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And thus did Agrippa venture to cast the die upon this occasion,
so great was the affair in his opinion, and in reality, though he knew
how dangerous a thing it was so to speak; for had not Caius approved of
it, it had tended to no less than the loss of his life. So Caius, who was
mightily taken with Agrippa's obliging behavior, and on other accounts
thinking it a dishonorable thing to be guilty of falsehood before so many
witnesses, in points wherein he had with such alacrity forced Agrippa to
become a petitioner, and that it would look as if he had already repented
of what he had said, and because he greatly admired Agrippa's virtue, in
not desiring him at all to augment his own dominions, either with larger
revenues, or other authority, but took care of the public tranquillity,
of the laws, and of the Divinity itself, he granted him what he had requested.
He also wrote thus to Petronius, commending him for his assembling his
army, and then consulting him about these affairs. "If therefore,"
said' he," thou hast already erected my statue, let it stand; but
if thou hast not yet dedicated it, do not trouble thyself further about
it, but dismiss thy army, go back, and take care of those affairs which
I sent thee about at first, for I have now no occasion for the erection
of that statue. This I have granted as a favor to Agrippa, a man whom I
honor so very greatly, that I am not able to contradict what he would have,
or what he desired me to do for him." And this was what Caius wrote
to Petronius, which was before he received his letter, informing him that
the Jews were very ready to revolt about the statue, and that they seemed
resolved to threaten war against the Romans, and nothing else. When therefore
Caius was much displeased that any attempt should be made against his government
as he was a slave to base and vicious actions on all occasions, and had
no regard to What was virtuous and honorable, and against whomsoever he
resolved to show his anger, and that for any cause whatsoever, he suffered
not himself to be restrained by any admonition, but thought the indulging
his anger to be a real pleasure, he wrote thus to Petronius: "Seeing
thou esteemest the presents made thee by the Jews to be of greater value
than my commands, and art grown insolent enough to be subservient to their
pleasure, I charge thee to become thy own judge, and to consider what thou
art to do, now thou art under my displeasure; for I will make thee an example
to the present and to all future ages, that they. may not dare to contradict
the commands of their emperor."
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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