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Now when Porcius Festus was sent as successor to Felix by Nero, the
principal of the Jewish inhabitants of Cesarea went up to Rome to accuse
Felix; and he had certainly been brought to punishment, unless Nero had
yielded to the importunate solicitations of his brother Pallas, who was
at that time had in the greatest honor by him. Two of the principal Syrians
in Cesarea persuaded Burrhus, who was Nero's tutor, and secretary for his
Greek epistles, by giving him a great sum of money, to disannul that equality
of the Jewish privileges of citizens which they hitherto enjoyed. So Burrhus,
by his solicitations, obtained leave of the emperor that an epistle should
be written to that purpose. This epistle became the occasion of the following
miseries that befell our nation; for when the Jews of Cesarea were informed
of the contents of this epistle to the Syrians, they were more disorderly
than before, till a war was kindled.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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