapixcuarajv Wwaiu), nepîpat Kara
Katpov rolg SecrTTorat? Trpoaipovpievos' o 817 fieyuarov
598 avroj klvSwov im^yayev ol yap dprcdaavres dp.a
.
jjLev eVt ro) jjir^SepLLa? rvx^î^ /xeptSo? eK rcbv

KeKopLLGfievcov dyavaKrovvres, dfia 8e Kal rrpo-
OK€iljdp,€voi rod 'lojcrrJTroL' rrjv Stdvouav, on
fjieXXoL roi' TTOvov avrcov rolg âaiXevaiv X^P^'
êodai, vvKrojp els rds Kajjias hUhpapiov Kal
TTaaiv iveSeLKVVvro rdv Îcoar^Troi' cos rrpohor-qv
iveTrX-qaav Se Kal rds TrXrjOiov noXeiS rapaxrjS,
wore VTTO rrjv eco SeKa (JLVpcdhas OTrXtrajp en*
599 avrdv ovvhpap.e'iv. Kal rd fieu rrXrjdos ev rw
Kara Tapixatas LTTTToSpofjia) avurjdpoiafievov noXXd
rrpds opy-qv dveôa Kal^ KaraXeveiv ol Se Kaieiv
rdv TTpoSorrjv eKeKpdyeoav Trapoj^vvev he rovs jv
TToXXovs d ^Xajdw-qs Kal uvv avrto ^Xiqaovs rus ft
600 vlds Y.a7T(l)La,rdre dpxcov rrjs TtêptaSo?. ol fxei

ovi' (jiiXoi Kal oojpiaro<j)vXaKes rod ^Xajo-qirov, Kara-
rrXayevres rrjv dpfjLrjv rov ttXtjOovs, e(f)vyov ttXtji
reoadpojv rrdvres, avrds he KoificofMevos yjhr] rrpoa-
601 (jyepoîevov rod TTVpds hiavlcTraraL, Kal Trapatvovv-
rojv (f)evyeLV rcov reoodpojv, 61 Trapepêivav, ovn
irpds rrjV Kad* eavrdv eprjfxlav ovre npos re
1 5ie\€ceai PAML. * +0I fxiv Hudson (after Lat.)
552
baggage which he was convoying, including a large

number of rich vestments, a quantity of silver goblets
and six hundredpieces ^ of gold. Being unable to
**
dispose secretly of such booty, they brought the

whole to Josephus, then at Tarichaeae. He cen-
sured them for this act of violence to servants of the
king, and committed the goods to the keeping of
Annaeus,*' the most important citizen of Tarichaeae,
intending to return them to their legitimate owners
when an opportunity presented itself. This action
brought him into the greatest peril. For the
plunderers, indignant at receiving no portion of the
5poil, and divining the intention of Josephus to
present the king and queen with the fruits of their
labours, ran round the villages by night, denouncing
Josephus to all as a traitor they also created a Josephus,
;
ferment in the neighbouring with the result as a

cities,
:hat at daybreak a hundred thousand men in arms ^^^^?^°^ ^*
lad collected against him. The multitude, assembled
n the hippodrome at Tarichaeae, made loud and
mgry demonstrations some clamoured for the
;
itoning of the traitor, others to have him burnt alive ;
he mob was instigated by John,*^ who was seconded

)y Jesus, son of Sapphias, then chief magistrate of
Tiberias. The friends and bodyguard of Josephus,
errified at the assault of the crowd, all fled, with the
exception of four ^ he himself was asleep and awoke
;
)nly at the moment when his enemies were about to

et fire to the house. His four faithful companions
irged him to fly ^ but he, undaunted by the general
;
« 500, Vita 127.* Unspecified " staters " (Reinach).

:
" Dassion and Jannaeus, friends of Agrippa, according to

Vita 131. John is not mentioned in Vita.
**
« One (Simon), Vita 137.
^ Simon advises Josephus to kill himself, Vita ib.
VOL. II T 2 553
JOSEPHUS
ttXtjOo? rchv €(f)earojTojv KaraTrXayelg TrpoTTrjha,
7T€pLpprj^dfi€vog jjieu TTjV ioQ-qra, KaTaTtaadpievo^^
he rrj? Ke(/)aAr]? kovlv, dTroaTpeifja? Se ottlgoj tol?
X(:Xpa<; KOL TO Ihiov ^L<f)o? eTTiSrjaa? ro) revovTL.
60? vpos ravra rci}v p,ev OLKeiivs Ixovtojv koI /xaAtcrra
Toji^ Tapt;âiaTaji^ oIkto? tjv, ol 8' drro rrj'i ^(copag
Kal Ttov OGOis ihoKei (ôpriKOS i^Xa-
ttXtjolov
o(f)T]pLovu, vpo(f)€peLW Tf TO, KoiuoL ;^p7]/xaTa ddrjov
ineXeuov Kal rag TrpoSoTLKa.? cruvO-qKas eôpLoXo-
603 yeicOaL- 7Tpo€LXrj(f)€aau^ yap Ik tov cr;)(7]/xaT0?
ovhev avTOv dpvqoeadai tojv VTTOVoriBevTOJv, dXX
eTTL ovyyvcjopLTj^ TiopiopLO) Tidvra TTeTTOi-qKevai rd
604 Trpos TOV eXeov. toj 5' rju tj TaneLvojOL? Trpo-
TTapaoKevr] ot paT'qyrip.aTos , Kal Te;>(ytTeua»i^ toi)?
dyavaKTOVvTa^ /ca^' avrov /car' dXXriXojv crra-
aidoai, oU
(hpyllovTO TrdvO' opLoXoyqocou,^
i(f)^
605 eTTCLTa avTco Xeyeiv, " iyoj raura," ^(f>'r),

SoOeu
" TO, -x^p-qpiara ovt€ dvarrep.'neiv WypLTTva Trpo-
rjpovpLT^v ovT€ K€phaiv€Lv QUTos" p-T] ydp rjyrjcraLpLTjV
TTOTe Tj (f>iXov TOV vplv hid(l)opov rj Kepho? to
606 (f)€pov TO) KOLVO) ^Xd^Tjv opcov
. he, cS Tapt-
XataTaL, p-dXioTa ttjv vpL€T€pav ttoXlv acr</)aAetas"
heopLevrjv Kal Trpdg KaTaoK€vr]v Teixovs xpfitovoav
dpyvpLOV, hehoLKojs he tov TtêpLeojv hrjp.ov Kal
Tag dXXa? TToXei? e(êhpevo-6oas tols -qpTraypLevoL?,
KOTaox^^v TjovxT] TO. ;(/D7]âTa TTpoetXopirjv, Iv
607 v^lv TTepL^dXojpiai Telxo?. el pLT] hoKel, TTpocjyepco
TQ KeKop.iGp.eva Kal vapexoj htapTrdlêLv, el he
^ KUTaiJirjadufPos L Suid.
^ Bekker : ^rpoc7etX7J0€(7a^ was. _
^ 6/jio\oyr]aeii> iiriCxnUo C: Destinon and Niese suspect a •
lacuna. |b
554
;
JEWISH WAR, IT. 601-607
desertion or by the number of his assailants, rushed q»eiis the
out with raiment rent and ashes sprinkled on his ruse.'
head, his hands behind his back and his sword

suspended from his neck. At this spectacle his
familiar friends, the Tarichaeans in particular, were
moved to compassion, but the country-folk and those
of the neighbourhood who regarded him as a nuisance,
railed at him and bade him instantly produce the
public money and confess his treasonable compact
for they concluded from his demeanour that he would
deny none of the crimes of which they suspected him,
and had only made all this pitiable exhibition of
himself in order to procure their pardon. But, in
reality, this pose of humiliation was merely part of a
stratagem ; with the design of producing dissension
among his indignant opponents he promised to
make a full confession on the subject which had
roused their ire, and on obtaining permission to speak,
thus addressed them :
" About this money — I had
no intention of either sending it to Agrippa or appro-

priating it myself ; far be it from me ever to reckon
as a friend one who is your foe, or as personal gain
anything involving loss to the community. But as I
saw, citizens of Tarichaeae, that your city above all
needed to be put in a state of defence and that it was
n lack of funds to construct ramparts ;as, moreover,
I feared that the people of Tiberias and of the other
iities had their eyes on these spoils, I decided quietly

;o keep this money in order to encompass you with
I wall. If this does not meet your approval, I am

prepared to produce what was brought to me and
eave you to plunder it if, on the contrary, I have
;
555
JOSEPHUS
KaXojg vij.iv iBovXevodiJi-qv, <^ri> KoXdl^je^ rov
evepyerrju."
608 (^) 'E77t TOVTOtg ol TapLXOLLOLTaL aVTOV
fjLev
dvevchrjfJLOvv , ol 8' diio rrjs TijSeptaSo? ovu rolg

aAAot? eKO-Kitov kol Sn-jrr^tXow KaraXtTTovTe? 8'
eKOLTepOL TOV ÎcOGYjTTOU dXXl^XoLS hL€(f)€pOVrO /Ctt" .
Kelvos Bappcov rjSrj rot? coKeLOjjjLevoLS, rjoav 8e et?

T€T paKLOjJivpL0V£ TapLxo.i-d.TaL, TTavrl to) TrX-ÔeL
609 TTapp-qaLaoTLKCjrepov (LfilXeL. Kal TToXXd r-qv Trpo-
TTereiav avrojv KaroveLhlaag Ik fieu rdJv Trapovrcov
TapLXO-ias e(l>rj T€LXicr€Li>, do(j)aXL€LodaL 8e opLOLcog
Kal rds dXXag 7t6X€L£- ov yap drtop-qo^LV XP'")'
lidrcxji', lav opLOVodJGLv i(f>^ ovg Set TToplCeLv Kal
pLTj Trapo^vvojvraL Kara rod TTopltovTos.
610 (5) "^vda hi] TO p.€v dXXo vXrjdos rwv "qTrar-q-

8*
fjL€va>v dvex^Jop^L KalroL hLwpyLOfJLevov, SloxlXlol
ctt' ainov wpjJLiôav €vo7tXol, Kal <f)ddoavTo? ets"
TO SofpidTLOv TrapcXdelv drr^LXovvres i<f)€OTrjK€oav.
611 6771 TOUTOt? ÎcoorjTTOS dTrdrr) Sevrepa XPW^'''
dva^dg yap IttI to Teyos Kal rfj 8e^ta Kara-
oreiXas rdv dopvôv avrwv dyvoelv €<f)rj, t'lvojv
d^LOVOLV Tvx^î^' ov yap KaraKoveLV 8ia tyjv rrjs
ôrj^ ovyxvoLV ooa 8' dv KeXevoojOLv rrdvra
TTOirjOeLv, €1 TOUi" hLaXeôpevovi V^^XV TJ'e/î/'eiav^
612 etaoj npog avrov. raura dKOvoavrc? ol yvcupLpLOL
ovv Tots" dpxovoLV €LOTj€oav. 6 8e ovpas amovs
* Text as emended by Hudson and Cobet, partly
supported by Lat. d (or et oe) m^ âXiis i^x'^v iôv\. KoXdîn
:
M9S. the negative appears to have been misplaced.

;
" Or, perhaps, " unite with him in opposing the enemy
who ought to provide it " (from whom they should extract
it. viz. the Romans). ' 600, Vita 145.
556
—
JEWISH WAR, 11. 607-612
consulted your best interests, do not punish your

benefactor."
(4) At these words the people of Tarichaeae
applauded, but those from Tiberias and elsewhere
vilified and threatened him ;and the two parties let
Josephus alone and fell to quarrelling with each other.
He, now relying on the supporters he had won the —
Tarichaeans numbered as many as forty thousand
proceeded to address the whole multitude more
freely. He severely censured them for their pre-
cipitance, promised to fortify Tarichaeae with the
funds at his disposal, and undertook to provide
similar protection for the other cities as well money,
;
he added, would be forthcoming, would they but

agree who was the enemy against whom its pro-
vision was necessary,'^ instead of furiously attacking
the man who provided it.
(5) Thereupon the majority of the deluded crowd
withdrew, though still highly excited but two
;
thousand ^ men in arms made a rush upon him. He

was too quick for them and succeeded in regaining
his lodging, which they beset with menacing cries.
Josephus now had recourse to a second ruse. He ^Hq^Îq
mounted to the roof, quelled their clamour with a Josephus^
motion of his hand and said that he had no idea what tratedby
they wanted, as their confused shouts prevented him stratagem
from hearing them ; he would, however, comply with
all their demands, if they would send in a deputation
to confer quietly with him. On hearing that, the

leaders of the party, with the magistrates, entered
the house." He then haled them to the most
'
In Vita 147 only one delegate is sent in ; he, besides
Deing scourged, has one of his hands severed and suspended
:o his neck.
557
JOSEPHUS
€ts" '!'o yivxairarov rrjg otVta? Kal rrjv atiAeiov
CLTTOKXelaa? ifiaoTLycooev, P-^XP^ ra Trdvrojv
oTrXayxya yvfJLVcocrai' 8e reco? ro
7T€pi€LGrrjK€L
ttXtjOos SLKaioXoyetadaL (jLaKporepa rov? eloeXdov-
613 TQ? ol6fJL€vov. 6 be rag dvpag iâ7TLvr}<; dvoiâg
fifiayfjievovs iâ(f)rjK€v tou? dVSpa? Koi roaavTqv
TOtS" d77etAoL'CTii^ eveLpydaaro KaTdTrX-q^Lv, c5are
piijjavTas rd 077 Aa </)euyeti^.
614 (6) Xlpos ravra 'Icodvvrjg eTrereLiêv tov (f)96i'Oi'
Kal hevrepav rjprvoev iTTLôvXrjv Kara rod 'IcocttJ-
770V. OK-qipdfievo? hrj vooov LKerevoev 8t' eVt-
OToXrjs rov ^Yojotjttov eTTLTpeipac Trpos Oepaireiai^
avro) )(prjaao6aL rot? iv Ti/3eptdSt depfiolg vbaotv.
615 d be, ovTTOjyap vrrojrrrevev tov IttlôvXov, ypd(f)€L
TOis" Acard r-qv ttoXlv VTrdpôis êviav re Kai rd-
TTirrjbeLa ^Xojdvvrj 7TapaG)(€LV . aw drroXavaas fieTOi }k
bvo rjfjiepa? 6<^' o Traprjv bieTrpd-rreTO, Kai tovs er
pikv dndraig rovg be p^pi^/Ltao-t Sia^êipcDV dveTreiQev

616 aTTooTrjvai yvov? ravra SiAa? d
*\a)OT]7Tov. Kal w
(l)vXdooeLv rrjv TrdAa- utto 'IcuarJTroi; KadearapLeuos

ypd(f)eL rd Trepl^ rrjv emôvX-qv avroj Kara rdôs.
6 be ^\coarj7Tos ojs eXaêv rrjv eTnoroXriv, vvKros
6bevoa<; ovvrovcjs icvdivos Traprju Trpos r-qv TijSe-
617 ptdba. Kal ro fxeu dXXo TrXi^dos avro) vrr-qvra^
^\(jjdvvq<; be, Kairoi r-qv rrapovoiav VTrorrrevoas
€77 avrov, opcos Trepupas Tiv'd rcou yvojplpcjv
v-eKpivaro r-qv dadevetav Kal KXiu-qp-qg tov vare-
1 Kara MVRC.
" Or " envy." The incidents at Tiberias in this and the
following chapter (^§ 614-623) are placed be/ore the Tari-
*i:
chaeae affair (§§ 595-613) in the parallel narrative ( Vila 84-
103). In the Li/e the " envy " (((pdoprjae 85) of John is
558
secluded portion of the building, closed the outer

door, and had them scourged till he had flayed them
all to the bone. The mob, meanwhile, remained
standing round the house, supposing tlieir delegates
to be engaged in a prolonged parley. Suddenly
Josephus had the doors thrown open and the men
dismissed, all covered with blood, a spectacle which
struck such terror into his menacing foes that they
dropped their arms and fled.
(6) These proceedings intensified John's malice <^ John of
and he devised a second plot against Josephus. promotes
Feigning sickness, he wrote to Josephus to request opposition
his permission to take the hot baths at Tiberias for at merial

the good of his health. Thereupon Josephus, whose
suspicions of the conspirator were not yet aroused,
wrote to his heutenants in the town to give John
hospitality and to provide for his needs. He, after
enjoying these benefits for two days, proceeded to
carry into effect the object of his visit by deception
:
or bribery he corrupted the citizens and endeavoured

to induce them to revolt from Josephus. Hearing of
this, Silas, whom Josephus had appointed to guard
the town, hastened to inform his chief of the con-
piracy. Josephus, on receipt of his letter,^ set off
and, after a rapid night march, reached Tiberias at
daybreak. The whole population came out to meet
lim except John ; he, though suspecting that this
isit boded ill for himself, sent one of his acquaint-
ances with a message, pretending to be indisposed

ind bedridden, and so prevented from paying his
xplained by the popularity of Josephus : here the context
upplies no such link. This suggests that the Life has
)reserved the true connexion of events and lends support
c Laqueur's theory that it is the older work.
He was then at Cana ( Vita 86).
559
}
JOSEPHUS
0]S prjaai Trjs depaTr^tag ^X^yeu. to? he elg to ord-
Siou Tovg Ti^€pi€7? ddpoLoa<i 6 'Itocrr^TTO? errupdro
hiaXiyeodai rrepl rcov eVccTTaApteVcoi-', UTroTre'/xi/ias"
619 o-Xtrag 77 pooiraêv avrov dveXelv . rovrovs to.
Î'^Ty yvpLVovvTa<; 6 brjpLog Trpo'Chajv dieô-qaev rrpos

be rrjv Kpavyrfv 6 ^Xwarjiros e77taTpa(/>eis" kol deaad-
fJL€VOS CTTt rrjg o(f)ayi]<; -rjbr] tov oihr]pov dveTri^h-qoev
eh Toy alyiaXov eLOTrjKeL be brjpLTjyopuw inl ôv-
I'ov TLVo? eâ--q')(ôvs to vipog' Kal TrapopjJLOVvros
eTTLTTrjhrjaas OKd(f)ovg ovv hvalv ocofjLaTO(f)vXa^Lv
€t? jjidarju rrjv XipLvrjV dve<j)evyev
620 (7) Ot orparLwraL 8' avrov raxôJS dpTrdoavre?

rd OTrXa Kara rwv eniôvXajv e\(Jjpovv. evda
heioas 6 *lcuorj-o<;, /xv) 7ToXep.ov KLvqdevTos e/x-
(jivXiov hi oXiyojv fhdovov TrapavaXcoorj rrjV ttoXlv,

TrepLTTei rols oj)eTepois dyyeXov pLovqs Trpovoelv
rrj? eavrdjv do<j)aXeiaSy P-'^l'^^
he KTeivetv rivd
021 jutJt' d7TeXey)(êiv rcov aWiajv. koi ol p.ev tw
TrapayyeXfiaTL TreioOevreg rjpepirjGav, ol 8' dvd
rrjv nepi^ \ojpav irvBopievoi r-qv t' eniôvX^r^v /cat
rov ovoKevdoavra ovvrjOpoilôvTO Kara Îcodvvov
<f)6dveL 8 eKelvog el? YLG)(aXa <f)vycbv rrjv rrarptha.
fi22 ovveppeov he Trpog rou Îcoarjrrov ol FaAtAatot Kara
TToAeti, Kal TToXXal fj-vpidhes OTrXircov yevofievai
TTapetuaL o(j)d£ eirl rdv ^Xojdvvrjv rdv kolvov eVt-
ôvXov eôojv ovyKara<f)XeêLv yap avro) Kal rrji'
623 VTToheâfJievqv ttoXlu. 6 he dTToheêodaL fiev avrojv

e(l)aaKev rrju evuoiav, dvelpyev he rrjv oppn^v,
560
respects." But when Josephus had assembled the

Tiberians in the stadium and was endeavouring to
address them on the subject of the news which he
had received, John secretly sent out some soldiers
with orders to kill him. The people, seeing these
men drawing their swords, raised a shout at their ;
cries Josephus turned round, beheld the blade

actually at his throat, leapt down to the beach he —
had been standing, to harangue the people, on a
hillock six cubits high —and jumping with two of his
guards ^ into a boat that was moored hard by, escaped
to the middle of the lake.
(7) His soldiers, however, hastily seized their arms Josephus
and advanced against the conspirators. Thereupon johns^*'^

Josephus, fearing that the outbreak of civil war might foUowers
bring ruin upon the city, all for the misdeeds of a few
envious individuals, sent instructions to his men to
restrict themselves to providing for their own safety,
to kill nobody and to call none of the culprits to
account.^ In accordance with these orders they took
no further action but the inhabitants of the district,
;
on learning of the plot and the contriver of it,

mustered in force to attack John, who hastily made
his escape to Gischala, his native place. The Gali-
laeans from one town after another flocked to
Josephus myriads of men in arms came and pro-
;
tested that they were there to punish John, the

public enemy, and that they would burn him alive
with the city that harboured him. Josephus thanked
them for their goodwill, but checked their im-
" In Vita 91 John comes in person to meet Josephus, but
hastily retires.
*"
James, his bodyguard, and Herod, a citizen of Tiberias,
are his two companions in Vita 96.
" This sentence and the preceding have no parallel in Vita.
561
,
JOSEPHUS
X^LpcoGaaOai avveaeL rovs ixOpovg fxdXXov r)
624 KTelvai Trpoaipovêvos e/cAa/Scui' Se tovs - d(/>'
€Ka.crT7]g TToXecos *lcodvvr] Gvva(^€GT(x)ras /car'

ovofJiay TTpodviJLCO? Se iveheLKvvvro rovg Gcfyerepovg
OL SrjpLoraL, Kal Sta K-qpvKcov d7T€iXi]Gag^ ivros
-qfiepas 77 e/x 77x17? tojv firj KaraXiTTOvrajv ^lojdwrjv
rds re ovaias hiapTrdoeiv kol rd? otVtas" d/xa rat?
625 ycveai? KaTa(f)X€$€LV, rpiGx^Xiovs fX€V d7r€GTT^Gev

evdeojs, ot TTapayevofievoL rd oirXa napd rols
TTOGLV eppufjav avrov, gvv Se
KaraXeK^delGiv rots'
TjGav 8' oGov els hiGX^Xiovs ^vpcov (f)vydbeSy
di'eareAAev^ Îcodvvrjv^ TrdXiv €7tI rd? Xadpaiovs
626 eTTLôvXas €k twv (f)avepajrep(jjv. Kpv(f)a yovv
e7T€fi7T€V dyydXovg ct? 'lepocroAu/xa Sta^dXXcov rov
ÎcoGTjTTOv eTTt TO) jieylBei rij? hwdfieco?, (f)dGKcov
OGOV ovheTTOj rvpawov iXevGeodai rrj? fx-qrpo-
627 TToXeoj?, €L jJLTj TTpoKaraX-qcfid €17], ravd* 6 fikv SrjfjLOS
7Tpo€ihdjs ov 7TpoG€tx^y> OL SvvaTol 8e Kara <f)d6vov
Kal row dpxdvrojv rive? Xddpa rw ^lojdvvfj XPV'
fjLara TTpos GvXXoy-qv pLLG6o4)6pajv errefJiipaVy ottco?
TToXefii}* TTpds 'lojGrjTTov iiprj(f)LGavro he Kad^ eav-
ro-us Kal iieraKaXelv aurov d770 rT^? Grparrjylas.
628 ov fJLTjv Tj^LOUv d7T0XP'r}GeLV ro Soyfia, Slgx^'XIovs
8e Kal TTevraKOGLOVS orrXiras Kal reGGapas rcov
i7n(f)ava)v dvhpas eareiXav, rov re rod ôfiiKov
^ A (margin) : dTreLXrja-dvTitiv (-avros L) the rest.

* dvecTetXev L. ' Niese : 'lioduyrjs MSS.
* TToXenTjautaiv PAM.
« " 20 days," Vita 370. " 4000," Vita 371.'>
•=
We
should probably read " Tyrian " as in Vita 372 (c/.
§ 588 above).
**
This episode (§§ 624: f.) is placed, probably correctly
562
^
petuosity, preferring to overcome his enemies by

diplomacy rather than by slaughter. Instead, he
obtained from each city a list of names of those who
had joined in John's revolt, this information being
readily given by their fellow-citizens, and then issued
a public proclamation that all who within five days "^
had not abandoned John would have their property

seized and their houses burnt to the ground, along
with their families. This threat immediately pro-
duced the desertion of three ^ thousand of his
followers, who came to Josephus and threw down
their arms at his feet with the remainder, some two
;
thousand Syrian " fugitives, John, abandoning open

hostilities, was again driven to resort to clandestine
plots.
He accordingly now sent secret emissaries to and defei
Jerusalem ^denounce Josephus as growing too

to
Jj,\y*^^^f
great, declaring that he might at any moment appear him.
at the capital as its tyrant, unless he were checked
in time. The people, who foresaw these calumnies,
attached no importance to them but their leaders,
;
with some of the magistrates, from motives of envy,

secretly supplied John with money to enable him to
collect mercenaries and make war on Josephus. They
further took it upon themselves to pass a decree
recalling him from his command. As, however, they
did not regard this decree as sufficient, they sent out
a force of two thousand five hundred men ^ with four
men of mark, namely, Joesdrus,^ son of Nomicus,
much later in the other narrative, after the confiiet with the
deputies from Jerusalem ( Vita 368-372).
* The story of the attempt to supersede Josephus is
narrated at much greater length in Vita 189-332.
f Only 600 soldiers and 300 citizens in Vita 200.
' Called Joazar or Jozar in Vita.
563
JOSEPHUS
'lojecrdpor Kal Âvaulav T.ahovKL Kal Îficova /cat
'lovSr]v ÎcovdOou, Trdvra? elrrelv Swarcordrov? , tv*
ovroi rr)v Trpos rov ^[oj(jr]7Tov evvouav dTroarpe-

ifjojGLi', Kav fjL€v Ikwv TTapaylvqrai, \6yov vttoux^^^'
ear avrov, el 8e ^tdCoLTo /xeVetr, ch? voXeiJLLOj
C29 ^^pT/CTât. 'Icycrr^TTOj he Trapayiveodai fiev urparidv
irreGrdXKeaav ol (f)LXoL, rrjv 8' alriav ov Trpoehrj-
Xovv, are Br) XdOpa tojv exBpojv jSeôuAeu/xeVcui'.
8t6 Kal fiYj 7Tpo(^vXaâp,evov reooape? rroXeis
evdecos Trpos tou? Suacfiopov? aTrearriuav eXdovrag,
êTrScopi? re /cat Tdâpa^ /cat FtVpâAa /cat Tt-
630 /Septa?, raxôjg 8e /cat ravrag npocrqydyero 8t;(a
TOJV ottXojv /cat xetpojadf^Levos arpar'qyrifxaGiv rovs

reacrapas -qyeiôvag tojv re OTrXirajv rovg hvvaTOjrd-
631 Tovg dverreijupev elg 'lepoGoXvfLa. Trpos ov? 6 Sijiiog
ov iierpiojs rjyavdKTTjcrev Kal avv avrol? (Zpi-fqaev
Tovs 77 poTre/Jiipavr as ayeAetv, et firj (fyddaavres dir-
ehpaoav.
632 (8) 'lajdw-qv he Xolttov evros rov TcGxdXojv
reLXovs o TTapd ^lojG-qrrov (jjoôs e(f)povpei. Kal
fier^ oXiyas r^jiepas TrdXiv dvecrrr] TijSeptas" CTrt-
KaXeaajjievojv rojv evhov WypLTTTrav rov âoiXea.

633 /cat rov puev firj /caravrrJcravTOS" 6(^' t]v ovvreraKro
npodea/JLLav, 'Poj/Ltat/caJy 8' oAtyo;;^ lttttIojv /car*
eKelvqv r-qv rjjjLepav Trapa(âvevrojv , rov ^Xojgtj'ttov
634 eêKijpvGGOv. roj^ 8' rjyyeXr] fiev els Taptpâta?

r) drroGraGLS evdeojs, eKTTeTTopicfxjtJS he rrdvras rovs
1 Destinon with Lat. and Vita -203: Vdoapa or Td/xa\a

MSS.
2 R (corrector) : rwt' the rest. \ KC preserve the true text
in this clause.
564
Ananias, son of Sadok, Simon and Judas,* sons of

Jonathan, all very able speakers, with the object of
undermining the popularity of Josephus if he were ;
prepared to leave without demur, they were to allow

him an opportunity of rendering an account of him-
self, if he insisted on remaining, they were to treat
him as a public enemy. Friends of Josephus had,
meanwhile, sent him word that troops were on their
way to Galilee, but gave no hint of the reason, as
his adversaries had planned their scheme in secret
conclave. Consequently he had taken no precau-
tions and four cities went over to his opponents as
soon as they appeared, namely, Sepphoris, Gabara,
Gischala, and Tiberias. These, ^ however, he soon
reclaimed without recourse to arms, and then by
stratagem got the four leaders into his power with
the best of their troops and sent them back to
Jerusalem. The citizens were highly indignant at
these individuals, and would have killed them, as
well as their employers, had they not promptly
taken flight.
(8) John from this time forth was confined by fear Revolt o
'^^^'^"^^
of Josephus within the walls of Gischala. A few
days later Tiberias again revolted, the inhabitants
having appealed to King Agrippa for aid. He did
not arrive on the agreed date, but on that same day
a small body of Roman cavalry happening to appear,
the Tiberians issued a proclamation excluding
Josephus from the city. Their defection was im-
mediately reported to him at Tarichaeae. He had
" For Judas, son ot Jonathan, Vita 197 etc. has Jonathan.
* Gischala excepted.
565
v
JOSEPHUS
orpaTLCjorag IttI oltou avXXoyrjv ovre fiovos e^-
op[j.dv IttI rovs aTJOOTOLUTas ovre iievetu VTrefxevev,
SeSoLKojs fJLT] ^pahvvavTos avrov (f^ddocootv ol
âoiKiKol TTapeXdeiv els tyju ttoXlv ouSc yap ttjv
€7TLOvaav Tjfxepav Ivepyov eêiv e/xeAAev irrexovTos
635 ca^^drov. BoXcp brj^ TrepteXdelu inevoei rovg oltto-
ordvras. kol rds p.ev TTvXas twv Tapixo-tajv oltto-
KXelaai KeXevaas, cos" p^r) TrpoeâyyeiXeii ri? to
CT/ce/x/ua rots' €77 c^^ l po ijl€v o l? rd S' eVt ttjs XipLvr]?
,
OKdcfiTj Trdvra ovvadpjicja^; rpidKovra 8' evpe-

,
Orjoav KOI hiaKOGLa,' koi vavrat reaodpcov ov

ttXelovs rjoav ev eKdoroj, 8ta rdôv? eXavvet Trpos
636 TT)v Tt/SeptdSa. kol togovtov d-noaxdjv rrjg ttoAcco?
i^ OGOV GvuiSelv ov pdhtov tjv, K€vds to.? dXidSag
pi€Teo'jpovs GaXev€Lv eKeXevGev, avrog Se pLovov?
inrd roju GOjp.aro(j>vXdK(jjv ivoTrXov?^ e^cov eyyiov
637 6(f)drjvai Trpocrrjet. 6eaGdpL€voi S' avrov citto tcjv
T€Lxdjv en ^XaG(f)r)pLOVVT€S ol hLd(f}opoL Kal 8ta
Tr)v eKTrXrj^LV Trdvra rd GKd^-q yepLetv ottXltcjv
vopLioavres eppiipav rd OTrAa Kat Karaaeiovres
LK€~rjpLas iSeovro êtaaaât rrj? TToXeco?.
638 (9) '0 Se 'XojGTjTTOS TToXXd SLaTTetXrjGdpiei'og av-
Tot? Kal KaToveihiGas, el Trpcorov pLev apdpLevoL rov
Trpos 'Pojp.aLOVs noXepLOV els Grdoeis ep,(f)vXLOVS
npoavaXlGKOvoLV r-qv Igxvv Kal rd evKraiorara
SpojGLv TOLS exOpOLS, e77€tTa TOP KT^bepLOi'a rrjs
dG(f)aXeias avTcov dvaprtdGai GirevhovGLV Kal KXeUuv
^ L: 5e the rest. * Tpiaxoaia PA.

^ Destinon and others (a correction required by the
sequel, g bi2): dt'OTrXots mss.
° " I had dismissed my soldiers to their homes because,

566
just sent all his soldiers on a foraging excursion ;« he
could neither go out alone to face the rebels nor

afford to remain idle, for fear that the king's troops,
profiting by his delay, might forestall him in occupy-
ing the town on the following day, moreover, he
;
could take no action owing to the restrictions of the

sabbath. In this dilemma the idea occurred to him
of circumventing the rebels by a ruse. After order- checked
ing the gates of Tarichaeae to be closed, in order that Ih^mil
no hint of his project might reach the city which
was the objective of his attack, he collected all the
boats which he could find on the lake there were —
two hundred and thirty, with no more than four
sailors on board each —
and with this fleet sailed at
full speed for Tiberias. Keeping far enough from
the town to prevent the inhabitants from detecting
that his ships were unmanned, he let them ride in
the offing, while he, with no more than seven of his
armed guards, advanced within view of all. On
perceiving him from the walls, where they were still
heaping invectives upon him, his adversaries, imagin-
ing that all the boats were filled with troops, were
terrified, threw down their arms and, waving sup-
pliants' olive-branches, implored him to spare the
city.
(9)Josephus severely threatened and reproached
them,first for their folly, after taking up arms against
Rome, in wasting their strength beforehand upon
civil strife and so fulfilling their enemies' fondest
wishes next for their eagerness to make away with
;
their guardian and protector, and their shamelessness
the next day being the sabbath, I desired to spare the

Tarichaeans annoyance from the presence of the military "
[Vita 159),
567
JOSEPHUS
ovK alhovvrai ttjv ttoXlv avrw roj ret^^taavrt, Trpoa-
heêoOai rovs aTToXoyrjooêvovs €(f)aGK€v Kal St'
639 cLv êâicvGeraL^ rrjv ttoXlv. Kareâtvov §' evdeoj?
SeVa TOW Tt/9eptecuv ol SwarcoraroL- /cat rovg fiev
dvaXaâjv /Ltta rcov dXidhajv dvijyayev TTOppcorepoj,
TTevTT^KOvra 8' erlpovs rrj? ôvXrjg rovs /LtaAtcrra
yvojpipLOVs KeXevei TrpoeXdelv, d>s Kal Trap* eKeivojv
640 7TLGTLV Ttya ôvXofjLevos Xaêlv. eVetra Kaivoripas
OKrupeL? €7TLVO(JJV dXXoVS €77*(1>S CTTt GVV-
CtAAot?
641 BriKais TrpovKaXelro. rols he Kvêpvrjrais eKeXevaev
Toil'' rrXrjpovpLevojv 8ta rdxavs els TapLâiag dva-
TrXelv Kal ovyKXeUiv rovs dvSpag et? to SeajjLOjrrj-

piov, fJ-expi- TTaoav pikv rrjv ôvXrjv ovoav lâKooiojv,
TTepl be SiGXiXlovg tojv diro rod hrjp.ov GvXXa^dtv
dvTjyayev GKd(f)eGiv els TapLxaias.
642 (10) Boojurajv he rcov Xolttojv atnov ehau fxd-
XiGTa rrjs drroGTaGeajs KAetroi^ rtva /cat napa-
KaXovvrcov els eKelvov dTTepeiheGdat rrjv opyrji^,
6 *\ojG7]770S dveXelu p.ev ovheva TrpofjpiqTO, Aevlv
he TLva ra)V eavrov (f^vXaKcou eKeXevGev eêXdelv,
643 tva dTTOKoipT] rds
x^^P^^ "^^^ KAetVou. Set'aa? he
eKeu'os els exOpwv GTl(f)Os dTro^T^GeGdat fjLovos ovk
e<j)-q. GxerXtdlôvTa he rov Îcogtjttov eirl rod
OKd<f)ovs 6 KXelros opcov /cat Trpodufiovfjievov avrov
iTTLTTrjhdv eiTL Tr]v npâjpiav cKerevev d-no rrjs dKri^s
644 rrjv erepav tcov xî-pdJ^ /caraAtTreiv. KdKeivov /cara-
vevGavTos e</)' co r-qv erepav axnos dTTOKOijjeiev
eavTOV, GTTaGafiei'os rfj he^ta ro $L(f)os dTreKoipeu
TTJV Xaidv els togovtov heous vtto rod ^lojGiqTrov
645 TTpor^xOr]. rore [lev hr) kcvols GKd(f)eGiv /cat hopv-
<j>6p0LS eTTrd rov hijfiov alxp-aXajriodpievos TrdXtv
^ Destiuon : .Se/iatwtrTyT-at or -waatro 3d33.
568
in closing their city to him, who had built its walls ;
he declared himself ready, notwithstanding, to re-

ceive deputies who would offer an apology and assist
him to secure the town. At once ten citizens, the
principal men of Tiberias, came down these he;
took on board one of the vessels and conveyed some

distance from the land. Next he required fifty more,
the most eminent members of the council, to come
forward, ostensibly to give him their word as well.
And so, always inventing some new pretext, he
called up one party after another, presumably to
ratify the agreement. As the boats were successively
filled, he gave orders to the skippers to sail with all
speed to Tarichaeae and to shut the men up in prison.
Thus, in the end, he arrested the whole council of six
hundred members and some two thousand other
citizens, and shipped them off to Tarichaeae.
(10) Those who were left indicated, with loud
cries, a certain Cleitus as the prime mover of the
revolt, and urged the governor to vent his wrath
upon him. Josephus, being determined to put no
one to death, ordered one of his guards, named Levi,
to go ashore and cut off Cleitus's hands. The soldier,
afraid to venture alone into the midst of a host of
enemies, refused to go. Cleitus, thereupon, seeing
Josephus on the boat fuming with anger and prepared
to leap out himself to chastise him, implored him
from the beach to leave him one of his hands. The
governor consenting to this, on condition that he cut
off the other himself, Cleitus drew his sword with his
right hand and severed the left from his body such ;
was his terror of Josephus. Thus, with empty ships

and seven guards, he captured, on that occasion, an
'^
+ cKatpwv Bekker (after Lat.).
569
JOSEPHUS
Tt/3epia8a TTpoorj-ydyero,fiera 8' rjiJLepag oXiya?
XeTrôjptrat? ovvaTTOordaav €vp(hv^ iTrerpeipe p.€v
646 hiapTTaoai roi? arpartc/jTat?, ovvayayojv fxevroL
TTavra rots' Sr^/xorat? ebojKev, rots re Kara Sc'tt-
(fxjjpLU ofjiOLcog' Kal yap eKeivovg ;(;etpa»aa/Mei'o$
vovOerrjoaL 8ia tt^? dpTrayrjs rjOeXrjaeu, 8'

rfj
d7ro8dae6 rcuv XPVI^^'^^^ tto-Xlv els evvoiav Tjpoa-

TjyayeTO.
647 (xxii. l) Td iiev ovv Kara TaXiXaiav eVeVauTo

KLi'TjpLaTa, Kal rcnv eixchuXicov -navodyievoL Sopvôjv
eTTL TO,? 7Tp6? 'Poj/jLaiovg irpaTTovTO TTapaoKevas,
64S ev he toIs 'lepoaoXvjJLOLS " Avauos re 6 dp)(Lepevg
Kal Twv Sviârcov ogoi pLrj rd 'Pajfialajv e^ypovovv
TO re relxos erreuKevaCov Kal TToXXd rujv -noXe-
649 pnorTjpiojv opydvojv. Kal Sid Trdu-qs jiev r-qs
TToXeoj? exdXKevero êXrj Kal nauoTrXia, npos

drdKroLS^ 8e yvpLvaoLais rd rcov vea)V TrXrjdos rjv,
Kal iJLeard rrdvra dopvôv, heLvr) 8e Karri(j)eia rojv

pierplajv, Kal rroXXol rds iieXXovoas vpoopujpLevoi
650 GVfji(f)opd? aTTwXocbvpovro. detaaiJLOL re rois Îprj-
vr]v dyaTTcooLV hvo(br)[ioL, rot? Se rdv rroXefiow i^-

dipaaiv eux^SidL,ovro irpds r)bovqv, Kal ro Kara-
OTTjjjia rrjs TrdXeoJS rrplv e-eXdelv 'Pwiiaiovg rjv
651 olov dTToXovpLevrjS . *Avdv(i) ye iir)v (f)povrls -qu
Kard (jLLKpdv dd>Larafieva) rvjv els rdv rrdXefJiov

rrapaoKevow Kafjuhat rrpds rd GviJL(f)epou rovs re
uraoiaords Kal rrju rchv KXrj6evra>v l^riXojrCjv
'
PA : f Xwi' the rest.
' iussis Lat., i.e. Ta^Tats " regular."
570
entire population, and once more reduced Tiberias Rednctioi
to submission. But a few days later, discovering that o? m'eda

the city had revolted again along with Sepphoris, he ^^ ^.^
^
delivered it over to his soldiers to plunder it. How-
ever, he collected all the spoil and restored it to
the townsfolk. He followed the same procedure at
Sepphoris for that town also was subdued by him,
;
and he wished to give the inhabitants a lesson by

pillaging it, and then by restoring their property to
regain their affection.
(xxii. 1) The disturbances in Galilee were thus Prepara-

quelled and, their civil strife now ended, the Jews jenisaierr
;
turned to preparations for the struggle with the ^^^^êr of

Romans. In Jerusalem Ananus the high-priest and a.d. 66-67
all the leading men who were not pro-Romans busied
themselves with the repair of the walls and the
accumulation of engines of war. In every quarter
of the city missiles and suits of armour were being
forged masses of young men were undergoing a
;
desultory training and the whole was one scene of

;
tumult. On the other side, the dejection of the

moderates was profound and many, foreseeing the
;
impending disasters, made open lamentation. Then,

too, there were omens,^ which to the friends of peace
boded ill, although those who had kindled the war
readily invented favourable interpretations for them.
In short, the city before the coming of the Romans
wore the appearance of a place doomed to destruc-
tion. Ananus, nevertheless, cherished the thought
of gradually abandoning these warlike preparations
and bending the malcontents and the infatuated so-
called zealots to a more salutary policy but he ;
" A description of these is given later, vi. 288-315.

571
.
JOSEPHUS
dcl)poovi'r]V, rjTTrjdr] be rrj? jStas-, Kai^ toi? e^rjg
olov reXov? ervx^v hrjXcjGOfMev
652 (2) Kara, 8e rrjv WKpaâr-qvrjV^ 70T{ap\iav 6
Tiwpa Hifiajv ttoXXovs tcov ov-
veajTepiCovrojv
OT-qodiievo? €(/>' dpTrayd? iTpdnero Kal ov fJLOvov ra?
OLKias eoTrdpaaaeu^ rojv ttXouglcov, dXXd Kal rd
oojâra KarrjKLi,€TO, hrjXos re rjif rjbr] noppcjoBev
653 dpxoyievos Tvpavvelv. 7Teii(f)d€iar]s 8' eV avrdv
vtt'' Wvdvov Kal tcjv dpxdvrcjv or par ids, npos
rovs cV MacraSoL Ar^crra? /x€^' wv etxev Karecjyvyev,
KaKel p^^xpi' rrjs * Avduov Kal rrjs tujv dXXojv
ixOpwu dvaipeGeo)? fievoju ovveXriêro rrju 'ISou-
654 naiav, ojore tov? dpxovras rod edvov? Std rd
vXrjdos r<jL)v Kal rd? crui'e^êts" dp-
(fyovevofjievajv
TJayds orparidv dSpoioavras cficfypovpov? rds
KiOfia? ^x^LV. Kal rd ptev Kard rrjv *\bovpLalav
iv TOvroLS rji'.
^ 'AKpaîTLVrjU PA.
* (rdpaaaev PA ML Lat.
572
succumbed to their violence, and the sequel of our

narrative will show the fate which befell him.'*
(2) In the toparchy of Acrabatene Simon, son of Raids of
Gioras, mustering a large band of revolutionaries, Simon, so
devoted himself to rapine not content with ran- samana a
;
sacking the houses of the wealthy, he further mal- ^^lumaea.

treated their persons, and plainly showed, even at
that early date, that he was entering on a career of
tyranny.^ When Ananus and the magistrates sent
an army against him, he fled with his band to the
brigands at Masada,^ and there he remained until
Ananus and his other opponents were killed. Mean-
while, with his brigand friends, he worked such havoc
in Idumaea, that the local magistrates, in conse-
quence of the number of the slain and the continuous
raids, raised an army and garrisoned the villages.
Such was the condition of affairs in Idumaea.
" B. iv. 315 if. ; for Ananus see the note on § 563 above.
''
He becomes a prominent figure in the siege of Jerusalem.
"
§§ 408, 433, 447.
573
BIBAIOX r
1 (i. l) Xepcoyt 8' tu? rjyyeXrj ra Kara rrjv *lou
Satav Trratcrâra, XeXrjdvla /xcv co? ct/cos" eKTrXrj-

^t? ifl7TL7Tr€L Kal Seo?, (f)aP€pcO£ 8' V7T€prj(f)dv€L Kal
2 Trpoaojpyilêro, orpar-qycov^ fiev paorujvrj fidXXov
7] rals ra)v TroXepiitov dperalg yeyovevat rd avpL
jSavra Xeycov, TrperreLv 8' rjyovpLevo? iavro) 8td toi'
oyKov rrj? -qyepLOvla? Karaaoâpeveadai rcov okv
dpcoTTOJV Kal BoKelv beuvov rravros eTrduoj rr]v
3 ^^XW ^X^^^- 8trÂey;)(ero ye ^171^ c) rfjg^vx^js

dopvôg VTTO Tcov (fypovTiScDV (2) GKeTTTopLevov^ rivL
7TLGT€V(J€L KLVOvpL€vqv TTjv dvaroX-qv , o? Tt/xajpi)-
aerat /^tev tt^^ toji^ 'Iou8atcov eTTavdaraaiv, Trpo-
KaTaXruperaL 8' aurot? rjbr] Kal rd vept^ eOurj
A (JvviôGovuTa. p.ovov \ovv ^
evpioKei Oveoiraaiavdv
raZs XP^^^'-'^ dvaXoyovvra Kal nqXcKOvrov TToXepLOV
piyedog dvaheâodai Svvdp,€vov, dvhpa rats' dird
veorriros orpareiaLg iyyeyiipaKora Kal Trpoeipr)
vevaaura fxev TrdXai 'Pcu/xatot9 rriv loTrepav vtto
Veppavajv rapaaoropLevqi^ TTpoaKTrjadfjievov 8e tols
,
c OTrXoig BpeTTauiau retog XavBdvovoav, odev avrov
^ PA : ffTparTjyov the rest (perhaps rightly).

