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[185]
Upon Festus's coming into Judea, it happened that Judea was afflicted
by the robbers, while all the villages were set on fire, and plundered
by them. And then it was that the sicarii, as they were called,
who were robbers, grew numerous. They made use of small swords, not much
different in length from the Persian acinacae, but somewhat crooked,
and like the Roman sicae, [or sickles,] as they were called; and
from these weapons these robbers got their denomination; and with these
weapons they slew a great many; for they mingled themselves among the multitude
at their festivals, when they were come up in crowds from all parts to
the city to worship God, as we said before, and easily slew those that
they had a mind to slay. They also came frequently upon the villages belonging
to their enemies, with their weapons, and plundered them, and set them
on fire. So Festus sent forces, both horsemen and footmen, to fall upon
those that had been seduced by a certain impostor, who promised them deliverance
and freedom from the miseries they were under, if they would but follow
him as far as the wilderness. Accordingly, those forces that were sent
destroyed both him that had deluded them, and those that were his followers
also.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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