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And now Vespasian took along with him his army from Antioch, (which
is the metropolis of Syria, and without dispute deserves the place of the
third city in the habitable earth that was under the Roman empire, 1
both in magnitude, and other marks of prosperity,) where he found king
Agrippa, with all his forces, waiting for his coming, and marched to Ptolemais.
At this city also the inhabitants of Sepphoris of Galilee met him, who
were for peace with the Romans. These citizens had beforehand taken care
of their own safety, and being sensible of the power of the Romans, they
had been with Cestius Gallus before Vespasian came, and had given their
faith to him, and received the security of his right hand, and had received
a Roman garrison; and at this time withal they received Vespasian, the
Roman general, very kindly, and readily promised that they would assist
him against their own countrymen. Now the general delivered them, at their
desire, as many horsemen and footmen as he thought sufficient to oppose
the incursions of the Jews, if they should come against them. And indeed
the danger of losing Sepphoris would be no small one, in this war that
was now beginning, seeing it was the largest city of Galilee, and built
in a place by nature very strong, and might be a security of the whole
nation's [fidelity to the Romans].
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