^ (JKeTTTOUfVOS 5i C.
* MA (corrector) Lat. : om. the rest,
574
BOOK iir
(i. The news of the reverses sustained in Judaea

1) Nero's
illed Nero, as was natural, with secret consternation orS'e u°e"vs
md alarm, but in public he affected an air of disdain of events m
'^"^*^^-
md indignation. " These unfortunate incidents,"
le said,
" were due to remiss generalship rather than
o the valour of the enemy " and the majesty;
if empire made him think it became him to treat

•lack tidings with lofty contempt and to appear to
lossess a soul superior to all accidents. His inward
erturbation, however, was betrayed by his anxious
eflection.
(2) He was deliberating into whose hands he should He appoint
ntrust the East in its present commotion, with the J'o^take*"
ouble task of punishing the Jewish rebels, and of command.
Drestalling a revolt of the neighbouring nations,
hich were already catching the contagion. He
Duld find none but Vespasian a match for the
mergency and capable of undertaking a campaign
n so vast a scale. Vespasian was one who had been
soldier from his youth and grown grey in the
irvice he had already earlier in his career pacified
;
nd restored to Roman rule the West when con-

iilsed by the Germans he had by his military
;
snius added to the Empire Britain, till then almost

iiknown, and thus afforded Claudius, Nero's father,**
" Step-father ; he adopted Nero (c/. B. ii. 249).
575
JOSEPHUS
/cat TO) TTarpl KAauSto) napia\e xojpi? IhpojTOS
lSlou dpiajJLôv Karayayelv.
6 (3) TauTCL re 817 npoKXr]hovLl,6iievo<; Kal orade-
pav pLer' e'/LtTretptas" ttî^ -qXiKiau opujv, /xeya' §€
TTiareco? aurou toi)? uiou? opLrjpov Kal rd? rou
TOJi^ aK/xd? X^^P^ ''"^^ TTaTpcpa? avueoeco?, rdxa
Tl Kttt 77ept TOtV' oAtUl^ T^Sr^ ToO êOU TTpOOLKOVO
7 fjLOupLevou, TTC/xTret rdi'dvBpa XrjipopLevov rrjv rj-ye
pioviav Twv IttI Hvpia? ot par ev p.a.r ojv ttoXXo ,
TTpos TO €.TT€lyov ola KeXcvovoLv at dvdy/cat /xetAt

8 ^dfjLeuo? re Kal TrpodepaTrevaa? . 6 8' dno rrji
Wâtas, evda ovurjv ro) Kepujvi, rov pLev vloi
Ttrov aTTeoreiXev in^ 'AAeâi^Speta? ro nepLTTTOi

Kal hcKarou^ eKeldev duaarrjGoura rdypLa, ne
pdoa? 8' aurd? rou 'KXX-qoTTOvrov Trends- el
Hvptav d(l)LKveLrai, KdKel rds re 'Poj/xatVcd? Suva
pLeLS ovvriyaye Kal ovxôvs napd rcjv yeLrvicovro)
paoiXdajv orvpLpLaxov?.
9 (ii. 1) *Iou8atot 8e pLerd rrjv Keartou TrXrjyrj
evTippievoL rals dhoKrjroL<; evrrpayiai^ aKparel

rjoau oppLYJ'i Kal (Lonep eKpLTTilôpievoL rfj rvx
77poocorepa> row rroXepiOV e^rjyov Trdv yovv evdecu
600V r^v pLaxi-p-corarou avrol? ddpoiodeure? d>p
10 pii]aav eV WoKdXojva. rtoXi^ eorlv dpxo.ia rcj
*\epoooXvpL(jjv eiKoai rrpos rols TrepraKoaloL^ dn
^ Destinon : /u<7-d mss.
Kal biKarov Niese, etc., cf. B.
* iii. bo (and Tacit. Hist. v. 1]
Koi TO biKarov MS3.
" He was sent by Claudius to Germany and subsequent)] j^

576
JEWISH WAR, III. 5-10
the honours of a triumph which cost him no personal

exertion."
(3) Regarding, therefore, this record as of happy
augury, seeing in Vêspasian a man with the steadi-
ness resulting from years ^ and experience, with sons
who would be a sure hostage for his fidelity, and
whose ripe manhood would act as the arm of their
father's brain,moved, may be, also by God, who was
already shaping the destinies of empire, Nero sent
this general to take command of the armies in Syria,
lavishing upon him, at this urgent crisis, such sooth-
ing and flattering compliments as are called for by
emergencies of this kind. From Achaia, where he
was in attendance on Nero, Vêspasian dispatched
his son Titus to Alexandria to call up the fifteenth
legion from that city he himself, after crossing the
;
Hellespont, proceeded by land to Syria, where he

concentrated the Roman forces and numerous
auxiliary contingents furnished by the kings of the
neighbouring districts.
(ii. 1) The Jews,
after the defeat of Cestius, elated unsuccess
-I 111
by their unexpected success, could not restrain their
1
ardour, and, as though stirred into activity by this
Jewish
^''li
attack on
Ascaion.
gust of fortune, thought only of carrying the war
further afield. Without a moment's delay their
most effective combatants mustered and marched
upon Ascaion. This is an ancient city, five hundred
and twenty furlongs from Jerusalem,^ but the hatred
in A.D. 43 (aet. 34), to Britain, where his career of victory,

which included the reduction of the Isle of Wight, was " the
beginning of his fortune" (Tac. Agric. 13; Suet. Vesp. 4).
" Vespasian, born in a.d. 9, was now 57.
* About fifty-nine miles (the stade being rather longer than
3ur " furlong ") ; the distance as the crow flies is just over
forty miles.
VOL. II u 577
JOSEPHUS
€xov(ja. urahlovs, del 5td {jllgov? 'louSatot? yeye
vqjievT], hio Kol Tore rats' rrpajrais opixals iyyiujv
11 ehoêv. i^-qyovvro 8e ttJ? KaTahpofjLrj<; rpels av-
hpes dA/crJv t€ Kopv(f)aloi /cat ouv€G€l,^ ISiyep re o
riepatTT7S" /<at d BajSuAcui^to? StAa?, 77p6s" ots
12 ^lojdvvrjg 6 'Ecrcrato?. t] ^^ 'Acr/cdAcuv irereixôro
fjLev Kaprepo)?, ô-qdeias 8e tJv CTêSoi^ ep-qpLog
i(f)povpelTO yap vtto re uTrelpag rretojv /cat utto
/xtas" tA.T]? LTTTTeajv, -^s" €7T-qpxev 'Avrctjvto?.^
13 (2) Ot êy oi5i^ TToAi) rat? opfialg^ ovvrovajrepov
dSeuCTavre? cu? iyyvdev d)ppLr]pLevoL /cat St) Traprjcav
14 d 8e 'Avrttjvtos', ou yap -qyvoec pLeXXovaav ert rTî
€<f>obov avrojv, Trpoeî^yaye rovs iTTTret?, /cat ouSei-
oiJre 77^6? rd TrXrido? ovre rrju roXpLav VTToSeicras
Tcov TToXepiiojv Kaprepoj? rds irpwras oppids dv
eheâro /cat rov? eirl to ret;)(OS" wppL-qpêvovs dv
15 eVrctAev'. rot? he Trpds epîreipovs 7ToXepLa>v aTretpotc
/cat TTtÔt? TTpog LTTTTels, dcTVVrdKTOLS T€ TTpOS
TjvcjjpLevovs /cat rrpos OTrXiras e^rjpTvpi,evovs el-
Kaiorepov ajTrXiopLevoi?, dvpLco re TrXeov ôvXi

rj
arpar-qyovpLevoL? Trpog evTreideZs /cat vevpLart vdvrc

16 TTpdrrovras dvrLTaoo6p.evoLS ttovo? -qv paSio?-* cos
yap avrwv dira^ -qhq ovverapdxQ'qfJO-v at Trpotra.
<f>dXayyes , vtto rrjg lttttov TpeTTovraL, /cat roit
KaroTTLV axnojv evl ro relxo9 /Staô/LteVoib- Trepu-
^ PA : avfeaiv the rest.

« P) PAM.
+Try€u.ioi' (6 Try.
^ PAL (corn): dpvats the rest with Lat. (perhaps rightly).
* I retain with hesitation the text of (Lat.j: foi PAM
TTovos Tjv pgioios the rest have irovovaLv paSius, beginning the
sentence with ol 5f and replacing the subsequent datives by
nominatives.
578
with which the Jews had always regarded it " made

the distance of this, the first objective selected for
attack, seem less. The expedition was led by three
men of first-rate prowess and ability, Niger of Peraea,
Silas the Babylonian,* and John the Essene.*' Ascalon
had solid walls, but was almost destitute of defenders,
its garrison consisting of but one cohort of infantry
and one squadron of cavalry under the command of
^^
Antonius.
(2) The ardour of the Jews so accelerated their
pace that they reached the spot as though they had
just issued from a neighbouring base. But Antonius
was ready for them informed of their intended
;
attack he led out his cavalry and, undaunted either

by the numbers or the audacity of the enemy, firmly
sustained their first charge and repulsed those who
were rushing forward to the ramparts. It was a case
of novices against veterans, infantry against cavalry,
ragged order against serried ranks, men casually
armed against fully equipped regulars, on the one
side men whose actions were directed by passion
rather than policy, on the other disciplined troops
acting upon the least signal from their commander.
Thus outmatched, the Jews were soon in difl^culties.
For, once their front ranks were broken by the cavalry,
a rout ensued, and, the fugitives falling foul of those
in their rear who were pressing forward to the wall,
" Philo, Legal,ad Gaium, 205 (Cohn), mentions this irre-

concilaV)le feud the Jews had recently devastated the town
;
{B. ii. 460). It had since 104 b.c. been independent.

^ Both these distinguished themselves in the first engage-
ment with Cestius, ii. 520 ; Niger was the governor, or ex-
governor, of Idumaea, ii. 566.
'^
Recently appointed general for N.W. Judaea, ii. 567.
**
ala^ a body of auxiliary cavalry.
579
JOSEPHUS
TTLTTTOvreg dXXrjXojv rjcrav TToXefJUOi, fJ-^xpL Travreg
rat? T(jL)v L7T7T€cuv e/x/SoAat? etâvre? ioKehdod-qaau
dvd ndv ro Trehiov to Se rjv ttoXv Kal ttoLv ltt-
17 TrdoLfiou. o hrj Kal rot? 'Pco/xatot? avvepyrjaav
TrXeloTov elpydaaro rcov ^Xovhaiojv (f)6vov Tovg re
yap (f)€vyovTa'^ avroju (f)ddi'ovr€g eTreorpeôv Kal
rcov rod Bpofiou ovveiXovfievajv SieKTraiovre?
V7t6
d7T€Lpovg dvTjpovu, aAAot Se dXXov? ott-q rpeTTOLvro
KVKXoVfJL€VOL Kal 7T€pL€XaVVOVT€<; KaTr]K6vTLl,0V pO.-
18 Sioj?. Kal Tot? fiev 'louSaiot? to lSlov TrXrjdos
iprjiila TTapd Tag dpi-qxavias KaT€(f)aLV€TO, 'Pa»-
fialoL 8* iv rat? evvpayiais, Kaiirep ovTeg oXiyoi,
Twv TToXefxicjv^ Kal TrepioaeveLv o(f)ds avTOV? vtt-
19 eXdpLâvov Kal tcov fikv Trpoo(f)LXov€LKOVVTajv Tolg
.
7TTaiap.aoiv aldol re 4>vyqs Ta;(€ta? Kal /xera-

ôX-rjg iXTTiSi, T(2)V 8e p.T) kottlcjovtojv €v of? 6U-
TV\ovv, 7Tap€T€LV€v Tj p.d\r] p-^xpt SetXrjs , ecu? dv-
fipeO-qoau [leu ixvptoi, tojv ^Xovhaiojv tov dpidfiov
dihpeg Kal hvo tojv rjyep.6vojv, ^lojdwq? re Kal
20 SiAa?* OL XoLTTol Se rpau/xariai to TrAe'ci^ ovv rw
77€pLX€L7TOfJL€Va) TO)V qy€p.6vUJV ^Sly^pL TTjS 'ISoU"
/uaia? et? TtoXi\vriV Tivd, XaaAAi?^ KaXeiTai, ovv-
21 €(f)vyou. oXtyoi Se' Ttiês" Kal tcov 'PojpLaiojv inl
TTJoSe Tri<; vapaTaêoj? €Tpcodr)aav.
22 (3) Ov fxr^v ol 'louSatoi T-qXiKavTr) GVfjL(f)opa
KaT€OTdXr)oav Ta <f)povrjiiaTa, p.dXXov S avTCJV
TO Trddo? -qyeipe Ta? roA/xa?, VTrepopcovTeg t€ tov?
iv TTOol v€Kpovs eSeAeaôPTo TOt? TrpoTepoL?^
23 KaTopBujpiaaiv ivl TrXrjyrjv bevTepav. biaXiTTOVTes
'
Conj. Niese: ru woXi.uuj ms9.
» PAM* Lat. (Chailis): 2d\\.$ the rest.
* Tp07€feffT^p0lJ PAM.
580
o
they became their own enemies, until at length the

whole body, succumbing to the cavalry charges, were
dispersed throughout the plain. This was extensive
and wholly adapted to cavalry manoeuvres, a circum-
stance which materially assisted the Romans and
caused great carnage among the Jews. For the
cavalry headed off and turned the fugitives, broke
through the crowds huddled together in flight,
slaughtering them in masses, and, in whatever
direction parties of them fled, the Romans closed
them in and, galloping round them, found them an
easy mark for their javelins. The Jews, notwith-
standing their multitude, felt themselves isolated in
their distress; while the Romans, few as they were,
imagined, in their unbroken success, that they even
outnumbered their enemies. However, the former
continued to struggle on under their reverses,
ashamed of being so quickly routed, and in hopes of
a return of fortune, while the latter were indefati-
gable in pushing their success so that the combat
;
was prolonged till evening, when ten thousand of the

Jewish rank and file, with two of the generals, John
and Silas, lay dead upon the field. The remainder,
most of them wounded, took refuge with Niger, the
one surviving general, in a country town of Idumaea,
called Ghaallis." The Romans, on their side, had but
a few wounded in this engagement.
(3) Far, how-ever, from the spirit of the Jews being Second
crushed by such a calamity, their discomfiture only attad?
redoubled their audacity ;and, disregarding the Ascaion
^^
dead bodies at their feet, they were lured by the ^^^^
memory of former triumphs to a second disaster.
« Unidentified.
581
JOSEPHUS
yovv oud' oaov laoaoBai to. rpau/xara Kat T-qv
hvv(i\iiv TTaaav €7TiGvX\eâvr€S opyiXajrepov Kal
TToXXoj TrXelov? eVaAii'Spd/xoui' irrl ttjv WoKaXajva.
24 TTapeLTTero 8' avroi? fierd tc r-q'^ aTreipias Kai
Ttov a?ôw TTpo? TToXepLOV IXaouoJiiarujv rj irpoTepa
25 TV^y]' Tov yap ^ Xvrujviov ras" TrapoSou? Trpo-
Xo)(îoav7os dhoK-qTOL rat? ivehpais ipLTTeoovres Kai
V7t6 Toji^ LTTTTcajv TTpLU 6t? P'^X'^v GwrdâuQai
KVKXojdevreg, ttolXlv ttLtttovgl p-kv vrrip oKraKia-
XiXtovs, ol XoLTTol Se TTavre? ecjivyov, crvv ols
Kal Siyep, ttoAAo. Kara rrjv (f)vyqv euroA/xta? €7tl-
heL^dpevos epya, avveXavvovrai Kre >^ 7TpoGK€Lp,€vajv
TOW o^vpov KcopLT]? BeA-
TToXepLLOJV €1? TLua TTvpyov
26 LedeK KaXovpevq<^. tov Wvtojvlov,
ol Se Trepi
ojg pi']^^ TpifôivTO TTepl TOV TTvpyov oi'Ta SvG-
dXa>Tov pLTjTe L,on'Ta tov rjyepiova Kal yevvatoTaTov
TOJV TToXepiLOJV TTepLLÔLeV, VnO-mpTTpaGL TO T€LXO?.
27 (fyXeyopevov he tov TTvpyov 'PajpaloL p,€V dva-
XOjpovGL yeyrjdoTes ojs hiej)dapiievov Kal Xtyepo?,
o 8e eiV TO pLuxa^TaTOV tov (f)povpLOV GTr-qXatov
KaTaTTTihrjGas eK tov Ttvpyov' SiaCTOJêrat, /cat
p,€d^ rjpiepa? Tpels toIs P-^t^ oXoc^vppov Trpos
28 KTjheLav avTov epevvojGLV V7To4>6eyy€TaL. TrpoeXdow
he x^pci? dveX-TTiGTov ndvTas eTrX-qpojoev 'louSatou?
oj? TTpovoia deov oujOels avTols GTpaT-qyo? €t? ra
peXXovTa.
29 (4) OveGTraGiavos he ra? hwdpLeu^ dvaXaôjv
€K T-qS WvTLOX^loL^, ^ pLTqTpOTToXls eGTL TYJS Supta?,
pLeyedovs Te eveKa Kal ttjs dXX-q? evhaipbovias
^ ins. Destinon (after Lat.) om. mss. :
' Destinon and Xiese.

TTvpbi conj.
582
Without even leaving time for wounds to heal, they

reassembled all their forces and, more furious and
in far greater strength, returned to the assault on
Ascalon. But, with the same inexperience and the
same military disqualifications, the same fortune
attended them as before. Antonius had placed
ambuscades in the passes into these traps they
;
inconsiderately fell, and before they could form up

in battle order they were surrounded by the cavalry
and again lost upwards of eight thousand men. All
the remainder fled —
including Niger, who distin-
guished himself in the retreat by numerous feats of
^'alour —
and, hard pressed by the enemy, were driven
into a strong tower in a village called Belzedek.*
The troops of Antonius, unwilling either to expend
their strength upon a tower that was almost im-
oregnable, or to allow the enemy's general and
bravest hero to escape alive, set fire to the walls.
3n seeing the tower in flames, the Romans retired
exultant, in the belief that Niger had perished with
t but he had leapt from the tower and found
;
•efuge in a cave in the recesses of the fortress, and

;hree days later his lamenting friends, while search-
ng for his corpse for burial, overheard his voice
Deneath them. His reappearance filled all Jewish
learts with unlooked-for joy they thought that
;
jrod's providence had preserved him to be their

general in conflicts to come.^
(4) Vespasian had now set in motion his forces Vespasian
issembled at Antioch, the capital of Syria, and a city frJliT^^^

vhich, for extent and opulence, unquestionably ranks Antioch tc
" Unidentified.
^ He was murdered by the Zealots during the siege of
ferusalem {B. iv. 359).
583
JOSEPHUS
rpLTOv ah-qpLTO)<; inl ttj^ vtto 'Pco/Ltatot? olkov-
IxevTj^ €xovaa tottov, euda fJLera TTdGrjg rrjg tbla'
laxvo? eKbexofievov avrov rrjv a(f)L^LV Kal 'Aypirr-
TTav Tov âoiXea KareiXirjcheL, eVt IlToAe/xatdo^
30 rj7TeLy€To. Kal Kara ravTr]v VTravrojcnv avroj tt/i
ttoXlv ol TTJg TaXiXalag H,€Tr<hojpLV iêjJLOfJLCvoL
31 fJLOvoL T<jjv Trjhe elprjViKa <f)povovvT€S' oi Kal rfj
lavT ujv acorrjpiag Kal rrjg 'PajpLaiajv laxvog ouh
d7Tpov'6r]TOL TTplv d<f)iKea6aL OveorraGLavou Kat
oevvLco FaAAoj TTLoreLS t€ ehooav Kal Se^ta? eXaôi
32 Kat TTapeheâvro (f)povpdv. rore ye p,rjv (jyiXo
(^povixj? €Kd€^dfjL€voL TOV rjyefjLOva 7rpoBvp.<jj<^ o(j)5.'
avTovs VTTeoxovTo Kara rojv 6p.o(^vX<jjv avfj,
33 fidxovs' o'lg 6 orparr^yos d^LOJoaoi recos Trpo'
da(f)dX€Lav t7777ets- re Kal 77€ ôi)? TTapahlbcooL.
oGov? di'deêtv rat? KarabpopLal?, et tl 'lofSato
3i TTapaKLVolev, VTreXdyifâvev Kal yap ov fiLKpo
€66k€L to KLvhvVeVlJLa Trpo? TOV fXeXXoVTa TToXefJLO
d(f)aLpedrjvaL ttjv Y,€7T(j>ojpLV , fieyLOT-qu fiev ovaa
rrj? TaXiXaias ttoXlv, ipvfxvoTdTcp S' e7rtT€T6i;(t
oiievTjV ;>(oj/)taj Kal (f>povpdv oXov tov edvovs €go
p.ivqv.
35 (iii. l) Aug 5' ovoag Tag FaAtAatas", tt]u t

dvoj Kal KdTOj 77 pooayopevopLevT)v , Trepuox^
TTjv
fiev rj (t>OLVLKrj t€ Kal ILvpia, hiopit^^L S' ciTro /xe
hvo€aj? TjXiov riToAe/xats' Tolg rr)? ;)(a»pa? Tepfxao
Kal KdppLTjXog , TO TrdXai fiev FaAtAatwi^, vvv 5
36 Tvplojv opos' CO TrpoGLOX^f- Fa/Sa/ ttoXls Imreajv
ovToj TTpoGayopevofievT] 8ta to tovs vcf)^ 'HpcuSo
1 So Lat. (rf. A. XV. 294-, Vila 11.5): Ta/Saa, Fd/SaXa etc
5S4-
third ^ among the cities of the Roman world. Here -'^^•^•.^''
he had found, among others, king Agrippa awaiting

his arrival with all his own troops. From Antioch
Vespasian pushed on to Ptolemais. At this city he
was met by the inhabitants of Sepphoris in Galilee, the Submissic
only people of that province who displayed pacific IhotR'.
sentiments. For, with an eye to their own security
and a sense of the power of Rome, they had already,
before the coming of Vespasian, given pledges to
Gaesennius Gallus, received his assurance of pro-
tection, and admitted a Roman garrison ^ now they ;
offered a cordial welcome to the commander-in-chief,

and promised him their active support against their
countrymen. At their request, the general pro-
visionally assigned them for their protection as large
a force of cavalry and infantry as he considered
sufficient to repel invasions in the event of the Jews
causing trouble indeed, it appeared to him that the
;
loss of Sepphoris would be a hazard gravely affecting

the impending campaign, as it was the largest city of
Galilee, a fortress in an exceptionally strong position
n the enemy's territory, and adapted to keep guard
3ver the entire province.
(iii. 1) Galilee, with its two divisions known as Descriptk

of âhiee.
Upper and Lower Galilee, is enveloped by Phoenicia
ind Syria. Its western frontiers are the outlying
territory of Ptolemais and Garmel, a mountain once
Delonging to Galilee, and now to Tyre adjacent to ;
3armel is Gaba, the " city of cavalry," so called from

:he cavalry who, on their discharge by King Herod
<»
After Rome and Alexandria.
^ Cf. ii. 510 (Gaesennius was commander of the 12th
egion) with Vita 394 (Sepphoris asks for and obtains a
garrison from Cestius Callus).
VOL. II u2 ^^^
JOSEPHUS
jSacTiAeco? aTToXvofxevovg iTTTreh eV avrfj KarotKelv
37 (1770 be 'LafiapelrL? re Kal T^Kvdo
fjLea-qiil^pLa?
ttoXl? lJie)(pi ^lopbdvov vap-aTcov. irpo'S eo
Tujv
8' Kal FaSapoti OLTTorepiveTaL Kal tt
*]7T7Trjvfj re
TavXavLTibi^' ravrrj Kal rrjg WypLTTTra âaiXeia
SSopoi. TO. 77 poodpKTia d' avTTJg Tvpoj re /cat ri
Tvpioji' X^P9- TTeparovrai. Kal Trj<i puev kolto
KaXovp.evrj£ TaXiXatas oltto TijSeptaSo? P-^XP
Xa/3ouAcL»i^, Tj? ev rots' TrapaXioLS Y\roXep,a
ro pLrJKOs eKreiverai. TrXarvveTau 5'
39 yeircoVy d77<
TTJg ev TO) pLeydXcp Trehio) Keip.evqs Kcop^-qg, :LaX(jjd

KaXelrai, /xe^pt Br)padPrjs, rj Kal rrjg dvoj FaAt
Aata? evpos dpxrj p^^XP^ Ba/ca KwpL-qg' aim
els
40 he rrjv Tvplojv yrjv opiCet. pLrjKVveraL 8e t^^^XP
yirjpdjd aTTO 0eAAd Kcop^r]? ^lopbduov yeirovo?.
41 (2) TrjXiKavTai 8' ouaat to pLeyedos Kal rooov
roL? eOveoLV dXXo<f)vXoi? KeKVKXa)p.evai Trpog irdoa
42 del TToXepLou Trelpav avreuxov pLdxi-P-ol re yap ei
vrjTTLcov Kal TToXXol FaAtAatot Trdvrore, Kal our
heiXia TTore rov? dvhpas ovre XiTravSpia rr^v x^P^
Kareaxev, eVeiS?) 77ta>v re rrdaa Kal evôros Ka
hevbpeoL TravToiois KaraÛTO?, ojs vtto r-qg ev
Trereias TrpoKaXeaaoBai Kal rov -^KLara yrj? (jaXo
43 7701^0^. TTpooTjOKridq yovv vtto tcov OLKi^ropoj
TTaoa, Kal p.epos avTrjg dpyov ovBev, dXXd Ka
TToXeLS TTVKval Kal TO Tujv KOJiLOJV TrXrjdos TravTaxo\
TToXvdvd pcxJTTOV hid TTjV evdrjvcav, ojs" rrjv eXaxLCPTrî
^ Vav\u}i'iTi5i PA.
'EâXwty PAL : ZaXcI;^ the rest, rf. Vita 2-27.
• Cf. A. XV. 294; called Geba by Plinv, Nat. Hist. v. 19

75.
586
JEWISH WAR, III. ,S6-4S
settled in this town.'^ On the south the country is

bounded by Samaria and the territory of ScythopoHs
up to the waters of Jordan on the east by the
;
territory of Hippos, Gadara, and Gaulanitis, the

frontier-Hne of Agrippa's kingdom on the north
;
Tyre and its dependent district mark its hmits.

Lower Gahlee extends in length from Tiberias to
Chabulon, which is not far from Ptolemais on the
coast ; in breadth, from a village in the Great Plain
called Xaloth ^ to Bersabe. At this point begins
Upper Galilee, which extends in breadth to the
village of Baca, the frontier of Tyrian territory in ;
length, it reaches from the village of Thella, near the

Jordan, to Meroth.
(2) With this limited area, and although sur-
rounded by such powerful foreign nations, the two
Galilees have always resisted any hostile invasion,
for the inhabitants are from infancy inured to war,
and have at all times been numerous never did the
;
men lack courage nor the country men. For the

land is everywhere so rich in soil and pasturage and
produces such variety of trees, that even the most
indolent are tempted by these facilities to devote
themselves to agriculture. In fact, every inch of the
soil has been cultivated by the inhabitants there is
;
not a parcel of waste land. The towns, too, are

thickly distributed, and even the villages, thanks to
the fertihty of the soil, are all so densely populated
''
Mentioned as on the southern frontier in Vita 227, " I
ought to have gone to Xaloth or beyond " (to meet a deputa-
tion coming from Jerusalem to Galilee) lying on the
;
" flanks " of Mt. Tabor, it is the O.T. Chisloth-tabor, Jos.

xix. 12, modern Iksal. Josephus by " length " here means
the measurement from east to west, by " breadth " that
from south to north.
587
.
JOSEPHUS
vnep rrevraKio-xîXiov? npog rolg fMvpioig ^X^'-^
OLK-qropa^;
'*4
(3) KaôAou h\ el koX to* pLeyeBei ng eAarTcu-
G€L€ TTJg riepata? ttjv TaXtXaiav, TTpoeXotro 8* av
rfj bvvdpL€L- 7] p-kv yap ivepyog oXtj Kal avvex^?^
€GTLv Kap7Tocf)6po?, Tj Ylepala Se ttoXv p.ev p.€iCojv,
€pr]pLo<i Se Kal rpaxîa ro ttXIov, rrpog re Kapncvv
45 -qpLcpcoi' av^TjOLu dypicvrepa {to ye p.7jv piaXdaKou
avrfj? Kal 7TdpL(f)opov, Kal rd rrehia SeVSpecrt ttol-
klXols Kard(f)VTa to TrXeloTOw re iXaiav '^Te]^ Kal
dp,7T€Xou Kal (f)OLVLK(jjvag -qoKrjTai) htapSofievr)
X^tp-dppoig re rot? drro tCjv opcov Kal rrriyals
devvdoL<; aAt?, €t ttot' eKeivoi GetpLcp </)^tVotei'.
i6 p.rJKog p,€u \ovuY aurr)? dTTO }*]axo.LpovuTog elg

VleXXav, evpo? S' drro OtAaSeAêtag- p-^XP'- 'lopSa-
47 vov. Kal HcAAt] /xeV, tjv 7Tpo€LprjKap.€v, to. Trpog
dpKTOv optêrat, irpos ioTrepav Se ^lopSdurj' /xe-
G-qpL^pLVOV S' avTTJ? rrepag rj McoayStrtS", Kal rrpds
dvaToXr]v 'Apa/Sta re /cat 'Ecre/ScuytrtSi,* 7rp6? 8e
îXaheXi^qvfj Kal Fepacrot?^ diTOTepLveTai.
48 (4-) 'H 8e T.ap.ap€LTLS X^P^ pieGrj pieu tt}? FaAt-
Aata? CCTTt /cat tt^? 'louSata?" dpxop-evT] yap citto
TT7? cV TO* [/zeyaAojJ^ Trehicu KeipLeu-qs Fivata?'
^ De.stinon,r/. Lat. assidue awexv^ mss. :
* Aami' (om. T() PAM ets ^Xa/ai/ re the rest.

:
3 om. PAL.
* Reinach alter Schiirer (Z^/Swh'tiSi) ZtXwi'tTtSt or 2c\- :
ûiv'nibi MSS.
^ \ K : Fepapots the rest. om. PAL. *
' C: Y-nviC^% or TTj^f'tts the rest: the place is called V-nixaif)

B. ii. -23-2, n^Q// s; A. xx. 118.
* We may suspect exaggeration. There were 204 towns

588
that the smallest of them contains above fifteen

thousand inhabitants."
(3) In short, if Galilee, in superficial area, must be Peraea.
reckoned inferior to Peraea, it must be given the
preference for its abundant resources for it is en-
;
tn-ely under cultivation and produces crops from one

end to the other, whereas Peraea, though far more
extensive, is for the most part desert and rugged
and too wild to bring tender fruits to maturity.^
However, there, too, there are tracts of finer soil
which are productive of every species of crop ;and
the plains are covered with a variety of trees, olive,
vine, and palm being those principally cultivated.
The country is watered by torrents descending from
the mountains and by springs which never dry up and
provide sufficient moisture when the torrents dwindle
in the dog-days. Peraea extends in length from
Machaerus to Pella,^ in breadth from Philadelphia "
to the Jordan. The northern frontier is Pella, which
we have just mentioned, the western frontier is the
Jordan ;on the south it is bounded by the land of
Moab, on the east by Arabia, Heshbonitis, Phil-
adelphia, and Gerasa.
(4) The province of Samaria lies between Galilee Samaria
^"^'
and Judaea beginning at the village of Ginaea ^ "
;
'
situate in the Great Plain, it terminates at the

and villages in Ga]\\ee {Vita 235); the largest village was
Japha {ib. 230), the largest town Sepphoris {ib. 232).
" Including Machaerus, but excluding Pella (mod. Fahil)
which was in Decapolis: Peraea is the Jewish province, not
comprising the northern trans-Jordanic region (Decapolis).
" The O.T. Rabbah of Ammon, called Philadelphia after
Ptolemy II Philadelphus, modern Amman it was in Deca-

;
polis, but a neighbouring village was the scene of a bloody

boundary dispute between its citizens and the Peraean Jews
{A. XX. 2). ^ CJ\ B. ii. 232 (Gema).
589
.
JOSEPHUS
ovofia Kco(jLr]<; eTTiArjyct T77? WKpap€rr]va)V tott-
apxôs' 4>VGLi' he r-q? 'louSata? /car' ovSeu 8ta-
49 (f)opo?. diJi(f)6r€paL yap opewal Kal TrehidSe?, et?
T€ yecjjpyiav jxaXdaKal Kal rroXvcjiopoi, Kardhevhpoi
re Kal OTTcopa? opetvrjg Kal -qfiepov fiearai, Trap*
ooov ovhafjiou <f)va€L Sti/ra8e?, vovrai Se to irXiov
50 yXvKV 8e vapâ Trdv Staôpco? eV aurat?, /cat 8ta
TrXrjdo? TToas dyaOrj? rd Krrjvq irXeov 7) Trap*
aAAot? yaXaKTO(f>6pa. iieyiorov ye pirjv reKpn^piov
dperrjs Kal evdrjVLa? rd TrXrjdveiv dvhpojv eKarepav.
51 (5) ^leBopios 8' avrojv r) Wvovddov Bdp/catos"
TTpoGayopevofJievrj Ka)f.Lrj- Trepas avrrj rrj? 'louSatas"
rd TTpds ôpeav, rd voria 8' avrrjs eTrl iJirJKog
IJLerpovpLevr)<; opileL TrpooKvpovaa rolg Âpdpojv
dpoLS KOjp.rj, KaXovGi 8' avrrjv 'Iap8ai^^ ol rfjhe
^lovhaloL. evpds ye pLrjv (itto *\opSdvov noTajiov
52 pLexpi-? ^loTTTTi-js dvaTTeTTTarai. pLeoaiTdrr) 8' avrrjs
ttoXls rd '\epoo6Xvp.a
Kel-r at, rrap^ o Kal rive? ovk
doKOTTOJS rd dorv tt^c -^wpag eKaXeoav

ojJLcfyaXdv
53 dcji-fip-qraL 8* ovSe rwv Ik BaXduo-qs repTTVojv rj
'louSaia roLS TrapaXioLS KarareLVOvaa fîe)(pL YlroXe-
54 pâtdos. /xeptêrat 8' el? evheKa KXiipov\las cjv ,
* C : 'lopodi/ the rest.

" South-east of Shechem.
" The Lat. has " Anunath which is also called Borceas";
Borcaeus is the modern Berkit, nine miles due south of
Shechem. Or, perhaps, " at its greatest length."'
"^
•*
Or larda perhaps the modern Tdl Arad, sixteen mile
:
nearly due south of Hebron.

* Strictly, rather to the north-east of the centre of Judaea.
The usual Rabbinic tradition, however, was that (like Delphi

to the Greek) Jerusalem was the navel (tabur) of the whole
world, a position assigned to it in some mediaeval maps.
See the Book 0/ Jubilees ^ viii. 19," Mount Zion, the centre of
590
toparchy of Acrabatene." Its character differs in no

wise from that of Judaea. Both regions consist
of hills and plains, yield a light and fertile soil for
agriculture, are well wooded, and abound in fruits,
both wild and cultivated both owe their productive-
;
ness to the entire absence of dry deserts and to a

rainfall for themost part abundant. All the running
water has a singularly sweet taste and owing to the
;
abundance of excellent grass the cattle yield more

milk than in other districts. But the surest testi-
mony to the virtues and thriving condition of the
two countries is that both have a dense population.
(5) On the frontier separating them hes the village Judaea.
called AnuathBorcaeus, ''the northern limit of Judaea;
its southern boundary, if one measures the country
lengthwise, is marked by a village on the Arabian

'^
frontier, which the local Jews call lardan.*^ In

breadth it stretches from the river Jordan to Joppa.
The city of Jerusalem lies at its very centre,* for
which reason the town has sometimes, not inaptly,
been called the " navel " of the country. Judaea is,
moreover, not cut off from the amenities of the sea,
because it slopes down towards the coast on a ridge
extending as far as Ptolemais.^ It is divided into
the navel of the earth," Talm. Bab. Sanhedrin, 37 a, with
other passages cited by Charles (on Jub. viii. 12) ; the idea
was based, inter alia^ on Ezek. xxxviii. 12.
fA difficult clause. Not " having a coast extending as
far as Ptolemais," for the maritime plain was not in Jewish
possession; and Ptolemais, in Phoenician territory, was far
north, not only of Judaea, but of Samaria. The reference,
it seems, is to the central mountain chain, which, sloping
westwards to the Mediterranean and extending northwards
rhrough the Judaean plateau and Mt. Ephraim, terminates
in Mt. Carmel, a little south of Ptolemais perhaps also to
;
the view obtainable therefrom.

551
.
JOSEPHUS
apxî ftev âoiXeiov to. 'lepoaoAu/xa -npoanoxovGa
rrjg TTeptOLKOv Trdarig cjOTrep tj K€(f)aX-q aco/xaros"
at Aot77at 8e /ner' avrrfv hirjprjVTaL^ ra? roTrapXi'O.?,
55 Foî'a hevrepa Kal /xera ravrrî/ 'A/cpaêra,
0a/xiâ 77po? xat Au88a, 'A/x/Aaous" '<oit
rai/rat?
rieAAry Kat 'ISou/xata /cat 'Ei^yaSSat Kat 'HptoSetov
56 Kat 'lepLXOu?- fjced' ag 'la/xiêta Kat Îottttt] tcov
TTepLOLKCxJV d(f)rjyovvraL, kolttl raurat? rj re Fa/xa-
XiTLKr] Kal FauAai'tTt^ Baraiâta re Kal Tpap^w
vtTts", at Kat rrjs WypinTTa âuiXeias etcrt /xotpat.
57 dpxofJLevT] he aTTO At^dvov opovs Kal rwv \opoavov
7Tr]ya)v rj
X^P^ I^^XP^ '^V^ npos Tt/Septa8t' Xlfivrj^
evpvveraL, diro 8e Kcofjur]? KaAou/xevry? 'Apâs"
fjLexpi-? 'louAtaSo? eKTeiverai to fxrJKO?. olkovctl
58 8' avrrjv /xtya8e? 'Iou8atot re Kat "LvpOL. rd fxev
Br] TTepl rrjs 'louSattoi^ re Kal Trepi^ X^'V^^ ^5"
ei'-Tî' fidXiara GvvrofjLws aTrrjyyeXKajJLev
59 (iv. 1) 'H 8' v7t6 OveoTTaoLavov TrejiSdeloa

YêTTâjpirais ôr]6eia, ;)(tAtoteâKio-
piev LTnrels
xiXioi he FIAaKtSof ;)(tAtap;(OUVTO? avrcju,
TTeLoL,
iv ro) p,eydXcp rrehioj arparoTTehevadfievoL 8i-
aipovvrai, Kal rd jiev rret,dv iv rfj TToXet rtpds
(f)vXaKr)v avrrjs, ro 8' lttttlkov inl rrjs TrapepLôXrjs
1 Kara has possibly dropped out.
* wpbs Ti/3epid5i Niese: npos Tiêpidoa or Tt/3eptd5os the rest.
" Or " allotments."\'iewed from the Jewish standpoint

they are B. v. 160 r? 'E^paiuv KXrjpovxia and
K\rjpovxta.i (cf.
often in A. of the allotments of the tribes in Canaan), from
the Roman standpoint, for administrative and revenue-
coilectinfT purposes, roTrapxta'. Pliny, Hint. yat. v. 14. 70.
mentions the division of Judaea into ten toparchies he omits ;
Idumaea and Engaddi, inserts Joppa (incorrectly), and sub-

592
eleven among which Jerusalem as the

districts,'^
capital supreme, dominating all the neighbour-
is
hood as the head towers above the body in the case ;
of the other minor districts the divisions coincide

with the toparchies. Gophna is the second, then
come Acrabeta, Thamna, Lydda, Emmaus, Pella,^
Idumaea, Engaddi, Herodion, and Jericho. To these
must be added ^ Jamnia and Joppa, which have
jurisdiction over the surrounding localities, and lastly
the territories of Gamala, Gaulanitis, Batanaea, and
Trachonitis, which form, moreover, part of Agrippa's Kingdom
^^'"^^^
kingdom. That kingdom, beginning at Mount
Libanus and the sources of the Jordan, extends in
breadth^ to the lake of Tiberias, and in length'' from
a village called Arpha^ to Julias^; it contains a
mixed population of Jews and Syrians. Such, in
briefest possible outline, is my description of the
country of the Jews and of their neighbours.
(iv. 1) The supports sent by Vespasian to the people The Roms

of Sepphoris ^ consisted of a thousand cavalry and lepphods
six thousand infantry under the command of the ravages
tribune Placidus the troops at first camped in the
;
Great Plain and then divided, the infantry taking up

quarters in the town for its protection, the cavalry
;titutes(correct]v)for Fella Betholethephene(= Bethleptepha,
8. iv. 445).
" See previous note.
" Josephus here appends to the four main provinces of
Jewish territory (1) the onlj^ two maritime towns whose
)opulation was predominantly Jewish, (2) Agrippa's king-
lorn in the north, also containing a large Jewish element.
**
From north to south. * From east to w'est.
' Unidentified (east of Trachonitis).
" Bethsaida Julias at the head of the Sea of Galilee.
* Resuming the narrative of

§§ 33 f.
593
JOSEPHUS
60 avXiLerai. T7po'i6vT€<; Se eKarepajdev uvvexoJ? ko.1
TO. rrepi^ Try? )(ojpa<; Kararpexovre? /xeyaAa rot'S"
776/31 Tov ÎcucjrjTTOV iKfiKovv, drpefJLOUVTOL'i re Kara

TToAet?^ e^codev Xr]l6(i€V0L Kal TrpoOlovras orrore
61 dapp-qoeiav dvaKOTTTOvres - ajp/JL-qae ye fA,r]v *I(j6-
Gl)7TOS €771 TT)V TToXlV alprja€LV iXTTLGa?, T^V aVTOS

TTplv OLTTOcrTrjuai TaXiXalcoi' erelxi-CFev, cu? kol
'PcDfiaLOig SvcfolXojtoi' elvai- Sio Kal rrj? €A77t8o?
dcfy-qfiaprev, rov re îdteodai /cat rov fieTaneideiv
62 Z€77<^copiTa? do6ev€Gr€po^ evpedelg. -napw^vvev
5e lidXXov Tov TToXejJiov irrl r-qv x^P*^^'* '<^'' ovt€
vvKTOjp ovre /X€^' rjf.L€pav opyfj rrjg €7TLôXrj<;^ ol
'PcofxaloL hieXiTTOi' hrjovpre? avrtov rd TreSta /cat
5tap77aôvT€S' rd irrl rfjs x^'^P^^ KT-t^fiara, Kal

Kreivovres /xei' act to /i,d;(i/xoi^, di'8pa77o8i^d/xei'ot
63 8e 77upi he tj FaAiAata Kal ai/LtaTt
Tou? dcrêrei?.
TTeTrXrjpojTondua, TrdOovs re ovhevos r) GVfji(f)opds
d776ipaTO? 171' /xta yap KaTa(f)vyrj hiajKOfJievoLS ai
VTTO rov ÎcoGTjTTov TeiXiadelaaL TToXets rJGav.
64 '0 Se TtTO? TTepaLOjdels d-TTO rrjs 'A;(atas
(2)
ei? rr^v WXeâvSpeuav cLKvrepov rj Kara ;\;£t/xtoi'OS
wpav, rtapaXajJL^dvei jiev i<f>^ rjv eGraXro SvvajJLLV.

Gvvrovco he ;^p6up.€ros" vopeia hid rdxovs els
65 riToAe/Lia^Sa dcbiKvelrai. /cd/cet KaraXa^cjv rdi
rrarepa hvGl rols dfia avrco rdy/JLaGLV, rju he rd
emGTjiiorara rd rreyirrrov Kal rd heKarov, levyvuGi
66 rd dxOev utt' auTOU 77ei'Te/<ai8e/<:aToi'. TOUTOts
* text Niese: drpfMoC^ra rds re TroXetj most MSS.

