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Now the seniors of the people, and such as were of principal authority
among them, fearing what would be the issue of this matter, fled to the
camp of the Romans; they then took their king along with them, and fell
down before Vespasian, to supplicate his favor, and besought him not to
overlook them, nor to impute the madness of a few to the whole city, to
spare a people that have been ever civil and obliging to the Romans; but
to bring the authors of this revolt to due punishment, who had hitherto
so watched them, that though they were zealous to give them the security
of their right hands of a long time, yet could they not accomplish the
same. With these supplications the general complied, although he were very
angry at the whole city about the carrying off his horses, and this because
he saw that Agrippa was under a great concern for them. So when Vespasian
and Agrippa had accepted of their right hands by way of security, Jesus
and his party thought it not safe for them to continue at Tiberias, so
they ran away to Tarichete. The next day Vespasian sent Trajan before with
some horsemen to the citadel, to make trial of the multitude, whether they
were all disposed for peace; and as soon as he knew that the people were
of the same mind with the petitioner, he took his army, and went to the
city; upon which the citizens opened to him their gates, and met him with
acclamations of joy, and called him their savior and benefactor. But as
the army was a great while in getting in at the gates, they were so narrow,
Vespasian commanded the south wall to be broken down, and so made a broad
passage for their entrance. However, he charged them to abstain from rapine
and injustice, in order to gratify the king; and on his account spared
the rest of the wall, while the king undertook for them that they should
continue [faithful to the Romans] for the time to come. And thus did he
restore this city to a quiet state, after it had been grievously afflicted
by the sedition.
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1 HOW TARICHEAE WAS TAKEN. A DESCRIPTION OF THE RIVER JORDAN, AND OF THE COUNTRY OF GENNESARETH.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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