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Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
II, chapter 4 (search)
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK V, chapter 1 (search)
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK V, chapter 2 (search)
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK V, chapter 8 (search)
A great part of Judæa
consists of scattered villages. They have also towns. Jerusalem is the capital. There stood a temple of
immense wealth. First came the city with its fortifications, then the royal
palace, then, within the innermost defences, the temple itself. Only the Jew
might approach the gates; all but priests were forbidden to pass the
threshold. While the East was under the sway of the Assyrians, the Medes,
and the Persians, Jews were the most contemptible of the subject tribes.
When the Macedonians became supreme, King Antiochus strove to destroy the
national superstition, and to introduce Greek civilization, but was
prevented by his war with the Parthians from at all improving this vilest of
nations; for at this time the revolt of Arsaces had taken place. The
Macedonian power was now weak, while the Parthian had not yet reached its
full strength, and, as the Romans were still far off, the Jews chose kings
for themselves. Expelled by the fickle populace, and
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK V, chapter 9 (search)
Cneius Pompeius was the first of our countrymen to
subdue the Jews. Availing himself of the right of conquest, he entered the
temple. Thus it became commonly known that the place stood empty with no
similitude of gods within, and that the shrine had nothing to reveal. The
walls of Jerusalem were destroyed, the temple was
left standing. After these provinces had fallen, in the course of our civil
wars, into the hands of Marcus Antonius, Pacorus, king of the Parthians,
seized Judæa. He was slain by Publius
Ventidius, and the Parthians were driven back over the Euphrates.
JEWISH HISTORY
UNTIL VESPASIAN
Caius Sosius reduced the Jews to subjection. The
royal power, which had been bestowed by Antony on Herod, was augmented by
the victorious Augustus. On Herod's death, one Simon, without waiting for
the approbation of the Emperor, usurped the title of king. He was punished
by Quintilius Varus then governor of Syria, and the
nation, with its liberties curtailed, was divided in
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK V, chapter 10 (search)
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK V, chapter 11 (search)
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK V, chapter 12 (search)