* Destinon : (TriôvMjs mss.
594.
jmaining in camp. Both divisions made constant

lilies and overran the surrounding country, causing
mous trouble to Josephus and his men if the latter :
miained stationary in their cities, the Romans

ivaged the surrounding district whenever they;
entured out, the Romans beat them back. Josephus

id, in fact, attempt an assault on the city in hopes
f capturing it, although he had himself, before it Josephus

bandoned the Gahlaean cause, so strongly fortified J-Siy*^^^^^
as to render it practically impregnable even to the attacks
omans consequently his hopes were foiled and he

;
»und it beyond his power either to compel or to

3rsuade Sepphoris to surrender." Indeed he drew
nvn fiercer hostilities upon the country for the ;
omans, enraged at his enterprise, never ceased,

ght or day, to devastate the plains and to pillage
e property of the country-folk, invariably killing
I capable of bearing arms and reducing the in-
Scient to servitude. Galilee from end to end
came a scene of fire and blood from no misery, ;
calamity was it exempt the one refuge for

;
hunted inhabitants was in the cities fortified

Josephus.
(2) Meanwhile Titus,^ after a swifter passage from Titus joins
haia to Alexandria than is usual in the winter ^^^P^^^^^^
ason, had taken command of the forces which he
d been sent to fetch, and by a forced march soon
iched Ptolemais. There he found his father with iôtai
two legions, the most distinguished of all, the
;
°^
jf^'^^^s*^^
:h and the tenth, and now united to them the forces.
:eenth which he had brought himself. These
A similar, though apparently distinct, attack of Josephus

Sepphoris {before the arrival of Vespasian) is recorded in
ta 395 ff. " § 8.
595
JOSEPHUS
€L7Tovro oKTOJKaiheKa OTTelpaL' Ttpoaeyevovro 8-
Kot KaLoapetas rtevre kol LTTTrecov lXtj (Ma
aiTO
67 77 e'l-re 8' erepac tow oltto ^vpla? iTTTTeujv. rcov 8
GTTeLpojv at 8eVa puev etxov dva ^(tAtous" Treôus
at 8e AotTrat SeKarpel? dua lâKooiovs ^t€v Treôus
68 LTT—eU 8e eVarov etVoatt'. crL';(;iôv' 8e /cat Trap
Toji' âatXeojv ouvrj)^drj aviiiJiaxi-Kov, Wvtloxov [jlc
/cat AypLTTTTa /cat ôaipôv TrapaGxofjieuojv av

8to-;)(tAtou? TreCous" roôras- /cat ;;(iAi'ous' LTnTel?, to
be "Apaôs y\dX)(ou )(iXlov? TTefjuhavTO? l7T7T€'l? eV
77-€Ôt? TTeVTaKLGXi-XiOLS y djV TO TtXcOV TjOaV TOÔTa
69 (L? TTjv Tidoav SvvajjiLv avveâpLdjjLovfievojv to.
âaiXiKOJV LTTTreas t€ /cat tteôvs et? €^ ddpoitêadt

/i.upta8a? 8t;)(a deparroi'TOJV, ol Tra/xTrAr^êt? /x«
etT7oi'ro, 8td 8e GVvdGKTjGLV TToXepiiKrjV ovk c
dTTOTdoGOLVTO Tov /xa;)^t/xoL', /cara /xev elprjvr^v *
Tals /LteAeTats" toji' SeGTTOTcbv det oTpecjôfievo

GVyKLvSvV€VOVT€S 8' cV TToXe/JLOLg, OJS p-rp"^ €p,7T€Lpt
p.rjT^ dXKTJ TLV09 TtXt^V TOjy ScGTTOTCOV IXaTTOvodo
70 (v. l) \\dv TOVTO) ^€u ovi' davp^doat rt? (
'PojpLaiojv TO 7TpopLi]des, KaTaGK€vat,opi€va>v iavTo

TO OLK€TLk6v OV pLOl'OV €iS TO.? TOV ^LOV hiaKOvU
71 dAAd /cat Trpos Tovg TToXepôvs xp-qGipiOV el he t .
avTOJV /cat els ttjv dXXrjv ovvTa^tv ttjs GTparu
° The cohort was the tenth part of a legion, norma]

numbering about 600 men.
* Antiochus IV^, king of Commagene ; vSoemus, king
Eme.sa(R ii. 500f.).
' The items supplied work out at not far short of tl
figure. An exact computation is impossible owing to u
596
egions were accompanied by eighteen cohorts " ;

ive more cohorts with one squadron of cavalry came
:o join them from Gaesarea, and five squadrons of
3avalry from Syria. Of the twenty-three cohorts,
:en numbered each a thousand infantry, the remain-
ng thirteen had each a strength of six hundred
nfantry and a hundred and twenty cavalry. A
urther considerable force of auxiliaries had been
nustered by the kings Antiochus, Agrippa, and
5oaemus,'' each of whom furnished two thousand
mmounted bowmen and a thousand cavalry the ;
Vrab Malchus sent a thousand cavalry and five

housand infantry, mainly bowmen. Thus the total
trength of the forces, horse and foot, including the
ontingentsof the kings, amounted to sixty thousand,''
iithout counting the servants who followed in vast
umbers and may properly be included in the cate-
ory of combatants, whose military training they
hared for, taking part in peace time in all their
;
lasters' manoeuvres and in war time in their dangers,

hey yielded to none but them in skill and prowess.
(v. 1) One cannot but admire the forethought Digression

tiown in this particular by the Romans, in making r" maii
iieirservant class useful to them not only for the a™y.
n'nistrations of ordinary life but also for war. If
ne goes on to study the organization of their army '^
squadrons (alae) of cavalry,

irtainty as to the strength of the
he legion= about G120 men. If the alae are reckoned at
30 men each, the total is 55,720; if at 1000 men, it amounts
) 58,7i0.
This remarkable ctiapter, a first-rate authority on the
^
Oman army in the first century, should be compared with

)e passage which probably suggested it —
the more detailed
igression of Polybius (vi. 19-42) on the army of three
^nturies earlier.
597
JOSEPHUS
OLTrihoL, yi'o'joerai ttjv roGrjvbe rjy€yiOViav avrov
72 dperrjg Kri^fxa eôvras, ov bojpov rv-^^rjs- ov ya
aVTols OLPXV '^^^ OTtXojV [6 j TToXeiJLO?, Ou8* €77
jjLovag TO.? ;)^p6tas' to* X^^P^ klvovolv iv elp'qv

TTpoTjpyrjKOTe?, dAA' ojoTrep cjTJ/LtTreûaroTes' TOt
ottXols ovheTTore ttj? aGKYjoecos XapL^dvovGcv €Ke
73 x^tptai^ ovSe dvafievovGiv rovg Kaipov?. at fJLeXerc
§' ai^Tors" oudev tt]? Kara. dXrjdeLav evrovia
dTTohiovGLV, dXX eKaGros oary/xepat GrparLcorr^
TTaGT} TTpcOvfMLa KaOdrrep iv TToXe/jLco yvpuvdiêTa
74 8t6 Kov(f)6Tara rds fidxci? htaêpovGiv ovre yd
dra^la hiaGKthviqGiv ainovs citto rrjs ev edeC gvi
TGLêCU?, OVT€ hiog i^LGTTjGLV, OVT€ haTTaVO. TTOVO
€7T€TaL Se TO Kpareiv del Kara raju ovx ofioia
15 /Se/Satov. Kal ovk dv dfidproL Tt? eLTTOJU ra? fi*
fjieXerag aincov ;\;c(jpts" alp.aros Trapardêis, re

76 7Tapard^€L£ 8e jied^ alfxaros fjLeXerag. ovbe yc
i^ eTTL^pofi-qg evdXcoroL TToXepLLOLS' oirrj 8' (
ijjL^dXajGLU eiV ixOpoju yrji^, ov Trplv dnrovri

77 iid)(rjs Tj T€LXLGaL GrparoTredou. to Se ovk eiKau
ovhk dv<jjp.aXov iyeipovGLV, ovde rrdvres t} aTa/CTO
8iaAa/3di^T€?, dAA' ei pikv dvcu/xaAo? wv rvX'
Xdjpo?, eôfxaXiLeraL- Sta/xeTpetTat Se TTap€p,fio}
78 Terpdyajuo? avrol?. Kal reKTOvcov TrXrjdog erren
ribv re 77po? Tryi^ hopLiqGLV epyaXelcop.^
79 (2) Kat TO /Ltei' euSov €t? GKrjvd<^ StaAa/zjSc
* rd Tf . . . ^pya\ela M\Ke'.
" Poly bi US, vi. 4:2, contrasts the practice of Greeks an (.
598
as a whole, be seen that this vast empire of

it will
theirs has come
to them as the prize of valour, and
not as a gift of fortune.
For their nation does not wait for the outbreak of Their
war to give men their first lesson in arms they do not Sce"tfmf ;
sit with folded hands in peace time only to put them

in motion in the hour of need. On the contrary, as
though they had been born with weapons in hand,
they never have a truce from training, never wait
for emergencies to arise. Moreover, their peace
manoeuvres are no less strenuous than veritable
warfare each soldier daily throws all his energy into
;
his drill, as though he were in action. Hence that

perfect ease with which they sustain the shock of
battle no confusion breaks their customary forma-
:
tion, no panic paralyses, no fatigue exhausts them ;
and as their opponents cannot match these qualities,

victory is the invariable and certain consequence.
Indeed, it would not be wrong to describe their
manoeuvres as bloodless combats and their combats
as sanguinary manoeuvres.
The Romans never lay themselves open to a sur- The camp
'
prise attack for, whatever hostile territory they co^nstruc-

;
may invade, they engage in no battle until they have îoQ-

fortified their camp. This camp is not erected at
random or unevenly they do not all work at once
;
jr in disorderly parties ; if the ground is uneven, it

is first levelled " a site for the camp is then measured
;
ut in the form of a square. For this purpose the

y is accompanied by a multitude of workmen and
:)f tools for building.
(2) The interior of the camp is divided into rows
Romans in constructing a camp ; the former follow the lie

af the ground and spare themselves the trouble of entrenching.
599
JOSEPHUS
vovGLU, 8' o kvkXo? reiôvs oîv e7Te';\;et,
eâjdeu
80 TT-u'pyots"loov e^
hLaoTriiiaro<; KeKOGfi-qfJievog. IttI
he rojv fxeraTTvpyiOju rovs t€ oû/SeAet? /cat Kara-

TTeXrag /cat XidoôXa /cat 77ai' dcherrjpLOv opyavov
81 TideaoLVy Travra Tipos ras ôAa? eroL/xa. nvXaL
Se et'ot/coSo/zoOvrat reoaapes /ca^' eKaorov rod
TrepijSoAou KXijjLa, rrpos re elaoSovs tcjv V7Tol,vyicjjv
€U/Ltapet? /cat 77/30? ra? lKhpoiia<^ avrcov, el Kar-
82 eTTelyoL, nXarelai. pvpLoroixovac 8' evhiaOeTOJs etaa)
TO orparoTTeSou, /cat fJLeoa^ jxev ras rojv rjyejjLovoju
OKTji'as ridevraiy {JLeoatrarov be rovrcuu to orpar-q
83 ytov- iâoj TrapaTrXrjOLOv cjorrep he ev oxehloj ttoAi?
/cat dyopd rt? drroheLKVUTaL /cat ;\;etpoTe;(iât?
•Xôjpiov, dojKOL Te Xoxayol? /cat Taîdp\OL<;, otttj

84 St/cciôtei^, €t Ttiê? htacfyepoLi^TO. TeL\Lt,eTai he 6
TjepiôXos /cat to. ei' ai^ro) Trdvra daTTOv eTTLVoias
TrXrjdeL Kal errLarrjfjLr^ tcou ttovovvtojv el S' erreiyoi
Kol Td(f)pog e^coOev Ttept^dXXeraL, ^ddo? Terpd-
TTTjxv? /cat evpo^ lor].
(3) ^pa^dfievoL
8' auAtijOP'Tat /cara cuvraêts
85
eKOGTOL fjLed^ TjGvxÔi? Te /cat KoopLOu. TxdvTa 8
auTOt? Kat rdAAa /xer' eurafia? dvveraL Kal dG(f)a-
Aeta?, ^vXeta Te kol eviOLTiop,6s el heoivTo, /ca. ,
86 vhpela /cara ovvrdêis e/caaTOt?. oi)8e ya/3 8et77iôi

•^ dpLGTOv, OTTOTe deXrjGeiau, aineôvGiov e/cacTTOJ
Trdati' 8' ofjLov, tov^ re vttvov^ avTols /cat rds
(ûAa/cdi Kat Ta? iêyepoei'^ aaA77tyye? tt/jo
" oî'/SfXets and /caraTrArat, species of c«^(7/)?///af, mechanica

contrivances for discharging arrows by means of a wind
lass \i6o3o\a, ballistae, for discharging stones with higl
:
angle tire.
* The praetorium,
600
:
of tents. The exterior circuit presents the appear-

ance of a wall and is furnished with towers at regular
intervals and on the spaces between the towers are
;
placed " quick-firers," catapults, " stone-throwers," "

and every variety of artillery engines, all ready for
use. In this surrounding wall are set four gates, one
on each side, spacious enough for beasts of burden
to enter without difficulty and wide enough for sallies
of troops in emergencies. The camp is intersected
by streets symmetrically laid out in the middle are ;
the tents of the officers, and precisely in the centre

the headquarters of the commander-in-chief,^ re-
sembling a small temple. Thus, as it were, an
improvised city springs up,*^ with its market-place,
its artisan quarter, its seats of judgement, where
captains and colonels adjudicate upon any differ-

'^
ences which may arise. The outer wall and all the
buildings within are completed quicker than thought,
50 numerous and skilled are the workmen. In case
3f need, the camp is further surrounded by a fosse,
four cubits deep and of equal breadth.
(3) Once entrenched, the soldiers take up their Daily
][uarters in their tents by companies, quietly and in
fff"^/" âni
yood order. All their fatigue duties are performed
.vith the same discipline, the same regard for security
;he procuring of wood, food-supphes, and water, as
•equired —
each party has its allotted task. The
lour for supper and breakfast is not left to individual
liscretion all take their meals together.
: The hours
or sleep, sentinel-duty, and rising, are announced
" Cf. Polyb. vi. 31 6 fxev ds dyopav yiueTai. roiros 6 5' 'irepos
(^ Tf Taf.LLii(p . . . TToXet Trapair^rjalav ('^ft ttjv biadecnv.
**
centurions (Xoxos = a century ii. 63) and
Perhaps
ribunes (Reinach). But Taîapxoi appear to be distin-
•uished from x'^^ctpxo' in § 87 and in A. vii. 26.
601
JOSEPHUS
GrjfjLaLVovGLV, ovd^ €G7LV 6 Tt yu'CTat SiX*^ Trap-
87 ayyeA/xaro?. vtto he rrjv eoj to crTpartajTiKov /xev
€771 eKaTovTap\a<; eKaoTot, Trpos Se tou?
Toi)?
XiXidp-)(ovs ovroi avviaoLV doTraaoiievoL, /.te^' dw
-npos Tov Tj-yeiJLOi'a tujv oXojv ol ra^lapxoL TrdvTes
88 o 8' auTot? TO T€ €^ eOovg GrjfjLelov Kal rdXXa
TTapayyeXfxara StaStScoati^' hiacjyepeiv etV tous
V7TOT€TayfjL€vov? . 8 Srj KaTTL 7Tapard^€(jj? Trpdr
Tovre? €77 LOT p€(f)ovT at T€ Taxôj? , Iva^ Scot, /cat
7rp6? TQ? €(f)66ov9 avroL?^ Kal rrpos tq? dvaMrArJcreis

VTTOXOjpOVOLV ddpOOL.
80 (4) 'E^teVat Se tol! uTparoTreSov heov vtto-
Gr]jjLaLV€L fiev rj odXTTiy^, r]pep,el 8' ou8ei?, ciAA
d/xa vevfjiaTL Tct? /xev OKiqvds dvaipovrnv , irdvra 8
90 iâprvovTai npo'^ rrjv €ôhoi'. Kal TrdXiv a
crdA/Tiyye? VTTocr-qfiaivovatv TrapeuKevdadaL. ol 8
eV Td;(€t Tot? Te dpeucra' Kal tol? vnotvyioi^
iTndlvres T-qv aTTOGKevrjv loTaoLV ojoTT^p €(^'
vavXriyo<; iôpfidu eroLpLOL, VTro—LpLTrpdaiv re rjhi
rrjv TTapepLôXrjV, oj? avrol? ptev ov pdhiov e/cei
TTCiAti' TeLxiaaoBai, pLrj yevono 8' eKelvo Trore roZ

91 TToXepiLOL? ^^'^ rplrov 8' d/xotcos'" a
XPV^^H'^^-
adATTtyye? TjpoarjpiaivovGiv rrjv eôhov, inLGTrep
XovGai TOV? 8t' aiTLav Tti'd ^pahvvavTa?, w? pi-
92 Tts" drroXeLcpdeirj Irrjs j^ rdêoj?. 6 T€ Krjpv^ dffio
' PAM: oi5u;<Tiv the rest.

> RC = '*
where": + a' the rest.
« Text doubtful. v<p' P d0' Xaber.:
5 om. Destinon (so apparently Lat.).

• Havercamp with one ms. : 6fxu)% the rest.
' ins. Bekker with one ms.
602
y the sound of the trumpet nothing is done without

;
word of command. At daybreak the rank and file

eport themselves to their respective centurions, the
enturions go to salute the tribunes," the tribunes
7ith all the officers ^ then wait on the commander-
i-chief, and he gives them, according to custom, the
•atchword and other orders to be communicated to
he lower ranks. The same precision is maintained
n the battle-field the troops wheel smartly round
:
1 the requisite direction, and, whether advancing to
he attack or retreating, all move as a unit at the

ord of command.
(4^) When the camp is to be broken up, the trumpet Breaking
Dunds a first call ^ at that none remain idle army on the

; :
istantly, at this signal, they strike the tents and march.

lake all ready for departure. The trumpets sound
second call to prepare for the march at once they:
ile their baggage on the mules and other beasts of
arden and stand ready to start, hke runners breast-

ig the cord on the race-course. They then set fire
j) the encampment, both because they can easily
)nstruct another [on the spot], and to prevent the
lemy from ever making use of it. A third time the
umpets give a similar signal for departure, to hasten
le movements of stragglers, whatever the reason
r their delay, and to ensure that none is out of his

ace in the ranks. Then the herald, standing on
" Cf. Polyb. vi. 36. 6 (at daybreak the inspectors of night-
ntries report to the tribunes).

* 7-a^tapxoi = either "officers" generally, including cen-
rions and tribunes (Reinach), or perhaps " legates," i.e,
mmanders of the legions, for which, however, îrapxos is
ed in § 310.
Polybius, vi. 40, similarly describes three trumpet-calls
fore the march (1) lower tents and collect baggage, (2)
:
d beasts of burden, (3) march.

603
josp:phus
rco TToXeyiapxLO Trapaards , €t Trpo? TToXepiov €lgl

eroLfjLOL, rfj Trarpico yXtvaar} Tpt9 dvaTTvuddveTai
KOLKelvoL TOoavroLKLS di'TLôcooiv ixeya tl /cat Trpo
dufiov, eroL/jLOi Xeyovre? eluai, (f)6dvovoii^ be to
errepajTcovTa, Kat tlvo? apr]LOV TTvevpLaros vtto
TTLiiTrXdfxevoL ovveâipovoiv rds heîds.
rfi ôfj
93 (5) "ETTetra TTpo'Covre? obevovawrjcrvxfj Kal /xct
KOGfJLOv Trdi'res, warrep iv TToXefico rr]v ISiav rdî
€KaoTos (^vXdoGUJV OL iîev 77eôt dcopa^lv [re
,
7r€(f)payfJL€voL Kal Kpdveoiv Kal p-aâ ipo(f)opovvr(i

8'
94 dp,4>oT4poj6€v. pâKporepov ainoji' ro Xauc
î(f>o^ TToXXuj' ro yap Kara ^toJ^ Se^tou (J7ndap.r^
95 ov TrXeov e;\;et to p.rjKog. (fyepovuL S' ol p,€V 776/

Toi' crrparrjyov cVtAe/CTOt ttcôI Xoyxrjv Kal dcTTTtSi
T) 3e XoLTrrj (f)dXay^ $V(jt6v re Kal Ovpeov eTTLfjL-qKt
TTpos ols rrpiova Kal ko^lvov, dpuqv re Kal ireXeKV

TTpos Se Lf-idi'Ta Kal hperravov Kal dXvoiv, r)p.€pa
re TpLcou £<^6hLov' cu? oXiyov dTToheZv rcov d^Bi
9g (f)opovvTa)v dplwv rov ttîôv. rot? Se Imreva
pidxo-Lpa pi€v €K Se^Lwv /xa/cpa Krai kovtos in
p,T^Ki]? eV X^^P^> dvpeo? Se rrapd TrXevpou lttttc
TrXdyiog, Kal Kara ycopvrov Trapr^pri^vrai rpils
TrXelovs aKOvres, rrXarelg piev alxpids, ovk dm
heovre'i 8e hopdrojv pieyedo^' Kpdvr) 8e Kal dujpaK
97 opiOLOJS rots TTitols aTTaaiv. ovhevl 8e ottXl
hiaXXdrrovoLV ol rrepl rov orpanqyov eKKpir
roji' €v TQi? tAat? LTmeojv. KXrjpo) 8e rCjv ra
pidrcov del ro Xaôv r^yelrai.
^ P: om. the rest.
" About 9 inches. On the monuments this order

reversed, the poniard {pugio) being on the left ; similai
(504
he right of the war-lord, inquires three times in their

lative tongue whether they are ready for war. Three
imes they loudly and lustily shout in reply, " We
re ready," some even anticipating the question and, ;
rarked up to a kind of martial frenzy, they along

viih the shout raise their right arms in the air.
(5) Then they advance, all marching in silence and

1 good order, each man keeping his place in the
anks. as if in face of the enemy.

The infantry are armed with cuirass and helmet and Arms and
arry a sword on either side that on the left is far of 'in?£uitry
;
le longer of the two, the dagger on the right being

longer than a span.** The picked infantry, forming
le general's guard, carry a lance * and round shield,''
le regiments of the line a javehn and oblong '^
uckler " the equipment of the latter further

;
icludes a saw, a basket, a pick and an axe, not to

ention a strap, a bill-hook, a chain and three days'
tions, so that an infantry man is almost as heavily
den as a pack-mule.
The cavalry carry a large sword on their right side, and of
!
long pike in the hand, a buckler resting obliquely ^^^^ ^^'
the horse's flank, and in a quiver slung beside
em three or more darts with broad points and as
ng as spears their helmets and cuirasses are the
;
me as those worn by all the infantry. The select

valry, forming the general's escort, are armed in
ecisely the same manner as the ordinary troopers,
le legion which is to lead the column is always
lected by lot.^
lybius, who omits the poniard, states that the sword is
•rn on the right (vi. 23. 6).
' Hasta. " Parma. **
P'dum. * Scutum.
According to Polyb. vi. 40. 9 the order of march was
itemed by a daily rotation.
605
J0SEPHU5
98 (6) Totaurat jjLev ovv at 'Pcofj-aiajv TTopeZai 7
Koi KaraXvaei?, Trpos 8e ottXcjjv Sia(/)opat, ouSe
8e anpoôvXevTov iv rat? jidxo.i'b ovhk avrc
ux^^ôv dAAa yvcofjiri [JLev det Tzav-ro? epyov Trpodye
,
99 rot? BoxOeiGL 8' eTzerat rd epya* 77ap' o k:(

o(f)dXXovTaL jjL€v TjKLGra, Kav TTraioojcji hi, pahia
100 dvaXap^^dvovGi rd o<f)dXixara. r^yovvrai re rd
drro Tu;(7]? iTTLTevyfidrajv dpi€ivovs rd? eVt to
TTpoôvXevBeluLV Sta/xaprta?, d>? tou /xet' auT(
fjidrov KaXov heXedlovro? el? dTrpofirjOetav, ri
OK€lp€CO? Sc, Kav dTVXT]crj) TTori, TTpOS TO p
101 ai)î? KaXrjV ixovarj? pLeXer-qv Kal rcov p-kv avn
pidrcov dyadojv ov rov Xaôvra oltlov etvat, re
8e TTapd yvcopLTjv TrpoaTreaovrcov GKvdpwTTOJV irapt
pLvdlav TO ye TTpoorjKOUTOj^ êôvXevodai.
102 (7) YlapaGK€vdl,ovGL p-kv ovv iv rats' pLeXkra
Tcov ottXcov ov rd GcvpiaTa pLovov dXXd Kal t>
ifiv^ds dXKLpLovs, TipoGaGKOvvTai 8e /cat rdi <f>6^t
103 ot re ydp vopLOL Trap* avTols ov XiTTOTaîov pLov
dXXd Kal paGTcovTjs oXLyrjs davaTLKOi, ol
GTpaTYjyol Ta)V v6p,ojv <f>o^6pa)T€pOL- rat? yap 7Tp
Tovg dyadovg rt/xat? pvovTai to' 8oKCti^ d)p
104 TTpo? Tou? KoXat,opukvovs TOGOVTOV 8' auToip'
.
Tzpos" Toijs rjyepiova^ TreLdrjVLOv, cLs €v Te eiprj

KOGpLov Kal inl TrapaTdêco^ eu ocopia t k
ehai,
105 oXtjv GTpaTidv. ovtojs ainujv Gvva(f)€l^' pikv
Taêi?, €VGTpo(f)OL 8* cIgIu at rrepLayojyai, d^ci
8' d/coat p.kv 7rapayykXp.aGiv oipetg 8e G7]pLeL0 ,
106 kpyoL? 8e ;)êtpe?. dêi' hpaGai p-kv del rax^

^pahvraToi 8e Tradelv eiGLV, ovhi* eoTLV ottov gt
^ Tov Dindorf.
2 L, cf, Lat. eopulati : daâXeTj or dcpeXds the rest.
606
(6) Such the routine of the Roman army on the

is Tactics.
narch and camp, such are the various arms which

in
;hey bear. In battle nothing is done unadvisedly or
eft to chance consideration invariably precedes
:
iction, and action conforms to the decision reached.

Consequently the Romans rarely err, and, if they do
nake a sHp, easily repair their error. They consider,
noreover, that a well-concerted plan, even if it ends
n failure, is preferable to a happy stroke of fortune,
)ecause accidental success is a temptation to im-
)rovidence, whereas deliberation, though occasionally
bllowed by misfortunes, teaches the useful lesson
low to avoid their recurrence. They further reflect
hat one who profits by a happy accident can take no
redit for it, while disasters which occur contrary to
11 calculations leave one at least the consolation that
10 proper precautions were neglected.
(7) By their military exercises the Romans instil

Discipline.
ito their soldiers fortitude not only of body but also

f soul ; fear, too, plays its part in their training,
'or they have laws which punish with death not
lerely desertion of the ranks, but even a slight
eglect of duty and their generals are held in even
;
reater awe than the laws. For the high honours

îth which they reward the brave prevent the
ffenders whom they punish from regarding them-
elves as treated cruelly.
This perfect discipline makes the army an orna- Rome owea
lent of peace-time and in war welds the whole into Jo^jfs"^*'^'^
single body so compact are their ranks, so alert efficient
;
leir movements in wheeling to right or left, so

uick their ears for orders, their eyes for signals, their
ands to act upon them. Prompt as they conse-
uently ever are in action, none are slower than they
607
1
JOSEPHUS
devTe?^ ri TrXrjdou? rjoarjdriaav t) arpaTrjyqiJidTCOl
Tj hvGX(x>pia<; , dAA' ovhk rvxrj?' Kal yap ravrr)
l(i7 auTot? TO ovu ôvXr
Kparelu jSe/Saiorepop'. of?
p-eu o.p\€.i êôvXev-
TTpdêoj?,^ crreTat 8e toI?
piivois orparos ovtoj Spaor-qpLO?, ri davpLaarov
el TrpOi eoj pL€v ^v^pdr-qs t oJKeavos Se rrpo
ioTTepav, pLea-qpL^ptuov 8e AtjSur)? to Tnorarov
Kal rrpos dpKrov "lorpo? re /cat ^Prjuo? rrj
Tj-yepLovia? opoi; Seoi^roj? yap dv ri^ €L7tol r :
KrfjpLa rwv KT-qGapievcou eXaaoov.

108 (8) Tavra p,€v ovv dLe^rjXdou ou 'PajpLatov
eVatveVat Trpoaipovpiêvos roaoOrou, ooov €t9 t
TTapapLvdiav rajv Kex^LpojpLeuojv Kal et? aTTorpoTTr]
109 rwv veajTepitôvrajv €117 8* dv rols dyvoovoiv Ta
(^lAo/caAouvTcov' Kal npog epLTreipLa? 77 dyojyrj rr
'PojpiaLOju oTpand?. iTrdveLpn 8' odev irrl rav-
110 (vi. 1) OvecTTTaaiavog pueu dpua rw Traihl Tir

hiarpLâ>v Tea*? eV rfj fl to Ae/^tat8t ouiêTao'O'ev' tc
Sfiâ/xet?, o Se Tryt^ FaAtAatai^ KaTaTpe\a>v WXc
KTtdOb er7€t TToXv p-ev rrX-qdog durjprjK€L rdJv kotl
Xap.âvopievtov , rovro 8' rjv to doOeuearcpov VaX
1 1 Xatojv Kal Tat? (f>vyaL?^ eva7TOKdp.vov, opcjv «
avpL(f)€vyou del to pLd)(Lp.ov et? tol? utto too Ia»cn
'
PAL: aiaTCLfTci the rest.
2 TT a pa rdlêcj J PAL.
^ M (margin) : (pvXaKai^ or \pvx°-'-'' the rest.
* The motive here admitted is significant. As has be

said elsewhere (vol. i. Introd. p. xi), the Jewish War,'^ penn
in \"espasian's former palace by his pensioner, was probab
of the nature of a manifesto inspired by his imperial patro
608
n succumbing to suffering, and never have they been

mown any predicament to be beaten by numbers,
in
)y ruse, by
difficulties of ground, or even by fortune ;
or they have more assurance of victory than

)f fortune. Where counsel thus precedes active
)perations, where the leaders' plan of campaign
s followed up by so efficient an army, no wonder
hat the Empire has extended its boundaries

)n the east to the Euphrates, on the west to the
(cean, on the south to the most fertile tracts of
Jbya, on the north to the Ister and the Rhine. One
aight say without exaggeration that, great as are
heir possessions, the people that won them are
reater still.
(8) If I have dwelt at some length on this topic,

ly intention was not so much to extol the Romans
s to console those whom they have vanquished and
D deter others who may be tempted to revolt.**
'erhaps, too, any cultured readers ^ who are un-
cquainted with the subject may profit by an account
f the organization of the Roman army. 1 will now
isume my narrative at the point where I digressed.
Vespasian was detained for some time with

(vi. 1) Unsuccess-
is son Titus at Ptolemais, consolidating his forces. piacSj^j^ a
leanwhile Placidus ^ was scouring Galilee and had Jotapata.
;gun by killing large numbers of those who fell into

is hands, these being weak civilians who were ex-
lusted by flight afterwards, observing that the

:
)mbatants always took refuge in the cities which

id intended as a warning to the East of the futility of further
•position." The danger of a rising of the Parthians or of
e Jews of Babylon (ii. 388 f.) was a constant menace.
rcDf (f)i\oKa\ovi'Twi' i cf. Polybius vi. 26. 12 rij ^dp oiircjs
TI.V aTTfOtK'ws irpQS TO. Ka\a kt\. " § 39.
VOL. U X 609
JOSEPHUS
7T0V TeLxi-odeLGas TToAetj ajpfi-qaeu errl rr]v 6-)(ypo)
TOLTrjuavrcjv ÎwraTrdrau, olofxevo? i^ i(f)6Sov fjê
alpTiaeLV paStoj?, jxlya8e AcAe'os" avroj Trapa rot
iiyepooLV KaK€LVOLS ocpeAog ei? Ta AoLTra Trap
eêiv TTpoGxcoprjGeLu yap Se'ei rag aAAa? 77oAet
iriTr^s" Ka pT ep CUT drrjg olxopilvrig } ttoXv ye iirji> Si
Yjixaprei' rrjg iX-idog' einovTa yap ainov ol 'Itora
7Tarr]voL TrpoaLodofJievoL rrpo rrjg rroXecug Ik
hexovTat, Kal rolg 'Poj/xatot? Gvppayevreg dôK-qTOi
TToAAot Kal TTpog fidxf]V eTOLfiOL, TTpodufioi re d>
dv VTTep KLvSvuevovor)g TrarpiSos Kal yvvaiKCJV kg
113 reVytoi^, TpeTTOVTaL rax^cos. Kal TToXXoug fie
TiTpujGKOVGi tCjv 'Pojp.aLcou, CTTTa 8e dvaipouGi
bid TO /x7JTe draKTOv avTOJV tt^v VTTOXojprjGi
yeveGdat Kal rd? TrXrjydg eTTLTToXaiovg 7re(f)pay
fjLeuojv rtdvTodev tujv GOjpidTojv, tovs re *\ovSaLOi
rroppojBev ^dXXeiv TrXeoi' 7) GV/JL—XeKeGdai dappe\
114 yvfxvriTag OTxAtTat?. eireoov he Kal tcoi> 'lofSata
rpelg duhpeg Kal eTpojdriGav oXiyot. YlXdKiSog /X(
ovu TTJg €771 rrju 77oAti' opfiqg dTovojTepog evpeOe
cf)evyei.
115 (~) OveG-aGtavog be

ajpiiripuevos avTog ipcfâXe ,
els FaXiXalav eêXaviêu Trjg IlToAe/xatSc

TYju
Siaraâ? ttju GTpaTidv odeveiv Kadd *Pa)/xato
lie 6^0?. Tovg /xeV ye ipiXoug twv eTTiKovpojv ki j.
To^-oras" TTpodyeiv eKeXevaeu, co? duaKOTTTOLev tc

eâTTLvaiovs rchv TioXepiiajv eVtSpo/xa? /cat 8
epevvcuev rds VTTOTrTOv? Kal Xoxdodai bwafieuc -,
vXag, OL9 Kal 'PajpLaloju oTrXtTLKrj pLoTpt

etTTeTO
IIT neioi T€ Kal LTirrelg. TOvroLg d(f)^ eKaGTiqg eKaTov,
1 MVRC, cf. iv. 1-28: ix^tiiu-qs PAL.

610
Josephus had fortified, he proceeded to attack the

most formidable of them, Jotapata. He expected
to have no difficulty in capturing it by a sudden
assault, and thus to procure for himself a high
reputation with his chiefs and for them a considerable
advantage for the future campaign ;for, once the
strongest town had fallen, terror would induce the
'est to surrender. In this hope, however, he was
greatly deceived. Forewarned of his approach, the
Deople of Jotapata awaited his coming outside the
own and burst unexpectedly upon the Romans.
Being a large body, well prepared for battle, and
:indled by the thought of the danger threatening
heir native city, their wives and their children, they
[uickly routed their opponents and wounded a large
lumber of them. They killed no more than seven,
•ecause the Romans retired in good order and, their
odies being completely protected, received only
uperficial wounds, while their Jewish assailants,
ghtly equipped and opposed to heavy - armed
3gulars, kept their distance and did not venture to
3me to close quarters with them. The Jews on
leir side had three killed and a few wounded,
lacidus, thus finding himself too feeble for an assault
n the town, beat a retreat.
(2) But Vespasian, impatient to invade Galilee him- Vespasian

If, now set out from Ptolemais, after drawing up his fntoôaînee
'my for the march in the customary Roman order. Order of his
u -T V 1 ^ J ^ J \
army on th;
he auxiliary light-armed troops and archers were march.
;nt in advance, to repel any sudden incursions of
le enemy and to explore suspected woodland suited
r the concealment of ambuscades. Next came a

intingent of heavy-armed Roman soldiers, infantry
id cavalry. They were followed by a detachment
611
JOSEPHUS
apxlas rjKo)iOidouv ScK'a nî^ re lavrCou OKCvrju
118 Kai TO. /xerpa tt^? Trape/ijSoAr^S" <f)dpour€s, Kal êr
aVTOVS ohoTTGlOL TCL TC CTKoAia TT^b Xe(jJ<f)6pOV
Karevdvveiv Kai xâfiaXovu ra Svoâra Kal ras
lpL7:ohiov£ vXa? TrpoapaKO—reLi', tug ixtj raXaLVCj-
119 pair o hvoTTopovv ro OTpdreufMa. KaTortLU he rov-
Tojv TQi 76 Ibiag Kal ras Tcjji' vri* avTov r\yep.6v(x>i
eraêv d-ooKeua<; Kal ov)(i>ov£ IttI tovtol^ irpo

120 doc^dXeiav tojv LTTrreoji'. p.eO^ ots avTog c^-qXavvei
rov? re eTTiXeKTOvg rujv TreCojv Kal iTTTTeajv Ka
Tou? Xoyxo(f)6povg eôjv. elnero S' avrcp ro 'idioi
rov rdyiJLaro? ltj-lkov Ihioi yap eKaorov rdy/jiaro
121 elKOGL TTpog rolg eKarou IrtTreU. rovrois S
rjKoXovdovv ol TQS" eXeTToXeig (j>epovre£ 6 pel? Ka
122 rd XoLTid ixrj)(avrjpaTa. p.erd rovrov? -qyepove
re Kal orreipojv e~ap)(ôi ovv )(^LXidp)(ÔL£, eTTiXeKTOo
123 TTepl G(j)d£ orpajLcora? e)(ovres' evrei-a at orjixaio
TTepuGXOVoai rov derov, o? TravTog dp)êi *Paj
pacoLg rdypLaros ,
âoiXevs re oiojucov aTrduroj
Kal diXKLpLcorarog d'w o Sr/ Kal rfi<g -qyepLOvia
reKpL-qptov avrolg Kal KXrjhu'jv, e(/)' ovs dv tcoatj
124 rod KparijoeLV hoKel. rots he lepols rjKoXovOoi
ol oaXr^LyKrai, Kal KaroTTiv avrojv rj <f)dXay^ r
(TrL(f)0? els ff TrXarvvaoa. rovrotg Trapeirrero r
eKar6vrap-)(Os l^ e6ov£ rrjv rd^LV eTTLOKOTTOVpievo luj
125 ro 8* OLKerLKOv eKdorov rdyparos arrav ro'w^

TTeôtS" eLTTero, rag dTTOGKevd? rcov orparLwru.
€771 rot? opevoiv Kal rolg VTTo^vyloLg dyovre:
6"12
composed of ten men from each century, carrying

their own kit and the necessary instruments for
marking out the camp after these came the
;
pioneers to straighten sinuosities on the route, to

level the rough places and to cut down obstructing
woods, in order to spare the army the fatigues of a
toilsome march. Behind these Vespasian posted his
personal equipage and that of his lieutenants with a
strong mounted escort to protect them. He himself
rode behind with the pick of the infantry and cavalry
and his guard of lancers. Then came the cavalry
units of the legions for to each legion are attached
;
a hundred and twenty horse. These were followed

by the mules carrying the siege towers " and the other
machines. Then came the legates, the prefects of
the cohorts and the tribunes, with an escort of picked
troops. Next the ensigns surrounding the eagle,
which in the Roman army precedes every legion,
Decause it is the king and the bravest of all the birds :
t is regarded by them as the symbol of empire, and,
A'hoever may be their adversaries, an omen of

victory. These sacred emblems were followed by
:he trumpeters, and behind them came the solid
column, marching six abreast. A centurion, accord-
ng to custom, accompanied them ^ to superintend
he order of the ranks. Behind the infantry the
ervants attached to each legion followed in a body,
otjducting the mules and other beasts of burden
vhich carried the soldiers' kit. At the end of the
<•
For carrying battering-rams: in iii. 230 the word
XtTToXis seems to mean the battering-ram itself.
Reinach thinks that a centurion for each legion must be
ntended.
613
JOSEPHUS
126 KaroTTLV §e Trdvrajv tujv Tayfxa-ojv 6 îadios 6)(Xos,
of? ovpayol rrpos aCT(/)aAetav rjKoXovdovv Treôt re

Kal OTiXlraL /cat tow lttttIojv av)(yoi.
127 (3) OvTOJS oh^vaas OveoTtauiavos /êra rrjs
hwdfiews els tov? opovs d(j)LKvelTai rrj? FaAt-

Xaias, euSa KaTauTparoTTehevadpievos ojppLrjpLevovs
et? TToXepLov Tous" GTparLojTag Karel\ev, eTTt-
heLKvvp.ev6s re r7]v oTparidv etV KaraTrX-q^LV rots

TToXepiiois Kal i^Leravoias Kaipov Sthovg, el Trpc
lidxrjs p.era^dXoivTo- dp.a he Kal rrpos TToXiopKiai

\2Htojv epvpLarow ^^rjprvero. fLerdvoLav [lev ovv rrjs
drroGrdoeojs 6(f)6eL<; 6 oTpar-qyos ttoXXols eveip

129 ydaaro, Kard—Xrj^Lv he ndaLV ol p,ev yap Trep
Tov ^\ojGr)7Tov iarparoTTehevKores ovk aTrcodev rrj'.
He7T(f)cupeajs [77apa ttoXlv Taplv KaXovpLevrjv \,^ eVe

TrXrjGLdlovTa rov TroXefJLOV rJKOVGav ogov re ovtto
TOV? 'Paj/xatou? GvpLpLLôvra? G(Îglv, ov p,6vo
TTpo fidx'TjS, dXXd Kal rrplv Ihelv rovs exdpov
1^0 htaGKLhvavraL Svyfj. KaraXeiTrerai 5' o Îojgtj
TTOc /xer' dXlyojv, Kal Kanhdw cos ovre heêGda

Tovs TToXepiiOVS dpKerrjv exoi^ hvvapLLV Kal Txe
nrojKOi rd (^povr]p,aTa twv ^\ovhaia>v acr/xeiôt t

ar, et mGTevoLvro, ;;(Ojpot€i^ ol rrXelovs IttI GTTovhds
131 ehehiei [lev rjhrj irepl rravros tov TToXejjLov, ror
8' d>s TToppojTdTco ;)(Oj/)tCeaât rojy KLvhvvcov eKpi
om. PAL Lat. ; perhaps a ploss from Vita 395, +12.

2
?x^L P.M. I):
• Apparently the rest of the auxiliary cohorts, of whom b
614
column came the crowd of mercenaries,** and last of

ill for security a rearguard composed of light and
leavy infantry and a considerable body of cavalry.

(3) Proceeding with his army in this order Ves- ip^^^^T?
pasian reached the frontiers of Galilee. Here he his troops,
established his camp and restrained the ardour of ^^j^g^?^^^°
[lis soldiers, who were burning for the fray, being
content to parade his forces before the enemy, with

1 view to intimidating them and giving time for recon-
sideration, if they wished, before an engagement, to
iesert their friends^ At the same time he made
^reparations for besieging the strongholds. The
general's appearance on the scene in fact aroused in
nany regret for their revolt, and in all alarm. The
roops under the command of Josephus, who were
tamping beside a town called Garis, not far from
jepphoris,*' discovering that the war was upon them,
nd that they might at any moment be attacked by
he Romans, dispersed and fled, not only before any
ngagement, but before they had even seen their
DCS. Josephus was left with a few companions ;
e saw that he had not sufficient forces to await the

nemy, that the Jews were crestfallen, and that the
lajority of them, if they could gain the enemy's
onfidence, would gladly capitulate. Already he
ad fears for the ultimate issue of the war for the;
loment he decided to remove as far as possible from
3rtion only has been mentioned in § 116. Similarly, in

olyb. vi. 40. 6-8, " the left wing of the auxiliaries " bring up
le rear;* if an enemy attack in the rear is expected the
picked auxiliaries " are transferred to that quarter from
levan.
" Or, perhaps, " come to a better frame of mind."
Twenty furlongs from Sepphoris ( Vila 395, where Garis
called a village).
615
.
JOSEPHUS
V€v, avaXaôjv re^ tov? GvufjieLuaura? etV TiBepLaSa
KaTa(l)€vyeL.
132 (vii, 1) OveoTraoLauo? he rrj TroAct rcou ra^d-
pojv^ eTTeXOoju alpel re Kara TrpajT-qv e(j)ohov av~i^v
133 fxaxip-ou ttXtjOov? ep-qpLOV KaraXaôw, Kal Trap-
eXdojv etdcxj Tiavras rjfSrjbou dvaLpel /xr^Se^ttd^ rcoi
'PcopLacajv rfXiKias eXeou TTOiovpievojv /xtcret [rep
TTpOS TO €^1^0? KOI P-l^T^pLJ] TTJ? KaTOL TOV KcCTTtOI
134 avTCJU TTapavopnas . €fx7TLpL7TprjOLU o ou pLovou avrrj}
dXXd Kal Ta? Trept^ KcopLa? Trdaas re Ka
rrjv ttoXlv,
TToXix^'a?,a? /xei^ TTavTeXojg eKXeXeippiivas, eon
8' as avro? iâubpaTTohiLopLevog
135 (2) '0 8' 'Jojary770? r)i^ 77po? daâAeiav' elXer

ttoXlv avTog iverrX-qoev heovg Kara(f)vyajv' ol yap
aTTO TTJs TijSeptaSos- ovk di', el pi.r) Trpos to tto.
dTTeyvcoKei top TroXep-ou, rpaTTrjvai rrore avro
]3r> ojovTO. Kal Kara rovro ye ov SLrjp.dprauov avro
T7J? yvajpnqs' eojpa p-ev yap ttol peipei rd ^\ovhaiuj
reXovs, Kal fnau avrwv fjoei owrrjpLau, et p-era
137 (jdXoLUTo. avrog 6e Kaiirep ovyyvaiod-qaeodai Trap
'PojpLaLOLg TrpoodoKOJV, dpctos reBvdvai p.dXXo
elXero noXXaKis r] Kararrpohovs tt^v TrarptSa kc
TTjv ifiTTLGrevOetGav avroj orpari^yiav v^ptaa
138 evTvxelu Trap* ols TToXepn'iocov errep-Ôr). ypd(f)ei
ovv roLS ev reXei row '\epoGoXvp.ojv hieyvoj fxe
dKpifjelas rd Trpdypiara, cvs /^''Jt' cVt p^l^c
e^dpas rr]V rcjv 7roXep.ia)v loxvv avOiS elg hetXio
KaKiCoiro, p.rjre evheeorepov dnayyeiXas Kav pLera
' Niesc after Lai.: Of -mss. 6rj Bekker. :
* Gtroerer: raodpuv or Tadapeui' wss. Gadara was i
Decapolis and pro-Roman (B. iv. 413); Gabara was

principal city of Galilee, due east of Ptolemais ( Vila 123).
^ From Lat. : 6e mss.
6j6
he risk of a conflict. Accordingly, with the remnant

if his troops, he took refuge in Tiberias.
(vii. 1) Vespasian's first objective was the city of Vespasian
jabara, which he carried at the first assault, finding aod'^"'^''^

t deprived of effective combatants. Entering the ^q.^Î°^1^
ity he slew all males who were of age, the Romans
howing no mercy to old or young, so bitter was their
latred of the nation and their memory of the affront
vhich had been done to Gestius. Not content with
etting fire to the city, Vespasian burnt all the
illages and country towns in the neighbourhood ;
ome he found completely deserted, in the others he

educed the inhabitants to slavery.
(2) The arrival of Josephus filled with alarm the Josephns
ity which he had chosen as his refuge, for the people Jerusaituu
f Tiberias felt that he would never have fled, had ^'^^^
instruc-
1
e not abandoned all hope of success in the contest. tioQs.
n this they correctly interpreted his opinion for
;
e foresaw the final catastrophe for which the

)rtunes of the Jews were heading, and recognized
lat their only hope of salvation lay in submission.
s for himself, although he might look for pardon
om the Romans, he would have preferred to suffer

thousand deaths rather than betray his country
id disgracefully abandon the command which had
?en entrusted to him, in order to seek his fortune
nong those whom he had been commissioned to
ht. He decided therefore to write to the autho-
ties at Jerusalem an exact statement of the position
affairs, neither exaggerating the strength of the
lemy, which might subsequently lead to his being
unted with cowardice, nor underrating it, for fear
VOL. II x2 617
JOSEPHUS
139 vorjoavrag toojg Bpaavveiev,^ Iva re tj CTTTOvSaf
atpovfievoL raxôJb dvTr/panJjajGLV, i) TToXeiieh

lyvojKores rrpog 'Pot/xatous" dîOfiaxov aino) vip.
J 40 ifjojGL SvvapLLV. 6 pikv ovv Tttur' eTxtcTTetAas" Trepne
dta rdxovs cttI ']€poooXvp,cov rovs tol ypdppiari
Kopliovras.
141 (S) Ov€G—aGiau6s Se d>pprip€vo£ lâipelv rrj
'lajTaTrdrav, TrerrvGro yap el? airrrjv TrXeLGTOV

T<jL)i' TToXefiLcov Gvp7r€(f)evy6vaL Kal aAAo)? opp^rjTrj
pLOv LGXvpov ovGau avrojv, 77 e^ Tret Trelov? re kc

1777761? rov? 77 poeôpLaXLOvvrag rrjv oSov opeivrj
v—dpxovGav Kal TrerpcoSrj, hvGârov he Kal 776^01*

'^- LTTTTevGLV 8' dp,ri\avov . ol p,ev ovv reGGapGi
qpepatg iêipydGavro Kal TiXarelav -^voLâv r
Grpana Xeoj(f)6pov rf] Trep-nrrj S' o Îwgtjtto*
avrr) 8* tjv Wprep^LGtov pqvos pia Kal eiKa'
(l)ddveL TTapeXdojv elg rrju ^XcoraTrdrav eV ri
TijSepia8o? Kal TrertrcoKora rolg 'Iou8atoi? eyeip
'^•^ra (j>povqpLara. OveGTraGLavco 8e rig evayyeXilêri
rrji' pLerdâGLV rod dvhpo? avropoXo? Kal Kan
TjTieiyev errl rrjv ttoXlv cvg pier* eKeivi]s alprjGOvi
TraGav *Iou8atai', el XdÔL rof ^\ojgt)7tov v-noyeipio id
144 c5 8' dpTrdGag ojoTrep p.eyiGrov evrvxr]pLa ri p

dyyeXtav Kal Trpovoia deov rov Gvvercorarov elui
hoKovura rcoi' TToXepimv olopLevo? elg elpKri
avdaiperov TrapeXBelv, evdecos pev gvv ;)(iAto
'
LC : dpaavvoiev the rest.
« The distance from Gabara to Jotapata seems to \
618
JEWISH WAR, HI. 139-144
3f encouraging them to hold out when possibly in-

clined to repent. If the magistrates intended to
negotiate, they were asked to reply to that effect
without delay if they decided to continue the war,
;
they should send him a force capable of coping with

the Romans. Having written a letter to this effect,
be sent it by express messengers to Jerusalem.
(3) Vespasian was impatient to make an end of Josephus

lotapata, having heard that it was the refuge to jotapata
A'hich most of the enemy had retired, and that it was, Vespa:siaii
s it.
noreover, their strong base he accordingly sent a
;
)ody of infantry and cavalry in advance to level the

oad leading to it, a stony mountain track, difficult
or infantry and quite impracticable for mounted
roops." In four days their task was completed and
I broad highway opened for the army. On the
ifth, which was the twenty-first ^ of the month May-June
^'"
Artemisius, Josephus hurriedly left Tiberias and ^ °"
ntered Jotapata, his arrival raising the dejected
pirits of the Jews. A deserter brought to Vespasian
he welcome intelligence of the general's movement,
nd urged him to hasten to attack the city, because
s fall, could he but secure Josephus, would amount
D the capture of all Judaea. Vespasian caught at

bis information as a godsend, regarding it as by
lod's providential ordering that the man who was
puted to be the most sagacious of his enemies had
lus deliberately entered a prison he instantly ;
ightly underestimated in Vita 234 as " about 40 stades " ;
is six miles due south.

