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reproached　him；　that　although　he　was　son…in…law　to　the　king；　he
neglected　to　avenge　himself　on　those　that　had　injured　him；　while
he　took　no　care　about　it；　but　was　contented　to　have　been　made　a
captive　by　the　Jews；　and　to　have　escaped　them；　and　she　bid　him
either　to　go　back　like　a　man　of　courage；　or　else　she　sware　by　the
gods　of　their　royal　family　that　she　would　certainly　dissolve　her
marriage　with　him。　Upon　which；　partly　because　he　could　not　bear
the　daily　trouble　of　her　taunts；　and　partly　because　he　was　afraid
of　her　insolence；　lest　she　should　in　earnest　dissolve　their
marriage；　he　unwillingly；　and　against　his　inclinations；　got
together　again　as　great　an　army　as　he　could；　and　marched　along
with　them；　as　himself　thinking　it　a　thing　not　to　be　borne　any
longer；　that　he；　a　Parthian；　should　owe　his　preservation　to　the
Jews；　when　they　had　been　too　hard　for　him　in　the　war。

7。　But　as　soon　as　Anileus　understood　that　Mithridates　was
marching　with　a　great　army　against　him；　he　thought　it　too
ignominious　a　thing　to　tarry　about　the　lakes；　and　not　to　take　the
first　opportunity　of　meeting　his　enemies；　and　he　hoped　to　have
the　same　success；　and　to　beat　their　enemies　as　they　did　before；
as　also　he　ventured　boldly　upon　the　like　attempts。　Accordingly；
he　led　out　his　army；　and　a　great　many　more　joined　themselves　to
that　army；　in　order　to　betake　themselves　to　plunder　the　people；
and　in　order　to　terrify　the　enemy　again　by　their　numbers。　But
when　they　had　marched　ninety　furlongs；　while　the　road　had　been
through　dry　＇and　sandy＇　places；　and　about　the　midst　of　the　day；
they　were　become　very　thirsty；　and　Mithridates　appeared；　and　fell
upon　them；　as　they　were　in　distress　for　want　of　water；　on　which
account；　and　on　account　of　the　time　of　the　day；　they　were　not
able　to　bear　their　weapons。　So　Anileus　and　his　men　were　put　to　an
ignominious　rout；　while　men　in　despair　were　to　attack　those　that
were　fresh　and　in　good　plight；　so　a　great　slaughter　was　made；　and
many　ten　thousand　men　fell。　Now　Anileus；　and　all　that　stood　firm
about　him；　ran　away　as　fast　as　they　were　able　into　a　wood；　and
afforded　Mithridates　the　pleasure　of　having　gained　a　great
victory　over　them。　But　there　now　came　in　to　Anileus　a　conflux　of
bad　men；　who　regarded　their　own　lives　very　little；　if　they　might
but　gain　some　present　ease；　insomuch　that　they；　by　thus　coming　to
him；　compensated　the　multitude　of　those　that　perished　in　the
fight。　Yet　were　not　these　men　like　to　those　that　fell；　because
they　were　rash；　and　unexercised　in　war；　however；　with　these　he
came　upon　the　villages　of　the　Babylonians；　and　a　mighty
devastation　of　all　things　was　made　there　by　the　injuries　that
Anileus　did　them。　So　the　Babylonians；　and　those　that　had　already
been　in　the　war；　sent　to　Neerda　to　the　Jews　there；　and　demanded
Anileus。　But　although　they　did　not　agree　to　their　demands；　（for
if　they　had　been　willing　to　deliver　him　up；　it　was　not　in　their
power　so　to　do；）　yet　did　they　desire　to　make　peace　with　them。　To
which　the　other　replied；　that　they　also　wanted　to　settle
conditions　of　peace　with　them；　and　sent　men　together　with　the
Babylonians；　who　discoursed　with　Anileus　about　them。　But　the
Babylonians；　upon　taking　a　view　of　his　situation；　and　having
learned　where　Anileus　and　his　men　lay；　fell　secretly　upon　them　as
they　were　drunk　and　fallen　asleep；　and　slew　all　that　they　caught
of　them；　without　any　fear；　and　killed　Anileus　himself　also。

