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So now riches flowed in to Agrippa by his enjoyment of so large a
dominion; nor did he abuse the money he had on small matters, but he began
to encompass Jerusalem with such a wall, which, had it been brought to
perfection, had made it impracticable for the Romans to take it by siege;
but his death, which happened at Cesarea, before he had raised the walls
to their due height, prevented him. He had then reigned three years, as
he had governed his tetrarchies three other years. He left behind him three
daughters, born to him by Cypros, Bernice, Mariamne, and Drusilla, and
a son born of the same mother, whose name was Agrippa: he was left a very
young child, so that Claudius made the country a Roman province, and sent
Cuspius Fadus to be its procurator, and after him Tiberius Alexander, who,
making no alterations of the ancient laws, kept the nation in tranquillity.
Now after this, Herod the king of Chalcis died, and left behind him two
sons, born to him of his brother's daughter Bernice; their names were Bernie
Janus and Hyrcanus. [He also left behind him] Aristobulus, whom he had
by his former wife Mariamne. There was besides another brother of his that
died a private person, his name was also Aristobulus, who left behind him
a daughter, whose name was Jotape: and these, as I have formerly said,
were the children of Aristobulus the son of Herod, which Aristobulus and
Alexander were born to Herod by Mariamne, and were slain by him. But as
for Alexander's posterity, they reigned in Armenia.
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1 MANY TUMULTS UNDER CUMANUS, WHICH WERE COMPOSED BY QUADRATUS. FELIX IS PROCURATOR OF JUDEA. AGRIPPA IS ADVANCED FROM CHALCIS TO A GREATER KINGDOM.
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