* There is some doubt about this figure, which it is difficult
reconcile with the statement that Jotapata was taken on
e first of Panemus (§ 339) after a siege of forty-seven days
316). The 2 1 st of Artemisius, according to Niese's calcula-
Dn, was the 8th of June, a.d. 67.
619
JOSEPHUS
LTmevoLU 7T€iJ.7T€L UXolklSou Kal heKaSdpx'qi^ At
ôuTLOi', avbpa tclii^ Ittloiîxojv Kara X^^P^-'-
'^^
ovveoLu, 77 epLKaraaxeZv KeXevaas tyjv ttoXli', o)'
jjLTj XddoL StaSpa? 6 'Itocrr^TTO?.

145 (4) AuTOS" Se /xerd fiiau rjp.epau dvaXaôji
TTaaav Tr]u SvvafjLLU el-ero Kal P-^XP'- ^^^Xrj-
140 oSevoag rrpo^ tyju ^lioTaTrdrav dc^LKvelTai. dva

Xaôjv he Ti)v orparidv elg to TrpoodpKriov avrrj
IJL€po9 p.a
Xiora TOtb TToXep-ioL? cuaui^'OTrro? eluat rrpos ^k
147 ttXti^w t) Kal Trapaxp'TJp.a Tooavrrj rou<; lovoaLOV
Kareox^v, cLs p^rjdeua rov reixov<; roXp-rjoaL Trpo
14S eXdeli^. 'Poj/xaiot 8' ev6u^ pkv dncoKprjoau vpoa
jSaAeu', hi oXrjg coheuKorei rjp.€pa^, hiTrXfj he t
(f)dXayyL KVKXovvrat T-qv ttoXlv Kal rpLTiiv eûjOe
TTepuordoLV rrju Ittttov, Trdoa^ d7TO(f)pdoGOur€
149 avroL? eôhovg
ret? rov-^ ev . dnoyucooeL ocorr^
pia^ Trapoj^vve rov? 'louSaiou? Trpo'? roXp-aw ovht

yap dvdyKTjs ev TToXepujp p.axt-P-o^repov.
150 (5) T€vop.ev7]s he p.e6^ rjpepau TrpooôXrj? 7
p.€i' TTpcoToi' ^lovhaloL Ka~6. ;\;oSpai' pêvovn
dvTelxov, dvTLKpi) tcjv Pcopalwu eorparovehei
'
151 Kores^ Tipo rov Telxo^"^' (-'^^ 8e OveoTraoLavc

TOUTOt? pieu Toug roôrag Kal ocjievhovqras K(
ttolV to T(jL)i> IktiôXoji' TrXfjdo? eTTLor-qoas eTn
Tpeilfev ^dXXeiv, aurd? he p,erd rcov 77el,<jJv eU t
^ The Lat". translates âTpaToirfdfVKOTu}!^.
"Aebutius, in the service of .\f:rippa, had at an earl

stage of the war been entrusted with the oversight of th
*"'
620
dispatched Placidus and the decurion Aebutius," a

man of marked energy and abihty, with a thousand
horse, with orders to invest the town and prevent
Josephus from escaping secretly.
(4) Vespasian followed them the next day with all
his army and, marching until evening, arrived before
Jotapata. Leading his troops up to the north side
of the city he encamped on a hill seven furlongs
distant from it, seeking a position as conspicuous as
possible to the enemy in order to intimidate them.
In fact the spectacle had such an instantaneous effect
on the Jews that none ventured outside the walls.
The Romans, after their full day's march, were not
prepared to make an immediate attack, but they
surrounded the city with a double cordon of infantry,
and posted outside these a third line of cavalry,
blocking all means of exit. This manoeuvre, cutting
off hope of escape, stimulated the Jews to deeds of
gallantry for nothing in war so rouses the martial
;
spirit as necessity.
Next day an attack was made. At first those First
(5)
3fthe Jews who were encamped opposite the Romans 5Supata^*
Dutside the walls ^ merely held their ground against
the enemy ; but when Vespasian brought up his
archers, slingers, and all his other marksmen in full
i"orce and gave orders to shoot down these opponents,
/vhile he himself M'ith the infantry pushed up the
jreat Plain and had an encounter with Josephus ( Vifa

14 ff.) : his previous acquaintance with Josephus doubtless
iccounts for his selection on this occasion.
* The Jews may well have had a camp extra muros in the
;arly days of the siege ; this must have been rapidly driven
n as we hear no more of it. The Latin has, " the Jews
nerely held their ground opposite the Romans who were
ncamped outside the walls."
621
JOSEPHUS
7Tp6aavT€g aveojOeL^ /ca^' o to relx'^^ '^^ €vaX(jjrov
beioas 6 ^lcoar]7TOs Trept rfj voXei TrpoTrrjha Kal
152 Gvv avro) ttClv to rciyv ^Yovhaicov TrXrjOog. crv^
rreoovres 8e Tot? 'Pco/Aaiot? dOpoot rod fieu relxovs
dveGT€LXau avrov?, TroAAa 8' eTreheLKVvvTo x^Lpajv
epya kol roXpi-qq. ovk iXdooco^ ye pLrjv oju ehpujv
153 avT€7TaGXov oaou yap a'urovs 7] rrj<; GOjrrjpLag
a77oyvcoa't?, togovto tov? 'Poj/xatou? alSw? Trap
€Kp6r€i, Kal Touq pikv epLTTeipia pLer^ dXKrjg, rovs
8e dpdGO<; o)7TXiL,€ rw dvpLco Grpar-qyovpievovq
154 TTapara^djievoi he St' oA)7? T^/xepa? vvktl 8ta-
rpcoGavreq pev TrXetGrouf;
Auoi^rat, 'Pa>pLaLCxji^
SeKarpel? 8' dveXovres' avroju 8' eireGov p.ei
heKaenrd, rpavpLariai 8' iyevovro eâKOGLOc.
155 (6) Tfj 8' VGrepaia [r)piepa\ TraAti' TrpoG^dX-
XovGL Toi? 'Pco/xatot? eTTcêAôp'Te? /cat 77oAu /cap-
repojTepov dvTLTraperdâvro, dappaXecorepoL pêv in
rod TTapd Aoyop' dvriGX^^v "Tfj Trporepa^ yeyevrjpievoi
Xpojp^voi he Kal Tols 'Pco/xatot? /xa;^t/LtajTepot9
156 VTTO yap alhovs els eêKaiovro, to /x?
opyrjv
157 rax^cos vlkolv -qTrav -qyovpevoi. Kal pexpt- TrepTrrrj^
Tjpepa? TrpoGôXal piev eyivovro rwi' 'Ptu/xat'cuj

dSiaAetTTTOt, eKhpopial he Tchv ^YojraTrariqvcjjv ku
Tet;ô/xa;(tat Kaprepwrepai, Kal ovre 'lou8atot T171 1
TcLv TToXepiiwu LGXVv KaTa)pp(jjhovv ovre 'Pa>palo

77pog TO rrjs TrdAeco? SuoaAtuToi' drreKapvov.
158 (7) "Ecttii^
8' ^lajraTTara ttXtju oXiyov Trdoc
^ conj. with Naber: avwdei (sir) mss. : avwOfi NIese.

2 fXacTTOf PL. ^ TTpoTepaia Niese.
" The phrase dpdaos oirXiiêiv conies from Soph. EL 995 f.
a plav of which there are other reminiscences in Josephus

cf. vî-x^s d<p(ideh B. iii. 212, Soph. El. 980.
622
slope at the point where the wall offered little diffi-

culty, Josephus, alarmed for the fate of the town,
made a sally with the whole multitude of the Jews.
Falling in a body upon the Romans they drove them
from the ramparts and performed many signal feats
of prowess and daring. However, they suffered as
much loss as they inflicted, for if the Jews were
emboldened by despair, the Romans were no less
roused by shame ;on the one side were skilled
experience and strength, the other had recklessness
for its armour," and passion for its leader. The battle
lasted all day, and night alone parted the combatants.
Of the Romans very many were wounded and thirteen
killed. The Jewish casualties were seventeen killed
and six hundred wounded.
(6) On the following day, when the Romans
returned to the attack, the Jews made a fresh sally
and offered a much more stubborn resistance, from
the confidence inspired by their unexpectedly
successful resistance on the previous day. But the
Romans on their side proved more resolute opponents,
being enflamed to fury by shame and regarding a
lack of instant victory as tantamount to defeat. So
for five days the Romans incessantly renewed their
assaults, and the garrison of Jotapata their sallies
and their yet more stubborn defence from the ram-
parts, the Jews undaunted by their enemy's strength,
the Romans undeterred by the difficulties which their
objective presented.
(7) The town of Jotapata * is almost entirely built Site of
Jotapata.
* Modern Jefat, Talmudic Jodaphath (according to the

Mishna it was an old town, walled since the time of Joshua):
in the hills to the north of the plain of Asochis, midway

between Gabara (N.) and Sepphoris (S.).
623
i
JOSEPHUS
Kpriiivos, eV ^kv rwu aXXoji' (lepcvv Travrodev
(j)dpay^LV OLTTeLpoL? CLTroToiJLO? , CO? TOJP' KaTiheTv
TTeipojfievow ra? oifjec? 7Tpo€âaBeva.v rov ^ddovg,
(27:6 6op€OV he TTpooiTTj fioiôu , Kad^ o XrjyovTL
159 TO* 6p€L TrXayiajs^ 77 poo kt lot ai.^ kol rovro 8 o
'Iojar]77o? €fX7:€pi€LXrj(f)€L Teiyîtajv rrju ttoXlu, ojs
aKaTdXriTrrou eiVat TToXefxiocs rrjv v-nkp avTrjs
160 aKpcopetav. kvkXoO^v S' dXXois opeoLV KaXvnro-
fJi€ur], nplv eloa^yLKOiTo ti? ets" avrriv, TTavjeXojs
doparos r)i^. et;(€ /iei' ouv' ovrujg oxvporrjros
ÎcoraTrdTr).
161 (8) OOcCTTTaataFO? Se rfj re 4>vo€l tou ;)â»ptoi;
/<:ai rat? ToA/j-ats- roJi^ 'JouSat'tov dyTK^tAovetK-on.

eyiô) KapT€pojT€pou aTT-euBai rijg TroXiopKias, /ca«
TTpoGKaXeodfievo? tov<; vtt" avrdv rjyefJLova? iôv-
162 Aeuero rrept Trj<^ TrpoaôXrj?. boâu 8e -x^cooai re
TTpoGLTOv roO
T€Lxou? €TrL GvyKOf-iihrjv vXrjs
,
iK7T€fl7T€L TO GT pdr€V[.La Kal KOTTeUTOW TCOl

TTOlV ,
7T€pL rr]v noXw dpow, GwaXiodeiG-qs re a/xa rots
163 ^L'Aot? dTTeipov x^ppidhos, ol pikv rrpos dXeojpdx

7a)V VTTepdev d(f)i€fjL€ua>u fêXow yeppa hiareivavres
vrrep xapaKOJiidrow ^xovv vri' avrolsy ovheu r
p.LKpd ^Xarrrofxevoi rals drro rov T€t;(OU? jSoAatS".
164 ol 6e Toi)? TrX-qGLOV 6\Bov<; dvaGTiowres yrjv avroZs
dhiaXeirrroj^ 7TpoG€.(j)€pov, kol rptxrj bLrjprjiJLevcoi
165 apyo? rju ouSetg. ol 8e ^lovhaloL rrdrpag t€

fieydXas drro tcou t€ixojv toi? GKerrdGfiaGLU avrcov
i7Trji€Gau /cat rrdu etSog êXojw -qu 8e Kal pi^rj
huKiovixevojv TToXvg 6 xjjoôs Kal <j>ojiepds ipnTohiov
rol? epyaô/xeVot?.
^ ML: TrXa7('(j the rest.
2 Trpo-fKruferai P*ALM for text r/. : B. V. H8.
624
JEWISH WAR. Ill 158-165
on precipitous cliffs, being surrounded on three sides
by ravines so deep that sight tails in the attempt to

fathom the abyss. On the north side alone, where
the town has straggled sideways up a descending
spur of the mountains, is it accessible. But this
quarter, too, Josephus, when he fortified the city,
had enclosed within his wall, in order to prevent the
enemy from occupying the ridge which commanded it.
Concealed by other mountains surrounding it, the
town was quite invisible until one came right up to
it. Such was the strong position of Jotapata.
(8) Vespasian, pitting his strength against the The siege
^^"°'
nature of the ground and the determination of the
Jews, resolved to press the siege more vigorously ;
he accordingly summoned his principal ofHcers to
deliberate with him on the plan of attack. It was
decided to erect earthworks against the accessible
portion of the wall, whereupon the whole army was
sent out to procure the necessary materials. The
mountain forests surrounding the town were stripped,
and, besides timber, enormous masses of stones were
collected. Then one party of soldiers spread screens
of hurdles over palisades, as a cover from missiles
from above, and thus protected constructed the earth-
works, suffering little or no injury from their assailants
on the ramparts ; while others pulled to pieces the
adjacent mounds and kept their comrades constantly
supplied with earth. With this triple division of
labour not a man was idle. The Jews, meanwhile,
launched from the walls great boulders upon the
enemy's shelters with all sorts of projectiles, the
crash of which, even when they failed to penetrate,
was so loud« and terrific as to impede the workers.
" Or " continuous."
625
.
JOSEPHUS
166 (9) OveoTTaoLavog Se eV kvkXco tol? d(f)€Tr]pLOV^
fxrjxo.i'OLS iTTLGTrjaag, ra Travra 8' rjv eKarov eîq-
Kovra opyava, âXXeiv eKeXevaev rovg errl rod
167 r€L)(ov<i. ojJLOU S' OL re KaraTreXrat Tct? Xoyxo.'S
dveppoilovv /cat raAai^rtatot At'ôt fÛyedos Ik rcov
V€Tpo^6Xojv e^dXXovTOy TTvp re koi TrXrjdos dOpocov
oloTOJV, drrep ov piovov ro t€lxo<; dve-iârov rols
loL'Satots' €.7TOLrjG€v aAAd KOi rrjv ivrog ocrrys
,
]5S i(f>iKV€iro x<jjpas' kol yap Kal to row Âpd^cov

roÔTiov ttXtjOos dKovTLorai re kox G(f)€i^SovrjraL
169 rrdvres dpia rols fJL-qxavrjpiacnv eâXXov ov p.r)v .
€ipy6pL€VOL rrjs KaOvTrepdev dpivvqs r]pepLOVv eKrpe-

)(Ovr€<i yap XrjGrpLKcorepou Kara Xoxov; TTepLeanajv
re rcov epyaôpi.€vojv rag oKeTra^ Kal revs yvjjLvov-
/LteVou? erraLOv, Kal Kad' o TrapeiKOiev eKelvoi
OLeppLTTrouv re ro ^tDjiia Kal ra ;âpaKc6âTa avu
170 rots' yeppois eveTripL-paoai', li^XP^ ovvels OveoTra-
OLav6<; rrjuhiaipeotv rojv epyojv alriav elvai rijs
jSActjSr;?, ra yap 8Laor-qpLara rols 'louSat'oi? rrpoo-
ôXrjs TTapelx^v rorrov, evol rd OKeTrdapiara, Kal
ovva(f)6eiorjs a/xa avrolg rrjs Svi'dpieojs dveLpxO^]oav
at rwv
^\ovhaLOJV Trapahvoeis
171 'Eyetpo/xeVou he rov ;)(a)/u,aTOS" 'qSrj Kal rals
(10)
eTidXêoiv doov ovnoj rrXrôidtovros, heivdv 6
Îcoorjrros vop^loas el .pLr^hev dfrLpLi-jxo.v'qoaLro rfj
TToXei oojr-qpiov y ovvadpoiteL reKrovas Kal rd relxos
172 eKeXevoev vipovv. rcbu 8' dSvvarou etvat <â/j.eVtup
OLKoSopLelv roaovrois fêXeai âXXopievovs, oKeiT-qv
173 avrols emvoel roidvhe' hpv4>dKrovs TTTjâodai
\'egetius ii. 25 reckons 55 catapults to a Jegion in his

'^
time (end of 4th century): this would give 165 of these

engines to Vespasian';> armv of 3 legions (Keinachj.
626
(9) Vespasian now had his artillery engines —

numbering in all one hundred and sixty" brought—
into position round the spot and gave orders to fire
upon the defenders on the wall. In one tremendous
volley the catapults sent lances hurtling through the
air, the stone-projectors discharged blocks of the
weight of a talent,^ fire-brands flew, and there was a
hail of arrows, with the effect not only of driving the
Jews from the ramparts, but of rendering untenable
all the space behind them which came within range
of the missiles. For the artillery fire was reinforced
by a simultaneous volley from a host of Arab archers,
javelin-men, and slingers. Though checked in their
defence of the ramparts, the Jews did not remain
inactive. Parties of them sallied out in guerilla
fashion, stripped off theenemy's shelters and assailed
the workmen thus exposedand, wherever the latter
;
fell back, they demolished the earthworks and set fire

to the palisades and hurdles. At length Vespasian,
on tracing the cause of this injury to the separation
of the earthworks (as the intervals afforded the Jews
a loophole for attack) united the various shelters and
simultaneously closed up his troops, with the result
that further Jewish incursions were repressed.
(10) The embankment was now rising and almost Counter-
on a level with the battlements, when Josephus, josephui

|'eighten
thinking& it shameful if he could not devise some the walls
counter-measures to the town, summoned
save
masons and directed them to increase the height of
the wall. On their protesting that building was im-
possible under such a hail of missiles, he invented the
following protection for them. Palisades were, by his
''
About three quarters of a hundredweight, if the Attic
commercial standard is followed.
627
JOSEPHUS
/ceAeJaas" ifMrrerdaaL ^vpaag v€oS6pov? ôojv,
re
a>? dvah€)(OLVTo tov? diTO rojv TrerpoôXajv
jikv
Mdou<; KoXTTOVfieuai, nepioXioddvoL 8' citt' aurcDi'
[/<at] ra Xonrd êXr] Kal to rrvp vtto rrj? iV/xa8os
174 eipyoLTo, TrpoavLarrûLV tujv t€Kt6vcov. v(f)* ois

do(f)aXojs ipyalôfievoi 8t' Kal vvktos
-qfiepas re
TO TeL)(os rfyetpav €iV elKoai 7T-q-)(êis to vijjog, Kai
ovxvoug pL€V TTvpyovs evojKohopb-qoav avroj, Kap-
175 repdv 8e erraX^LV i(f)r)piJL6Gavro. rovro rols Pco-
fjialoLg rjSrj rrjs ttoXccos €vt6? olopêvoLS etVat
77oAAt7i^ inoLrjaev ddvpLLav, Kal Trpos re ttjv eTTLVotav
rod ^lojGrjTTOV Kal to Trapdor-qpia tojv IttI rrjs
TToXeojs KareTrXdyrjoav.
176 (ll) OveGTracrtavos Se Kal rrpos to iravovpyov
rod OTparrjyrjpLarog Kal Trpos tcl? ToA/Ltas" Trap-
177 a>^vvero tcov ^lojraTraTiqvwv -ndXiv yap dvadaparj-
oavres errl roj TeLXtopLO) toi? 'Poj/xatot? irreêOeov,
Kal KaO^ Tjpiepav lyivovro ovfiTrXoKal Kara Ao;(Of?
eTTLVOid re XrjarpLKrj
Trdaa Kal rojv TrpoGrvxovroiV
178 dprrayal Kal rdjv dXXa)V epyojv TTvpTToXrjoei?, eco?
OveGTraGLavos dvaTravGag r-qv orparidv pi'O.XV^
hteyvco 7rpoGKadel,6fievo? OTrdveu rwv eTTLrrjSeLOJV
179 alpelv rrjv ttoXlv rj yap dvayKaôfievovs rals
drroplaLS iKerevGetv avrop rj p-e^pi' Travrog aTravda-
180 hiGafievovs hLacfyBap-qGeoO at Xip^qj- ttoXv re pdoGiv
avrols rj^LOV XPV^^^^^^ Kara r-qv fidx'qi^, et 8ta-
XL7Td>v avdig eKrerpvxojp'^vois eTTirreGOi. (fypovpelv
drj Trdoas avrwi^ eKeXevGev rag eôhovg.
181 (12) Tot? 8e oiVou jjiev ttXyjOos rji' evhov Kal rwv
" lieinach quotes \'egetius iv. 15, showing that this method
of defence was known to the Romans.
628
orders, fixed to the wall, and over these were spread

hides of oxen that had just been flayed, to catch in
their folds the stones hurled by the engines, while
the other projectiles would glance off their surface
and their moisture would extinguish the flaming
brands." Under this screen the builders, working in
security day and night, raised the wall to a height of
twenty cubits, erected numerous towers and crowned
the whole with a stout parapet At this spectacle
the Romans, who imagined themselves already
masters of the town, were greatly disheartened the ;
ingenuity of Josephus and the perseverance of the

inhabitants astounded them.
(11) Vespasian was no less provoked both at the
cleverness of this stratagem and at the audacity of
the people of Jotapata for, emboldened by their new
;
fortification, they recommenced their sallies against

the Romans Every day parties of them came into
conflict with the besiegers, employing all the ruses of
guerilla warfare, pillaging whatever fell in their way
and setting fire to the rest ^ of the Roman works.
This continued until Vespasian, ordering his troops The sieg
to cease fighting, resolved to resort to a blockade and fnJiâ'^^^
to starve the city into surrender the defenders, he biockatU
:
reckoned, would either be reduced by their privations

to sue for mercy or, if they remained obdurate to the
last, would perish of hunger Moreover, if it came to
a battle, he counted on obtaining a far easier victory,
if, after an interval, he renewed his attack upon
exhausted opponents He accordingly gave orders to
keep a strict guard on all the exits from the city.
(12) The besieged had abundance of corn and of
' I.e. apparently other than the embankments which had
been protected by the method described in § 170 (Keinach).

620
JOSEPHUS
aAAojv dXos airavrajv, eVSeia 8' vha-ros to? av
ttAtov
rrriyqs ovk ovorj<; Kara rrjv TroAiv, rco o

fJ-CV
oyL^pio) hiapKoviiivixjv rcvv iv avrfj' ovdviov 5* et

182 TTore to KXifia^ depovs uerat. Kal Kara ravrTji'
rr]v wpav TroAtopKOU/xeVtov dOvpiia Seivrj irpos ttju
'Tf)V hiifjov? eTTLVOLav r]V, doxaXXovTOjv rjSr) co?
183 KaBd-nav cTnAeAoiTTOTO? uSaro?* o yap 'IcuCTr^TTo?
Tr)v Te 77oAti' opcbv Tcbv dXXiXiV eTTLT-qheLLOV €V770pOU

Kal TO. (f)povriiJLara yevvala tujv avhpow, ôuXofievog
Te Trap' iXTriba rol? 'Pcu/xatot? eKTctvat ti]!^ -noXiop-
Kiav, fX€Tpoj TO 77ot6i^ airfoi? Steiêip,ei^ [evoeo)?].
1S4 ot Se TO TaiJueveodat xaXeTTUjrepov evheias vrreXap.-
âvov, Kal ro /lit) avreôvotov avroju ttXIov eKU'ei
T-qv 6p€^Lv, Kal KaBd-n^p etV eoxo-rov rjSrj Siipov?
SiaKeLfievoL 8' outco? ovk
TjpoTjKOVTes d-niKa\xvov.
185 iXdvdavov 'Ptuâtou?* 0776 yap tov KaTdvrov<;
tous'
ccupojv auTOi)? U77ep to Tet;)(Os €(/>' €va Gvppdovra^
TOTTOv Kal jierpovyLevoVi to vhoop, €</)' ov Kat TOt?
c^vêXeaiv e^LKvovpievoL ttoXXovs dvfjpovv.
186 (13) Kat OveoTTaoLavos pcev ovk el? p.aKpdv Tchv
(.Khoxeia>v KevcjBevTcov 7JX7TlI,€v vtto tt^;? dvayK-qs
187 auTO) TTapaboBrjoeoBai ttju ttoXlv 6 he 'IctSar^Troc
KAaoat rrjV eArrt'Sa ravrrju avro) 7TpoaLpovp,€vos
ip-^peât KeAeuet TrXeiorov? tol //xaTta xrai Kara-
Kpep-doaL -epl tq? errdXêi?, ojore -nepippeloBai

188 Tzdv iâTTLvrjg to T6r;^'Ob rrpo? rovr^ dBvpLca tujv
.
'Pojp.aLa>u KaTdnXr^^LS r}v Beaoap.€vcov €i?

Kal
pÂeuTî^ Tooovrov vapavaXioKovra<; uSaTO? ou? ouSe
TTOToy e\€iv VTTeXdpLâvov ojore Kal tov orparr^yov

,
ajroyvovra rrju 61* ivSeiag dXojGLV rpeireoBai TrdXiv

' +TOVT0 Hudson with one ms. (Lat. illo tractu).
* bUveinev €vdiij)% PA: bUvefxtv ivdius L: 5i^»'e^te»' the rest.
630
all other necessaries, salt excepted, but they lacked Lack of

water, because, there being no springs within the ration* *^
town, the inhabitants were dependent on rain-water ; system,
but in this region rain rarely, if ever, falls in summer,
which was precisely the season at which they were
besieged. The mere idea of thirst filled them with
dire despondency, and already they were chafing, as
though water had entirely failed. For Josephus,
seeing the abundance of the city's other supplies and
the courageous spirit of its defenders, and desirous
to prolong the siege beyond the expectation of the
Romans, had from the first put them on water
rations. This control system appeared to them
harder than actual want ; the constraint of their
liberty only increased their craving and they became
as hmp as though they had already reached the last
extremity of thirst. The Romans were not ignorant
of their plight : from the slopes above they could
see over the wall the Jews flocking to one place and
having their water doled out to them, and, directing
their catapults ° upon the spot, killed numbers of
them.
(13) Vespasian expected that the water in the
cisterns would ere long be exhausted and the city
reduced to capitulate. To crush this hope, Josephus
had a number of dripping garments hung round the
battlements, with the result that the whole wall was
suddenly seen streaming with water. The Romans
were filled with dismay and consternation at the
spectacle of all this water being wasted as a jest by
those who they supposed had not even enough to
drink. The general himself, despairing of reducing
the place by famine, reverted to armed measures and
• Greek " quick-firers " (§ 80).
631
JOSEPHUS
1S9 77po? oTrAa kqI jSiap 6 619 roi? Toi'Saioi? 5i*
iTnOvfjLLa^ rjv (iTTeyi-ojKore? yap €avrov<; Kal r-qu
TToAti^ 77po At/xou KQt diiprji TOi' iv TToXejxco ddiarou
JjpOVUTO.
190 (14-) '0 fievTOL ye 'lojcrr^-o? Tzpo? rajbe toj
OTpariqyqfiarL Kal erepov inevoiqoev els TrepLOvaiau
191 awToi* 8ia tip-o? )(apdSpa<^ Svo^drov Kal Std rovd^
VTTO Tijjv (^vXaKtov dixeXovfiivq^ Kara rd Trpos hvoLV
IJieprj rij? c^dpayyo^ eKTrepirrajv rii'd? ypdiJ-fxard re
7Tp6? ovg TjôvAeTo Tcuu eôj [ovSaLaju SieTTc'/xâro
Kal -ap^ avrcoi^ iXdpiâuev, vavro^ re eTrn-qheiov
Toji' did TT]i^ TToXii^ eTnXeXoLTToruju einroprjaeu,
192 epneLi' rd noXXd -apd Td? ûAaxd? KeAcuaa? rots
e^LOUGLV Kal -rd voj-a KaXv-reiv vdKeaiv, cu? el
Kal KarldoL rt? avTou<; i^vKrajp, (f)avraolav nap-
e.\OLev Kvvojv, fJ-expt- ovvaiodop-euGi rriv enlvoiav
ot (^povpol TrepiLOXouoLi^ rrjv xapddpai^.
193 (15) Kat t68^ 6 'loSaryTTO? (j.ei' j-qv ttoXlv ovk
€t?p.aKpdv opojv avdeêiv, ev aTToptp 6e tyju eauroG'
Ga>Tr]plav el p.evoL, hpaop.dv dfxa Tol<g Svuaroi'i
iôvXevero. ovvaLGd6p.evoL be to TrX-qOoi Kal
vepi^vdev auro) KaTriuriôXovv /xr) G4)ds TrepiLbeh-
194 €77* avTO) fjLOucp KeipLevov; elvai ydp rfj voXeL Kal
ocoTTipia^ ixev eXnlq napaixevojv ^^ Travro^ dyat-
VLGOfxeiou §1' avrdi^ vpoOupoj^ kop aXdjatu be, ,
195 Ttapapvdlau. TtpeTreii' 6 gutcu M'V'- 4*vyelu rov^

e^Spovs fjLiqT eyKaraXiTreli' toix; (f)lXov<; î)t dvo-
TTTibdv ojGTtep \ei.pLaL,oiJi€.v7)i vetdi . el^ r]v ev yaXrii/rj
196 vapi)X6ev eTnâTTTLoeiv ydp avTol-; Tr]i tioXlu,
^ âvrC.. HA.
' Text unceridiii : Herwerden read^ (\7ri.ia 7rapc.M^ô^Ta.
632
force. That was just what the Jews desired ; for,

having given up all hope for themselves and the city,
they preferred death in battle to perishing of hunger
and thirst.
(14) After this stratagem, Josephus devised yet a neglect
another to procure himself supplies in abundance. ?" obtain
There was, leading down to the ravine on the west suppliers
side, a gully so difficult to traverse that it had been
neglected by the enemy's outposts by this route
;
Josephus succeeded in sending letters, by some of his

men, to Jews outside the city with whom he wished
to communicate, and receiving replies from them ;
by the same means he stocked the town with all

necessaries when its supplies began to fail. The
messengers sent out had general orders to creep past
the sentries on all fours and to wear fleeces on their
backs, in order that, if they were seen at night, they
might be taken for dogs. However, the guards
eventually detected the ruse and blocked the gully.
(15) Josephus, now recognizing that the city could Josephns
not long hold out and that his own life would be f^cntem-
endangered if he remained there, took counsel with mgnt.
the principal citizens about the means of flight. The
people discovered his intention and crowded round
hmi, imploring him not to abandon them, as they
depended on him alone. if he remained, they
urged, he would be their one hope of the town
bemg saved, as everyone, because he was with them,
would put his heart into the struggle were capture
;
in store for them, even then he would be their one

consolation. Moreover, it would be unworthy of
him to fly from his foes, to desert his friends, to leap
in the storm from the vessel on which he had em-
barked in a calm. For his departure would wreck
633
JOSEPHUS
IJir]hev6? €TL Tots" TToXefXLOLS To\}x<jjVTOS dvOiGTacrdai,
8t' ou av Oapaolev olxofievov.
1^~ (16) '0 he ÎcoarjTTOS ro Kad^ avrov daâXes
VTTOcrreXXofJLeuos inrep avrcov €(f)aGK€v TTOielodai
198 rr]v eôhov jievojv îkv yap e'loco ovr' dv d>(f)eXr}aaL
TL fJLeya oojlojjievovg, Kav dXioKOJvrai, ovvairo-
XeZoOai TTepirrojs, eVSi)? 8e rrjs TToXiopKias e^codev
199 auTovg djcfyeX-qaecv p.iyiOTa' rov? re yap e/c rrjg
)(ûjpas TaXiXaiovs ovvadpoioeiv fj rdôs Kal 'Pco-
jLiatous" eVepoj TToXepicp rrjs ttoAccc*? avrcov dvTi-
200 TTepLOTTaoeiv. ov)( opdv he, ri TrapaKaOeôfievog
avroZs ;)(p77crt/xo? <ai^>^ elr] vvv, ttAtî^ €t fxr] 'Poj-
/xatou? TTapo^vvLov fxaXXov IttI tyjv TToXiopKiav , ou?
TTepl TrXeioTov TTOLeXadaL Xaêlu avrov el 8* eV-
hpdvra Trvdoivro, rroXv tt^? errl r-qv ttoXlu opixrjs
201 dv-qoeiv. ovk eTretdeu he tovtol?,' dXXd /xaAAop'
eêKavcrev to ttXtjOos avrov 7Tepie)(eodai' 7rat8ta
yovv Kal yepovres Kal yvvaia jjierd vrjiriajv ohvpo-
fxeva TTpoaeTTLTtrov avrw Kal rol? ttogIv ejirrXeKO-
202 fievoL Trdvre? e'lôvro, Kal fierd Ka>Kvrci>v kolvcovov
o<j)Lai ri]? rvx'^? fxeveiv LKerevov, ov (f)d6vcp rrjs
eKeivov ocorrjpla?, ejÔLye hoKeli^, aAA' eXTTihi rrjs

iavrojv' ovhev yap tj^lovv TreioeoSaL 8611^01^ 'lo;-
GrjTTOv pilvovroS'
203 (17) '0 he TTeiBojjLevo} fxev LKer-qpiav ravra
vofUGaSy ^laô/xeVoj he Spovpdv, ttoXv 8' avrov
^ ins. Xiese. ^ L Lat. : toutovs or aurovs the rest.
" eixovTo
/cat /xera KivKVTiCP a reminiscence of Horn. II.
:
xxii.408 (the mourning over Hector) d/x(pi 8e Xaol kcokvt(2 t

etxovTo Kal ol/xuyy Kara &(ttv. There is a similar scene in
Vita 210 ff.
634
the town, as none would have the heart to resist

the enemy any longer, when he whose presence
would have given them courage was gone.
(16) Josephus, suppressing any allusion to his own His
safety, assured them that it was in their own interests prevented

that he had contemplated departure for his presence
;
in the town could not materially assist them if they

were saved, and if they were taken what end would
be served by his perishing with them ? Were he,
on the contrary, once clear of the siege, he could from
outside render them the greatest service, for he
would promptly muster the Galilaeans from the
country and, by creating a diversion elsewhere, draw
off the Romans from their city. He failed to see how
his presence at their side could assist them in present
circumstances, or have any other effect except to
spur the Romans to press the siege more vigorously
than ever, as they attached so much importance to
his capture ; whereas, if they heard that he had fled,
they would considerably relax the ferocity of their
attack. Unmoved, however, by these words, the
multitude only clung to him more ardently children,
:
old men, women with infants in their arms, all threw

themselves weeping before him ; they embraced
and held him by his feet, they implored him with
sobs " to stay and share their fortune. All this they
did, I cannot but think, not because they grudged
him his chance of safety, but because they thought
of their own for, with Josephus on the spot, they
;
were convinced that no disaster could befall them.

(17) Josephus suspected that this insistence would
not go beyond supplication if he yielded, but meant
til watch would be kept upon him if he opposed
at
their wishes. Moreover, his determination to leave
635
JOSEPHUS
Trj<; €tV T-171^ OLTroXenjjLV op^rjs Kal 6 twv oSupojueVcov
204 eKXaaev oIkto<;, fieueiv tc eyuco, Kat ttju koiutjv Trj<;
TToAeoj? aTToyvwaiv onXiodêvos , " vvv Katpos,

€i7Tcoi>y
" dpxôOriL ixdîqs or* cATTt^ ovk eon,
GOJTr)pLa<;' KaXou evKXetau duTLKaTaXXa^dpievov rod

^Lov Kal hpdoat^rd tl yevvalou ei? pvi'jp.iqu oi/jLyevcov
205 TTeoelv," iu^ ^PV^ TpeVerat. Kat npoeXdojv pLerd

Toyv paxiptoTdroji' hieoKLdva re tou^ (f)povpov<; Kal
piixpiTov orparoTTeSov rcbv ' Pco/xaicuv Karerpex^^,
Kal rd? pev inl tCjv ôj/xarcuP' h^ppeL<;, ai? vtt-
eoKTjvovv, hUo-a, roZ<; 8e €pyoL<i eveâXXev vvp.
200 Tfj 6* ^^^S opoLOJS Kal rfj ^pirr] Kal inl ov\vd<;
Tjpepa? Kal vvKra? noXepojv ovk €Kapv€v.
207 (18) OveoTTaoLavo? he rwu^ Pcvpaicov KaKov-
pduoju Tat? eVSpo/xat?, rpe-eoOai re yap vtto
^lovhaioji' fjSovvro Kal rpaTievrojv evihiiOKeLV
pdpeL rwv d-nXajv rjoav PpaSels, ol re 'louSaioi
TTpiv n del Spdwres dveêvyov els rrjv
rraOelv
208 TToXiVy pev onXiraLS rds oppds avrujv Ik-
rols
KXiveiv eKeXevoev Kal prj ovpvXeKeodai davartooii
209 dvOpcjTTOL'^ ovSev ydp dXKipwrepov eiuai rfji
d-noyvojoeojs, rrepLOêvvvoBaL he avrojv rd<; oppds
210 OKorrd)V aTTopovpeuas uionep vXrjs ro TTvp vpoo-
,
r^Ketv ye pL-qv Kal 'PcupaioL^ per^ do(f)aXeia? Ka

ro VLKau, d>? du ovk e^ dvdyKTjq TToXepovotu, dXXc
2\\ rrpooKrojpevois ro'i<; he rchv Âpd^cjv roôrai^.
•
Kal Tot? drrd ri]<; Xupt'as o(f)evhovqraLg Kal XiOo

/SoAoi? TCI 77oAAa rov£ ^\ovhaLovg dueoreXXev
rjpepei 8' ovhe rwv d(f)err]pLCjou opydvoju ro vXijdo^
212 OL he rovroLS pev e^Kov KaKovpeuoL, rojv he voppa
* + rt M3S. : om. Lat.

JEWISH WAR, III 203-212
them was greatly shaken by compassion for their

distress. Hetherefore decided to remain, and, making
the universal despair of the city into a weapon for him-
self," " Now is the time," he exclaimed, " to begin the
combat, when all hope of deliverance is past. Fine is
it to sacrifice life for renown and by some glorious
"
exploit to ensure in falling the memory of posterity !
Suiting his action to his words, he sallied out with Jewish

'^
his bravest warriors, dispersed the guards, and pene-

trating to the Romans' camp, tore up the tents of skin
under which they were sheltered on the embankment,
and set fire to the works. This he repeated the next
day, and the day after that, and for a series of days
and nights indefatigably continued the fight.
(18) The Romans suffered from these salhes, for
they were ashamed to f^y before Jews, and when
they put the latter to flight the weight of their arms
impeded them in the pursuit, while the Jews always
did some mischief before the enemy could retahate,
and then took refuge in the town. In view of this,
Vespasian ordered his legionaries to shun these
attacks and not to be drawn into an engagement with
men who were bent on death. " Nothing," he said,
" is more redoubtable than despair, and their im-
petuosity, deprived of an objective, will be extin-
guished, like fire for lack of fuel. Besides, it becomes
even Romans to think of safety as well as victory,
since they make war not from necessity, but to
increase their empire." Thenceforth he relied
mainly on his Arab archers and the Syrian slingers
and stone-throwers to repel the Jewish assaults ;
tlie greater part of his artillery was also constantly
in action. Severely handled by the engines, the Jews
« Cf. § 153 note.
637
.
JOSEPHUS
âXXofJidvojv evborepco yti'o/xerot TrpooeKeivro rots
*PcjojjiaLOL9 ^^XV'^ '^^^ oojjjiaros d(f)€L-
x^t'ê'ô''
xo-'i'
ifiaxouTO, Ik 8taSo_)(7]? iKarepoi to k€-

hovvT€<i
KfirjKO? iavrojv avaXaji^dvovres
213 (19) OveG7TaGLav6<^ he -qyovjievos roj iii]k€l tov
Xpouov Kal rats' eV'S/DO/xats" avrLTToXiopKelaOai, rcov
XCJLffidTcvi' jjSr) TOt? T€LX€OL TTeXaCouTcov TTpoodyeiv
214 eyvoi rov Kptov. 6 5' €orlv VTTepjJLeyeOrj? Soko?
laro) veto? TrapaTrX'qaios' ioropLajrai Se Traêi
Oihi^pcpkqt' aKpov els Kpiov TTpOTOfirjv, dcf)^ oC
215 Kal KaXetraL, rervTrajfievoj. KaraLOjpelraL 8e ko.-
XoLS fxeoos cjOTTep oltto TrXdoriyyos irepas ookov,
oravpoLS eKarepajdei' ebpaloig V7T€Grripiypi€vqs.
216 dv<jjdovpi€vos hk vtto ttXtjOovs dvhpcbv els ro Karo-
7TLV, Tcjv aincbv ddpocos TrdXiu els rovfJLTrpoaOev e77t-
^pLodvTiov rvTTTei rd Tet-x''] '^d> TTpoavexovri GLh-qpcp

217 Kal ovhels ovtws Kaprepos nvpyos r) TreplôXos,
TrXarvs, 09 Kav rag Trpcoras TrXrjyds evlyKif Kar-
21s Loxvoeu^ rrjs eTTLiiourjs. €.ttI ravrrjv r-qv Trelpav c
GTparrjyos tcuj^ 'PcopLaLcoi^ pLereâtvev /3ta rrji
ttoXlv eXelv orrevhajv, ujs to 7TpooKade[,eodai

219 ^Xaêpdv rjv ^lovhaiujv ovk rjpefiovvrcov. ol fiei
ovp rovs re KaraTreXras Kal rd XoiTrd rcov d(f)e-
r-qplcxju, (1)S e^LKvolro rcov errl rod reixovs koj-
Xveiv 7T€Lpojfi€vojv, eyyiov irpooayayovres eâXXov
ofioLOJS Se avvi^yyitôv ol roôrai Kal (j(f)evhovrjraL.
220 8ta 8e ravra fxrjhevos tojv TTepiôXojv eTTi^rjvai
ToXpicbvTOSi TTpoG-rjyov erepoL yeppois
rov Kpidv
re hi-qveKeoi Kal KadvirepQev 7Te(f)payp,evov heppei
^ Niese: evtyKelv or iveyKai yiss. ^ KaTurxiVet VRC.
• Cf. Soph. El. 980 ^vxm dipeiSTjaafTe with note on § 153.
6S8
gave way, but once past the reach of their adver-

saries' long-range projectiles they flung themselves
furiously on the Romans and fought desperately,
prodigal of life and limb," one party after another
relieving their exhausted comrades.
(19) The length of the siege and the sallies of the The
enemy made Vespasian feel that the position was ['am appu*.
reversed and himself the besieged so, now that the
;
earthworks were approaching the ramparts, he de-

cided to bring up the " ram." This is an immense
beam, like the mast of a ship, reinforced at its ex-
tremity with a mass of iron in the form of a ram's
head, whence the machine takes its name. It is
suspended at its middle point by ropes, like the
beam of a balance, to another beam which is sup-
ported at either end by posts fixed in the ground. A
large body of men first draw the ram backward and
then, all pushing together with all their weight,
heave it forward so that it batters the wall with the
projecting iron. And there is no tower so strong,
no wall so thick, as, even though it sustain the initial
impact, to withstand the repeated assaults of this
engine. Such was the expedient to which the Roman
general had recourse, being impatient to carry the
city by storm, as the long blockade, coupled with the
(activity of the Jews, was proving injurious. The
I
Romans now brought forward the catapults and the
jrest of their artillery within range of the Jews on the
ramparts who were endeavouring to beat them off', and
put these engines into action the archers and slingers
;
>iiniultaneously advanced. While the fire of these

:r(i ops would not permit any to venture on the ram-
jarts, another party brought up the ram, protected

jy a long line of hurdles, over which was a covering
639
J05EPHUS
7rp6<; 7€ avroju nal rou iJ.r]\ai^rjfiaTO<; a.O(f)dX€Lai^,
221 Kal Kara Trjv -rrpojriqv TrX-qyrju bieoeLodrj ixkv to
Tdlxo?, Kpauyrj Se fieyiaTri napa Tchv evhov rjpdrj
Kaddnep iaAwKorcov rjSr].
222 [-20) rioAAa/ct? be etV toi^ avrou 7iaiovro<;^ tottov

6 'lotcn^TTOb ooov ov—oj KaTappKJydiâoixevov
opojv
ro T€t;ôs", GO(f}Ll,€TaL 7Tp6<;^ oXtyov rr]v îav rov
223 /Lt7];\ât'r)jLtaro9. oaKKOvg dxvpcov 7TXrjpa)(TauTa<; eVe-
Xevaev KaOifidv KaO^ o (fjepofievov del rou Kpiov
opcoev, cu? TrXdÔLTO t€ rj efxôXrj Kal Sexop-evoL
224 rag TrXrjyds €kk€1'ol€v rfj ^jâui^drr^rt. rovro nXei-
orrfv biarpL^rjV 77apecr;êv rot? 'Pa>/xatot?, Kad o
fJLeu TpdrroLeu dvTLTrapayovTtov tous
ttjv fj.TjxcLi'-qv
odKKOvg Toji^ VTTepOev, vTTOâXXoi^Tcov re^ rai? ip,-

ôXalg, COS" p-T^Sev Kar' dvTLrvrrLav ^XdrrreoOaL to
225 relxog' fWb dureTniôrjcraureg kovtovs ol 'Pco/xatot
p.aKpovs Kal hpeTTava rovg
hiâavres Itt* aKpojv
22tj odKKOVs ivepyov 8e ovrco rijg iXe-
d—e-rep.vov.
TToXeojg yei'opidvrjg Kal rov relxovg, veonayeg yap
iû, evBihovTOs yj^'Tj, TO XoLTTOu ettI rrjv eV rrvpog
227 dpLVvav ol Trepl tov Îcoa-q-rrov a)ppLr)oai'. dipdpLeuoL

Se OGOV av-i]g el\ov vXiqg rpixddev IveKdiovoLV,
Kai ra re in^xavi]p.aTa Kal rd yeppa Kal rd
228 X^/^^'''^ "^^'^ '
Poi/xatcui^ vTrerripiTrpaaav. ol he
KaKcog eTTeô-qdovv, npog re r-qv r6Xp.av avroju
Kara-errXriyore? Kal vtto rrjg (fiXoyog rag dp.vua^
' Niese: nalofTts, waiofTa i) or Traioi'rai MSS.

r VA. 2 Niese: oi mss.
Sacks of rags (centones) were used by the Romans

<»
(Wget. iv. 23, quoted by Heinach). ^ Or " continually."
' Ttie f\^7ro.\ts, here used for the ram, was originally the
640
'skin for the greater security of themselves and of

leir engine At the first blow the wall was shaken
id a piercing cry arose from the interior of the town
; though it had already been taken.
(20) Josephus, seeing that under the repeated Counter-
ows constantly directed upon the same spot the of the^
all was on the verge of collapsing, devised a method ^"^°'^?
I
[*f
'
paralysing for a while the force of the machine, to the
e directed that sacks filled with chaff « should be fn°gTnTs.
t down by ropes at the place which the ram was seen
om time to time to be battering, with the object

'^
'deflecting the head and deadening the force of the

ow by the soft cushion which received it. This
riously retarded the Romans, for, wherever they
n*ned their engine, those above retorted by opposing
leir sacks beneath the strokes, and so the wall
iffered no injury from the impact until the Romans ;
vented a counter-device of long poles to the ends

which were attached scythes, with which they
it the cords supporting the sacks. The engine ^
iving thus recovered its efficacy, and the newly
jilt wall already showing signs of giving way,
Dsephus and his comrades, as a last resort, had
;course to fire. Snatching up ^ all the dry wood
hich they could find, they rushed out from three
jarters of the town and set fire to the engines,
icker shelters, and props of the enemy's earth-
orks. The Romans did little to save them, stupefied
y^their opponents' audacity and outstripped by the
ime given to a movable tower, invented by Demetrius, with

vera! stories for the carriage of artillery and troops (c/. § 121).
^ a-^ydpievot c/. apd/nevoi irup TrdAif, § 234.
: The meaning
kindle " (so Reinach) is usually expressed by the active
'T€Lv, though the middle is used for " set fire to " (a build-
g), B. V. 287 Tuiu epytof j^TTTeTo to nvp.