8。　The　Babylonians　were　now　freed　from　Anileus's　heavy
incursions；　which　had　been　a　great　restraint　to　the　effects　of
that　hatred　they　bore　to　the　Jews；　for　they　were　almost　always　at
variance；　by　reason　of　the　contrariety　of　their　laws；　and　which
party　soever　grew　boldest　before　the　other；　they　assaulted　the
other：　and　at　this　time　in　particular　it　was；　that　upon　the　ruin
of　Anileus's　party；　the　Babylonians　attacked　the　Jews；　which　made
those　Jews　so；　vehemently　to　resent　the　injuries　they　received
from　the　Babylonians；　that　being　neither　able　to　fight　them；　nor
bearing　to　live　with　them；　they　went　to　Seleucia；　the　principal
city　of　those　parts；　which　was　built　by　Seleucus　Nicator。　It　was
inhabited　by　many　of　the　Macedonians；　but　by　more　of　the
Grecians；　not　a　few　of　the　Syrians　also　dwelt　there；　and　thither
did　the　Jews　fly；　and　lived　there　five　years；　without　any
misfortunes。　But　on　the　sixth　year；　a　pestilence　came　upon　these
at　Babylon；　which　occasioned　new　removals　of　men's　habitations
out　of　that　city；　and　because　they　came　to　Seleucia；　it　happened
that　a　still　heavier　calamity　came　upon　them　on　that　account
which　I　am　going　to　relate　immediately。

9。　Now　the　way　of　living　of　the　people　of　Seleucia；　which　were
Greeks　and　Syrians；　was　commonly　quarrelsome；　and　full　of

discords；　though　the　Greeks　were　too　hard　for　the　Syrians。　When；
therefore；　the　Jews　were　come　thither；　and　dwelt　among　them；
there　arose　a　sedition；　and　the　Syrians　were　too　hard　for　the
other；　by　the　assistance　of　the　Jews；　who　are　men　that　despise
dangers；　and　very　ready　to　fight　upon　any　occasion。　Now　when　the
Greeks　had　the　worst　in　this　sedition；　and　saw　that　they　had　but
one　way　of　recovering　their　former　authority；　and　that　was；　if
they　could　prevent　the　agreement　between　the　Jews　and　the
Syrians；　they　every　one　discoursed　with　such　of　the　Syrians　as
were　formerly　their　acquaintance；　and　promised　they　would　be　at
peace　and　friendship　with　them。　Accordingly；　they　gladly　agreed
so　to　do；　and　when　this　was　done　by　the　principal　men　of　both
nations；　they　soon　agreed　to　a　reconciliation；　and　when　they　were
so　agreed；　they　both　knew　that　the　great　design　of　such　their
union　would　be　their　common　hatred　to　the　Jews。　Accordingly；　they
fell　upon　them；　and　slew　about　fifty　thousand　of　them；　nay；　the
Jews　were　all　destroyed；　excepting　a　few　who　escaped；　either　by
the　compassion　which　their　friends　or　neighbors　afforded　them；　in
order　to　let　them　fly　away。　These　retired　to　Ctesiphon；　a　Grecian
city；　and　situate　near　to　Seleucia；　where　the　king　＇of　Parthia＇
lives　in　winter　every　year；　and　where　the　greatest　part　of　his
riches　are　reposited；　but　the　Jews　had　here　no　certain
settlement；　those　of　Seleucia　having　little　concern　for　the
king's　honor。　Now　the　whole　nation　of　the　Jews　were　in　fear　both
of　the　Babylonians　and　of　the　Seleucians；　because　all　the　Syrians
that　live　in　those　places　agreed　with　the　Seleucians　in　the　war
against　the　Jews；　so　the　most　of　them　gathered　themselves
together；　and　went　to　Neerda　and　Nisibis；　and　obtained　security
there　by　the　strength　of　those　cities；　besides　which　their
inhabitants；　who　were　a　great　many；　were　all　warlike　men。　And
this　was　the　state　of　the　Jews　at　this　time　in　Babylonia。

