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[196]
"The decrees of Caius Caesar, consul, containing what hath been
granted and determined, are as follows: That Hyrcanus and his children
bear rule over the nation of the Jews, and have the profits of the places
to them bequeathed; and that he, as himself the high priest and ethnarch
of the Jews, defend those that are injured; and that ambassadors be sent
to Hyrcanus, the son of Alexander, the high priest of the Jews, that may
discourse with him about a league of friendship and mutual assistance;
and that a table of brass, containing the premises, be openly proposed
in the capitol, and at Sidon, and Tyre, and Askelon, and in the temple,
engraven in Roman and Greek letters: that this decree may also be communicated
to the quaestors and praetors of the several cities, and to the friends
of the Jews; and that the ambassadors may have presents made them; and
that these decrees be sent every where."
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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