VOL. II Y 64<1
JOSEPHUS
(f)6av6iJ,€voL' ^rjpd? yap vXr]?, Trpo? 8e do(f)dXro
T€ Kal rrLGcrrjS, en 8e deiov, SiLTrraro to ttv
(TTivoias TO-XLOV, Koi TO. 77oAAa> KayLaro) TTeirour^
p.€va rolg 'PajjU.atot? irrl pLLa^ copag cie/xero.

229 (21) "Et'â Kal dvrjp ti? iêcfxivr) 'lovhaiaf'
Xoyov Kal pLv-qpL-qs d^LOS' âfiaiov^ /xei^ Trat? 7)1
'EAeaâpos" 5' iKaXelro, Trarplg avn ZajSa" 8e

230 TTJ? FaAtAata?- ovro? vnepixeyeOrf Trerpav dpo
jxevog d^Lr]OLV (itto tou Tet'xou? eVt tt^p' eAcTToAt
/xerd TOoavTqs ^tas , ojore drropprjâL ttjv K€<f)aXr
70V in)')(a.vr]fxaro<; , rjv Kal KaTanrihrôas €/c fxeaa
aiperai rcov noXeyi'LOJV Kal iierd ttoXXt]? aoeic
231 €77t TO Teixo'; €(f)€pev. okotto^ be TrdoLV ro
€)(^poLg yeiofievog Kal yvpLvo) tco ocofJiarL tc
TXr]yds be^dfjLevog nevre fxev hiaTreiperaL êXeai
232 77p6s ovhev be tovtojv err lot panels , ore to Telx'-
die^r] Kal TrepioTTTOS Trdaiv ttj? evToXpila? eoT
TOTe iXvGTTwpLevos V7T0 Twv TpavjJLaTOJV fieTa tc
233 Kpcov Kaie-eoev. dpLoroi ^leT avTOV e(l)dvqoc
dbeX(f)ol hvo NeTetpa? Kal ^lXlttttos, dno 'Pou/x(
KcopLfjs, FaAiAatofc Kal avToi, [ol \* 7Tpo7Tr]ba)Oi p.
els Tovs 0770 Toi3 SeKdTOV TdypLaTog, tooovtco <
poito) Kal (Sia toi? 'Poj/xaioi? ovveTreaov, cus 3

appfjâL Te to? Toêt? Kal TpeijjaoBai KaO' ov? ec
opprjoetav aTravTas.
23i (22) Merd tovtovs 6 Te 'IcoorjTTO? Kal 1
Ao(77di^ vXrjdos dpdfjLevoL TTvp TrdXtv to p.rixo.v\ r
/iOTtt Kal rds" VTTohvoeis dfia tols epyoig vcpTJipc

rov t€ rrepLTTTOv Kal tov heKdTov Tpa-nevTOS to^
* la^JLiov PAL.
So or laâa or laa^ the
* Mss. : Niese suggests rd,Sa,
known town of Galilee.
642
JEWISH WAR, III. 228-23t
lames in their efforts to rescue them for fed by dry ;
inder, with the addition of bitumen, pitch, and

ulphur, the fire flew in all directions quicker than
bought, and works which had cost the Romans such
evere labour were consumed in a single hour.
(21) On this occasion one Jew who made his mark Jewish
leserves record and remembrance his name was
^^^'^'^^'^•
;
•Lleazar, son of Sameas, a native of Saba in Galilee,

lifting an enormous stone, he hurled it from the wall
t the ram with such force that he broke off its head ;
hen, leaping down, he carried off this trophy from

he midst of the enemy and bore it with perfect
omposure to the foot of the ramparts. Now become
target for all his foes, and receiving their hits in his
efenceless body, he was pierced by five arrows,
lut, without a thought for these, he scaled the wall
nd there stood conspicuous to all the admirers of his
ravery then, writhing under his wounds, he fell
;
eadlong with the ram's head in his hands. Next

3 him those who most distinguished themselves
ere two brothers, Netiras and Philip, also Gali-
leans, from the village of Ruma
dashing out " :
gainst the lines of the tenth legion, they charged

le Romans with such impetuosity and force that
ley broke their ranks and put to flight all whom
ley encountered.
(22) Following in the wake of these men, Josephus
nd the rest of the people, with fire-brands in their
ands, again sallied out and set fire to the machines,
lelters and earthworks of the fifth legion and of
" Modern RionaJi, a few miles from Jotapata on the south

"
the Plain of Asochis.
^ euros oTrepjJLeyedr] M (Lat.) : VTrep/xcyedr} 8e or virepfxeyedr)

le rest. * ins. M Lat. : om. the rest.
643
JOSEPHUS
/Liaro?, Kal ra opyava koa
OL XoLTTol be cfiddoavre^
235 TTauav Kareôjoav. rrepl 8e BeiXrjv ttciXu

vXrjv
duaGTT]GaVT€? TTpOGrjyOU rOV KpiOV fj 7Tp07T€7TOVl]K€l
236 rvrrro/j-evov to relxo?. evda rt? rajv dpLVVofjie-
vcov diT^ avrov ^dXXet rou OveoTraaLavov jSe'Aei
Kara tov rapoov rod ttoSo? Kal TLrpa)GK€L /xei
e77t7roAataj?, TTpoeKXvGauro^ to ^Xiqdkv rod 8ta-
OTrjiJLaTO?, fieycGTOv 8e dopvôu iveTTOtr^Geu rot^
237 *Pc(j/xaiot9" Trpo? yap to af/xa Tapay(devTojv tcoi

TrXr]GiOV (firifJ-rj Sta Tzavro? eTTrjeL tov GTpaTOV, Ka
TTJg TtoXiopKLa^ OL TrXelou? dtîjxevoi /xer' iKTrXrj ^.
23S êco? Kal heovg €7tI tov GTpaTiqyov ovvedeov. Ttpt {
he TrdvTOJi' Tlto? Setcra? Trepl to) iraTpl Traprjv

(jjs TO TrXrjOo'i Kal Trj Ttpos tov -qyovfjLevov evvou
Kal Trj TOV TTacSog dyojvia GvyxvdrjvaL. paGTt
fjLevTOi TOV Te VLOV 6 TTaTTjp SeStdra Kal ttjv GTpa
239 Tidv €7TavGev tov Bopvôv rcuv' yap dXyrjhovoj
irrdviD yev6iievo<^ Kal TraGiv rot? enTor^fievoLS Si
avTOv GTTOvhdGag 'xâXe'ncjJTepov 'louSat'ot

6(f)drjvaL
CTT-qyeLpe^ tov TToXefXOV eKaGTog yap ajs" TLjjLOjpo

TOV GTpaTrjyov TrpoKLvSwevecv rjOeXev, Kal /3o
TTapaKpoTOVvTes aXX-i]Xovg errl to Telxos ojpjJiOJV.
240 (~3) Ot he Trepl tov Îojgtjttov, Ka'tTtep ez
dXXy]Xoig TTiTTTOvTe? vtto tojv KaTaTTeXTCKcov kc
Tojv TTeTpoôXcov, ofjico? ovk direTpeTTOVTO to
Telxovg, dXXd TTvpl Kal Gthripoj Kal TreTpon tov
VTTO^ ra yeppa tov Kptov eTTL^piOovTag eâXXoi
1 eir-Tjpey PA ; for text rf. B. v. 9S.
2 Destinon, Holwerda : ^tti mss.
° § 233.
644
the tenth which had been routed " ; the other

legions hastily buried their machinery and all com-
bustible materials. Towards evening the Romans
re-erected the ram and brought it up to the spot
where the wall had been weakened by its previous
blows. At this moment, one of the defenders of Vespasian
the ramparts hit Vespasian with an arrow in the sole ô'^"^^*^-
of the foot. The wound was slight, the distance
having broken the force of the missile, but the in-
cident created a vast commotion among the Romans :
[he sight of blood alarmed those immediately sur-
rounding Vespasian, the news at once spread through
:he whole army, and most of the soldiers, abandoning
he siege, came running towards their general in
consternation and terror. The first on the spot was
Titus, with grave fears for his father, so that the
Toops were doubly agitated, both by their affection
or their chief and by the sight of his son's anguish,
however, Vespasian found little difficulty in allaying
)oth the fears of his son and the tumult of the army.
Vlastering his pain, he hastened to show himself to
ill who had trembled for his life, and so roused them
o fight the Jews more fiercely than ever. Each

vished to be the first to brave danger in avenging
lis general, and, with shouts of mutual encourage-
nent, they rushed for the ramparts.

(23) Josephus and his men, though falling one Fierce nigh
ipon another under the hail of missiles from the thrRoman
catapults and stone-projectors, still were not driven
rom the battlements, but with fire, iron,^ and stones
continued to assail the soldiers who, under cover of
,heir wicker shelters, were propelling the ram. How-
' Usually= " sword-blade " : here probably iron arrow-
leads are meant (Horn. II. iv. 123).
645
JOSEPHUS
241 Kal Tivvov fLei> ovbev rj fjLLKpov, avrol 8* a8ta-
XeLTTTOJ? eTTL—TOV VTTO flYJ jSAcTTO/LteVcUV Kadopcfj-
242 [levof avroL re yap vtto rrjg o<f)€Tepas Trept-
XafjLTrofievoL (f)Xoy6g okotto? rjaav roig TToXep.ioi'S
evGvvoTTTOs, worrep iv rj/jbepa, Kal row opydvcvv
TToppcoOev ii-q ^XeTTOfJievcov 0VG(l)vXaKTOV rjv to
24.'> âXX6fjL€vov. T) yovi'^ tcov o^vêXojv Kal Kara-
TTeXrajv TToXXovg afia hi-qXavvev, Kal ra>v vttc
jSi'a
ri]g fMriXOLi^fj? a^Lep.evajv rrerpajv 6 polLo^ eVaAêts

re aTTeovpev Kal yojvias arreBpvTrre TTvpyojv
244 avdpujv fiev yap <ovBev >^ ovrwg LGX^pov crrlôs
o /xt)' iaxdrri? orpcovwrai
fjLexpib (^6Xayyo<; /Stc
245 Te Kal fjbeyedei rod XiBov. fiddoL 8' dv rt? ttî
rod iJi7])(âvrifJLarog row Irrl rrjohe rrj<:

dXKrjV €k
vvKro'i y€VopL€Vcov ydp ng qtt' auroi
TrXrjyels
rdjv TTepl roi^ ÎcocrqTTOV iarajrajv dvd ro rei-)(0
aTTapdaaeraL rrjv K€<f)aX7]v vtto rrjs Trerpag, Ka
ro KpavLOV aTTO rpicov €0(f)€vhovrjdrj orahiojv
246 yuvai/co? re pieO^ rjfJLepav iyKvp,ovog TrXrjyeLarj
TTjV yaurepa, TrpofjeL 8e veov i^ otVta?, iêaetae
e'd)' rjfjLLardhiov ro ^pe</>o?* roaavrr) tjv rj ro
247 XidoôXov ^la. rwv ovv opydvojv (f)o^€pcorepos
245 polLog, rwv 8e /SaAAo/xeVcuv tjv 6 ip6(f)OS. eV
ciAAryAot 8c eKTVTTOVV ol veKpol Kara rod reixov
pL7Tr6fJL€VOLy Kal SeLVT) }ikv evhodev Kpavyrj yvvaLKco
rjyeLpero, avvqxovv 8' eôjOev olpLOjyal (f)OV€vo
249êVct>v. at/JLari 8* ippelro rrds 6 Txpo rrjg P'dx'Ti
^ Niese re ovv MSS.

:
i
* Niese: om. PA*L: A- has oi'dei'i, the otherMss. ins. oi
^,v before or after oIto:s.
» § 80.
* ?.«. the XlOoôXov, 'Ldit. hall ist a, %%Q\ Reinach identifi*
6\6
:ver, their efforts had httle or no effect, and they

vere incessantly falHng, because the enemy saw them
vithout being seen for, with the glare of their own
;
ights all round them, they formed as conspicuous a

nark for the enemy as in broad daylight, while they
bund difficulty in avoiding the projectiles from the
engines which they could not see in the distance.
Thus the missiles from the ." quick-firers " " and
catapults came with such force as to strike down
vhole files, and the whizzing stones hurled by the
mgine * carried away the battlements and broke off
he angles of the towers. Indeed, there is no body
)f troops, however strong, which the force and mass
)f these stones cannot lay low to the last rank. Some
ncidents of that night will give an idea of the power Examples (
)f this engine. One of the men standing on the wall the Roman
)eside Josephus had his head carried away by a stone, engines.
md his skull was shot, as from a sling, to a distance
)f three furlongs ;a woman with child was struck on
he belly just as she was leaving her house at day-
)reak, and the babe in her womb was flung half a
urlong away.'' So mighty was the force of these
tone-projectors. More alarming even than the
engines was their whirring drone, more frightful than
he missiles the crash.'^ Then there was the thud of
he dead falling one after another from the wall,
"earful shrieks from the women within the town
ningled with the moans of the dying victims with-
)ut. The whole surrounding area in front of the fight-
he " engine " as the onager, another form of stone-projector,

)ut apparently not invented till later.
" Josephus is prone to exaggeration.
**
It seenns unnecessary to correct 0o/3fpu)7fpo9 to (poêpbs
»r 0o/3epu)Taroj with Reinach, who renders
" Terrible aussi
tait le sifflement des machines et le fracas de leur ravage."
647
JOSEPHLS
TTepifjoXog, Kal Trpooârov vtto TTTOjjJLaTOJU tc
250 Ter;(09 iyiuero. (fjo^cpcoTepau 8' Ittolovv rrju ôrji
7T€pLrj)(ovvra ra opr), Kal ovSev irr^ eVetVr^s" Trj<^
vvKTos oure €19 dKorjs ovre els oipeoj^ KaroLTrXrjû
251 OLTreXeLTTero. TrXeloroi fiiv ye rcov l-nl rrjs 'Icora
TTOLT-qs dy(jji'il6iJL€U0L yevvaioj^; €7T€OOu, TrXelaroi 8 ,,
lyivovro rpavfj-ai Lat, Kal jjloXl? Trepl Trju iojdcvr)

(fyvXaK-qv ivhlSojOL TOt? fjir))(ai^y]fJLaGL ro r€L)(0'
252 dbtaXeLTTTO)? rvTrrop-evov ol 8e (fypa^dfievoL rol ;,
ocofiaai Kal tol<; ottXol? to KaTappi(f)d€u dvr

wxvpojcrau, rrplv ^X-qOrjvaL rds eTTLârrjpLOv? vtto toj
'PcjopLatoju pi-qyavas-
253 (94) 'T776 8e Tr]v eoj OveuTraoLavos IttI tt)
KardX-rjijiLV Trj<; TroXeojs avurjyev tt^v arpaTidv

oXiyov a770 tou vvKrepivov rrovov SiavaTravaas
254 ôvX6pi€vo<i 8' dTTO Tcou KaTappL^Bevrwv Trepi
ovaaai rovs eipyovrag, toi)? p.€u yevvaiordrov
]
Tojv i7T7T€cov ciTTO^râa? [Tibv tTTTTtuP' '
rpi'xfj 8teTaê
Kara ra TTeTrrajKora rod TeL)(ovs, Trdurodev 7T€(j)pay
p,euovs TOLS OTrAoi? ât tou? koutous 7Tpoto\ovTa
OJS o-nore rds err Lârrj pious ^dXXoiev pLTj-âvd
255 KardpxoLvro rrjs elooSov Karomv hk avr cjp eraê
rov TTelov ro dKp-aiorarov, ro he Xoittov lttttlko
dvriTTapeîreivev rep retx^t- Kara Trdoav rrjv opeivrj
rrpos ro piTjdevarwu ai/aêuyourcof €k rijs dXcooecjo
250 biaXaOeu^. Karo-w TTepUonqaev rov
8e rovroju
roôr as e;(eti^ KeXevaas ra êXrj npo
erotpia
dcfyeaiv, opiOLws 8e Kal G(p€vSovrjras Kal rovs ctj
257 rcou p-qxaurjiJLdrcov, irepovs Se KXiptaKas dpap.evov
vpoo(f)€pe.iv lirdvoj rois dKepaiots reixeotu, Iv^ c
^ om, as gloss Destinon; rf. iii, 4-+9.
648
ng line ran with blood, and the piles of corpses formed

I path to the summit of the wall. The echo from
he mountains around added to the horrible din in ;
hort nothing that can terrify ear or eye was wanting

m that dreadful night. Multitudes of the defenders
'f Jotapata fell in valiant fight, multitudes were
mounded and not till towards the hour of the
-,
riorning watch did the wall, after incessant battering, a breach

uccumb to the machines The besieged, however, ^^® ^*^'"
lucking the breach with their persons and their
capons, threw up a makeshift defence before the
a)inans could lay the gangways for the escalade.
(24) Vespasian, having allowed his troops a brief Prepara-
espite after the fatigues of the night, reassembled escalade,
hem soon after daybreak for the final assault. His
bject was to draw off the defenders from the breach.
Vith this intention, he ordered the bravest of his
avalry to dismount and marshalled them in three
ivisions " opposite the ruined portions of the wall ;
rotected by armour from head to foot and with

mces couched, they were to be the first to enter the
Dwn the moment the gangways were laid behind ;
nese he placed the flower of the infantry. (The rest

f the cavalry were deployed all along the mountain
de facing the ramparts, to prevent the escape of a
ngle fugitive when the town was taken.'') Further
the rear he posted the archers in a semicircle,
1
'ith directions to have their arrows ready to shoot,

long with the slingers and the artillery, under similar
rders. Other parties were then told off to bring up
idders and plant them against the wall where it was
*"
Or " three deep."
" As Reinach suggests, § 255 appears to be a parenthesis.
tid § 256 follows, in the order of battle, immediately after
254.
VOL. II Y 2 649
JOSEPHUS
fiei' Tovrou? KcoXvetv TreLpcofxevoL KaraXiiroiev ttjv
Totb KarappL(f)deiGLV ol XolttoI 8*
irrl (f)vXaKi]v,
V7t' ddpoojv îatopbevoi rcJov êXcov etôjGLV rrj?
€Lo6Sov.
258 {'25) ^lcuGr]7T0S Se avvtel^^ r-qv iTrivoiav IttI fiev
rod pLevoPTOS reixovg gvv tol? KCKpLrjKoaiv tarrjoi
Tovg y-qpatov? cus" pirjheu Tavrrj ^Xa^rjoopievovs,
€1? Se ra Trapeppcoyora^ rod reixov? rov? Svva-
Tcurdrov? Kal Trpo Travrcov dvd e^ dvbpas, pied'
d)P Kal avrog et's" to TTpoKLvSwevetv eKXrjpcooaTO
259 eVeAeucreV re Trpo^ p^kv tov dXaXaypiOV rcop raypid-
rcov d7T0(f)pdâL rd? dKodg, to? dv pirj KaraTrXayelev
npo? Se TO rrXijdos rdv êXwu GVVOKXdaavrai
KaXvipaoOai KaBvTrepBev rot? dvpeols, U77o;\;copr^CTa
re 77 pog dXcyov,^ ecu? rds (jiaperpas KevcoGOJGiv o
260 roôrai- âXXovrojv 8e ra? eTnâr-qpiov? p.-qyavd'
avrovs TTpoTT-qhav Kal Sta rcju lSloju opydvco
diTavrdv roZs TroXepLtoL?, dyajviteGdai re eKaGro
ovx <jo9 vrrep GCx)6r]Gop.evr]s , dXX cos" virep dn
261 oXwXvias rjSrj rrjg TrarptSo? dpLVvopievou, Xapi^dveL
re TTpo ocjidaXpicbv GcfyayrjGopLevovs yepovra^; ko
reKva Kal yvvaiKa? dvaiped-qGopbevas^ vtto ro)
exOpojv OGOP ovbeTTco, Kal rov enl rat? pieXXovGai
GvpL(l)opalg OvpLOv rrpoaXiGavras evaêlvai roig Spo
GOVGiv avrds.
262 (26) "Y.raêv pcev ovp ovrcos eKdrepov rd \
dpydv dird rrjs iroXeajs TrXrjdoSi yvvata Kal vratSe

1 avveU MVRC. 2 ^:arippoiy6Ta PAML.
^ 7rp6? 6Xt70f J /car' oXLyov " little by little " L Lat. (perhaj
riphtly).
* (vptdTjao/j.ii'Ovs {-fx^vas) P(AL): capi Lat.
650
still intact, in order that some of the besieged, in the

attempt to repel them, might be induced to abandon
the defence of the breach, and the remainder, over-
whelmed by a hail of missiles, be forced to give way.
(25) Josephus, penetrating this design, entrusted Josephus'
the protection of the intact portions of the wall to ol'^hS^"^'"

the fatigued and older men, expecting that there troops,
[hey would come to no harm but he placed at the ;
breach the most vigorous of his men, and at the head

)f each group six men,'* drawn by lot, among whom he
limself drew for his place ^ to bear the brunt of the

jattle. He instructed his men, when the legions
•aised their war-cry, to stop their ears, so as not to
3e frightened when the volley of missiles came, to
;
rouch down and cover their bodies with their

bucklers, and to fall back for a while, until the
nchers had emptied their quivers but, the instant ;
he gangways were laid, to spring on to them them-

-eU es and confront the enemy by means of his own
nstruments.^ " Let each man fight," he continued,
'
not as the saviour of his native place, but as its
ivenger, as though it were lost already. Let him
picture to himself the butchery of the old men, the
ate of the children and women at the hands of the
be, momentarily impending. Let the anticipation
)f these threatened calamities arouse his concen-
.rated fury, and let him vent it upon the would-be
3erpetrators."
(26) Such was the disposition of his two divisions.
3ut when the crowd of non-combatant townsfolk,
<•
Meaning a little doubtful. These leaders are the
pofxaxoL mentioned in § 270.
"
Cf. § 263 e'Xaxf'').
(f;.
' " The engineer hoist with his own petard " {Hamlet,
u. iv.).
651
JOSEPHUS
ois" idedaavro rpLTtXfj fjiev (jiaXayyi tt]v ttoXlv
ILojoixivriv, ovhkv yap els rrju fia.xT\v jieTaKeKLvriTO
rwv vdXai (f}vXaK(jjv, Trpog be toi? ^€^Xrjfj.euoL<^
reix^GLV rovg TroAe/xtou? ^L(f)rjp€LS kol rrp Kad-
VTTepdev opeivrjv XapLTTOfjLevrjv ottXols, to. t€ êXrj
roiS" Toôrats' VTrepavexovra^ rcbu Âpdôju, vora-
Tov TLua KOJKvrov dXojoeojs avvri)(r]oav, cos ovk
OLTTeiXovfJieicov en rcbv KaKow dXX -qhrj Trapovrajv.
263 o 8e ^YojoiqTTOS rds p-ev yvvatKas, cl>s p-rj dT^Xyvotev
0LK70J rds oppids rcov a<f)eTepa)v, /cara/cAeiet Tatj
oLKtaLS p.€T^ aTreLXrjsKeXevaas' avros
rjovxd[,€LU
264 Se CTTL T<jjv eXa^^v Traprjet. rots
IpeK^devrcjv fj
p.kv ovv Kcid* erepa 7TpoG<f)€povGL rds xrAt/xa/cas" ov
TTpooelxev, aTreKapahoKei be r-qv oppLrjv rujv êXtov.
205 (27) 'Opov 8' ol re oaXmKral rd)V raypdrcxjv
dTrdvrojv ovvrixijoav Kal bewdv i7TrjXdXo.êi^ rj
or par id, /cat TrdvroBev d(f)LepL€vajv aTTO ouuOrjpLaros

266 rdjv êXtov rd (f)(x)s vrrerepivero. /x£/xv7]/zeVot ye
pLTji' rojv rov 'Icoctt^ttou 7Tpoorayp,drojp ol ovv
avro) rds Te aKods rrpds rrjv ôrjv Kal rd ocvpara
267 TTpos rds d(f)eG€LS i<f)pdâvro, Kal âXXovrojv TCts
py'ixavds erteêhpapiov hi avrcov Trplv eTTi^rjiâi rovs
268 ^dXXouras, GyfirrXeKopLevoi re^ ro'is dviovGiu rrav
rola Kal x^^pd^^ ^97^ '^'^^ ^^XV^ ivaTrebeLKVVvro, 'j!
TTeipdjp.evoL rrapd rds CGxdras Gvp,<f)opds prj ;êt

povs (âiveGOai row ev aKivhvvoj rep Kard G(f)ds
269 dvbpilopei'coi'- wGre ov Trporepov aTreppriyvvvro
2/0 T^^y ^ôjpa'iojv Ttplv r) TreGelv rj hiacfyOelpai. cl»s
''
5' oi peu eKapvov hirjveKojs dpvvopevoi Kal rouSfff"
oonj. : (Trafixoi'Ta MSS-
tei
• § 148.
JEWISH WAR, III. 262 270
women and children, beheld the city encircled by a

triple —
cordon of troops for the Romans had not
shifted for the battle any of the guards which they
—
had posted at the outset," when they saw, moreover,
at the foot of the ruined walls the enemy sword in
hand, and above them the mountain-side gleaming
with arms and higher still the arrows of the Arab
archers pointed at the town, they shrieked aloud,
a last shriek, as it were, at their capture, as though
the catastrophe were no longer imminent but already
upon them. Josephus, fearing that the wailing of
the women might unman the combatants, had them
shut up in their houses, ordering them with threats
to hold their peace. He then took up his allotted
position at the breach, and, regardless of the ladders
which were being brought up elsewhere, breathlessly
awaited the hail of arrows.
(27) And now the trumpeters of all the legions Hand-to-
simultaneously sounded, the troops raised a terrific onlhe^
shout, and at a given signal arrows poured from gangways
all quarters, intercepting the light. Mindful of
the injunctions of Josephus, his comrades screened
their ears from the shout and their bodies from the
volleys ;and, as the planks were laid, they dashed
out across them, before those who had laid them
could set foot on them In the ensuing hand-to-
hand fight with their mounting enemy, they dis-
i
played all manner of feats of strength and gallantry,
endeavouring in the depth of calamity to prove
themselves not inferior to men who, without the
same interests at stake, were so courageous. None
relaxed his struggle with a Roman until he had killed
him or perished. But whereas the Jews, now be-
coming exhausted by the incessant combat, had none
653
.
J05EPHUS
vpofjidxovs diielBeLW ovk exovreg, to KeKfJLTjKO?
he Twv 'PojfiaLOJV dKpai(f)vel? bieSexovro Kal
Taxô^? o-vtI TO)!/ dTTO^LaoOevTOJV eTTeâivov erepoL,
TrapaKeXevodiJLevol re dXXrjXotg Kal TrXevpdv fiev
evojoavTe^, dvpeolg KaOvrrepdev (j)pa^d-
toi? he
fievoi 071(^0? dpp-qKTOV eyevovTO, Kal KaOdrrep evl
oajfiaTL TrdoT) ttj (f^dXayyi tou? 'lovSatou? dv-
ojBovvTeg rjhrj tov Telxov? eTreâivov.
271 (28) '0 he ^]coor]7TO? ev Tat? dji-qxcLVtaLg ovfA,-
ôvXov Xa^d>v rrjv dvdyKTjV, rj S' iorlv heivT) Trpos
e—Lvoiav, orav avrrjv dTroyvcooLS epeOll^r], l,eov
272 eXaiov eKeXevoev Karaxelu tcjv ovvrjUTTLKorcov. ol
h\ cu? TrapeoKevaojievov exovres, fierd, rdxovs
TToXXol Kal TToXv TrdvTodev Tojv 'PcjfiaLOJV Karexôv
avveTraSievre? Kal tq dyyeTa ^paaoofieva rij deppLj].
273 rovTo KaLop.ev(x>v tlov 'Pajfialajv hieoKehaoev rrjv
rd^LVy Kal fierd heivow dXyrjhovojv dTTeKvXivhovvTO
274 -roij Tei-xovg' paora fjiev yap to eXaLOV drro Kopv(j)rj^
fj-expi- 77oha)V VTTOra? TzavoTrAta? hieppei tov acu/ia-

To? oXov, Kal T-qv odpKa (fiXoyos ovhev eXaooov
e-TTeôGKeTO, depiiaLVopievov Te Kal(jyvoei Ta;!(€a)?
275 4^vxdiJ.evov ^pahecxjs hid ttju heTTLorrjTa. toZs

Ocijpa^LV Kal Tols KpdveoLV evhehepLevoiv drtaXXayr]
TTj^ Kavoeojs OVK r,v, TTTihuiVTes he Kal ovvei-
XcvfievoL Tals dXyrjhooLV drro tojv yec^vpujpidTcov
eTTiTTTOv OL he Tparrevres els tovs ocfjerepovs TTpoocj
^latopievovs evxeipojToi toIs KaTOTTiv TiTpojoKovaiv
râav
276 (29) 'ErreAeiTzev'^ 8' oxne 'PajfiaLovs ev Tals
KaKOTT pay Lais lox^S ovre tov? ^lovdaiov? ovveoLS,
fVAtrei' PA.
^
° See § 256.
654,
to replace their foremost champions," in the Roman

ranks the exhausted men were relieved by fresh
troops, and when one party was driven back another
instantly took its place the assailants cheered each
;
other on, and, side linked to side, with their bucklers

protecting them above, they formed an invulnerable
column,^ which with its united mass, like one solid
body, pushed the Jews before them and was even
now mounting the ramparts.
(28) In this critical situation, Josephus, taking Scalding i
—
counsel from necessity, ready as she is in invention Jhe'Soma
—
when stimulated by despair, ordered boiling oil to be
poured upon this roof of close-locked shields. His men
had it ready, and at once from all quarters deluged
the Romans with large quantities, flinging after it
the vessels, still scalding hot. This broke their forma-
tion the Romans, burning and in excruciating agony,
:
rolled headlong from the ramparts. For the oil

instantaneously penetrated beneath their armour
from head to foot, spreading over the whole surface
of their bodies and devouring the flesh with the fierce-
ness of a flame, this liquid being, from its nature,
quick in absorbing heat and, from its fatty properties,
slow in cooling. Encumbered with their cuirasses
and their helmets, the victims had no escape from
the scalding fluid leaping and writhing in anguish,
:
they dropped from the scaling-bridges. Those who

turned to fly were blocked by their comrades pressing
forward to the assault and became an easy mark for
Jewish assailants in their rear.
(29) But, in the midst of these trials, the Romans
showed no lack of fortitude, nor yet the Jews of
* The testudo formation (c/. B. ii. 537),
Q55
.
JOSEPHUS
dAA' ol fxev KaLTTep oiKTpa 7racr;ôvTa? opcjures
TOUi Karax^devTa'i opLOJS et? tou? Kara-)(€Ovras
i(f)epouTo, Tou Tipo auTov KaKilow eKaarog ws
277 efjLTToSiOv ovra rrjg pvjj.rj';^' ol he Mou8atot 8dAa»
d€VT6pcp ra? TrpoG^daeis^ avroju e77eo4>aXXov rrjXiv
ic^drjv V7TO)(€.ovres^ rals oavioiv, rj'g* €7;oXLodavovT€?
278 VTieovpovro. /cat oirre tcju rpeTTopLevojv ovre rcov
77 pooâLVOvrojv^ tls 6pd6<g efievev, aAA' ol fiev in
avrwv V7TrLal,6fj.€voL toju iTnfâTrjpitou ix-qx^Lôj^
ovverraTovuro , ttoXXoI S' eVt to ;;(aj/xa KareTnTrrov.
279 irraiovTO 5' vtto toju 'lovdaiojv ol 7T€o6vr€9'
eocfyaXpiivcov yap tujv 'Poi/xat'cov ovroi, rrjs Kara
;)(etpa avfXTrXoKrjs IXevdepojdivres, €i? ras jSoAd?
280 €VGr6xovv } 77oAAd hk KaKovfxdvovg iu rfj rtpoaôXfj
TOU5 crrpaTLcuras 6 arpar-qyos rrepl SeiArî^ dveKaXei.
281 eTTeoov hk tovtow fxev ovk oXiyoL Kal TrXelovg
€TpojdrjGav, TOJU S' OLTTO TT^? ^ lajraTTOLrT]? dniSavov
p.kv e^ dvhpe?, -rpau/xartat 8' vrrkprpLaKoalovg
282 dveKopiiodrjoav . etKadt p.kv \aLaiov fxrjvos r]
rrapdra^LS "qv
283 (30) Oi}eG7TaoLav6<; hk €7tl tols avjjilSe^rjKOOL ttjv

orpaTidu 7TapapLvdovp.evos tu? Ovixoviikwous kojpa ,
284 Kal ov TrporpoTT-qg dXX epyojv beofxeuovg, Tipoo-

vifjojaat p.kv rd xcofxara, Trvpyovg hk rpels,
TTevT-qKOV-ra nohwv to uipos €KaoTou, KaTaoKevdoai
KeAeuaa? ndurodeu oih-qpci) K€KaXvpipi€vovs ojs ,
ibpaloi T€ €Lev vtto ^pidovs Kal hvadXojTOL irvpi,

285 TLi)v \ujyidTU)v eTreoT-qoev. Gvv^m^-qoas aurot?
' Destinon (rf. A. vii. 239 (pepofxeifo^ fxi-a. ptV^s) : puinqi mss.
* Trpo3da€i% PA ML.
' fTTixf'oj'Tes Hudson with one ms.
* ah MVRC. * npoâî'iji'Tui' PAL.
• f( TxoXofj' •'
had leisure to take good aim " LVRC.
656
resourcefulness. The former, though they saw their

comrades in tortures from the drenching oil, none
the less rushed on against those who poured it, each
cursing the man in front of him for impeding the
charge. The Jews, on their side, invented a second Another
ruse to trip their assailants, by pouring over the ruse'.^
gangway-planks boiled fenugreek", on which the

Romans slipped and stumbled backward. Whether
attempting to retreat or to advance, not a man could
remain erect :some collapsed on their backs on the
gangways and were crushed under foot, many fell off
on to the earthworks, where they were pierced by
the arrows of the Jews ;for, in consequence of this
prostration of the Romans, the defenders, relieved
from hand-to-hand fighting, showed good marksman-
ship. After severe losses sustained in this assault The assau
the troops, towards evening, were called off by the
general. The Romans had many dead and more
wounded. The defenders of Jotapata lost only six
dead, but upwards of three hundred wounded were
brought back to the town. This combat took place June-July
''°' ^^'
on the twentieth of the month Daesius.
(30) Vespasian at first sought to console his troops Vespasian
for their recent experiences. But when he found forufieTh
them in sullen mood and calling, not for encourage- 1^"^^^^'^
ment, but for action, he ordered them to raise the
height of the embankments and to construct three
towers, each fifty feet high, entirely covered with
sheet-iron, both to ensure their stability by their
weight and to render them fire-proof. He then had
these erected on the earth-works and mounted upon
'
Foenum Graecum ; Reinach remarks that this plant
ivould be in flower precisely at this season (June-July).
'
8 July (Niese's reckoning).
657
JOSEPHUS
aKOvrLGTOL?T€ Kal Toôras koI tcov a^^rripioiv
opydvcov TCL K0V(f)6repa, Trpo? he rov£ pco/xa-
286 Aecorarou? 0(j)ev8ovr)Tas- ol fir) KaOopcofJbevoL 8td
TO vijjog Kal TO, dajpaKia ra)u TTvpycov elg Kad-
287 opoJiJLei'ou? rov'^ inl rov reixov^ eâWov. ol Be
fiT^re Kara KopGTjS (j)epoixevojv ra)V fteXujv eKKXiveiv
SwdfievoL pLrjre rovg d(f)aveLS dfivveaOaL,
pahi(x><;
Kal TO fiev i'i//o? rojv TTvpyojv hvue^LKrov opcovreg
eK x^^P^? iSeAet, TTvpl Se rov rrepl avrolg aiSripov
did\coTov, eêvyov diro rod relxoug Kal Trpoo-
288 ^dXXeiv TretpcujLteVot? eTreêOeov. Kal ol fiev inl
rrjg 'IcuTaTrarrjs" dvrelxov ovroj?, dvaLpov/JLevoC re
Kad^ TjfjLepau ttoXAoI Kal pnqhev dvnKaKovv rov?
TToXe/jLLOug, on fi-q fxerd klvSvvcov dvelpyeiv exoureg,
2S9 (31) Kara 8e rag avrdg -qpêpas OveGTraoiavos
677t Ttiâ ra)v rrj? ÎcaraTrdr-qs dcrrvyeiroucov ttoXlv,
"la(f)a KaXelrai, vea>repil,ovGav Kal row 'Icora- F'
Trarrjvoju rrapd Boâu dvrexdvrcov eTraipop.eurjW,

Tpa'iavou ovra rod heKdrov rdypiarog -qyepLOua...
eKTrepLTTet Trapahovs avro) ;(tAtoi;? piev IrrTrels,
290 neljOVS Se hiax^Xlovs . 6 he rrjv puev ttoXlv Svg-

I
dXojrov KaraXaôjv rrpos yap r<2) (f>vGeL Kaprepc
,
rvyxdvetv ovGa Kal hiTrXco TrepLôXcp rerelxi'CTTO, rrpo- roti
a7Trjvrr)K6rag he rovs e^ avrrjg irolpLovs eh lô-XV^ M

Lhd)V GVfi^dXXei Kal rrpos oXiyov dvrLGXOvra\
291 ihicoKev. gv picfivyovr ojv he el? ro Trpcjrov relxo^.
ol 'PcopcaloL Kara rrohag 'npoGKeip.evoi GVveiG
292 erreGOV. oppLTjGavras he rrdXiv els ro hevrepoi
" The father of the future emperor of that name. 2-1'
* Japhia of the O.T. (Joshua xix. ]-2), modern Va/a, som

tr;e;
ten miles south of Jotapata and two miles south-west o Bdni
658
them, besides the hghter artillery, the javelin-men,

archers, and the most robust of the slingers. These
troops, being screened from view by the height of
the towers and their breastworks, opened fire on the
besieged who were plainly visible to them on the
wall. The Jews, finding no means of avoiding the
projectiles directed at their heads or of avenging
themselves on an invisible foe, seeing these lofty
towers inaccessible to missiles thrown by hand
and protected against fire by their iron casing,
abandoned the wall and made sallies against any who
attempted to renew the escalade. Thus did Jota-
pata continue to hold out day by day many of its
;
defenders fell ;
powerless to retaliate on the enemy,
they could only hold them at bay at peril of their
lives.
(31) In the course of these days Vespasian dis- Capture
patched Trajan,*^ the commander of the tenth legion, Traja?/an(

Titus.
with a thousand horse and two thousand foot, against
a town in the vicinity of Jotapata, called Japha,^
which had revolted, encouraged by the surprising
resistance of their neighbours at Jotapata. Trajan
found a city presenting formidable difficulties, for in
addition to its naturally strong situation, it was
protected by a double ring of walls. However, its
inhabitants ventured to advance to meet him, pre-
pared, as he saw, for action he charged them and,
;
ifter a brief resistance, routed them and started in

Dursuit. They burst into the first enclosure, whither
;he Romans, following hard on their heels, penetrated
mih them. But when the fugitives rushed on to the
Niazareth, here called a " city," but elsewhere described as
'
the largest village in Galilee," Vita 230 ; at one time the
leadquarters of Josephus {ib. 270).
659
JOSEPHUS
reixo? aTTOKXeiovaiv rrjg TioAecu? ol o<f)4r€poi, Bei-
293 aafre? fir] ovveLoâXojoiv ol TroXefjiLOL. deos 8'
rji^ apa 6 'Pcu/ât'ot? to. FaAtAata;!^ rrdOrj )(âpit,6-
jX€Vos, OS KOI Tore rov rrfs TToXeojs Xaov avravSpov,

X^porlv oiKeiais eKKXeiudivra, TTpos aTTcLXeiav exr-
294 hoTov (f)ovcocnv exBpois Trapeurrjcrev e/x77t77TovTe? .
yap ddpooL rat? TTvXais Kal noXXd rovs ctt' au-

reus oiôfiadTL KaXovvres eV /u,eaat? d7T€G<f)dTTOV-
295 TO rat? iVecrt'ats". Kal to /xev rrpcoTov avrol?
Telxos ol TToXejjLLOL, TO hevrepov 8' e/cAetaav ol
296 G(l)€TepoL- jJLeaoL 8e toIu bvolu KaTeuXovfievoL Trepi-
ôXojv ^vCpqVj^ TToXXol }ikv rot? dXXrjXoiV, noXXol
he Tois IhloL? TTepieTTeipovTo H4>eaiv, aTreipoi he
VTTO 'PcxjpLalcov eTTLTTTov ovhk OGOV 61? dpivvav
dvadappovvTes' Trpos yap toj KaTarreTTXrjÔ at tovs
TToXepLLOvs Ta? ijjvxds avrcou eKXaaev tj tojv OLKeloji
297 TTpohouia. rrepas edurjcjKOv ov 'PcjofMaioLS dAAa rots
IhiOLS^ KarapcopLevoL, p-e^pi TrdvTes diTcoXovTO pLvpLOi
29S Kal hiGX^XiOL Tov dpiQpiov ovTes. Kevrjv he /xa;(t/xcL»i
Aoyiô/xevos" etvac ttju TpaXavog, el ht

ttoXlv 6
Ko/i TLves evhov elev, olopLevos fi-qhev avTovs roXpi-q-
oetv VTTO heovs, dveTiOei toj CTpaT-qyco ttû dXojGLV
Kal GTeiXas dyyeXovs Trpos OveorraGiavov fjTelrc
Trepujjai tov vlov avTov^ TtVov eTTiBriGOVTa rfj vlki
299 TeXos. 6 he GvpLâXdw VTToXeiTreGdai riva ttovoi
/xera GTpaTids rov vlov eTTLTrepLTTet TTevraKOGLon
3(j(j /xev iTTTrecov, ;)(tAtajv he TreôiP'. o he Trpos ttji
ttoXlv eXdojv hid rdxovs Kal hiardâs ttjv GTpaTidi
' om. PL: the word recurs in B. vi. 326.

* OlKdoiS P.
' C : favToi' VR, suum Lat. : ai-Tw the rest.
^
Cf. the njessage of Joab to David at the siege of KabbaJ
660
second wall, their own fellow-citizens shut them out,

for fear of the enemy forcing their way in at the
same time. God, and no other, it was who made a
present to the Romans of the wretched Galilaeans ;
it was He who now caused the population of the town
to be excluded by the hands of their own people and

delivered them to their murderous foes, to be ex-
terminated to a man. Vainly did the swarming
crowds batter the gates and implore the sentinels by
their names to let them in : while their supplications
were on their lips they were butchered. The first
wall was closed to them by the enemy, the second by
their friends. Cooped up and huddled together
between the two ramparts, they fell, many impaled
on their comrades' swords, many on their own, while
prodigious numbers were slain by the Romans, with-
out even having the heart to defend themselves for ;
to their terror of the enemy was added the perfidy

of their friends, and that broke their spirit. Cursing,
in their dying moments, not the Romans but their
own people, in the end they all perished, to the
number of twelve thousand. Trajan, judging that
the city was bereft of combatants or that any who
still remained within would be paralysed by fear,
decided to reserve for his chief the credit of capturing

the place. He accordingly dispatched a message to
Vespasian, requesting him to send his son Titus to
complete the victory." The general, conjecturing
that some work still remained to be done, sent with
his son reinforcements consisting of five hundred
cavalry and a thousand infantry. Titus rapidly
marched to the city, drew up his troops for battle,
of Amnion, 2 Sam. xii. 26 ff. ; this courtesy was common to
Jews and Romans.
661
JOSEPHUS
€7rt fieu Tov Xaiov Kepoj? rov T palavov lanqoiv,
avTos 6e TO be^LOv €\ojv i^riyelro rrp6<; rrju ttoXl-
301 opKtav. r(2)v he OTpanojrojv KXijiaKas TrdvroOeu
TO) Teixî- 'Trpoo4>ep6vTojv Trpog oXiyou ol raAiAalot
KadvTTepdeu dfiwdpievoL^ Xeiirovoiv tov TrepiôXov,
302 €7TL7n)'6r]GavTe<; 8' ol irepl rov TtVoi^ ri)? p-ev
TToXecog €.Kpdrr]oav Ta\eaj^ , Trpos Se rovg euSov

avrolg ovorpacêvra^ Kaprepd p-O-xr) avpprjyvvr ac
303 Kal yap eV rolg orevoj-ols ol hvvarol TrpooeTTLTTrou
Kal aTTO Tcju oIklcov at yuvat/ces" eâXXov rrdu to
304 7T pocrrvxov avrals. Kal p-^xpi- P-^-v e^ ojpcjjv dvrelxov
p.axdp.€VOL, haTravqdivrojv hk rd)v piaxlpLajv to
XoLTTov ttXtjOo'; ev T€ Tot? VTTaiOpoLS Kal Kara rag
OLKLag d7T6G(f)drTOVTOy V€OL T€ OpLOV Kal yipovT€S'
ovhkv yap dppev v7T€XeL(f)9rj St'xct vtjttlcjov, a pêrd
305 yvvaiKOJV e^rjvhpa-ohioavro . row p.kv ovv dv
aipedevrajv dvd re rrjv ttoXlv Karri rrjg Trporepaq
rrapardêcos dpiOfxdg p.vpL0i Trpos rols Ttevra-
KLoxiXloL? Tjv, TO. 8' ai'vâAcuTa hiox^Xia eKarov
306 Kal rpiaKOvra. rovro avve^rj ro Trado? I aXtXatOLg
TTepLTTTT) Kal eLKdSi AatCTtou p.r)u6<;.
307 (32) "KpieLvau 8e ovde âptapelg drrelparou uvp,-

(f>opd)v ddpoLodevres yap eirl to Tapitelv KaXov-
pLevov opog, OTrep avroT? eoriv dytov, Kara x^P^^
p,eu epbevou, TToXepuov 8' î-X^^ aTreLXrji/ 17 re gijuoSo?
308 avrow Kal rd (^povr]pLara. Kal ovhe rol<; yetrvLojai
KaKol? eocoSpovitovrOy TTpds 8c TCt? *Pa>/Ltatcoi^
ev-payiag ev dXoyioroj rrfv Kard o(f)dg aodeueiaut
^ Destinon afxvu6ti€i>oi. mss.

:
* FA : rg KUTa a(pai dadfyeiq. the rest; text doubtful.