BOOK　XIX。

Containing　The　Interval　Of　Three　Years　And　A　Half。

From　The　Departure　Out　Of　Babylon　To　Fadus；　The　Roman　Procurator。

CHAPTER　1。

How　Caius　（1）　Was　Slain　By　Cherea。

1。　Now　this　Caius　（2）　did　not　demonstrate　his　madness　in　offering
injuries　only　to　the　Jews　at　Jerusalem；　or　to　those　that　dwelt　in
the　neighborhood；　but　suffered　it　to　extend　itself　through　all
the　earth　and　sea；　so　far　as　was　in　subjection　to　the　Romans；　and
filled　it　with　ten　thousand　mischiefs；　so　many　indeed　in　number
as　no　former　history　relates。　But　Rome　itself　felt　the　most
dismal　effects　of　what　he　did；　while　he　deemed　that　not　to　be　any
way　more　honorable　than　the　rest　of　the　cities；　but　he　pulled　and
hauled　its　other　citizens；　but　especially　the　senate；　and
particularly　the　nobility；　and　such　as　had　been　dignified　by
illustrious　ancestors；　he　also　had　ten　thousand　devices　against
such　of　the　equestrian　order；　as　it　was　styled；　who　were　esteemed
by　the　citizens　equal　in　dignity　and　wealth　with　the　senators；
because　out　of　them　the　senators　were　themselves　chosen；　these　he
treated　after　all　ignominious　manner；　and　removed　them　out　of　his
way；　while　they　were　at　once　slain；　and　their　wealth　plundered；
because　he　slew　men　generally　in　order　to　seize　on　their　riches。
He　also　asserted　his　own　divinity；　and　insisted　on　greater　honors
to　be　paid　him　by　his　subjects　than　are　due　to　mankind。　He　also
frequented　that　temple　of　Jupiter　which　they　style　the　Capitol；
which　is　with　them　the　most　holy　of　all　their　temples；　and　had
boldness　enough　to　call　himself　the　brother　of　Jupiter。　And　other
pranks　he　did　like　a　madman；　as　when　he　laid　a　bridge　from　the
city　Dicearchia；　which　belongs　to　Campania；　to　Misenum；　another
city　upon　the　sea…side；　from　one　promontory　to　another；　of　the
length　of　thirty　furlongs；　as　measured　over　the　sea。　And　this　was
done　because　he　esteemed　it　to　be　a　most　tedious　thing　to　row
over　it　in　a　small　ship；　and　thought　withal　that　it　became　him　to
make　that　bridge；　since　he　was　lord　of　the　sea；　and　might　oblige
it　to　give　marks　of　obedience　as　well　as　the　earth；　so　he
enclosed　the　whole　bay　within　his　bridge；　and　drove　his　chariot
over　it；　and　thought　that；　as　he　was　a　god；　it　was　fit　for　him　to
travel　over　such　roads　as　this　was。　Nor　did　he　abstain　from　the
plunder　of　any　of　the　Grecian　temples；　and　gave　order　that　all
the　engravings　and　sculptures；　and　the　rest　of　the　ornaments　of
the　statues　and　donations　therein　dedicated；　should　be　brought　to
him；　saying　that　the　best　things　ought　to　be　set　no　where　but　in
the　best　place；　and　that　the　city　of　Rome　was　that　best　place。　He
also　adorned　his　own　house　and　his　gardens　with　the　curiosities
brought　from　those　temples；　together　with　the　houses　he　lay　at
when　he　traveled　all　over　Italy；　whence　he　did　not　scruple　to
give　a　command　that　the　statue　of　Jupiter　Olympius；　so　called
because　he　was　honored　at　the　Olympian　games　by　the　Greeks；　which
was　the　work　of　Phidias　the　Athenian；　should　be　brought　to　Rome。
Yet　did　not　he　compass　his　end；　because　the　architects　told
Memmius　Regulus；　who　was　commanded　to　remove　that　statue　of
Jupiter；　that　the　workmanship　was　such　as　would　be　spoiled；　and
would　not　bear　the　removal。　It　was　also　reported　that　Memmius；
both　on　that　account；　and　on　account　of　some　such　mighty
prodigies　as　are　of　an　incredible　nature；　put　off　the　taking　it
down；　and　wrote　to　Caius　those　accounts；　as　his　apology　for　not
having　done　what　his　epistle　required　of　him；　and　that　when　he
was　thence　in　danger　of　perishing；　he　was　saved　by　Caius　being
dead　himself；　before　he　had　put　him　to　death。

2。　Nay；　Caius's　madness　came　to　this　height；　that　when　he　had　a
daughter　born；　he　carried　her　into　the　capitol；　and　put　her　upon
the　knees　of　the　statue；　and　said　that　the　child　was　common　to
him　and　to　Jupiter；　and　determined　that　she　had　two　fathers；　but
which　of　these　fathers　were　the　greatest　he　left　undetermined；
and　yet　mankind　bore　him　in　such　his　pranks。　He　also　gave　leave
to　slaves　to　accuse　their　masters　of　any　crimes　whatsoever　they
pleased；　for　all　such　accusations　were　terrible；　because　they
were　in　great　part　made　to　please　him；　and　at　his　suggestion；
insomuch　that　Pollux；　Claudius's　slave；　had　the　boldness　to　lay
an　accusation　against　Claudius　himself；　and　Caius　was　not　ashamed
to　be　present　at　his　trial　of　life　and　death；　to　hear　that　trial
of　his　own　uncle；　in　hopes　of　being　able　to　take　him　off；
although　he　did　not　succeed　to　his　mind。　But　when　he　had　filled
the　whole　habitable　world　which　he