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And so much came to Herod's sons from their father's inheritance.
But Salome, besides what her brother left her by his testament, which were
Jamnia, and Ashdod, and Phasaelis, and five hundred thousand [drachmae]
of coined silver, Caesar made her a present of a royal habitation at Askelo;
in all, her revenues amounted to sixty talents by the year, and her dwelling-house
was within Archelaus's government. The rest also of the king's relations
received what his testament allotted them. Moreover, Caesar made a present
to each of Herod's two virgin daughters, besides what their father left
them, of two hundred and fifty thousand [drachmae] of silver, and married
them to Pheroras's sons: he also granted all that was bequeathed to himself
to the king's sons, which was one thousand five hundred talents, excepting
a few of the vessels, which he reserved for himself; and they were acceptable
to him, not so much for the great value they were of, as because they were
memorials of the king to him.
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1 CONCERNING A SPURIOUS ALEXANDER.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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