662
posting Trajan on the left wing, and himself taking

command of the right, and led them to the assault.
As the soldiers were bringing up ladders to every
portion of the wall, the Galilaeans, after a brief
defence from that quarter, abandoned it the troops ;
of Titus thereupon scaled the ramparts and were

instantly masters of the town. But within the walls,
where the inhabitants had rallied to meet them, a
desperate struggle ensued the able-bodied fell
:
upon the Romans in the narrow alleys, while from

the houses the women pelted them with whatever
missiles came to hand.For six hours the contest
was maintained the more efficient combatants were
;
at length exterminated, and the rest of the popula-

tion was then massacred in the open or in their
houses, young and old alike. For no males were
spared, except infants these, along with the women,
;
the Romans sold as slaves. The slain, whether in

the city or in the previous action, amounted in all to
fifteen thousand the captives numbered two
;
thousand one hundred and thirty. This disaster

befell the Galilaeans on the twenty-fifth of the
month Daesius.'^
(32) The Samaritans, too, did not escape their share Massac
of calamity. Assembling on their sacred mountain gailadi
called Garizim, they did not move from the spot, but o" ^^^•
^,, 11-1 1
GenziiT
this mustermg or the clan and their determined atti- Cereaiii
tude contained a menace of war. They had learnt
nothing from their neighbours' calamities the ;
successes of the Romans only made them ridiculously

conceited of their own feebleness, and they were
" 13 July, A.D. 67 (according to Niese's reckoning).
663
JOSEPHUS
wSovi^ Kal iJL€TeajpoL Trp6<; rapax^v vnrjpxov.
309 iboKec Se OveoTraoiavco (f)9daaL ro Kivqiia Kal rag
oppLci^ avTojv VTTorepLveodaf Kal yap el^ (^povpai<;
T) Sa/xapetTts"SLeiXrjTTTO, to ye^ ttXtjOos toju
oXtj
310 iXrjXvdorcoi' Kal ovvra^tg rjv ôêpd. KepeaAtoi^
rj
ovv errapxov ovra rov 7T€[jL7Trov TayfJLarog p.e^'

eâKooiiov Irnrecov Kal Trelcov rpiox^-Xitov 7re/x7ret.
311 TOVTO) 7TpocâiV€Lv fxkv TO opos Kal ovvdiTTeiv
p.dxriv ovK aa(/>aAe9 cboêv ttoXXojv Kadvjrepdeu
TciiV TToXepLLUJV OVTOJV, KVKXa)odfJL€VOg 8e rfj hvvdpi€L
Tiaoav TTjv VTTopeLOV 8t' oXrjg avrovs i(f)povpeL rrj?
312 TjiJLepa';. avve^rj 8e vBaro? dvopovfxevojv rcou
âyiapeujv iK(f)X€yfjvaL rore Kal Kavfia heLuov
ojpa 6' "qv depovs Kal tcoi^ iTnrrjheiojv to ttXtjOo';
313 aTTapdoKevov a>? Ttiâ?^ fiev av0rip,ep6v vtto*
Tov diifjov? aTTodavelv, voXXovg Se rrjg T0Lavr7)s
a77ajAetab to bovXeveLV 77poaLpouiJ.ei-oug 'Poj/xatot?
314 7Tpoa4>vyelv. i^ d)V avvelg 6 KepeaAio? Kal tovs
€TL ovpLfieuovTa? VTTO Toii^ h€Ludji> KaTeayoTas
eTTavaâivet tuj Kal ttjv hvvapnv iv kvkXco
opei,
TTepicmrjGa? Tolg TToXefiioL? to {xeu TrpcjTov ertl
Se^td? TTpovKaXeiTo Kal ocoLeaOaL Trape/cdAet, 8ta-
315 jSe/3atoi^'/xeiô9 aaâAetai' to OTrXa pLipadLU. d)g 8'
OVK eTTeideu, TrpooTreoujv duiKTCLvev TrduTag, ;)(tAtOL'?
iâKoaiov? IttI p.vpiois ouTas' ^^hofirj Kal elKdhi
Aatatof yL-qvo^ eTrpdxOrj. Kal TOtauVat? pcev au/x-
(^cpati Sa/xapeiTat ixp-qoavTO.
316 (33) TcZii' 8' did tol 'lojTaTrara KapTepovuroju
1 M (Lat. etsi): om. PA: dei the rest.

* M (Lat. tamen) n the rest.
:
^ To-x P. * Bekker: cLtto ms3.
664
eagerly contemplating the prospect of revolt.'*

Vespasian accordingly decided to anticipate the
movement and to curb their ardour for, although
;
the whole district of Samaria was already occupied

by garrisons, this large assemblage and their con-
federacy gave ground for alarm. He therefore
dispatched to the spot Cerealius,'' commander of the
fifth legion, with a force of six hundred cavalry and
three thousand infantry. This officer, considering it
hazardous to ascend the mountain and engage in
battle, as the enemy were in such strength on the
summit, confined himself to surrounding the entire
base of Garizim with his troops and kept strict guard
during the whole day. The Samaritans happened
to be short of water just at the period of a terrific
heat-wave ; it was the height of summer and the
multitude had not laid in provisions. The result was

that several died of thirst that very day, while many
others, preferring slavery to such a fate, deserted to
the Romans. Cerealius, concluding therefrom that
the rest, who still held together, were broken down by
their sufferings, now ascended the mountain and,
having disposed his troops in a circle round the
enemy, began by inviting them to treat, exhorting
them to save their lives and assuring them of security
if they laid down their arms. These overtures
proving ineffectual, he attacked and slew them to a
man, eleven thousand six hundred in all this was on
;
the twenty-seventh of the month Daesius ^ Such was

the catastrophe which overtook the Samaritans.
(33) Meanwhile the defenders of Jotapata were The laii o
Jotapata.
" The historian's animus against the Samaritans appears
elsewhere, notably in A. ix. 290 f.

* Sextus Cerealis Vettulenus. ' 15 July, a.d. 67 (Niese).
665
JOSEPHUS
Kal Trap iXTTiSa TOts" Setiôi? avTexovTOJv reu'
aapaKocrrfj jiev rjlJLepa Kal e^hojxr] ra ;)(ctj/>taTa
317 rci)V 'PcjfiaLOJV VTTeprjpdrj to relxo?, avTopioXel 8e

Tts" Trpo? Tov OveoTTaoLavov rrj? avrrjg ruiipas rrjv
re oXiyoT-qTa tCjv eTrl rrjs TToXeojg iâyyeXXojv /cat
318 rr]v audlveiav, Kal d>? aypvTTvia hi-qveKel Kal
fjidxo-i'? iTTaXXrjXoi? hehaTravrjpievoi hvvarol fxev
€tev ouSe ^LaCojjLevoug ert (f)€p€LU, Kal SoXco 8* dv
319 aXolei^, et Tt? eTTidoZro' irepl yap rrjv i.G\drr]V
(jivXaK-qv, KaO' tjv dveoiv re ra)u hetvoji' IdoKovv
e-)(eiv KOI KaOoLTTreTai pidXiora K€K07T0Jfjievcov ea>-
Blvos vttvos, Karahapddvetv ecfyauKeu rovg cfyvXaKa?,
ovveôvXevev re Kara ravrrji' rrjV ojpav eTreXdelv.
320 ro) S' TjV fiev St' VTTOVoias 6 avrofioXog, ro re
irpos ciAAtÂou? TTiurovelhon rcou 'louSat'coi^ Kal
321 rrjv Trpos rag KoXdaeis VTrepoifjlau, eTreihr] Kal
rrporepov Xr](f>deis n? rcou oltto rrjs 'IcuTaTTCLTT]?
Trpos" Trdoau aiVtat' âadvcxjv dvreax^v Kal inqhev
8ta TTvpos eêpevvojoL rols TToXejiiois Trepl rcou
evhou elTToju duearavpcoOi'j rod daudrov Kara-
322 jieihiojv rd ye [jltju eiKora Trior 6u eTTOiei rou
TTpodoriqu, Kal rdâ jjieu dXrjOeveLU eKeluou, jjLrjSev
8' avros e^ eveSpas TTeioeodai fieya TrpoohoKCxyVy
rou jjLev (f)vXdaGeLU eKeXevaeu eTrl he rrju Kard-
,
Xiqxjjiu rrj? TToXecos napeoKevaLê rrû orparidu.
323 (31-) Kara he r-qu pnqwdeZoau ojpav -fjeaav rjGvxrj
324 Trpos ro re^xo?. Kal Trpujros eTTLâivei Tiros gvv

evl roju x'-^'-^PX^^^ AofJierLOj Hafîuco, rcou drro
rov TTe/jLTTrov Kal heKarov rdyfiaro? oXiyov? dycjv
" The writer possihly has a more famous siege in mind

it^
that of Troy; cf. " tempiis erat quo prima quies mortalibus ,iij
aegris incipit," Mrg. Aen. ii. 268, and just before " inuadunt
666
stillholding out and beyond all expectation bearing

up under their miseries, when on the forty-seventh
day of the siege the earthworks of the Romans over-
topped the wall. That same day a deserter reported
to Vespasian the reduced numbers and strength of
the defence, and that, worn out with perpetual watch-
ing and continuous fighting, they would be unable
longer to resist a vigorous assault and might be taken
by stratagem, if the attempt were made. He stated
that about the last watch of the night an hour when —
they expected some respite from their sufferings and
when jaded men easily succumb to morning slumber '^
— the sentinels used to drop asleep and that was the ;
hour when he advised the Romans to attack. Ves-

pasian, knowing the Jews' loyalty to each other and
their indifference to chastisement, regarded the
deserter with suspicion. For on a former occasion a
man of Jotapata who had been taken prisoner had
held out under every variety of torture, and, without
betraying to the enemy a word about the state of
the town, even under the ordeal of fire, was finally
crucified, meeting death with a smile. However, the
probability of his account lent credit to the traitor ;
and so, thinking that the man might be speaking the

truth, and that, even if his story were a trap, no
serious risk would be run by acting upon it, Vespasian
ordered him into custody and made ready his army
for the capture of the city.
(34) At the hour named they advanced in silence
to the walls. The first to mount them was Titus, with
one of the tribunes, Domitius Sabinus, followed by a
few men of the fifteenth legion. They cut down
urbem somno uinoque sepultam; caeduntur uigiles " 265 f.
with § 32.5 (a.TroacpdâvTe'; de tous (pvXaKas eifflaaiu els Tr]v noXci')
and § 327 (l/ttj/i^ 5ia\4\vuTo).
667
JOSEPHUS
325 d770CTâ|ap'T6? he Tovg (f)vXaKa<; eloiaotv els Ty)v
ttoXlv . fxed^ OU9 Y.e^TO<; tl? KaXovdptos X'-^'-^PXV'^
Kal HAaKtSo? rovs vtto G<f)LaL reray/jLevovs ela-qyov.
326 KaretXriixiievris he rrjs aKpas kol rojv TToXefiioju
ev fieaoj G'7pe<f)0fieva)V, TJhrj he /cat rjixepag ovar]s,
op.ojs ovTTOj TTjS aXojGeojs TOLS Kpa70vp.evoLS at-
327 odrfOLS -qv Kapidroj re yap ol 77oAAot Kal vttvo)
htaXeXvvro, Kal row hiavcoraiievcov ojjLLxXr] rag
oipetg aTTTjiJi^Xvvev ttoXXt] Kara TV\riv rare rfj
328 noXei TTepixvOelaa, P-^XP'- 77Ciai7? rrj? crrpaTtd?
eloTTeoovarjs rrpos p.6vriv rrjv tcjv KaKcov alodrjoii'
iâvearrjaau Kal rr)v aXcvoiv eTTiorevov dvaipov
329 fjievoi. 'Pcu/Ltatou? he Kara pLvrip,rjv oji^ eV rrjg
TToXiopKLas eTTadov ovre 0et5cu? elafjeL tlvos out'
eXeos, aAA' elq to Karavreg^ d-TTO r-qs aKpas tov
330 Xedw Gwcodovvreg e4)6vevov. evda Kal rovs en
p-dxôdai hvvap.evovs r] hvox^jpia r-qv dfJLVvai>
d4>eiXeT0'OXtBopLevoL yap ev rots orevojTTols Kal

Kara rod rrpavovs vrroXioOdvovres peovri Kar
331 aKpas eKaXv-rovro rw 77oXep.cn. rovro ttoXXovs
Kal row rrepl rov ^\d>or]7Tov emXeKrajv eV avro
Xeipiav Trapco^vvev Karihovres yap d)S ovhevo
roju'Pojpaicov dveXelv hvvavrai, to ye rreaeh
avTovs^ VTTO 'Pcjpalwv rrpoeXaôv Kal avvadpoi-
odevres errl rd KaraX-qyovra r-qs TroXeojs o4>d>,
avrovs dvelXou.
332 (35) ''OaoL ye p-qv vtto rrpajr-qv rijs KaraArjêcDsfif
alodrjGiu rojv (^vXdKOjv Siacûyetv eÔaaav dva-
^dvres els rwa rwv 7TpooapKrLa)V TTvpycov pexp
pev rivos dvTipvvavro, TrepLOX^Q^vres he TrX-qSe
'
4Trl Niese: the interior mss. have irfpi (ttji/ TroXtop^jaf ).
» +d7ra»'Tes PAML. » Xext doubtful.
668
the sentries and entered the city. Behind them

came Sextus Calvarius, a tribune, and Placidus with
the troops under their command. The citadel had
actually been taken, the enemy was ranging through
the heart of the town, and it was now broad dayHght,
before the vanquished inhabitants were aware of the
capture. Most of them were worn out with fatigue
and asleep, and if any awoke, a thick mist, which
happened at the time to envelop the city, obscured
their vision. At length, when the whole army had
poured in, they started up, but only to realize their
calamity the blade at their throat brought home to
;
them that Jotapata was taken.

The Romans, remembering what they had borne
during the siege, showed no quarter or pity for any,
but thrust the people down the steep slope from the
citadel in a general massacre. Even those still able
to fight here found themselves deprived of the means
of defence by the difficulties of the ground crushed
:
in the narrow alleys and slipping down the declivity,

they were engulfed in the wave of carnage that
streamed from the citadel. The situation even drove
many of Josephus's picked men to suicide seeing ;
themselves powerless to kill a single Roman, they

could at least forestall death at Roman hands, and,
retiring in a body to the outskirts of the town, they
there put an end to themselves.
(35) Those soldiers of the guard who, the moment
it was known that the town was taken, had succeeded
in escaping, took refuge in one of the northern ^

towers, where for some time they held their own ;
but, being surrounded by large numbers of the
'
The Romans had entered from the north (§§ 158, 162).
669
JOSEPHUS
Tojv TToXefjLLOJu oipe 7Tap€Loav TOLi 8e^6a? KoX rot?
333 i(f)€(jra)GLV ttjv o<f}ayr)V evBvyioi rrapeaxov . dval-
jjLaKTOu 8' dv Tjv ai)-)(fiuai 'Poj/xatots" ro reXo? Trj<i
TToXiopKLag, el fiTj Kara, ttjv dXcoGLV ei? eTreaev

TLS' eKarovrdpxT]? rju ^ AvrojvLog, OvqaKei S eg
334 ivedpa?. 7<jjv yap els tq OTn^Xatd ti? gvjjl-
7Te<f)evy6row, ttoXXol S' ovtol ttXtjOo? -qoav, LKerevei
Tou ÂvrcovLov opeâi 8e^tai^ ainoj, ttlgtlv re
335 oojrrjpia? Koi ÔTjde tav vrpo? duoSov 6 6 d-
<j)vXdKTa>s d'jpeye rrjv )(elpa, kol (jiddoa? avrou
eKeluo? vvrret Kdrwdev vtto^ tov ôv^coiâ hopan
/cat TTapaxprjP'CL hiepydiêrai.
336 [o6) Kar' eKeivqv [lev ovv rrjv -qpLepav to
<j)avep6v TrXrjdog dvelXov ol 'Ptu/xatot, rati 8
CTTtouCTat? dvepevvcjjJievoL rds Karaduaeig rov? ev
roLS VTTOiôfJLOL? Kal rolg Grr-qXaioi? eVe^rjeaav /cat
hid TrdGrj^ e)(^cx>povv r^XiKias ttXt^v vrjTTtcjv /cat
337 yvvaiKcov. /cat rd jxev alxp^dXajra ;)(tAta Trpog rpts"

hiaKOGioi? Gvvrj)(9r}, veKpol he /card ri^v dXojGiv
Kal rd? TTporepov pidô.? GW-qpiOpLrjO-qGav rerpa-
338 KLGpLvpLOL. OveG'TTaGLavo? he tyjv re ttoXlv Kara-
GKdipau KeXeveL /cat rd (f)povpLa Trdvra TrpoGefM-
339 TTLTTp-qGLV avT Tj s . 'IcoraTrara ovv ovrojs edXoj
pi.ev
rpiGKaiheKdro) r-qg yepojvog -qyepovta? erec Oave-

fjLov vovpL-qvla.
340 (viii. l) 'Pto/xatot he rov Îojgtittov dval,rjrovv-
T€S" Kard re opyrjv G(j>erepav Kal Gcjôhpa rod
Grparrjyov (f)LXorLp,ovpLevov, fieyLGrrj yap rjv fjiolpa
rov TToXejjLov Xrj(l)deL?, rovs re veKpovg hi-qpevvojv
1 iiri PAL.
670
enemy, they at length surrendered and cheerfully

extended their throats to their assailants. The
Romans might have boasted that this last phase of the
siege had cost them no loss of life, had not one of
them, the centurion Antonius, fallen when the town
wâs captured. He was killed by treachery. One of
the many fugitives who had taken refuge in the
caverns besought Antonius to extend his hand to
him, as a pledge of protection and to assist him to
rise ; the centurion incautiously complied, where-
upon the Jew from below instantly stabbed him with
his spear beneath the groin, and killed him on the
spot.
{36) On that day the Romans massacred all who
showed themselves on the ensuing days they
;
searched the hiding-places and wreaked their

vengeance on those who had sought refuge in sub-
terranean vaults and caverns, sparing none, whatever
their age, save infants and women. The prisoners
thus collected were twelve hundred the total
;
number of the dead, whether killed in the final

assault or in the previous combats, was computed at
forty thousand. Vespasian ordered the city to be
razed and had all its forts burnt to the ground. Thus
was Jotapata taken in the thirteenth year of the
principate of Nero, on the new moon of Panemus."
(viii. 1) A search for Josephus was then instituted josephus
^" ^"'^'""
by the Romans, to satisfy both their own resentment cave,
and the keen desire of their general, who considered
that the issue of the war depended largely on his
capture. So the bodies of the slain and the men in
» 20 July, A.D. 67 (Niese).

671
JOSEPHUS
341 Kal rou^ d7TOKpv(j)ov?.^ 6 de^ Trj? TrdAeoj? dAi-
GKOfievT]?, SaifjiovLOj ovvcpyia )(pr)GdiJ,€vo?,
TLVL
[xeoov fiev eavrov iKKXlnreL tojv iroXep.iojv Kad- ,
dXXerai 8e eig nva âdvv Xolkkov, (L TrXarv aTT-qXaLOif

342 hteCeuKTO Kara. nXevpav rol? dvojQev doparov €vSa .
reaaapdKovra p-kv roji' 1-LGrip.ojv diSpag xara-

Xafjif^dveL Xauddvovrag napaaKevrjv 8' €.7nrr]heicov
,
343 ovK oXiyaig biapKelv Svuapieuiqv. pLed^

rjpLepaLg
qpLcpav p-kv ovv VTreoriXXero tow TToXepLiojv rrdvra
i'vkto?
hL€LXrj(f)6rajv, 8* dvLwv il-qret hpaGpLOU
SidbvGLV Kal ra? (f)vXaKd? KareGKeTrreTo. (f^povpov-
p.evci)v 8e —dvTodev TrdvTOJV 8t' avTov, cog XaOelv
344 OVK Tjv, avOtg ets" to GTTrjXaLov KarfjeL. Svo p.kv

ovv rjpLepaig ^LaXavddveL, rfj 8e 'pL'f) yvvaiKog
dXovGrjS ra)V a/j.a avrolg /xryruerat, Kal OveoTra-
GLauog avTLKa fierd GTTOvhfjg TrepLTrei Svo ^(tAtap-
Xovg, navXlwov Kal FaXXuKauov, be^td? re tuj
*\coGrj7Ta) Sovvat KeXevGag Kal TTporpeifjupLevovg
dveXdelv.
345 (2) WdnKopLevoL
yovv rrapeKdXovu ovroi toi^
dvhpa Kal 7TLGT€is TTepl GojT-qpiag ebiBoGav, ov
346 p.7]v €7Teidov Ik yap (Lv CLKog -qv rooavra Spdoaura
rradeu', ovk Ik tov (f)VG€L row napaKaXovvToju
TjpLepov rag VTTOipiag GVveXeyev, iSeSieL re cu?
€7tI rtpLOjpLav TtpoKaXovpêvovg €Ojg OveGTraGiavog y
rpirov i-L-ep.7Tei xtXiapôv XtKai'opa, yvo'jpip.ov
'
+ Tr)% Tr6\(LL}^ nvxoC'S M\'R.C. " the secret recesses of the
city." 2 +dpTt MVRC.
' Probably, as Reinach suggests, a relative of M. Valerius

h
Paulinus, a friend of Vespasian, and in a.d. 69 governor of
Galha Narbonensis(Tac. Hist. iii. 43).
672
hiding were closely examined. But Josephus, when

the city was on the point of being taken, aided by
some divine providence, had succeeded in stealing
away from the midst of the enemy and plunged into
a deep pit, giving access on one side to a broad
cavern, invisible to those above. There he found
forty persons of distinction in hiding, with a supply
of provisions sufficient to last for a considerable time.
During the day he lay hid, as the enemy were in
occupation of every quarter of the town, but at night
he would come up and look for some loophole for
escape and reconnoitre the sentries ; but, finding
every spot guarded on his account and no means of
eluding detection, he descended again into the cave.
So for two days ^
he continued in hiding". *=
On the isdiscove
by the
third, his secret was betrayed by a woman of the aJ)ma^, Romans :
party, who was captured ; whereupon Vespasian at '"îted

invited t(
t
1 ., T-» 1. T surrendji
once eagerly sent two tribunes, raulmus ^ and
GaUicanus, with orders to offer Josephus security
and to urge him to come up.
(2) On reaching the spot they pressed him to do His parie
and pledged themselves for his safety, but failed
so Roâ'?^
\ persuade him. His suspicions were based not on
to officers.
the humane character of the envoys, but on the

I
iconsciousness of all he had done and the feeling that

!he must suffer proportionately. The presentiment
that he was being summoned to punishment per-
sisted, until Vespasian sent a third messenger, the
'
'
tribune Nicanor,^ an old acquaintance and friend of
" A friend of Titus, who was afterwards wounded while
endeavouring, in company with Josephus, to parley with the
Jews of Jerusalem, by whom he was known, B. v. 261. It
has been suggested that he may have served under Agrippa
and so become acquaintpH with Josephus (Kohout).
VOL. II z 673
JOSEPHUS
8*
347 TO) ^lojorjTTO} Kal avvrjdr) TrdXat. TrapeXdwu
ovTOS TO re (j^voei 'Pojfiaicov xpiqarov rrpos ol)?
ai^ oTraf eAcuat Stefijet, Kal tu? 8i' aper-qv avros

OavjidiÔLTO fJLaXXov rj pLioolro rrpos rcov -qyeiiouoju,
348 OTTOvSdlêLi' re tou arparrjyov ovk iirl 7t/xtuptai
dvayayelv avrov, ivelvai yap TavTr]v Kal rrapd
fiT] rrpoLOvros Xaêlv, dXXd oojaai vpoaipovpLevoi
349 dvSpa yevvalov. TTpoGeTiOei 8' co? out' dv Ove-
GTTaoiavos ivehpevoju (f)LXov e7T€iJL7T€u, Lva tol
KaKLorov TTpdyfjLaros tt pooTrjoriT ai to KdXXiorov
dmoTLas (jyiXlav, ovh^ dv avros dnaT-qoajv dvhpo
4>iXov UTTrjKovoev iXdelv.
350 (3) tou 'Icoot^ttou Kal rrpoi
ÊvhoidiôvTO? 8e iec
TOP Nt/caiôpa, TO
oTpariajriKov utt* opyrj^.
ixev
CKKaUiv TO OTTTiXaiov wpjJL'qro, Karelxev 8' auToi)< k
o TToXefiapxo? l^coyprjoai rov dvSpa (J)iXotliiovijl€vo<;
351 cus" 8' o Te KiKdvcop TrpoolKeiTO XiTrapaJv Kal Tct!
aTretAd? tou rroXefilov nXrjdovs 6 'IdJor^Tro? ep-aOev h
dvdfjLvqaLS avrdv rcov 8td tû/CTo? ovelpcov €.la€p\€.rai
hi (x)V 6 Oeog rd? re fieXXovaas avrco ovpLcfiOpd
7Tpo€GT](JLav€v ^louhalcov Kal rd ir^pl rov<; Pcu/xatco
352 /SaotAet? iaopLeva. rju he Kal Trepl KpiGeis oveipo)
LKai'6^ ovp.âXelv tol d/x(/)tj3oAaj? vtto rod deio-
XeyofjLeva' twu ye pLrjv lepojv ^l^Xojv ovk rjyvoe
rd? 7Tpo(f)rjTeLa<£ co? dv avros re ojv lepeus Ka J^
353 lepeojv eyyovos. d>v enl rrjs rore ojpas evdov fa;
yevoixevos Kal rd <f)pLKa)hr) rwv 7rpoa<f)droj

oveipcxjv OTrdaas (jiavrdoyiara 7Tpoa4>epei rd) dec
ôA XeXi-]9vlav evxr^v , Kal " eireihr) rd 'louSat'coi^," e(j>ri w
"
Cf.
" Roniane, memento . . . parcere subiectis," Virg
Aen. vi. 851 flF.
" Did he claim kinship with his namesake, the patriarcl
674
Josephus He, on his arrival, dwelt on the innate

generosity of the Romans to those whom they had
Dnce subdued,"" assuring him that his valour made him
an object rather of admiration, than of hatred, to
the commanding officers, and that the general was
anxious to bring him up from his retreat, not for
—
punishment that he could inflict though he refused
to come forth —
but from a desire to save a brave
3ian. He added that Vespasian, had he intended to
entrap him, would never have sent him one of his
^riends, thus using the fairest of virtues, friendship,
iS a cloak for the foulest of crimes, perfidy nor ;
ôuld he himself have consented to come in order to

ieceive a friend
(3) While Josephus was still hesitating, even after
^îcanor's the soldiers in their rage
assurances,
attempted to set fire to the cave, but were restrained
Dy their commander, who was anxious to take the
lewish general alive. But as Nicanor was urgently
Dressing his proposals and Josephus overheard the
;hreats of the hostile crowd, suddenly there came
Dack into his mind those nightly dreams, in which
3od had foretold to him the impending fate of the
lews and the destinies of the Roman sovereigns.
fie was an interpreter of dreams and skilled in
livining the meaning of ambiguous utterances of the
Deity a priest himself and of priestly descent, he
; ''
âs not ignorant of the prophecies in the sacred

Dooks. At that hour he was inspired to read their
Meaning, and, recalling the dreadful images of his
•ecent dreams, he offered up a silent prayer to God.
'
Since it pleases thee," so it ran, " who didst create
loseph P For his interest in dreams cf- B. ii. 112-116 : he

.ells us of another dream at a crisis in his life. Vita 208 ff.
675
JOSEPHUS
**
<j)vôv KXaoai^ hoKel ool rco KTLoauTL, /xeTc'jSi
he TTpos 'PojfxaLOvg -q Tvxrj Trdoa, Kal r-qv efirji
ilivxqv e77eAe^cu rd yiiXXovra eiTrelv, hihajyn /xci
'Poj/xat'ot? rd? ;^€tpas Ikojv koi 1,0), [xaprvpofjia

§6 ojs OX) TTpohor-qs ciAAd oos ciTTet/^t StaKOP-o?
,
355 (4-) Tai3r' elrroju eveblSov to) y^LKavopt. Ka

Tojvlovhalcvv ol (jvyKaTa(f)vy6vr€<i cLs tov 'Ituai;
(jvvUoav etKoyra rols TrapaKaXovatu, dOpoo
7T0V
3oQ TTepiGTOLures, " tj jjieydXa y' du cn€vd^€Lai^,'
iôujv, " 01 Trdrpioi vojjlol, Kal KaTr)(f)rjoaL^ 6(6
'louSat'ot? 6 KTLcra? ipvxds davdrov Karacl)povovoas
357 (f)LXoLoj€Ls ,^ ÎcjoGTjTre, Kal ôjs UTTO/xeVet*; dpd
SouAo?; o)? Tax€a>? eTreXdOov aavrov ttooov
3i)S VTTep iXevdepias drioOvqaKeiv eVetaa? ifjevhrj p.€
dpa hoâu dvSpeta?, ipevh-q Se Kal <jvv€0€oj<; ^^X^'^

(L ye GCJTr)piav /xev ^x^^-v eXrriiêLS Trap' oU ovra>
€7ToXipL-r)oas , oajtêaOai 8' vir^ eKelvcov. Kav
359 jSe'âtov, deXet? dAA' ei Kal aol X-qdrju oeavTO
Kar^x^^^' 'PajpLaLwv rvx^j, rrpovo-qreov -qpuv ro
T]
Tra-rpiov KXeoug ;)(p7](70/xeV ctoi Se^tdi/ Kal ^L(f)o<.

.
ov S' dv fi€v eKOJV dvqoKjjS, ^Yovhaicov arpar-qyoi

3G0 d^ 8' aKOJV, rrpoBorr]? reOvri^fj." ravO' dp.
XeyouTes eTravereivavTO rd î<j>ri Kal Si-qTreiXov
*
dvaLpiqG€LV avrov, el rot? 'Poj/xatoi? evhiboirj
3tJl (5) Aet'cra? 8e ttju €(f)oSov 6 'lojcrT^TTO? Kal Trpo
booiav Tjyovp.evog etuai rcjv rod deov Trpoaray
fjLdrojv, el 77 poaTToOdvoi rrjg 8tayy£Ata?, yjpx^T
302 TTpog avTOV<; cf)LXooo(pe'LU enl rijg dvay/cr^S"" " t
•
A Leyden ms. quoted by Naber : KoXdaai PA ML
6K\daai the rest (followed by Niese and Xaber), "that
should sink into the dust."
' Kai KaT7)<p7iaai. M\'RC: ovs KO.Ti<pT]a^v the rest.
676
JEWISH WAR, III 354.-362
the Jewish nation, to break thy work, since fortune

has wholly passed to the Romans, and since thou
hast made choice of my spirit to announce the things
hat are to come, I willingly surrender to the Romans His
md consent to live but 1 take thee to witness that sur?endTr^'
;
[ go, not as a traitor, but as thy minister."

(4) With these words he was about to surrender is opposed
,o Nicanor. But when the Jews who shared his companion!
etreat understood that Josephus was yieldinff to ^ô
thrpatpn
;ntreaty, they came round him in a body, crying out, tokiiihim
'
Ah well might the laws of our fathers groan aloud
!
ind God Himself hide His face for grief God who —
mplanted in Jewish breasts souls that scorn death !
s life so dear to you, Josephus, that you can endure

o see the light in slavery ? How soon have you
orgotten yourself How many have you persuaded
!
o die for hberty False, then, vt'as that reputation

!
or bravery, false that fame for sagacity, if you can

lope for pardon from those whom you have fought
bitterly, or, supposing that they grant it, can deign
accept your life at their hands. Nay, if the fortune
f the Romans has cast over you some strange forget-
jlness of yourself, the care of our country's honour
evolves on us. We will lend you a right hand and
sword. If you meet death willingly, you will
ave died as general of the Jews if unwillingly, as ;
traitor." With these words they pointed their

words at him and threatened to kill him if he
urrendered to the Romans.
(5) Josephus, fearing an assault, and holding that Josephus
would be a betrayal of God's commands, should he tbem o^*^
ie before delivering his message, proceeded, in this tiiecnme
mergency, to reason philosophically with them.

+ uj P. * ivbiboirf Dindorf: ivbibwi) aiss.
677
JOSEPHUS
yap roaoOrov," €(l)rj,
" G(}>a)V avrcoPy ^Tolpoi
4)0vw}X€v; 7) ri to. (^tArara StacrraCTiaÔjLtev, ctoj/xc
363 KOI ipvx'qv ; rjXXd-)(daL^ rt? ifie aX\

(l)iqoiv.
olhaoiv 'PojfJialoL rovro ye. [Kal] KaXov a

TToXefjicx) dXXa
durjaKELv, TToXefJiov voyao, tovt€otu
364 V7t6 tcov KparovvTow. et p,ev ovv rov 'Pto/xatcui
6.770 or pi(j}opiaL oihiqpov, d^LOS dXridcns €t/it TOVjioi
î(ôvs Koi xîpos TTJg c'/xt^s" ^l 8' eKelvovs eta
epxerai </)etScu TToXefiiov, ttocjco hiKaiorepov dv T^/xai
r)[idjv avTOiV eloeXOoi; Kal yap -qXidLOV ravrc

hpdv o(i>ds avTov?, -nepl Sv vrpos eK€Lvovs 8i
365 tordpLeda. KaXov yap v-rrkp r-qs iXevdepla? citto
BvqoKeiv (f)rjpil Kdyo), fiaxopievovs fJLevroi, Kal \)7T>
Tujv d(jiaipovpiiv(x)v avrrjv. vvv 8' ovr^ els y-d^T)

avridCovaLV rjplv ovr^ dvaLpovGLu 7]/xds" 8eiAo
Se opioiojs d re pL-q ôuXoptevos dv-qoKeiv orav hi-
366 Kal 6 ôvXopievos, orav prj Ber]. tl 8e Kal hehoLKO

T€S TTpos 'PajpLaiovs ovK dvLpev; dp' ovx'l Odvarov
367 e?^' ov SeBoLKapLev Ik rujv iÔpaJv VTroTrrevopevoi
eavTOLS jSe'ySaiov eTnoTrjoopev ; dXXd BovXeiai
368 ipel Tis". Trdvv yovv vvv e'cr/xev eXevOepoL. yev
valov ydp dveXelv iaurov, (j}rjG€L Tig. ov pL€v oui
dXX' dyeveararov, d>s eyojye Kal Kvêpvrjrrjv -qyov
/xat heiXorarov, dans X^^P-^^^ 8e8otK:a;? irpo rrj
369 dvdXXrjs i^dTrrioev eKwv to OKd(j)OS. dXXd pr]v
avTox^Lpia Kal rijs KOLvrjs aTjdvTOJV Icpojv (l)vo€a)
dXXoTpiov Kal rrpds tov KTLoavTa deov rjpds icrri
370 daejSeta. rojv pev ye Icpojv ovhev eanv o dvquKt^
perd TTpovoias r) 8t' avTOV- (jivoeojs ydp vopo
•
6ir}\\dxeai PAML
678
" Why, comrades," said he, " this thirst for our
own blood ? Why set asunder such fond companions
as soul and body ? One says that I am changed :
well, the Romans know the truth about that. Another

says, It is honourable to die in war
*
yes, but
'
:
according to the law of war, that is to say by the

hand of the conqueror. Were I now flinching from
the sword of the Romans, I should assuredly deserve
to perish by my own sword and my own hand but;
if they are moved to spare an enemy, how much

stronger reason have we to spare ourselves It '?
would surely be folly to inflict on ourselves treatment

which we seek to avoid by our quarrel with them.
'
It is honourable to die for liberty,' says another :
1 concur, but on condition that one dies fighting, by
the hands of those who would rob us of it. But now
they are neither coming to fight us nor to take our
lives. It is equally cowardly not to wish to die when
one ought to do so, and to wish to die when one ought
not. What is it we fear that prevents us from sur-
rendering to the Romans ? Is it not death ? And
shall we then inflict upon ourselves certain death, to
avoid an uncertain death, which we fear, at the hands
of our foes ? No, it is slavery we fear,' I shall be
'
told. Much liberty we enjoy at present !It is noble

'
to destroy oneself,' another will say. Not so, I retort,

but most ignoble in my opinion there could be no
;
more arrant coward than the pilot who, for fear of a

tempest, dehberately sinks his ship before the storm.
" No suicide is alike repugnant to that nature
;
which all creatures share, and an act of impiety

towards God who created us. Among the animals
there is not one that deliberately seeks death or kills
itself ; so firmly rooted in all is nature's law the—
679
JOSEPHUS
ioxvpos eV arraoLV to ^rju idiXeLW 8td rovro Kal
Tcv? iâveptZs acâtpof/LteVoi;? T^/xa? tovtov ttoAc-
fjLLOV? Tjyovfxeda Kal rovg i^ eVedpa? riiiajpovix^Ba.
•^71 Tov hk deov ovK oUode dyavaKrelv, orav avdpojTTo?
avTOv TO datpov v^piCr); Kal yap etAT7(/)a/xev Trap'
CKeivov TO elvaL Kal to fxr)K€TL etvat tto-Xlv eVetVoj
372 dLdojfxev.^ to. ixiv ye attj/xara dvqTO, Trdaiv Kal gk
(Pdaprrjg vXrjg SehrjfjLLOvpyqTaL, tjjvx'r} Se dOdvaTO';
del Kal deov (lolpa tol? aojyâaiv eVotHrtêrat cTt'
€d^ p.kv dcpavLGT^ tls dvOpojTTOV TrapaKaTad-qKrjv ^

biaOrJTaL KaKcJs, novrjpog elvau hoKel Kal aTnaTO?,
€(' 5e TLS TOV G(j)€T€p0V CTOJ/XaTOS" €K^dXXei Tr)l/
7TapaKaTa6riK-qv tov Beov, XeX-qdevai boKel tov

373 dbiKOVfxevov ; Kal KoXdlêiv (lev tov? dirohpavTas
oiKETas biKaiOv vevopîoTai, Kav novqpovs xara-
XeLTTOJGL heuTTOTas i avTol he KaXXiUTov beoTroTrjw
dTrohtdpaoKovTes tov deov ov boKOVfxev doeêlv;
374 dp^ OVK loTe, OTL tujv ixkv e^LOVTOJV TOV îov KaTa
TOV T-qg (iiJcretus vo/jlov Kal to XrjcjiQev Trapd tov
deov xpeos eKTLVvvTOjv, oTav 6 hovs KoiiioaaBai
deXr/, KXeo? p.ev alwvLov, olkol Be Kal yeveal ê-
jSatot, Kadapal be Kal eTT-qKOOL p.evovGiv at ipvâL,
Xojpov ovpdvLOv^ Xaxovoai rov dytcoTaTov, evdev

€K TTepLTpoTTTJs alujvojv dyvol^ TrdXiv dvTeVOLKL-
375 iovTat ocjfiaoLV oaoig be Kad^ eavTcov efiavqaav
ai ;(6tpei, tovtojv aSr/g fxev SexeTai rd? i^vxa?
CKOTeLVOTepos , 6 be tovtwv TraT-qp Oeog els ey
'
Niese: di56afjL(p, oido/xep or oi'Sw/uef isic) M33.
* P : oiipavov the rest.
680
will to live.That is why we account as enemies

those who would openly take our lives and punish as
assassins those who clandestinely attempt to do so.
—
And God think you not that He is indignant when
man treats His gift w^th scorn ? For it is from Him
that we have received our being, and it is to Him
that we should leave the decision to take it away.
All of us, it is true, have mortal bodies, composed of
perishable matter, but the soul lives for ever, im-
mortal : a portion of the Deity housed in our
it is
bodies. then, one who makes away with or mis-

If,
applies a deposit entrusted to him by a fellow-man

is reckoned a perjured villain, how can he who casts
out from his own body the deposit which God has
placed there, hope to elude Him whom he has thus
wronged ? It is considered right to punish a fugitive
slave, even though the master he leaves be a
scoundrel and shall we fly from the best of masters,
;
from God Himself, and not be deemed impious ?

Know you not that they who depart this life in
accordance with the law of nature and repay the loan
which they received from God, when He who lent is
pleased to reclaim it, win eternal renown that their;
houses and families are secure that their souls,

;
remaining spotless and obedient, are allotted the

most holy place in heaven, whence, in the revolution
of the ages, they return to find in chaste bodies a
new habitation ? But as for those who have laid
'^
mad hands upon themselves, the darker regions of

the nether world receive their souls, and God, their
<*
With this passage c/.Ap. ii.218" . . to those who observe
the laws and, if they must needs die for them, willingly meet
death, God has granted a renewed existence and in the
revolution (of the ages) the gift of a better life."
VOL. II z2 681
JOSEPHUS
yovovg TLiiajpelrai IfTovs tcjju Trarepojv u/3ptCTTa?t/
376 8(,a rovro iJi€fJLiGr]TaL irapa Oeu) tovto nal napa
377 Toi oocfxjjTaro) KoAaêrat voixoderr]' tovs yovv
dvaipovvTag iavrov? rrapa {xev T'lP-lv jiexpig -qXiov
SvGeojs drd(f)OV? eVpiVretv eKptvav, Kairoi kol
378 TToXep-iov? dd-rrreiv Beparov rjyovp.evoL, Trap* irepoi?
he Kal rd? he^cds tujv tolovtojv v€Kpojv drro-
KOTTTetv eKeXevaau, at? iarparevaavro Kad* iavTUJv,
rjyovpievoL, KaOdrrep to atu/xa tt]s ^^XV'^ aXXorpiov,
379 ouTco? Kal ttjv X^^P^ '^^^ CTcujuaros". KaXov ovv,
iralpoL, StKata (^povelv Kal jjltj rai? dvOpcoTrivais
avp.<f>opals TTpoodelvai rrjv els tov Krioavra -qpids
380 BvoGeêiav. el oco(,eodaL SoKel, oajlâjp,eda' Kal
yap ovK dBoôg -q crcoT-qpia irap* olg 8td rocrovrcvv
epyojv eTTeScL^dpLeda rds dperdg- el Tedvdvat, KaXov
381 VTTO rwv eXovTOJV. ov pLeja^rjaopLai S' eycj elg rrjv
Toiv TroXepLLOJV rd^LV, iv' ifiavrov TTpohorrjg yevco-
/xar Kal yap dv e'irjv ttoXv rcov auro/xoAouvrcop
rrpos roi)? TToXefxiov? -qXidLcorepo^, e'l y eKelvoK
p.ev eirl aujriqpia tovto TrpdTTOvoiv, eyoj S' eV*
382 d-najXela, Kal ye Trj epiavTOV. ttjv pievTOL 'Poj-
pâlojv evehpav evxopiaL- pLeTa yap Seftdv' dv
aipovpLevog vn' avTcZv evdvpLOS Tedvriôp.ai, ttji
tCjv xpevoap-evajv dmoTiav uiKTjS pLeltôva d7T0<êpLiJi

vapapivdiav."
' Text corrupt :1 suggest rd? rCju iraTipuiv v^peii the text
;
may have arisen out of an erroneous rovs corrected in the

margin to Td$.
' Josephus apparently refers to some Rabbinical tradition ;
the Pentateuch is silent on the subject of suicide. For the

burial at sunset of the hanged criminal see Deut. xxi. 22 f.,P^'
and of the slain enemy, Joshua viii. -29, x. 27.
* Such was the Athenian custom, as appears from Aeschines,
682
upon their posterity the outrageous acts

father, visits
of the parents. That is why this crime, so hateful to
God, is punished also by the sagest of legislators.
With us it is ordained that the body of a suicide
should be exposed unburied until sunset, although it
is thought right to bury even our enemies slain in
war.'* In other law requires that a

nations the
suicide's right hand, with which he made war on
himself, should be cut off, holding that, as the body
was unnaturally severed from the soul, so the hand
should be severed from the body.^
" We shall do well then, comrades, to listen to
reason and not to add to our human calamities the

2rime of impiety towards our creator. If our hves
are offered us, let us live there is nothing dishonour-
:
able in accepting this offer from those who have had

>o many proofs of our valour if they think fit to
;
<\\] us, death at the hands of our conquerors is

lonourable. But, for my part, I shall never pass over
:o the enemy's ranks, to prove a traitor to myself;
[ should indeed then be far more senseless than
deserters who go over to the enemy for safety,
vvhereas I should be going to destruction my own —
iestruction.^' I pray, however, that the Romans
nay prove faithless if, after pledging their word,
;
hey put me to death, I shall die content, for I shall

arry with me the consolation, better than a victory,
hat their triumph has been sullied by perjury,"
?one. Ctesiph. 24.4 by Reinach) idu ri$ avrdv

(quoted
haxP'H'^V'o.i, Trjp x^'^P^ tovto rrpdâaai' X'^P'5 tov cw/acitov
'''^^
^dTTTo/xep. For this piece of erudition, comparable to other

nstances in the Contra Apionem, Josephus is doubtless
ndebted to his Greek assistants {Ap. i. 50).
'•
The consciousness of such treachery would be my ruin-'
eems to be the meaning.
683
JOSEPHLS
383 (G) iJi€U ovi' Mt6aT7770? ttoAAq TOLavra npos
384 dTTOTpOTTr]v TTrjs avroxîpio-S eXeyev ol 8e 7T€(f)pay
fxevas OLTToyucvoet rd? d/cod? eôvTes, ojs o.v ndXai
KaBoGicjuavTes eavrovg rco Oaudrco, Ttapco^vvovTC

7Tp6u d'AAo? d'AAoêt
^L(f)r]p€LS eKaKLôv re ei's duauSpiaw Kal a>? €Kaoroi
385 avTLKa ttXj'iûjv hrjXos TfV. d Se rov p.€V ovofJLaoT
KaAwv, TO) Se orpaT-qyLKcjrepou iyi^Xivujv, rod S<
Spaooofievos ttjs beîds, ov Se Serjoei Svgojttcou
Kal TTOLKiXoLq Statpou/uevo? vdOeoiv iirl rrj-^ dudy
Kr/s (ipyeu dno Trj^; 0(f)ayr]S rrdurwu tou oioi']pov
(7)(j7r€p rd KVKXojBevra tcou d-qpiatv del npo? roi
386 KaUaTTTOfxeiôv dvrLorpe<j)6iJi€vos rojv 8e /cat rrapc

rd? €G-xdra<; aviJLcf)opd<; ere rou orparriyov alSov
pLevojv TjapeXvovTO fxei' at Se^Lai, TrepicoXioOave.
hk -rd ^L(f)7j, Kal noXôl rds poaâtar €TrL(f)€pou7€
avroiJ.drco'; napeloau.^
387 (7) O 6* eV rat? djjLrjxai'iaL^ ovk rjTToprjoe
€7TLVoia<;, dXXd Tnorevwu toj K-qSefioi^L deo) 77]
388 (jojrrjpiau TTapa^dXXeraL, Kal " €7Tel Se'doKrat t
Our'jOKeLU," ecfj-q,
" 0e'pe kXtJpcu rds dXXqXojv câyd
irtLrpiipujpiev , 6 Xa')(^<jjv 3' l'tto tou /Lter avro
389 TTLTTrerco, Kal StoSeuaet rrdvrojV' ovra>s 7] tv)(7^
/LtryS' 67Tt T^? tSt'a? Keiodoj Seîds €Kaaro<; dBiKO
yap olxofxevwi^ nud 7(jjv dXXujv p,eTaiô?)aap'T-
oojBrjvai." moros jS'] e6o^€v ravra etTTcuv k-q
390 ovv€KXr)povro Treiaag . iroifxrji^ 8' d Aa;(d»p toj p.€6
avTOi' 7Tap€LX€u rTju o(f)ayrju, tu? avriKa 7eBvr)
Ôjjiivov Kal 70V nrparriyov- âtijg ydp rjbiaj to [j^
391 fxerd 70V ^\atoir]7Tov Bdvarov -qyovvro Kara

* irapiiOrjaai' " were paralysed " MVRC.
684
(6) By these and many similar arguments Josephus Josephus,

^'
sought to deter his companions from suicide. But ml] °

desperation stopped their ears, for they had long
since devoted themselves to death they were, there-
;
fore, infuriated at him, and ran at him from this

side and that, sword in hand, upbraiding him as a
coward, each one seeming on the point of striking
him. But he, addressing one by name, fixing his
general's eye of command upon another, clasping the
hand of a third, shaming a fourth by entreaty, and
torn by all manner of emotions at this critical moment,
succeeded in warding off from his throat the blades
of all, turning like a wild beast surrounded by
the hunters to face his successive assailants. Even
in his extremity, they still held their general in
reverence ; their hands were powerless, their swords
glanced aside, and many, in the act of thrusting at
him, spontaneously dropped their weapons.
(7) But, in his straits, his resource did not forsake
him. Trusting to God's protection, he put his life
to the hazard, and said : " Since we are resolved to
die, come, let us leave the lot to decide the order in
which we are to kill ourselves ; let him who draws
the first lot fall by the hand of him who comes next ;
fortune will thus take her course through the whole

number, and we shall be spared from taking our lives
with our own hands. For it would be unjust that,
when the rest were gone, any should repent and His
escape." This proposal inspired confidence ; his knTeaci°^
advice was taken, and he drew lots with the rest, other and
^^ ^'^^^^^^
Each man thus selected presented his throat to his
neighbour, in the assurance that his general was
forthwith to share his fate ; for sweeter to them than
life was the thought of death with Josephus. He,
685
JOSEPHUS
AetVerat 5' ovro?, €lt€ vtto rvxrj? XP^ Aeyel^^ che^
u7t6 deov 77 povoias gvv erdpcp, Kal a77ov6dC,ajv
,
firjd' vvo Tov kXtjpov KaraSiKaGdrjvai iirjTe, ei

TeAefTatos" AeiVoiro, pudvat rriv heîav 6fjLo4)vXco
<f>6va) TTetdei kolkclvov eVi ttlgt^l i,rjw
392 (8) '0 /xev ovv ovTOjg rov re 'Pojfiaicov Kat rov
OLKelov^ SLacfyvyoju TrdAe/iiOP ctti OveoTraaLai'ov
393 riyero vrro rod Nt/cdi'opo? ol he 'Pcu/âtot Trai^Te?
eVi avrov cruvirpe\ov, Kal rov TrX-qdov;
ê'ai/
GwOXtôpLivov rrepl roj Grparrjyoj dopvôg tjv

volklXos, rojv p.kv yeyrjdorojv eVi rcu Xr](j)6evTi,
Tujv 8' OLTTe lXovvt cj i^ , tojv §' iyyudei^ Ihelv /Staô-

394 ixivojv . Kal ol p.iv TTopptoQev KoXdCeiu iôoju rov
TToXepiiov , Tou?* hk TrX-qGLOU dvdiJLvrjGL? avrov ra)V
395 epyojv elureL Kal Trpos rv/V pLeraôXrjv Bdfiôg, rujv
re qyep.ovoji' ovSel? rjv o?, et Kal Trporepov ojpyi-
Lero, rore rrpos ivihwKev avrov.
rr]v SiJjlv ovk
396 ixdXtura Be rov Tirov iâiperajg* ro re KaprepLKOv
ev rals ovfKhopal? fjP^^ 'ou 'IcuCTr^Trof Kal Trpos
rVfV -qXiKLav eXeo<; , dvap.L^,vr]OKOU.ev(jo re rov^ TtdXai
p.ax6(xevov Kal rov ev )(epulv e\dpcov dpn Keifxeuov
opcoun Traprjv [8ej^ voelv , oaov hvvarai rv^'Q, Kal
cL? oêla fJLev TToXeixov porrri, tujv 8' dvdpajnivcjv
39" 0L'8ev Qeâiov rore uvvhieOriKev /xev
7Tapc Kal
rrXeiorovs eavrcu Kal Trpo? OLKrov tov 'laxrrjTTOv,
vXeiarf) 8' aura) Kal napd rep narpi uolpa aw
tire v-rd rOxrii XPn êyeiP, (ire om. PAL.
rov oiKelov L: û'f OiKfiwv most M?5. rî/ ; r^î, oiKiiwv SaDer.
MC : rQi> the rest.
^^ dpfTTJj m the margin of FA.
L\'RC and
4-01^ VRC, mistaking the use. frequent id Josephus, of
TiXa; = '•
formerly," " recently."
* om. Lat.
6S6
«
however (should one say by fortune or by the pro-

vidence of God ?), was left alone with one other ;
and. anxious neither to be condemned by the lot

nor, should he be left to the last, to stain his hand
with the blood of a fellow-countryman, he persuaded
this man also, under a pledge, to remain alive.
(8) Having thus survived both the war with the Josephus
Romans and that with his own friends, Josephus was vespasiai
brought by Nicanor into Vespasian's presence. The
Romans all flocked to see him, and from the multitude
crowding around the general arose a hubbub of
discordant voices some exulting at his capture,
:
some threatening, some pushing forward to obtain

a nearer view. The more distant spectators
clamoured for the punishment of their enemy, but
those close beside him recalled his exploits and
marvelled at such a reversal of fortune. Of the
officers there was not one who, whatever his past
resentment, did not then relent at the sight of
him. Titus in particular was specially touched by
the fortitude of Josephus under misfortunes and by
pity for his youth.'' As he recalled the combatant
of yesterday and saw him now a prisoner in his
enemy's hands, he was led to reflect on the power of
fortune, the quick vicissitudes of war, and the general
instability of human affairs. So he brought over
many Romans at the time to share his compassion
for Josephus, and his pleading with his father was the
" Tiie historian's veracity in ttiis narrative is not above
suspicion ; his inconsistency in other autobiographical

passages, doubly reported, does not inspire confidence. That
his companions would have tolerated the rhetorical speech
on suicide is incredible.
( Vita 5), was now thirty years
* Josephus, born in a.d. 37
old.
687
JOSEPHUS
395 TTipias iyivero. 6 (livroL OveaTTacnavos (iipovpeiu

avrov piera Trdar)? docjyaXeias Trpoairarrev cos
dva7Te}nl)(jJV ainiKa Ne'pojyt.
399 (9) Tovro OLKOvaas 6 'IcoarjTTO? pLovco ri 6ta-

8*
XexOrjvai deXetv eXeyev airro). (jLeraGrrjuapLevov
iK€LVOV ttXtjv rod TratSo? TtVou Kal Svolv (jiiXcjjv
400 'o us dXXovs d-TTavra? " oi) txev," €L7T€v, " Ove-
orraoiave, vop-iteis alx^xaXajTov avro fiovov eiXr]-
0eVat Tov '\coa-q7Tov, iyoj S' ayyeAos rJKco aoi
/xetôVcov fXT) yap
Oeov rrpoTTeix-oiJLevos fjheiv
vtto
TOV '\ovha.iwv voîov, KOi rrcug crrpaT-qyolg oltto-
AQ\ Bv-qoKeiv TTperreL. Sepojvi fjbe Trep-rreLg ; riyap; • *'
oi fieTOL lêpojva P-^XP^ ^^^ 8taSo;)(Oi p.evovaLi>; av
Kalaap, OvearraGLave, Kal avroKparajp, av Kal
402 TTals 6 (Tos ovTo? 8ecTfj.€i be /xe vvv dcjchaXeaTepov
.
Kal rrjpei ueavTco heoTTor-qs p.€v yap ov p.6vov

epiov C7U, Kalaapj dXXd Kal yqs Kal SaXdrr-qg Ka
TTavTOS dvOpo'jTTUJV yivovSy eyuj 8' i-l Tip^wpiav
beopLai (j)povpd£ pêilôvog, el KaraGX^btdlâj^ Ka
403 Oeov." TavT^ eiTTOvros 7Tapaxpi]p,a pikv Oveona
oiavos aTTLOTelv iSoKei Kal tov 'IcoarjTTov vt:
404 eXdpâvev TavTa rrepl aajT-qpias rravovpyelv, Kara

fiLKpoi be els TTLOTLV VTrrjyeTO, tov Beov bi
eyeipovros avTov els T-qv qyep.oviav rjbr) Ka

Ta axTJTTTpa 8t' eTepojv crqpLeiojv TrpobeiKvvvTos
405 aTpeK-Tj be tov '\coo-q7rov Kal iv aAAotS" KaT
^
A
mention of Nero's impending death seems to have
dropped out.
2 KaTaaxedidau: PAML Suid.
' For the sending of prisoners of importance to be tried by
the Emperor cf. B. ii. 243 f. ^Cumanus the procurator and
the leading rebels). Vita 408 f. (Philip ben Jacimus), and in
theN.T the case of S. Paul (at his own appeal).
688
JEWISH WAR, 111 398 405
main influence in saving the prisoner's life Vespa-

sian, however, ordered hino to be guarded with every
precaution, intending shortly to send him to Nero.**
(9) On hearing this, Josephus expressed a desire He pred ict..«
Vespasiau s
for a private interview with him Vespasian having accessioQ a:
ordered all to withdraw except his son Titus and two Emperor
of his friends, the prisoner thus addressed him :
" You imagine, Vespasian, that in the person of
Josephus you have taken a mere captive but 1

;
come to you as a messenger of greater destinies.

Had I not been sent on this errand by God, 1 knew
the law of the Jews and how it becomes a general
to die. To Nero do you send me ? Why then ?
Think you that [Nero and] those who before your
iccession succeed him will continue ? You will be
3aesar, Vespasian, you will be emperor, you and
/our son here. Bind me then yet more securely in
hains and keep me for yourself; for you, Caesar.
ire master not of me only, but of land and sea and
he whole human race. For myself, 1 ask to be
)unished by stricter custody, if I have dared to
rifle with the words of God." To this speech
êspasian. at the moment, seemed to attach little
redit, supposing it to be a trick of Josephus to save
is life Gradually, however, he was led to believe
:, for God was already rousing in him thoughts of
mpire and by other tokens foreshadowing the
^rone " He found, moreover, that Josephus had
" These omens and oracles are mentioned by Tacitus,
'ist.i. 10 (" ostentis ac responsis destinatum Vespasiano
Derisque eius imperium "), ii. 1 (" praesaga responsa "),
id in other passages cited by Reinach. I'he widespread
?Mef that " persons proceeding from Judaea were to become
asters of the world," is reported in almost identical terms
,'Tacitus {Hist. v. 13) and Suetonius Vesp. 4).
(
689
JOSEPHUS
eXdiiâvev rcov yap rot? anopprirois naparvxovTCOV
(j)i\ojv [o] ercpog davp.at,eiv e(j)r^ rro)? ovre rolg inl
Tojv ^lajraTTOiTcov irepl aXujoeaj? ovd^ iavro) rrpo-
fjLaPT€VGaLTO alxfJiaXajGLav, €t fir] ravra Xrjpo? etr]
406 8iaKpovoijL€vov rag eV avrou opyds- 6 8e 'Icocrr^-
770? KOL Tols ^\cora7TarrjVols on fierd TeaaapaKOcrrrjv

l^hoixrjv r^p.epav dXujoovrai TrpoeiTreZv e(f)rj, Kal
407 OTL 77/00? 'Pco/JLaLOJU avros t^coyprjOrjueraL. ravra
vapa rcov alxp-aXojrujv Krar' Ihiav 6 OveaTraaiavos
eKTTvdofjLevo? CO? €vpLOK€V dX-qOrj, ovrco jnoreveiv^X)
408 77ept rojv /car' avrov ^pKTO. ^povpds /xev ouvl'.
Kal SeGfjLow ovK dviei tov 'Iclxtt^ttoi^, ehojpelrc

S* iadrJTL Kal to?? aAAotS" KeLfJLrjXiois, (jyiXo^povov-
fjLevos T€ Kal TTepLeTTwv hiereXei rd 77oAAa Ttroi

rfj TL/JLTJ ovu€pyovvros.
409 (ix. 1) TcrapTT] he Ylavefiov pnqvos dvalêvâ' \
els UroXefjiatSa KaKeWev elg ri^v TiapdXiov d(j)
iKvelrai Yâiodpeiav , fieyLor-qv rrj? re 'louSata

ttoXlv Kal ro rrXeov"^ !;(/)' '¥.XXr]vojv OLKOvjJLevqv
410 ehexovro he Kal rrjv orparidv Kal rov orparrjyo
fierd Trdarjs ev^'qp.ias Kal (f)LXo<f)poovvrjs ol em

1 + Kal Niese. * Tr\u(rTov PAML.
*•
The fact of this prediction of Josephus to Vespasian
confirmed by Suet. Vesp. 5 " unus ex nobilibus captiu
losepus, cum coiceretur in uincula, constantissime asseu<
rauit fore ut ab eodem breui solueretur, uerum iam imperf
''''
690
proved a veracious prophet in other matters. For

one of the two friends in attendance at the private
interview remarked " If these words are not a
:
nonsensical invention of the prisoner to avert the

storm which he has raised, I am surprised that
Josephus neither predicted the fall of Jotapata to
its inhabitants nor his own captivity." To this
Josephus rephed that he had foretold to the people
of Jotapata that their city would be captured after
forty-seven days and that he himself would be taken
alive by the Romans. Vespasian, having privately and is
questioned the prisoners on these statements and ateTy trea
found them true, then began to credit those con- as a
p"®°°®^'
cerning himself. While he did not release Josephus
from his custody or chains, he presented him with
raiment and other precious gifts, and continued to
treat him with kindness and solicitude, being warmly
supported by Titus in these courtesies."
(ix. 1) On the fourth of the month of Panemus,*' Vespasiar

Vespasian led off his troops to Ptolemais and from Jil^Jroop
there to Caesarea-on-sea, one of the largest cities in Caesar
of Judaea with a population consisting chiefly of scythopo
Greeks.'' The inhabitants received the army and
its general with blessings and congratulations of
tore," and by Dlo Cassius (epitome, Ixvi, 1) who instead

of breui ('* shortly ") writes more precisely fxer' (Viavrou.
Reinach, wtio quotes these passages, refers also to the
curious Rabbinic attribution of this prophecy to Johanan
ben Zakkai, on the occasion of his escape from the siege of
Jerusalem.
* 23 July A.D. 67 (Niese's reckoning).
" Notwithstanding its predominant Greek population the

city from the time of its refoundation by Herod the Great
"always continued united with Judaea " (Schiirer).
691
. _
JOSEPHUS
ywpLOL. Kal Kar' evvoLau fxev ri)v 7Tp6<^ *PojfLaLOV<;,
TO §€ ttMou €xOeL Tcbv KaT€orpafj,fX€vaju 6l6 Kal
TQv '\cx)ar]7Tov ddpooL Karaô6jvT€^ tj^lovv KoAdlêLU.
411 ()veo7raaLav6<; 8e r-qu [fJ'€v] 7T€pl tovtov Sdr]aLU
CO? V7T^ OLKpirov yivofjievrju rrArjOovs eîXvoev

4[2 -qavxia- rcov 5e rayfjidrajv rd p-kv hvo x^'-t^^'
pioovra eKdOioev ctti rrjs Katoapeias imT-qheLov ,
opwv rrjv to heKarov Se Kal nep.Trrov €t?

rtoXiv ,
yiiKvdoiroXiv^ d>S p-r) dXifôt naurl roj orparuj ttju

4 13 Katadpetai'. dXêLvi) 8' -qv KdKîvq x^'-l^davo?
d)pa, Kad^ ooov TTViycoh-qs depov; vno Kavp.drojv
TT^hids ovoa Kal TrapdXLog
4 14 'Ev he TOiJTcp ovvadpoLodevres oT t€ Kara
(2)
ordoLV (KTTLTTrovre^ rwv TroXeojv^ Kal oi 8ta-

(f)vy6vT€S €K roju KaTeorpap-p-ivajv , 7rXrjOo<; ouk
oXiyou, dvaKTilôvaLiy '{otttttiv opp^rjrrjpLoi' o(f)LGU',
4 15 €pr]p.a>d€Loau vtto Kcgtlov Tipo-repov, Kal T-q<;
Xojpa<; €K7T€TroX€pLa>p.€vr}<i dveipyopLevoL fieralâLveLU

A [a €y I'O) a au €tV rr]v ddXaooav. TTrj^dpLevol re rreipa-
TLKa OKd(f)r] -nXeloTa rov re ^vpias Kal Ooti/t/cT7?
Kal rov €Tr^ Alyvrrrou rropov eXfjorevov, drrXatrd
411 re rrdoLV irtoiovv rd TfjSe veXdyq. OveorraGLavog
be cos eyvoj rrjV ovvra^LV avrdJu, rrepLneL rreCou^;
re Kal Irmels drrl rr)v ^lomrr^v, ol vvKra>p (jj<; d-
4\^ (f)vXaKrov elaepxovrai rrjv ttoXlv . oi 8' eu avrfj
77pofjoi)ovro p,ev rrjv eioôXrjv Kal Kara6eioavre<^
70U fxev elpyetv rov? 'PajpLaiovg dverpenovro,
' \' : TToXfM'wf the rest.
- Vht oth ai)d lOtli (§ 65).

" Bethshan. thirty-five miles due east of Caesarea.
692
JEWISH WAR. Ill 410-418
every description, prompted partly by goodwill

towards the Romans, but mainly by hatred of the
vanquished. This feeling showed itself in a loud
and universal demand for the punishment of Josephus;
but Vespasian by his silence quashed this petition
emanating from an incompetent crowd. Of his
three legions he established two ° in winter quarters
at Gaesarea, finding the city suitable for the
purpose the fifteenth legion he sent to Scytho-
;
polis," in order not to burden Gaesarea with his

whole army. The climate of the last-named city
is. like Scythopolis,'' as genial in winter as it is
suffocatingly hot in summer, from its situation in
the plain and on the coast.
Meanwhile, the Jews who had been driven by
(2) The pira
seditionfrom the towns and the refugees, whose pnrsTe'd

homes had been destroyed, had united their not ^'^^ ^^^
inconsiderable forces, and, to provide themselves
with a base, rebuilt Joppa, recently devastated by
Gestius ^ and then, finding themselves cut off
;
from the country, which had passed into the

enemy's hands, they resolved to take to the sea.
They accordingly built themselves a fleet of
piratical ships and made raids on the traffic along
the coast of Syria and Phoenicia and the route to
Egypt, rendering navigation in those seas quite
impossible. Vespasian, on learning of this gang,
dispatched to Joppa a body of infantry and cavalry,
who entered the city by night, finding it unguarded.
The inhabitants had received news of the coming
attack, but in their alarm made no attempt to
« KCiKeipv Reinach, referring the pronoun to Scythopolis,

:
S reduced to correcting TrapdXios to 7rapa7rora/xtos.

" B. ii. 507 f.
693
JOSEPHUS
(TVfJL(j)vy6uT€? S' el? rds" vav? i^corepoj êXov?
hievvKTepevoav.
419 (3) 'AAifteVou 8' ovGTj? (f)VG€L r-fjs Îottttt]?, al-
yiaXo) yap rpax^l Kal to fxev dXXo rrav
€77tA7]yet
opdico, ^po-X^ ^^ ovvv€VOVTL KaTOL TCI? K€paia?
420 iKarepojdev at 8e etcrtv' KpripLvol âdelg Kal rrpov-
XovoaL CTTTtAaSes" et? to TreXayos, evda Kal tojv
'Ay8po/xe8a? 8ecr/i.coP' €Tt 8et/<vi;/xefot ttjttol ttl-
421 CTrouvTat tt^v apxo-ôrrjra rod fivdov, rv-nrtov Se
Tov alyiaXov evavrlo? ôpias Kal Trpos Tat?
8e;(0/xeVai? Trerpais vifjVjXov dvaKOTTTcoi^^ to KVfia
o6aXepcoTepop epr]/xta? tov oppLou aTrepydlêTai'
422 MraTci tovtov oaXe-vovoLV toi? d770 ti^? 'loTTTrrj?
u7t6 tt^v ecu 771'evpLa ^latov iTTLTTLTTTeL' fieXapLôpLOu

423 UTTO TcZ)i' TavTT) 7rXoLL,opLeva>v KaXeiTai- Kal tq?
/xev' dAAr)Aai? tcIIv I'etDv' avToBi cruvqpaêv ,rd? Se
77-p6? Tat? 7T€TpaLS, TToAAct? 8e TTpO? dvTLOV KVfJia
^laCopLevag et? to TreAayo?, toV tc ydp atyiaAdi^

oi'Ta 7T€Tpio8r} Kal tou? cV auTOu TToXepLiovg
ehehoiKeaav, /LteTCcupo? VTrepapdel? 6 kXvSojv i^d-
424 7ttlL,€V. -qv 8' outc <f)vyrj? totto? ovt€ pievovoLV
oojTrjpla, îa /xev dvepLOV Trj? daXdaarjs e^-

ajdovpiivoLs, 'PojpiaLa>v 8e tt^? TToAeco?. /cat ttoXXtj
p.kv ovpprjyvvpLevwv iyiveTO tcov GKa(f)wu,
olpLcoyq
425 TToXvg 8' dyvvpLevojv 6 ip6(f)og Kal tov rrXridov? .
ol fieu V7t6 TUJV KVp.dTOJV KaXvTTTOfieVOL bl€(f>d€l-

' dâ7êV7^c«;f P*A*L.
" The localization of this legend at Joppa is widely [t
attested. Reinach quotes Pliny, Xat. Hist. v. 69 (marks of te
the chains shown on a projecting rock), Strabo xvi. -2. -23 (/
{ivTavda fxidevoiffi TLua r'qv KvOftOfiibav iKTedi)va.L tu KrjT(L),

'
Pausanias iv. 35. 9 (a blood-red spring where Perseus [I:
washed himself after slaying the monsterj, Jerome, In Jon. i. y-.
69^
oppose the Romans and sought refuge in their ships,

where they passed the night out of bowshot.
(3) Nature has not provided Joppa with a port, and
It terminates in a rugged shore, which runs for byâ'^storr
nearly its whole length in a straight line, but is ^^ ^â.
slightly curved at its two extremities in crescent

fashion these horns consist of steep cliffs and reefs
;
jutting far out into the deep here are still shown
;
the impressions of Andromeda's chains, to attest

the antiquity of that legend.'^ The north wind,
beating full upon the coast, dashes the waves high
against the face of the rocks and renders this
roadstead more perilous to sailors than the watery
waste. It was here that the people of Joppa were
**
tossing, when, towards dawn, a furious blast burst

upon them, the wind called by navigators in those
parts the " Black Norther." Some of the ships
were dashed to pieces against each other on the
pot, others were shattered upon the rocks. Many
from dread of this rock-strewn coast and the enemy
that occupied it, strove to gain the open sea in the
teeth of the gale, and foundered among the towering
billows. There was neither means of flight, nor hope
Df safety if they remained where they were the :
fury of the wind repelled them from the sea, that

3f the Romans from the town. Piercing were the
hrieks as the vessels collided, terrific the crash as
hey broke up. Of the crews who perished, some
rvere engulfed in the waves, many crushed by the
the holes through which had passed the rings of the chains
vere still shown in his day). Cf. G. A. Smith, Hist. Geog.
,f Holy Land, 163 f.
* Literally " than a desert " ; 1 adopt the late Dr. R.
Traill's happy paraphrase, and see no reason to suspect
he text.
Q95
. .
JOSEPHUS
povro. TToAAot 8e TOi<; vavayloL? efj-nXeKoêvoL'
Ttve? 8' o)? KOv4>or4poj rrju OdXnrrau €(f)Oavoi> tco
426 oiSrjpcp o(l)a.ep6fx€vou rrepi-

fâivero rat? aTToppcoîv , cu? alpiaxOijuaL fj.€u iirl
nXe'iGTOV TO TriXayos, TrXrjpojdrjvaL 8e u€Kpa)V rr)u

TiapdXiov Kal yap tov<; eVt tov alytaXou eK-
<f)€poiJi€VOV<; i(l)€Gr(jjT€<; ol 'PajpLaloL hLi(^deLpov
427 api^ô9 [he] rcov eK^paoOeurujv owfjidraju rerpa
kloxlXlol 77po? TOLS 8iaK:oCTtot9 rjv. 'Pajfj-aioL be
Xafôures diJ.ax'rjrl rrju KaraoKdrrrovaLU
ttoXlu
428 (4) '1 0777777 fjLev ovu ev oXlycp xpovto hevrepov vtto
429 'PcD/zatotS" edXoj. OveonaoLavos 8' to? fir) TrdXu
ol TTeiparal ovvaXLodelev elg aim^v. orpaTonebov
T6 €771 Tt)?aKpOTToXeCO? ey€Lp€L Kal TO ITTTTIKOV €1
430 avTw KaTaXei-nei fieTa Tretwv oXiycDV, Iv^ ovtol fiei
/caret \ci)pav p.evovTe^ (fipovpcooL to OTpaToirehov k
ol 8' LTTTTels TTpOVOp-eVOJOL TTjV Tiipi^ Kal TCt'
TTfpioiKov^ Kco/ia? T€ Kal voXi^vas iâiptoGLv Ti)<-
431 '1077777]?. OL fiev ovu KaTo. ra npoGTaxOeuTa ttjx
Xiopav KaraTpexovTes Kad^ ruiepav eTep-vov re Ka

rjprjiJLOVv CLTiaoai'.
432 (5) 'Qs be els Ta 'UpoooAu/ta to KaTO, T-qi
McuTaTraTT^v" ndOos rjyyeXrj, to fxev TjpuiTOv rjTTi
GTOvv OL 77oAAot Kal 8ta TO p-eyedos tyjs ovp.(f)opd>

Kal 8td to p.rjbeva. tcou Xeyofieuoju avTOTTT-qi
433 Trapeh'aL bLeoiodr] yap ovbe dyyeXos , dXX avro
fidTT)^ bLeKrjpvoaev (t>rjpi''q oiKela (f>vo€
ttju dXojoiv,
434 Twv oKvSpojTroTepojv . KaT'

oXiyof be Sid rtDi id'
Tipooxojpcoi' (jjbeve TdXrjde? Kal napd irdoLV dpL(f)L

>(
avTOfxaTi PA. ^.
696
wreckage from which they could not extricate them-

selves others, regarding the sword as a lighter evil
;
than the sea, anticipated drowning by suicide.

The majority, however, were swept to shore by the
waves and their bodies hurled and mangled against
the cliff's. A wide area of sea was red with their
blood, and the coast was covered with corpses for;
he Romans, lining the beach, massacred those who

*vere cast up. The number of bodies washed up
imounted to four thousand two hundred. The Joppa is
Romans took the town vinthout opposition and razed Ihe^gro°and

t to the ground.
(4)Thus was Joppa, after a brief interval, for the
econd time" captured by the Romans. Vespasian,
n order to prevent the pirates from congregating
here again, established a camp on the acropolis and
eft in it the cavalry with a small body of infantry,
^he latter were to remain on the spot and guard the
amp, the cavalry to ravage the neighbourhood and
estroy the villages and small towns around Joppa;
n obedience to these orders, they daily scoured the
ountry, pillaging and reducing it to an utter desert.
(5) When the news of the fate of Jotapata reached
Reception
erusalem, it was received at first with general saiem of

icreduHty, both because of the magnitude of the ^^^ ?aTo f°
alamity and because no eyewitness had come to Jotapata.
3nfirm the report. In fact, not a man had escaped
D tell the tale rumour, with its natural propensity
;
) black tidings,** spontaneously spread the news of
le city's fall. Little by little, however, the truth

lade its way from place to place, and was soon
« ii. 507 f.
''
Cf. the description of " Fama " in Virg. Aen. iv. 173 ff.,
pecially 190, "facta atque infecta canebat," with "facts
nbroidered by fiction " in Josephus.
697
JOSEPHUS
/SoAta? "^v êâiorepou' TTpoaeax^SLa^CTo ye
rjSrj
fjirju rot? kol to. fir) yevofieva,

7Te7TpayyL€vois
reSveoj? yap inl rrj? aXwaeoj? Kal 6 ÎcvcqTTO?
435 rjyyeXXero rovTO jieyLorov ra 'lepoaoAu/xa TreV-
.
dov? InXrjpojuev Kara p.iv ye oIkovs Kal Kara

avyyev€La? ot? Trpoa-qKcov €Kauro<; tjv rcov aTToXat-
436 Xorojv idprjveiTO, to 8' irrl toj crTpar-qyo) Trdvdos
eSr]fX€v9rj, Kal ol fxev êVou?, ol 8e avyyevel?, oi
Se (filXovg [ol 8e dbeXcfiovsy idprjvovVy tov 'Icu-
437 arjTTOV 5e TTcivTes' cos errl TpiaKOOT-qv p.ev rjiJLepai
pLTj SiaXiTTelu ra? 6Xo(^-upGei<i eV ttj 77oAet, TrXei
GTOVS 3e fJLLoOovoBai tov? avX-qrd?, ot Op-qucoi
avTOL? i^-qpxov.
438 (6) *Qg §£ rdX-qdrj hL€KaXv7rT€T0 tlo xpova) Ka
ra (i€v Kara ttjv ^YojTaTTdrrjv djoTrep elx^v, iax^îa
ofxeuov 8e to Kara tov 'lojar]7TOV rrddo? evpioKeTO
t,riv
8* avTov eyvcoaav Kal rrapd 'Poj/xatois" ovr^
Kal npos tCjv rjyefiovcxjv TrXeov r) /car' alxp-aXwro

TVXTIV 7T€pL€7T€odaL, TOOOVTOV Opyfj? £7tI tîOVTO
doov evvoia? irrl redvdvai hoKovvros vpoTepo
439 dveXap-âvov. Kal Trap* ols /uev els dvavhplai
Trap'' oh 8'
Trpohooiav eKaKiLeTO, TrXripris 7
els
dyavaKTTjoeoJS rjv Kal rcuv kqt' avTov ^Xaa(f)rjp.i(Z
440 Tj TToXis TTapoj^vvovTO he Tals TtX-qyals Kal rrpoo
.
eêKaiovTo Tals KaKOTrpayiais' to ye jxriv Trrateti

o ylverai tols ev (f)povovaLV dacfjaXelas Kal ra.
OjJioiixjv (f)vXaKr)S alriov, eKeivois Kevrpov erepa.
eyivero ovpLcjyopdjv, Kal ro reXos del rcov KaKu.
'
om. PA.
" Or " guest-friend."

* The period, as Reinach remarks, of the mourning fc
698
regarded by all as established beyond doubt. But

the facts were embroidered by fiction thus Josephus
;
himself was reported to have fallen when the city

was taken. This intelligence filled Jerusalem with
the profoundest grief; whereas in each household
and family there was mourning of the relatives for
their own lost ones, the lamentation for the com-
mander was national. While some mourned for a
host," others for a relative, some for a friend, others
for a brother, all alike wept for Josephus. Thus for
thirty days the lamentations never ceased in the
*
city, and many of the mourners hired flute-players "

to accompany their funeral dirges.
(6) But when time revealed the truth and all that Outcry
had really happened at Jotapata, when the death S'phi
of Josephus was found to be a fiction, and it became
known that he was alive and in Roman hands and
being treated by the commanding officers with a
respect beyond the common lot of a prisoner, the
demonstrations of wrath at his being still alive were
as loud as the former expressions of affection when
he was believed to be dead. Some abused him as
a coward, others as a traitor, and throughout the city
there was general indignation, and curses were
heaped upon his devoted head. The citizens were,
moreover, exasperated by their reverses, and their
misfortunes only added fuel to the flames. A defeat,
which with the wise induces precaution and care to
provide against similar misadventures, only goaded
them to further disasters and the end of one
;
calamity was always the beginning of the next.
men such as Moses (Deut. xxxiv. 8) and Aaron (Numb. xx.

29). The norma] period was seven days (Ecclus. xxii. 12).
« Such funeral flute-players are mentioned in Matt. ix. 23.
699
JOSEPHUS
4-11 av9i<; apxTl' iJ-dXXov yovv lopiian' ctti rovs 'Pct>-
ptat'ou? o)? Kal ^{(vorjTTou eV avTolg a/xup'ou/xew'oi.
442 rov<; fiev ovv irri rcxju 'XepoooXvfJLtov tolovtol
dopvôL Kareixov.
443 (7) OuecTTraonaiô? 5e kq^' Laropiav rrjs 'Aypt77-
77a /SacrtAeta?. evrjycv a/xa yap jSacrtAei)? aurdt'/
[5e] KQt he^LojoaoOai rov -qyefj-ova ovv rfj arpa-
Tta Toj Kara rou olkou oXf^co tt poatpo'vpL^vo'; Kal
KaraoTelXaL avTcou ra vooouuTa rrjs dpxrj'i,
81'
ripas OiTTO TTapdXov KaLoapelag et? r-qv OtA-

TTJ?
444 LTTTTou KaXovpievqv fieraâiveL Kaiadpeiav ei'Oa .
P-expi- P-^v r]p,6pd)V eLKOGL rr]V orparidv htavaTTavajv

Kal avr6(; iu eucu^^^t'ats" rju, aTToSiSovg rep deep
445 ;ca ptcTTTypta tCjv KarojpdcopLevwv (ij<; .
8'
aura)
TijSepta? ptev vecoreplêLV, dc})€GrdvaL 8' -qyyeXXouTo
Tapt^jâtat, pLolpa 8e tt^S" WypLTrna âoiXeias -qaav
dpL(j)6repai, rrdvrodev rov? ^lovhaiovg Karaorpe-
<f>€o9aL SieyvajKO)? r-qv ettI tovtou?^ orpareiav
evKaipov -qyelro Kal St'
^
\ypi7r7Tav, (Lg et's êviag
440 dpLOL^rjV ouj<^povio(jL)V aincp rd<^ iroXei? . Tre'/XTTCt
817 Tov VLOv Tirov eh KaLodpetav pcerdôvra rr)v

eKeWev orparidv
HkvOottoXlv 77
8' eorlu
elg
pLeyioTT] T-qg êKaTToXeojg Kal yeircou rfjs TijSe-
4 47 ptdbog ev'da Kal avrog TrapayevopLevos eKêxerai
Tov VLOV, Kal pLerd rpiLov raypidriov TrpoeXdoju
G-rpaTOTTeSeveraL p-ev diro rpiaKovra rijg Tiêpta-
809 GTaSlwv Kara riva GradpLOv evGuvonrou rot?
448 veojrepitovGiv 'Levva^pls ovopLdiêraL. TTepLTrei 8e'
'
PA : ai'Tos the rest.
* N'lese: TovToi' or tovtoi<; mss. ^ 8n PAL.
" Or rather a part of them (§ 446). " ii. 168. lii:
700
They were now animated with greater fury against

the Romans by the thought that, in having their
revenge on them, they would also be avenged on
Josephus Such was the state of agitation prevaiHng
in Jerusalem
(7) Vespasian, however, had gone to visit Agrippa's Vespasian
kingdom, to which the king had invited him with the îfestat"*
double object of entertaining the general and his caesarea
PhiliDDi
troops'* with all the wealth of his royal household
and of quelling, by their aid, the disorders within
his realm. Leaving Gaesarea-on-sea, Vespasian,
accordingly repaired to the other Gaesarea called
Gaesarea Philippi." There for twenty days he rested
his troops, while he was being feted himself and
rendering thankoffe rings to God for the successes
which he had obtained But when he learnt that
Tiberias was disaffected and Tarichaeae already in Tibenas,
revolt —both cities formed part of Agrippa's realm —
revSio"
he thought that now was the time to march against
these rebels, in pursuance of his fixed intention of
crushing the Jews wherever they rose, and also to
oblige Agrippa and to repay his hospitality by
recalling these cities of his to their allegiance. He
accordingly sent his son Titus to Gaesarea to fetch
the troops quartered there and march them to
Scythopolis, the largest city of Decapolis and in the
neighbourhood of Tiberias. Thither he proceeded
'^
himself to receive his son, and then, advancing with

three legions, encamped thirty furlongs from Tiberias
at a station, well within view of the rebels, called
Sennabris.<* From there he sent the decurion
• is some twenty miles south of Tiberias.
Scythopolis
" Modern Sinn en-Nabrah, on the south-west side of the
-ake of Gennesareth, near Tarichaeae.
701
JOSEPHUS
S€KaSdp)(r]v OvaXepiavov ovv l7T7T€VGLV Trevrrj-
Kovra hiaXexOyôofJLevov Îp-qvLKa rot? /caret rrjv
ttoXlv Kal 77 porpeiJjojjLevou eVt 7tlgt€l?' dKr]K6eL
yap, o)? ETndvjxoi-q fiev elprjvrjg 6 SrjfJLog, Kara-
CTracriaôtro 8' vrro tlvojv TToXepielv ^Lalôfievojv.
449 TTpooeXduas S* OvaXepiavo? irrel rrX-qaiov -qv toC
T€LXOVS, avTOS T€ Karaâtvei kol tov? ovv avrcZ
rcov LTTTTiojv dTri^rjoeVy ojs jjlt) SoKolev aKpoôXi
t,6pLevoL TTapelvai. Kal Trplv els Xoyov? iXdeli
eTreKdeovGLv avrco Taju oraaLaorojv ol Si't'aTtu-
450 raTot iied' ottXojv. i^rjyelro 8* avrcou ^lr]0ovs Tt<
ovofia, TTOLS Saârou/ rod XrôrpiKov OTi(})0VS c
451 Kopv<f)ai6Taros. OvaXepiavo? he ovre Trapd ra^

eVToAa? rod orparriyov ovpLâXelv do<f)aXe9 rjyov-
fievos,el Kal to vlkov e'lrj jSe/Satov, Kal ocfâXepoi
TO iidxôOai TToXXol? jjLeT^ oXlycov dTrapaoKevdoro^
452 re Trpos eroipiov?, Kal dXXojs eKTrXayelg ttj)
dSoKTjTou Tojv 'louSatcDV roA/xav, <êuyet Tre^d?

eTepoL T€ OfJLOiCJS TTevre tovs Ittttovs dneXLTTOv, ov
ol TTepl Tov ^lr]oovv dn-qyayov el? ttjv ttoXlv yeyrj
Bores CO? P'dxj] X-q^devras, ovk evehpa.
453 (S) Tovro Karaheioavres ol yrjpaiol tov Sv^ô
Kal TTpovx^'-^ hoKovvres (f)evyovoL fxev els to tcj ^
454 PajfiaLOJU orparoTrehov, eTrayofxevoi he rov âoiXe* j(j
TTpooTTLTTTOVOiv LKerai OveG—aotavcp, (jlt) 0(f)d 10,
TTepLiheTv heofjLevoL, pLYjhe rr]v oXiyojv dTTovota

455 -qy-qaaoOai rrjs rroXecos oXrjs, (êioaodaihe to
hrjfjLOv *PcjpaLOLs </)tAa (f)povovvTos Kal rov hi
del,
aiTLOVs TLfjiOjp-qaaodaL rrjs dTTOordoecos, v^^ cS ^''^
avTol (jipovprjdrjvai P'^XP^ vvv, errl he^tds 677
1 MC (c/. il. 599, Vita 66, 134, where he is called son c
2ax0ia9): most M93. have loixpa..
702
!
Vâlerianus with fifty horsemen to make peaceful

proposals to the townsfolk and to urge them to
treat ; for he had heard that the people in general
desired peace, but were overruled and being driven
o hostilities by some seditious individuals. Va-
erianus advanced on horseback and; on approaching
he wall, dismounted and directed his troop to do
e same, to prevent any suspicion that they had
ome to skirmish. But before any parley had taken
)lace, the principal promoters of the rising dashed
ut in arms to meet him, headed by a certain Jesus,"
on of Saphat, the ringleader of this band of brigands,
âlerianus thought it both imprudent to fight them
n defiance of his general's orders, however certain
f victory, and, moreover, dangerous with a small
nd unprepared force to face a large army equipped
Dr battle. In short, he was taken aback by the
nexpected daring of the Jews, and fled on foot,
ve of his companions likewise abandoning their
orses. The troops of Jesus brought back these
teeds in triumph to the town, as jubilant as if they
ad taken them in battle and not by a surprise
ttack.
(8) Dreading the consequences of this incident, is reduced
16 elders and the more respected of the citizens
1
^°
f"^'
mission,
ed to the Roman camp and, after obtaining the
ing's support, threw themselves as suppliants at
espasian's feet, entreating him not to disregard
lem nor to impute to the whole city the madness
i"a few let him spare a people who had always
;
lown themselves friendly to the Romans and punish

le authors of the revolt, under whose power they
lemselves had been kept to this day, long as they
<»
Chief magistrate of Tiberias, B. ii. 599.
703
JOSEPHUS
456 €Ly6[i€VOL TrdXat. Tairrats- cVeStSou rat? LKeoiaL^ c
Grparriyog, KairoL Sia ttji^ dpTrayrû rcov Ivttcoi
i<f>^ oXrju ojpyLOjJLlvos tyjv ttoAlv Kal yap dyojvidjurc

457 7T€pl avrrjs tov ^ Aypimrav icopa. \aji6v70JV 8<
Tovrojv TO) brjp.cp^ Se^td?

tov ^\rioov.
ol Trepl
oukc't' daâXks 'qyoufxevoL [leveLv inl rr}? Tiê
458 pid8o9 et's TapLXO-iag aTTobLSpdoKovoiu Kal p-eO .
rjpLepav OveoTraocauo'; avu iTmevoLV TTpoTrejjLTre '-'
TTpos TTjv dKpojpeiav T palavov d7T07T€Lpa8TJuaL to

459 7T\r)6ovs, €t Trdures elprjULKa (fypovoleu . (h<; t
eyvco TOP hrjp.ov 6p.o(jipovovvra rols tKeVat?, dva

\a^d>v ol he to
rr)v hvvap.Lv rjei Trpd? rrjv ttoXlu.
T€ dpoiyouoLw auTcp Kal /Lter* ev(j)-qp.L(Ji
TTuAu?
VTrrjVTojv awTrjpa Kal evepydrrjv dvaKaXovvT€'
460 TTjg he arparid? TpLfjop.evrj<; Trepl ttjv tCjv elooha
aTevoTTjTa TrapapprjâL tov Kara iJ.eor]p,^pLav re
Xovs Oveonaotavos KeXevoag rrXaTvveL ttjv eloôXi
461 avrols dprtayrjs /xeVroi Kal v^pecos dnexeoOaL Tray
T^yyetAcp", toj fâaiXel xapLl,6p.evo<; , tujv re ret^ô
hLa TOVTov €0€taaTO, ovpLpLevelv Trp6<; to Xol7T<
eyyva)p,evov tov^ ev aurot?, Kal TroXXd KeKaKOjp.
VTjv TTjU ttoXlv €k tt)? OTdoeojs dveXdp.âv€i'.
4G2 (x 1) 'EneLTa TjpoeXBojv aurrjs re /xera^j) k

liapi-xaiajv OTpaToveSeveTOL, Tet;(têt re T-qv na
ep.ôXi)v oxvpajTepav, V(f)opujp.evos eKei TToXepn
VR Lat. : TOV drjfxoi the rest.
" The meaning must surely be " to proceed along t
ridge " (shown in Smith and Bartholomew's Map of Galil

on the west of the lake) and to enter the town.
" Ordinarily identified with the modern Kerak at I
'
oouth-west corner of the lake Ic/ Pliiiy. Uiat. Nac. v. 71

704
lad been anxious to sue for terms. The general,

hough indignant at the whole city on account of
he capture ot the horses, none the less yielded
o these entreaties, because he saw that Agrippa
vas seriously concerned for the town. The delegates
hus secured terms on behalf of their fellow-citizens,
thereupon Jesus and his party, thinking themselves
10 longer safe at Tiberias, fled to Tarichaeae. The
ext day Vespasian sent forward Trajan to " the
idge of the hill to discover whether the whole
lultitude were peaceably disposed. Having assured
mself that the people were of one mind with
he petitioners, he then advanced with his army
3 the city. The population opened their gates to
im and went out to meet him with acclamations,
ailing him as saviour and benefactor. As the troops
ere incommoded by the narrowness of the entrances,
'espasian ordered part of the south wall to be thrown
own and so opened a broad passage for his soldiers,
[owever, as a compliment to the king, he strictly and spared
)rbade any pillage or violence, and for the same Agrippa's
?ason spared the walls, after receiving from Agrippa sake.
guarantee for the future fidelity of the inhabitants,
[e thus brought new life to a city which had sorely
affered from the effects of sedition.
(x. 1) Vespasian, then continuing his march, Vespasian
itched his camp between Tiberias and Tarichaeae,^ upon"'^^^

)rtifvinff
J
it with more than ordinary care, in anticipa-
-^ t-
I'arichaeae
'=> tYie centre
eridie Tarichea " Reinach, however, with others, argues

). revolution,
om the word -wpoCKdvjv, and the previous line of march
om south to north, that Tarichaeae lay to the north of
iberias. The ordinary identification is supported by the
ct that Vespasian's camp was at Ammathus ("warm
iths." B. iv. 11), undoubtedly the modern Hammam south
Tiberias.
VOL. 11 2A 705
JOSEPHUS
463 rpL^rjV avTO) yevrjGoaeurjv ovveppci yap els to.
TapLxo-iOL? Trdv to vetorepltov, rrj re rrjs 77oAea>

oxvporrjTL /cat ri] Xifivrj rreTTOidorc?, t] KaXelro
464 Tevvrjuap Trpog rcov enixojpiojv. rj fiev yap ttoXh
ojGTTep rj Tiêptds" Vnojpeios ovoa, Kada firj r
Xl/jlvt] 77 pog€kXv^€to 'udvToOev VTiO rov ^loJG-qTTO
rer€Lxi-(JTO Kaprepojs, eXaaaov [levroL rrjs Tipe
465ptd3o?* rov fikv yap €Kel TrepiôXov ev dpxfj ti'
OLTTOGTaGecos haxjjiXeia ;\^p7]/xdTC(Jv /cat Suvd/xeo.
eKpaTVParo, TapLxalac S' avrov rd Xeiijjava rr^
466 (j>iXoriii'ias pLcreXaôv. GKd(f>r] 8' tjV aOrot? €7

rrjg Xipuvqs TrapeGKevaGfieua TToXXd Trpos re t
GVfji(l)€vy€iv e77t yrjs rjTTOJjJLeuov?, kov el 8eot Sto
467 vavfiaxelv i^rjprvfjieva. TrepLâXXopievojv he tcI
"PcDjJLalojv TO GrpaTorrehov ol irepl rov ÎrjGoi
ovre Trpos to ttXtjOos ovTe Trpds ttjv evra^lc
468 rcDv TToXejJLLOJv VTroheioavTes TrpodeovGiv, /cat rrpc
eSohov Tojv TeixoTTOiojv GKehaoBevTa
TTjV TTp'JjTTjv
dXiya ttjs Sopirjoeajs orrapdâvTes, OJS eojpojv roi
OnXiTas ddpoitojxevovs, TTpiv tl TTaOelv els toi
o(f)eTepovs dveêvyov evihiojâvTes he 'Pcofxau
469 ovveXavvovoLV avrovs els to. OKdcbr]. Kal ol /x<
dvaxOevTes oaov e^LKvelodai tcjv 'PajpLaia
els
jSdAAovres" SwatvTO rds re dyKvpas eâXXov k(
TrvKvojoavres ojoirep ^dXayya rds vavs eTTaXXrjXoi
470 rots eTTL yrjs TToXepiLOLS hieuavpLdxovi'. Oveonc
GLavos he TO TToXv TiXrjdos auTcui^ rjdpoLGpievc
aKOvojv eu rqj rrpo ri]s TToXecvs Trehioj TrepLTrei tc
Vldv GVV LTTTTeVOLV eâKOGlOLS eTTiXeKTOLS.
" This flatly contradicts Vita ]56, where it is said that tl
people of Tiberias pressed Josephus to build walls for the

city '' having heard that Tarichaeae had already been fortified.
706
tion of prolonged hostilities. For the whole body

of revolutionaries was flocking into Tarichaeae,
relying upon the strength of the place and its
proximity to the lake, which the native inhabitants
all Gennesar. The city, built like Tiberias at the
foot of the hills, had
been completely sur-
in fact
'ounded by Josephus, except on the side washed
3y the lake, with solid ramparts, though not so
>trong as those at Tiberias ; for the fortifications
;here had been built by him at the outbreak of the
•evolt in the plenitude of his resources and his
)ower, whereas Tarichaeae only obtained the
eavings of his bounty."" The inhabitants, moreover,
lad ready on the lake a considerable fleet, to serve
IS a refuge if they were defeated on land, and
equipped for naval combat, if required for that
)urpose. While the Romans were intrenching their
amp. Jesus and his companions, undeterred by the
trength and orderly discipline of the enemy, made
sally, and at the first onset dispersed the workmen
nd pulled down a portion of the structure. How-
ver, when they saw the legionaries mustering, they
lastily fell back upon their own party, before sustain-
]( ag any loss the Romans pursued and drove them
;
o their ships. Putting out into the lake just far

nough to leave the Romans within bowshot, they
hen cast anchor and, closing up their vessels one
gainst another like an army in line of battle, they
ept up as it were a sea-fight with their enemy on
hore. However, Vespasian, hearing that the main
ody of the Jews was assembled in the plain outside
he town, sent thither his son with six hundred
icked cavalry.
tk
VOL. II 2A2 707

JOSEPHUS
471 (2) '0 8* vnepoyKov evpcov Tr]v rcov TToXejiicov
7rA7]dvv TTpos fJLeu Tov TTarepa rre/xTret, TrXeiovos
hvvdpieios avroj Selv Xlywv, auro? Se rovs jJLev
TrXeLovs rcov lttttIcov cLppLrjfjLei'ous 6pa>u /cat Trplv

acpLKeaOat ôrjdeLav, eanv 8'
ovs tjgvxt] Trpos to
TrXrjSos Tcoi^ 'louSatcov KaTaTTeTrXrjyora? , eV In-qKom
472 OTCLS [eXeêv cuSej^' " avhpes,'' €(f)r], " 'FcofialoL,
KaXov yap eV OLpxfj '^^^ Xoycov VTTOixvrjoai roi
yevovs vfjidg, lv^ elb-fjre, rives ovre?^ Trpos rlvas
473 piax€oBai [leXXofjLev. rds" [jl€v ye rjixerepag ;)(erpas
ovbev els rovro ra>v errl rrjs oiKovfMeurjs 8ta-
7Te<f)evyev, ^\ovhaZoi Se, tv* e'iTrcoiiev Kal vvep avrcjv
fJi€Xpi' vvv ov KOTiiwoLv rjTrcxjfJLevoL. Kal heivov
eKeivcDV earcoTajv iu rals KaKOTrpayiais, "qpids rots
474 evTVX'i^P'O.cf'-v eyKapiveiv . rrpodvpiias pêv els tc
(f)auep6u vp-ds ev exovras x^^P^ ^XeTTOJv, hehoi^KO
he pb-q rivi tu)V TToXepLLOJV ro ttXtjOos KaraTrXriû
475 XeX-qdvlav evepydo-qrai. Xoyiododio Srj TraAtv otos
Trpos olovs Trapardêrai, /cat Stdrt 'loL'Satot /xeV
et /cat o(f}6Spa Kara-
ToXp.r]Tal Kal davdrov
(f)povovvre£, dovvraKToi re Kal TToXepLCDi
dXX^
aTTeipoL Kal oxXos av dXXcos, ov orparLO, Xeyoiuro
rd Se rrjs rjpLeTepas ep-Tieipias Kal rdêojs ri Sei
/cat Xeyeiv ; evl touto p-evroi ye p-ovoi Kal /car
elp-qvrjV doKOvp.eda rot? ottXols, tu^ €V noXepâ.
476 p-T) Tipos TO avrlrraXov dpLdptcopLev eavrovs. €.TTei
ris ovTiGLS rrjs SirjveKoOs OTpajelas, dv lgol Trpos

477 dGrpareuTous dvriTaoo copied a; XoyLt,eGBe he on
Kal Trpos yvpLvrJTas OTrXlTau Kal In-els Tjpos ttc-
^ PA : om. the rest. '^

+âl mss. : oai. Bekker.
708
(2) Titus, finding the enemy in prodigious strength,

sent word to his father that he required more troops.
For his own part, observing that, although most of
his cavalry were burning for action without waiting
for the arrival of the reinforcements, there were
others who betrayed secret dismay at this immense
number of Jews, he took up a position where he was
audible to all and spoke as follows :
" Romans — it is well at the outset of my address Titus befc
to remind you of the name of your race, that you may addresses
bear in mind who you are and whom we have to fight, his troops
Our hands to this hour no nation in the habitable
world has succeeded in escaping though the Jews,
;
to give them their due, so far staunchly refuse to

accept defeat. If they in their disasters still stand
fast, would it not be disgraceful for our courage to
flag in the full tide of success ? I rejoice to see in
your faces such admirable ardour but I fear that
;
the multitude of our enemies may have inspired some

of you with a lurking alarm. Let such an one reflect
once more who he is and against whom he is going
into battle. Let him remember that the Jews,
however dauntless and reckless of life they may
be, are yet undisciplined and unskilled in war and
deserve to be called a mere rabble, rather than an
army. Of our experience and our discipline is there
any need to speak ? If, alone of all nations, we
exercise ourselves in arms in peace-time, it is for
this very object, that in war-time we need not
contrast our numbers with those of our opponents.
What would be the use of this perpetual training, if
we must be equal in numbers to an untrained foe
before we face them ? Consider again that you will
contend in full armour against men that have scarcely
709
JOSEPHUS
ôvs Kal 07 paTTjyoviievoL Trpog do7 parrjyrjTovs 8t-
aycoviêode, /cat cos u/xa? pi€v TaOra TToWanXaaLovs
7T0L€L TO. 77 XeoveKTiqfjLar a, ttoXv 8e 70V rcov iroXe-
478 fJiiaju dpidfjLOV Trapatpetrat to. iXa77copLa7a. Ka7-
opdoL he 70V£ TToXeijLOVS ov TrXriSog duOpojTTOJv, kolv
fj
fid^Lfioi',^ di'Speia he, Kav ev oXiyois' ol p.iv ye*
Koi 7dâo6aL^ pdhioL /cat TtpooayiVveLV eaurot?, at
5' VTTepoyKOL hvidfjLeLS u</>* €av7a)V ^Xd7T70U7ai
4 79 TrXeov ^ rwv TroXefj-iuju. ^lovhatwu fiev ow roA/xa
/cat dpdoos rjyeL7aL /cat dTTovoia,* Trddrj /cara fxev
rag evrrpaylas ev7owa, oBeuvvijLeva 5' eV eXa\io7(jis
odidXpiaoLV rjpLojv 5' dpe7rj /cat evTieiOeta /cat 76

yevvaZov, o Kdv 7ols [dXXois \^ ev7V)(p]p.aaiv dKfjLaêi
ndv 701? 777aLOfj.aaLV pLe)(pL reAou? ov o^dXXe7ai.
480 /cat i377e/3 [leLLoucov he rj 'Ioi;8atot Stayoji^tetaê
/cat yap el Trepl eXevdepia? /cat 7Ta7pLhajv e/cetVots
o TToAe/ios" rt pLeLi,ov -qpuv evhoîas
/ctySuv'eueTat,
Kal 70V hoKelv iie7d 7r]V 7rjg OLKOVfievrj<^ rfye-
jJLrj
451 fiovlav ev dv7L7:dXaj 76. ^lovhaicov 7Ldeodat; OKe-

777eov S* ort /cat Tradelu fieu ovhev dvqKeo7ov -qpLU
<f>6ôg' 770XX0I yap OL ôrjBr]OOV7es Kal TrXiqoiov
dpndoai he 7T]v vlktjv hwdpLeda, Kal xpr) roi)? vnc
rov rra7p6s TrefiTTOfievov? rjiilv GvpLpLaxovg (l)ddveLV
LV^ dKOLva)vri76u 7e fj
to Ka76p6ajiJLa Kal {lellfOV
452 voutô) 8* eycoye eTrl 7rjo6e 77)? ojpa? Kat toi
7:a7epa 76v ep.6v Kpiveodai Kdp,e Kal vfidg, el tcoi
fiev 7TpoKa7ojpd(jjp.eviiJv d^LO<; eKeiuog, eyd> 8
eKeivov Trat?, a7/3a7ia>7at 8' vfielg €jjlov- Kal ydf
eKeivo) to viKav eOog, /cdyw tt/dos" au7oi' vtto-
^ duTjxcti'OJ' Destinon, " however huge," but this sense is

unparalleled in Josephus.
* ueif yap ML. ' TrapaToâcfdaL M\ RC.
710
any, that you are cavalry against infantry, that you

have generals and they have none these advantages ;
greatly multiply your effective strength, as the

enemy's disadvantages greatly detract from his.
Wars are not won by numbers, however efficient
the soldiers, but by courage, however few the men :
small forces are easily manoeuvred and brought up
to each other's support, whereas unwieldy armies do
themselves more injury than they receive from the
enemy. The Jews are led on by audacity, temerity
and despair, emotions which are bracing in the flush
of success but are damped by the slightest check ;
we, by valour, discipline, and a heroism which, though
doubtless seen to perfection when favoured by
fortune, in adversity also holds on to the last. Again,
you will contend for a higher cause than the Jews ;
for, though they face war for liberty and country

in jeopardy, what higher motive could there be for
us than glory and the determination, after having
dominated the world, not to let the Jews be regarded
as a match for ourselves ? Nor should you forget
that we have no irretrievable disaster to fear. Our
supports are numerous and at hand yet we can ;
snatch a victory, and we ought to anticipate the

arrival of the reinforcements now on their way from
my Our triumph will be more glorious if
father.
unshared. For myself, I beheve that in this hour
my father and I and you are all on our trial it will ;
be seen whether he is really worthy of his past

successes, whether I am worthy to be his son, and you
to be my soldiers. Victory to him is habitual how ;
* a.Tr6i'0La]-\- Kai PA: aTTouoiai (omitting preceding /cat) the

rest. » om. LVR.
711
JOSEPHUS
483 OTpi<j)eiv ovK au VTrofieLvaifii XeitÔeU. Vfielg he

7rd>? OVK av aioxvôioOe TrpoKii'BuvevouTO'; rjy€[io-
I'OS" r)TTwpL€voL ; TTpoKLibvievooj yap, €V LGre, Kai
4§,4 TrpcDro? et? 70i)? 7ToXep.LOV£ epLâXo). p.rj AetTrecrê
8* t'liels ifiov 7T€7TeLafi€V0L rrjv €.p.T)v opfirjv Trapa-
KporeloOaL Beu) oviifidx^w, Kal vpoyivojoKeTe
oa(j)ojg, 07t Trj<; efco p-O-Xî^ ttMou ti KaropBoj-
oop.€v."
4S5 (3) Tavra rov Tltov Ste^toi^ros' Trpodvp-ia 8ai-
pLOVLOs €pL7TL—T€L Tot? QP'dpaatv', KQi 77 pouyevoptevov
TTplv GvpLâXelv TpaiayoO /Ltera TeTpaKOoiwv ltt-
TTeajv 7J0X0.XX01' (jjs avTols

pLeiovpLeurjs rrjva ovv 6iC7;!^tAtoiS' roôrai?, /ceAeu-
ca? KaraXaôvras to dmiKpv rrjg TToAeco? opo?
487 Tovs irrl rov Teixovs dveipyeLv. Kal ol jiiv, cvs
7Tpoo€TeraKTO, rovs ravrrj Treipaj/xeVows" eKôrjOe'LV
7TepLio\ov, 6 he Tltos npajTOS tov Ittttov rjXavvev
els Tovs TToXepLLOvg Kal ovv Kpavyfj pier avrov ol
XoLTTol TrapeKreivavres eavrovs els ooov eTielxov
ol TToXepLLOL ro vehiov, Trapo Kal ttoXv TrXeiovs
488 Ihoâv. ol he 'lovSaioi, Katroi ttjv re oppLTjv Kai
TTjv evTaîav avrujv KaTanXayevres Trpos oXiyov ,
pLev dvreoxov rals epLôXals, vvoaopLevoi he roZs

KOVTols Kal Toj polloj Toju iTTTTeojv dvarpeTTopLevoi
489 ovveTTaTovvro. TToAAcoy he Travraxpv <j)ovevo}xevojv
hiaoKihvavraL Kal Trpos ttju ttoXlv ojs eKaoros
490 ei^^v ro-xovs ecjyevyov. Tiros he rovs p-ev KaroTTiv
TTpooKelpievos dvifipeL, tujv he hieKTralajv ddpoojv,
ovs he (^Sdvojv Kara oropta ht-^Xavvev, ttoXXovs
" Or " if you abandoned me."

712
could I dare return to him if defeated ^ ? And you,

surely you would be ashamed to be surpassed when
your chief leads the way to danger. For lead I will,
be sure of it, and will charge the enemy at your head.
Do you then not fail me, have confidence that God is
on my side and supports my ardour, and be assured
that, beyond mere victory in this battle outside
the walls, we shall achieve some further success."
(3) As Titus thus harangued them a supernatural Defeat of
frenzy took possession of his men, and when, before a^y^"'''
the engagement, Trajan joined them with four outside th
hundred cavalry, they chafed as though these
partners had come to detract from their own credit
for the victory. Vespasian at the same time sent
Antonius Silo with two thousand archers to occupy
the hill opposite the town and beat off the enemy on
the ramparts these troops, in accordance with their
;
instructions, prevented any attempts from that

quarter to assist the Jewish army outside. Titus
now led the charge, spurring his horse against the
enemy behind him, with loud shouts, came his men,
;
deploying across the plain so as to cover the whole

of the enemy's front, thereby materially increasing
their apparent strength. The Jews, though dis-
mayed by the impetuosity and good order of this
attack, for a while sustained the Roman charges ;
but pierced by the lances and overthrown by the

rush of cavalry they fell and were trampled under
foot. When the plain on all sides was covered with
corpses, they dispersed and fled to the city, as fast
is each man's legs could carry him. Titus, hotly
pursuing, now cut down the laggards in the rear,
now made lanes through their bunched masses here ;
rode ahead of them and charged them in front, there
713
JOSEPHUS
he uvvrjXoia nepl TreaoVra? ifJLTTTjhcou,
a}<)^rjXoiS
491 vacLu §€ TO-S- 77^0? TO relxo? <f)vyag vTreêjiveTO

Koi TTpog TO Trehiov av€GTpi(f>ev, eco? to) TrX-qdei
piaodfxepoL Kal SieKTrcoovres^ et? r-qu ttoXlu avv-
€(f)€vyov.
492 (4) 'E/<:8e;(67ai 8e avToug ttolXlv crracns etoo)
XaXeTTT). Tols jJ-ev yap e-nixajpioLs hid re rd?
KT-qoeLS KOI TTju ttoXlu ovk ehoKec TToXefietv an
493 dpxT]S, Kal Tore Slol t')7P' rjTrav TrXeov 6 8' ctttÂu?
TToXug a)U TrXelou cîaêro, Kal hiajpyiopLevcov en
dXXrjXoLS KpavyT] re rjv Kal dopvô? tu? ooov ovtto)
494 <f)epofjLevojv elg 6-Xa. KaraKovoag 8e tt^? rapaxrjs
Tiros, ov yap rju aTTOjdev rod relxous, " ovros
r)v Kaipos," eV/Soa, /cat " rl, ovurpariajrai,
6
yieXXoiiev eKhihovros r]puv Tovhaiovs 9eov ; 8e-
495 âode rrjv
vlktjv. ovk OLKovere ôijs; araaid-
t,ovaLV rds x^^P^'^ tj/jlcju 8ta<ûyoVT€9.' exofiev
ol
rrjv ttoXlv, edv raxvvajpLev hel 8e ttovov npog
ro) rdxî- Kal Xrjiiaros' ovhkv yap rcbv fieydXojv
496 (/jtAet Slxol Kivhvvov KaropdovoBai. (fiddvetu 8' ov
fjLouoi' XPh ''"'7^ "^^^ TToXepLLajv opLovoiav, ovg
avdyKYj 8taAAa|et raxôj?, dXXd Kal rrjv rcov
Tjpierepojv ôrjOecaw, Iva rrpos raj VLKijoai roaovrov
TrXrjBos oXiyoi Kal ttjv ttoXlv eXcofiev fiouoi."
^ PA: Sie^Tratcraj'Tfs L (improbable repetition of verb
already used).
2 5i(K<piy6i'7is P (for text rf. § 473).
" Probably, as suggested bv Reinach. the incident re-
corded in Suet. Tit. 4 took place on this occasion " Tari- :
cheas et Gamalam (the latter was really taken by Vespasian*

iv. 4 flF.) . in potestatem redegit, equo quadam acie sub
. .
feminibus amisso alteroque inscenso, cuius rector circa se

dimicans occubuerat."
7U
dashed into groups which had fallen foul of each

other and trampled them to pieces. For all, in
short, he sought to intercept retreat to the walls and
to head them off" into the plain, until at length, by
superior numbers, they succeeded in forcing a way
through and flinging themselves into the town."
(4) But there a new and terrible contention awaited Capture (
them. The indigenous population, intent on their bJ'^Titus!

property and their city, had from the first disapproved
of the war, and after this defeat were now more
opposed to it than ever. But the crowd from out-
side, a numerous body, were only the more deter-
mined to hold them to it. There were mutual angry
recriminations, shouts and uproar the two parties
;
seemed on the point of coming to blows. From his

position not far from the wall, Titus overheard this
commotion. " Now is the time," he cried " why ;
tarry, comrades, when God himself delivers the Jews

into our hands ? Hail the victory that is given you.
Do you not hear that clamour ? They are at strife
—
with each other those men who have just slipped
through our hands. The town is ours if we are quick.
But besides haste we need eff'ort and resolution ;
great successes never come without risks.* We must

not wait till concord is re-established among our
enemies necessity will reconcile them all too soon.
:
But neither let us wait for assistance from our friends :
after defeating such a multitude with our small force,

let us have the further honour of taking the city
unaided."
^ A reminiscence of Soph. Electra 945 6pa irbvov tql x^P'-'^
ivbh similarly paraphrased elsewhere (B. v. 501
ti^TL'xff",
5(X'a TTovov KUTopdovv Ti rCjv fxeydXcoi' ovdiiî paSiou, cf. A. ill. 58

-uj TToveli' .TtavTa XrjTrrd).
. We have already had other
phrases drawn from the same context {B. iil. 153, 212).
VOL. II 2a3 715
J0SEPHU5
497 (5) Tai}^' a/ia Xeyoju ivl rov Itittov avaTT-qha
KOi Kadriyelrai Trpog ttji^ Xi^viqVy 8i' TjSiXdoa?
rrptoTOs etV rrjV ttoXlv eloepx^jai /cat /êr*avrov
498 ol XoLTTOi. Seo? Se tt/do? ttî^ roA/iai^ aurou rot?
€7TL TOJV T€L)(^(JOV iv'€7T€0€P, KoL [idxôdaL fJLeV Tf
SLaKCxjXveLu ouSet? VTrejieLveu, Xl7t6i'T€s 8e tyju

4>povpdv ol JJL€U nepl rov ^\r]oovv hid Trj<i ^wpas
499 €(f)€vyoi^, ol 8' €771 r-qw XipLVi^v KaTad€.ovre<^ vtt-
avTidt,ovoLV ToZs TroXefiLOLS TrepLeTTLTrrow eKTîvovro
8' ol fieu iniâivovr^s rcov (TKa(f)cou, ol 8e rots'
500 duaxO^LGLV TTpocjvelv^ TTeipcj/JLevoL. ttoXvs Se rwu
Kara rrju ttoXlv rjv (f)6vos, rcxjv jxev eTr-qXvhojv oool
pLT) 8ia<ûyerr e<f)daoav dvTiraaaoixevujv , dfiax'rjTl
he rcov emxojpiojv Kara yap iXTTcda Sefids' /cat
TO Gvveiho? rod fxrj êpovXevadac'^ TToXefielu pidxr]?
501 averpeiTOvro, p-^xpt Tiro? rov? fi€u alriovs dveXcov,
OLKreipag 8e rovs iTnxojpiovs dvenavaaro (j)6vov.^
502 /cat ol ixev els rrjv XlpLvrjv Kara(f)vy6vres €77et riî'
TToAtv elSov iaXcoKvlav, d>s rroppcordroj rcov rroXe-

pLLOjv dvqxdfôau.
503 (6) Titos' 8' eKnep-ipas rtva rcov Irrrteojv ev-
504 ayyeXiter ai rw rrarpl rd epyow. 6 8', cu? ct/cds",
virep-qodels rfj re rov 77ai8os" dperfj Kal rep Kar-
opdcofiart, pLeyiar-q ydp eSo/cet KaSrjprjoOaL pLolpa
rov rore pev eXdoju rrepLGxdi'ras rr)v
TToXepLOVj
eKeXevaev, cog pLrj SiaXddoL rts î
ttoXlv (jypovpelv
505 avri]?, Kal Kreiveiv rrpooeraêv*** rfj 8' varepala ,
^ Destinon from Lat. natando assequi : irpoufxheii' L:

irpoairlvTen' most M3S.
2 êôvXrjadai R ^ Hudson from Lat.: Trofou mss.
* P: iK^Xevj'.f the rest; there is apparently a lacuna.
716
(5) As he spoke he leapt on his horse, led his

troops to the lake, rode through the water ^ and was
the first to enter the town, followed by his men.
Terror-struck at his audacity, none of the defenders
on the ramparts ventured to fight or to resist him ;
all abandoned their posts and fled, the partisans of

Jesus across country, the others down to the lake.
The latter ran into the arms of the enemy advancing
to meet them some were killed while boarding their
;
boats, others endeavouring to swim out to their

companions, who had previously gained the open
water.^ In the town itself there was great slaughter,
without discrimination between the strangers who
had not succeeded in escaping and now made some
resistance, and the residents who offered none, their
hope of pardon and their consciousness of having
discountenanced the war leading them to lay down
their arms. At length, Titus, after the real culprits
had been slain, took pity on the natives of the place
and stopped the massacre. Those who had taken
refuge on the lake, seeing the city taken, sailed off
and kept as far as possible out of range of the
enemy.
(6) Titus dispatched a trooper to convey the Vespasi
gratifying news of this achievement to his father. fa7trto
Vespasian, as was to be expected, was highly de- pursue
^^^' '^^
lighted at his son's valour and at the success of his
enterprise, which seemed like the termination of a
serious portion of the war. Repairing instantly to
the spot he gave orders to keep a strict guard round
the city, to prevent any from escaping, and to kill
<any who attempted to do so>. The next day he
**
The town was unwalled on the side facing the lake (§ i64,).
^ § 469.
717
;
JOSEPHUS
irpog TT^v Xliivyju /cara/â? CT;\;e5t'a? eKeXevoev
inl rovs /caraTrccêuyoras
TTrjoaeiv^ at 5' iyivovro •
raxôjs a.(f)dovia re vXrjg Kal TrXrjdei re^^t'tTaji^.

506 (7) 'H Se Xtfiurj Teuurjuap [jl€u oltto rrj? vpoa-
€)(ovs \<x>pa? KaXelraL, uTahicov 8' evpos ovaa
reaaapdiKOUTa Kal Trpo? rovroi'^ irepcuv eKarov
TO fj.rjKO?, yXvKeld re ofioj? iarl Kal ttoti/xcutciti]'
507 Kal yap rrjs eXcoSovs TraxvTrjTO? €\€l to vdp.a
Xerrrorepoi^, KaOapa. r' iarli^ Trdvrodev alyiaXol^
iTTiXriyovoa Kal iljdiJLfjLa), TTpos 3e €VKparog dpv
oaodaty 7Torap.ov p.ev rj Kprjvrji 77 poarjueGTepa
ipvxpoTepa Be r) Kara Xtfjiur]^ BLdxvGLi^ del ixevovaa
508 TO p.ev ye vSojp ovk drrdBeL ^^tdiôs eâidpiaoOev
OTTep depov? vvKTOs rroielv eOog Tot? enix^jpLOig
yevTj 5' Ix^vojv eV avrfj hid(f>opa TTpog rov? dX
509 Xaxov yevoLW re Kal ISeau. near) 6' vno rov
*\opSduov refj-uerai. Kal boKei iJiev *\cphdiôu
TT-qyrj to Yldueiou, (f)eperai 8* vtto yr\v eU rcvro
olC KpvTTTaJs eK T7]i KaXovjjLevqs îdXrjs- tj 8 ea-rli^
dvLOvrojv els ttju T paxcoi^'irLi' dno arahlajv eKarov

e'tKOGL KaioapeiaSt r-qs obou Kara to Se^tot^ fxepos
5)1 OVK drrojdeu. en pev ovv rrjs 7repL(f>epeias ervp,ajs^
îdXrj KaXe'traL rpoxoeLbrjs ovoa Xip-vrj, pevei 8*
^ 4 J.S P. 2 Hudson after Lat. : tTol^-î >i;?.
" i.e. about 16 miles long' by 4^ broad; the Greek stade,
rendered " furlong "", = 606| English feet. The real measure-
ments on a modern map are about ]-2^ miles by 7 miles (at
it5 broadest part). Josephus possibly intends to give the
average breadth (the breadth at Tiberias is about 5 miles)
but the length is. anyhow, overstated, and there is noauthority
for regarding (with Reinach) the words 7rp6j tovtols fTf'pwc
as interpolated, thus reducing it to 100 stades (= about 11^
miles).
718
;
JEWISH WAR, 111. 505-511
descended to the lake and gave directions for the

construction of rafts for the pursuit of the fugitives.
With an abundance of wood and of workmen, the
flotilla was soon ready.
(7) The lake of Gennesar takes its name from the Descrip
adjacent territory. It is forty furlongs broad andoJoen-
a hundred and forty long.'^ Notwithstanding its nesaretl
extent, its water is sweet to the taste and excellent
to drink : clearer than marsh water with its thick
sediment, it is perfectly pure, the lake everywhere
ending in pebbly or sandy beaches. Moreover,
when drawn it has an agreeable temperature, more
pleasant than that of river or spring water, yet
invariably cooler than the great expanse of the lake
would lead one to expect. It becomes as cold as
snow when one has exposed it to the air, as the
people of the country are in the habit of doing during
the summer nights. The lake contains species of
fish different, both in taste and appearance, from
those found elsewhere. The Jordan runs through The Jor
the middle of the lake. This river has its apparent source^
source at Panion ^ ;in reality it rises in the pool
called Phiale from which it passes by an unseen
subterranean channel to Panion. Phiale will be
found at a distance of a hundred and twenty furlongs
from Caesarea (Philippi), on the right of and not
far from the road ascending to Trachonitis the ;
pool derives its name Phiale ^ from its circular form ;
^ " Pan's grotto " (c/. B. i. 404 if.), in the neighbourhood

of which PhiHp the Tetrarch built Paneas (Caesarea Philippi,
Banlas), B. ii. 168.
" Meaning " saucer." The pool is probably the modern
Birket Ram, some four miles south-east of Caesarea Philippi
but the possibility of any connexion between this pool and
Panion is denied by modern geographers (Reinach).
719
JOSEPHUS
€~t )(€lXov? avTi]£ act to hda>p ixiqB^ vttovootovu
512 firjd' VTTepxôjievov. ayvoovfxevos Se Teco? o 'lop-
6dur)<; iuTevOev dpxôOau Slol tov 7€TpapxT]oavTog
513 Ypax(JL)Vi-~oJ^ V^^yX^l ^lXlttttov âXojv yap ovros
TTjv î6.Xr]u dxvpoi Kara to
et? ndveiou, evOcv
iSoKovv oi TraAaiol yevvdadai tov TTOTajjLov, €vp€v
ol4 duevexdevTa. tov jikv ovv Ylaveiov to (J)Voik6v
/caAAos" V7t6 TTjS âcnXiKT]? Trpooe^rjGKrjTai ttoXv-
TcAeia?, ToJ^ WypLTTTTa vXovtu) KeKOGix-qp.evov
615 dpxdjJL^vo? 8e (âvepov pevpLaTos 6 ^lopSdur]? drro
TouSe TOV dvTpov KOTTTei fieu TCL TT^s" Se/xe-
Kal reAjLtara, Sta/xet0a? 8'
XtJ^VLTtSos XipLVTjs e'Av^
eT€pov? eKaTov €lkogl OTahiov? iieTa ttoXlv 'Iou-

AtctSa Ste/cTTatet ttju Tevvqodp pLeaiqv, eTretra ttoA-
Xrju dvaii€Tpov[jL€PO<i eprjixiav els T-qu ^ AG(f)aXTLTLV
cêtCTt XlfjLvrjU.
516 (8) YlapaTeLVEL Se ttju Tevvqadp 6p.ajvvixos

X^J^pcLy dav/jLaGT-q T€ Kal KctAAos" ovT€ yap
<f)VGLV
avT-q Tt (^VTov apveiTai §ta T-qv TTLOTTjTa, Kal irdv
77e(f)UTevKaGLV OL V€fJL6pL€U0L, TOV S' depos TO
517 evKpaTov dppoêi Kal rol? hiacftopoL?. Kapvai /xeV
ye, (f}VTU)V TO ;\;et/X€ptC!JTa70i^, d-etpoL Ted-qXaoiVy
euda (fiOiVLKe?, ot xrau/xart rpeôi^rat, ovKal Se
Kal iXa'iaL ttXtjolou tovtojv, at? fiaXOaKcoTepos
518 drjp (LtXoTLjJLLav dv tl? eiVot ttJ?
aTToSeSet/crat.
^LaGajievqs €t? ei^ auyayayetv to, pdx<-iô.y
(fiVG€OJ?
Kal TOW (jjpdjv dyadrjv epiv, iKaGTiqs (Lanep dvTi-
^ Bekker: t6c (or iC-i') siss. with subsequent t\ovtoi' in
most.
" Modern Baheiret el HuUh (perhaps the " waters of

Merom " of Josh. xi. 5).
720
the water always fills the basin to the brim without

ever subsiding or overflowing. It was for long un-
known that this was the true source of the Jordan,
but the fact was proved by Philip, tetrarch of
Trachonitis he had chaff thrown into the pool of
:
Phiale and found it cast up at Panion, where the

ancients believed that the stream had its origin.
The natural beauties of Panion have been enhanced
by royal munificence, the place having been em-
bellished by Agrippa at great expense. After
issuing from this grotto the Jordan, whose course
is now visible, intersects the marshes and lagoons
of Lake Semechonitis," then traverses another
hundred and twenty furlongs, and below the town
of Julias ^ cuts across the Lake of Gennesar, from
which, after meandering through a long desert
region, it ends by falling into the Lake Asphaltitis.^
(8) Skirting the lake of Gennesar, and also bearing
The fer
that name, lies a region whose natural properties cennes
and beauty are very remarkable.^ There is not a '^^^^•
plant which its fertile soil refuses to produce, and
its cultivators in fact grow every species the air ;
is so well-tempered that it suits the most opposite
varieties. The walnut, a tree which delights in the

most wintry climate, here grows luxuriantly, beside
palm-trees, which thrive on heat, and figs and olives,
which require a milder atmosphere. One might say
that nature had taken pride in thus assembling, by a
tour de force, the most discordant species in a single
spot, and that, by a happy rivalry, each of the
seasons wished to claim this region for her own.
" B.W. 168. « The Dead Sea.
^ The plain of Gennesaret {el Ghuweir) on the north-west
of the lake between Capernaum and Magdala.
721
JOSEPHUS
'noLOVji€vq<; rov )(CjjpLov Kal yap ov /lovov rpeSet
vapa hoâv tq? hi.a(i)6pov<; oTrajpa?, aAAa Kal
619 StaûAaacret. to. jjiev ye /SaatAtxrc/j-ara, OTa<f)v)^Tî^
re Kal ovkov, SeVa p.-qali' d6taAet77TCt>9 ;\;opr]yet,
TOV<; Be Aoi770u? Kapirov^ hC erov^ oXov Treptyrjpd-

OKOura? eavroL^^' 7rp6<; yap rfj rwv aepojv evKpaoia
Kal Ti-qyfi htapderai yovifjLOJTdrr], Ka(f)apuaoup.
620 avTTjv ol CTTLxajpLOL KaXovGiu. TavTTjv (f)Xeâ rov
Net'Aou TLve? edoâu, Inel yevva tw Kara r-qv
621 AXeâvSpeojv \ijjLvqv KopaKLVoj TTapaTrXrjoLov. firj-
Kos Se rov xcoplov Trapareluet Kara rou alyiaXov

rrjs ojjLOjvviiou Xip.vri'^ iirl oraStov; rpiaKOvra
Kal evpo<; eiKooi. ravra ixeu \_ovv^ ovrcxj? (/)Jaeaj?
522 (9) OvecTTTaoLavos 8*, errel TrapeoKevdadrjaav at

o\ehiai, rrjg Swdfieoj? Ini^rjoas oaov wero toi?
Kara rrjv XifJLvrjv avrapKeaeiv inaw-qyero. rot?
be ovveXavvopLevoLs ovr^ errl yrjv Stacêoyetv rjv
eKTTeTroXefJLOJfJiewojv vdvrwv ovr^ e^ luov 8ia-

623 vavfiaxeLV rd re yap OKd(f)rj fiiKpa ovra kol
XrjorpiKd Trpos tols" oxedia'; rjv doOevrj, Kal KaO'
eKaarov epivXeovre<; oXiyoi Trpos dOpoovs ecb-
eartjjras roijs 'Paj/xatou? iyyiêtv ebeSoLKeiaav.

524 oâ>9 §' ovv eKTrepirrXeovres tq? CT;(eSta?, eoriv 8*
07701; Kal 7TXr}cndCoure<i, TToppcudeu rovs 'Ptu/xat'of?

eâXXov XidoLS Kal vapa^vovres eyyvOev eTraiov.
^ L: om. Lat. : ai^rojs the rest : text doubtful.
• Capernaum (Kepbar-Nahum, village of Nahum) has

722
For not only has the country this surprising merit

of producing such diverse fruits, but it also preserves
them for ten months without intermission it
:
supplies those kings of fruits, the grape and the

fig ; the rest mature on the trees the whole year
round. Besides being favoured by its genial air,
the country is watered by a highly fertilizing spring,
called by the inhabitants Capharnaum some have '^
;
imagined this to be a branch of the Nile, from its

producing a fish resembling the coracin found in the
lake of Alexandria.* This region extends along the
border of the lake which bears its name for a length
of thirty furlongs and inland to a depth of twenty.
Such is the nature of this district.
(9) Vespasian, when his rafts were ready, put onNavaib
u J I u .J J ^•'^'
^ ontheli
board as many troops as he considered necessary tojestruct
cope with the fugitives
^^m ^ on the lake and launchedo^ ^^^,
j6WlSll ,
I
his flotilla. The Jews, thus rounded up, could

neither escape to land, where all were in arms
against them, nor sustain a naval combat on equal
terms. For their skiffs, being small and built for
piracy, were no match for the rafts, and each was
manned by no more than a handful of men who
were afraid to close with the dense ranks of their
Roman assailants. However, they hovered round
the rafts, occasionally even approaching them, now
flinging stones from a distance at the Romans, now
scraping alongside and attacking them at close
Khan Minyeh (more probable) or

been identified either with
with Tell Hum, farther north. The latter is a waterless site
(G. A Smith)
. above the former rises a copious spring which
;
communicates by a canal with the plain.

* The Lake Mareotis. The coracin, so called from its
aven-black colour, seems to have resembled an eel;
Martial, xiii. 85, calls it " princeps Niliaci macelli."
723
JOSEPHL'S
525 eKaKoui'To S' avrol TrXiov xrar' d/x<ÔTepa' rat? Te

yap ovhkv hpojvres on fir] ktvttou in-
)(êp}ia.GiV
dXXrjXou, etV yap Trecfipayfiewov? eâXXou, e<j)iKToi
rois ^PajpLaioju eyivovro êXeuLV, kol 7rXr]cndl,€iv
ToXpLojvTes rrplif hpdoai tl TradeZv eÔavov /cat
52(3 ovv avTolg eâTnitôvTO rol? (JKdj)€GLV. tcjv he

SieKTTaUiv TTeipcofieucov rroXXovg fiev icfyuKvovfievoL
KovroLS 8L€77€tpou, ovs §£ ^L(f)-i]p€L£ imTTrjScouTes
€ti TO. OKd<j)r], TLvds 8e ovvrpexovoais rat? ox^-
St'at? ii'a7ToXrj(f)6evras fjLeaov? elXou^ d/xa rat?
-oy dXidaLv. rcuu 6e âTmodevTcov rovs dvavevovras
Tj] /SeAo? €<f)dav€V Tj gx^Blcl KareXdjiâueVy /cat
TrpoGâiveiv vtt^ dfirixo-vla? et? rov? ix^pov?
TieipojpLevojv rj K€<f)aXds rj ;)(etpa? aTTeKOTTTOu ol
g28 PajpamL. ttoXXt] re rjv avrcov /cat ttoiklXtj 4)6opa

Travraxov, p^XP^ rpaTrevres els yrjv eêojGOrjGav
OL Xoi-QL KeKVKXojp.ivajv airrols tcjv dXidhow.
'•2Q ^''^'XÔM^^'ot^ Se TToXXol p.ev ev avrfj KaTqKOvrit,ovTO
rfj XipûTj, voXXous 8' eKTTrjhriGavTas ol 'Poj/xatot
hie^deipav errl yrjs. rjv S' tSeii^ KeKpap,evrjv pev
atpaTL, TTeTrXrjpojpLevrjv 8e veKpcov rrju Xip.vr)V
.^Q anaoav SieoojOrj yap ovdetg. Setvr) 5e rat? e^ry?

rjpLepai? Trepielx^ Trjv ;)(;ojpav obpij re /cat o^t?" ol
p,ev yap alyiaXol vavayiojv d/xa /cat StoiSowroji/
eyep-ov otopdrcov, e/c/cato/xep'ot he /cat pvhCJvres ol
ve/cpot rov de'pa hie(j)deipov, d>s prj povov OLKrpov
louSaiot? yeveGOai ro rtddos, dXXd /cat Std piaovs
-gj rot? hpdoaGLV eXdelv. rovro pev eKeivrjs tt}?
vavpaxLOi? ro re'Ao?, dniSavov he gvv rols irrl
1 MVRC Lat. : J^Xôi/ PA: ('7iu)rj\6uv Destinon.

* PAL Lat. (c/. B. vii. 69, 101): tKKXtioixei^cL the rest.
7^4
range. But in both these manoeuvres they sustained

greater injury themselves :their stones produced
nothing but a continuous rattle in striking men well
protected by armour, while they were themselves
exposed to the arrows of the Romans on the other ;
hand, when they ventured to approach, before they

had time to do anything they instantly came to
grief and were sent to the bottom with their skiffs.
If they tried to break through the line, the Romans
could reach them with their lances and transfixed
numbers of them, or leaping upon the barks passed
their swords through their bodies sometimes the
;
rafts closed in and caught their enemies between

them, capturing men and vessels. When any who
had been sunk rose to the surface, an arrow quickly
reached or a raft overtook them if in their despair
;
they sought to board the enemy's fleet, the Romans

cut off their heads or their hands. Thus perished
these wretches on all sides in countless numbers and
countless manners, until the survivors were routed
and forced to the shore, their vessels surrounded by
the enemy. As they streamed forth from them
many were speared in the water many sprang on
;
land, where they were slain by the Romans. One

could see the whole lake red with blood and covered
with corpses, for not a man escaped. During the
following days the district reeked with a dreadful
stench and presented a spectacle equally horrible.
The beaches were strewn with wrecks and swollen
carcases : these corpses, scorched and clammy in
decay, so polluted the atmosphere that the catastrophe
which plunged the Jews in mourning inspired even
its authors with disgust. Such was the issue of this
naval engagement. The dead, including those who
725
J0SEPHU5
rrjs" TToXeco? vponpov vtaovoLi' câK:ia;(tAtot irrra-
632 (lO) OveaTTaaiaiog Se /ierd 7171^ fJLd)(r]v KaOlCeL

lJi€P €7TL ^Tifiarog eV Tapijjâi'ai?, hiaKpivajv 6' aTro
€nLXOJpLOJV rov e-TiXuv Xeojv, Kardpât yap
ToJP'
ovTo? idoKeL TroXepLou, /xera toji' -qyepLOuoju et xpij

533 Kal rovTov? ocoLeiv ioKeTrreTo. <j)ap.€vajv 8e tov-
Tujv pXaêpdv eoeadau rrju d(f>eGLV avTd)v, ov yap
-qpepLTjOeLV arroXvdevTas dvdpcoTTOvs iareprjpLevov?
pi€u 7(jov TTaTpibajVy îdieodaL he Kal 77p6? ovg
634 at' KarachvyajaLv TroAcfxetv hwap-evov^; Ov€(j7Ta- ,
aiavog cus" p.€v ovt^ 0.^^01 oojrrjpLag eiev Kal^

SLa(i)€Vôur at Kara tujv d(f)evr<jjv^ iyivtooKev, lov
53.3 Se rpoTTov avTujv rrjs dvaipeaeoj? bievoelro. nal
yap airrodi Kretvan' eKTroXep-OJoeiv vcfyewpdro rovs
iTTLXOjpLOV^, ov yap dveêadat (f>ov€Vop.€va>v iKerajv
TooovTCJv Trap" avTol^y Kal pierd TTLareL? iTTideadai
630 TrpoeXdovoLv ovx VTrepievev . iêvLKOJV 5* ol (j}iXoL
prjSev Kara Xeyovre? Kal

^lovhaiajv doeêg etiât
XpTivai TO GvpL(^€pov alpeloBai vpo tov ttp^ttovtos,

537 drav fi pLrj bvvarov a/i(/)tu. Karaievoag ovu avrols
aSetay dpiîiôXov i-erpeipeu e^teVat hid pL6urj<;
638 TT/S 6771 1 LêpidSa têpovorjg oSov. tojv he 7a\eajs
T.LOTevodvTOJV 01? rjSeXov Kal /xera (havepojv <oj?>*
eu do4>aXeL tojv \p-qp.dTUJV fjTrep eveTpaTTT) x^'
^ PA Heg. : -TivraKocoL the re;t.
* K KCLv
: or Aoi f/ the rest.
' + bir\iUo6ai M. * ins. Destinon, Niese.
This naval engagement was, it seems, commemorated

"
in the triumphal procession at Rome by the " numerous

ships" which accompanied it {B. vii. 147). Reinach refers
726
fell in the previous defence of the town, numbered

six thousand seven hundred."
(10) After the battle Vespasian took his seat on Fate of
his tribunal at Tarichaeae, and separating the native ôn^^rV
population from the crowd of immigrants who had at
^""^ ^'
evidently given the signal for hostilities, consulted
with his Heutenants whether the lives of the latter
also should be spared. All unanimously declared
that their hberation would be pernicious once let
;
loose, these expatriated men would never keep quiet,

and would, moreover, be capable of forcing into
revolt those with whom they sought refuge.
Vespasian recognized that they were undeserving
of pardon and that they would only abuse their
hberty to the detriment of their liberators, but he
asked himself how he could make away with them :
if he killed them on the spot, he suspected that he

would bitterly alienate the residents, who would
not tolerate the massacre in their city of all these
refugees who had sued for mercy ; on the other
hand, he could not bring himself to let them go,
and then, after pledging his word, to fall upon them.
However, in the end his friends overcame his scruples
by telling him that against Jews there could be no
question of impiety, and that he ought to prefer
expediency to propriety when the two were in-
compatible. Vespasian accordingly granted these
aliens an amnesty in equivocal terms, but permitted
them to quit the city by only one route, that leading
to Tiberias. Prompt to believe what they earnestly
desired, the w'retches set out in complete confidence,
carrying their effects without any disguise, in the
to bronzes of Vespasian and his sons bearing the legend

VICTORIA NAVALIS.
727
JOSEPHUS
povvTcov, SiaXafji^dvovaLu fieu ol 'Pco/xatot rr)U
fJ-^XP^ TiêptaSos" rrdoav, ojs p.rj ng aTro/cAtVeiei',
539 GvyKXeiOVOL 8' avrous ctV rrju ttoXlu. Kal Ov€(j7Ta-

cnavos eTTeXdow Xcrvqai Trdvras iw rco araoiw,
Kal yrjpaLov^ jjLev a/xa rotS" d;^p7]CTT0ts' StaKOCTtou?
540 CTTt x'-^ôig ovras dveXelv eKeX^voeu, rcou Se veoju
imXeâs rov? laxvpordrov? lâKioxiXiovs kirefx-
ipcv Tov ladixov Xepojt^t, Kol TO Xoinov TrXrjdo<^

€L£
etV rpLOjJLvpLOV? Kal rerpaKOolovs ovra? TnTrpauKei
541 X'-^P'-^ "^^^ ^ AypiTTTTa ;(apto-^€VTajt'* rovs yap €K

rrj? 70VT0V âoiXetas eTrerpei/'ei' avrco Troielv et
n^ ôvXoLTO' TTLTTpdoKei he Kal rovTovg 6 âatAeus".

542 o fjL€V"70L ye aAAo? o;(Ao? Tpax^JvlraL Kal Tav-
XavlraL Kal 'IrTTT-qvol Kal ck rrjs TahapLTtSo? to
TrXeov ojs' GraataGTal Kal ûyaSes" Kal oh rd

rrjs elpTji'T]?^ dveldrj t6i> iroXepiOv Trpovêvet. eaAoj-
aav Se] TopTnaiov pirjuog oyhor],
^ eiri] 6 Tc VRC.
2 âav Havercamp with one ms.
' TTJs eifirjuris] iv eipy)vr) PAML.
* i.e. of Corinth, to be employed on the work of the canal,
prescribed direction. The Romans, meanwhile, hned

the whole road to Tiberias, to prevent any deviation
from it, and on their arrival shut them into that
town. Vespasian followed in due course and had
them all removed to the stadium. He then gave
orders for the execution of the old and unservice-
able, to the number of twelve hundred from
;
the youths he selected six thousand of the most

robust and sent them to Nero at the isthmus.<* The
rest of the multitude, numbering thirty thousand
four hundred, he sold, excepting those of whom he
made a present to Agrippa, namely the former
subjects of his realm ; these Vespasian permitted
him to deal with at his discretion, and the king in
his turn sold them. The remainder of this mob con-
sisted, for the most part, of people from Trachonitis,
Gaulanitis, Hippos, and Gadara, a crowd of seditious
individuals and fugitives, to whom their infamous
careers in peace-time gave war its attractions.
Their capture took place on the eighth of the month
Gorpiaeus.^
for which Nero himself had recently dug the first sod (Suet.
Nero, 19).
*»
26 September a.d. 67 (Niese's reckoning).
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