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When Tiberius had heard of these things, he desired to have a league
of friendship made between him and Artabanus; and when, upon this invitation,
he received the proposal kindly, Artabanus and Vitellius went to Euphrates,
and as a bridge was laid over the river, they each of them came with their
guards about them, and met one another on the midst of the bridge. And
when they had agreed upon the terms of peace Herod, the tetrarch erected
a rich tent on the midst of the passage, and made them a feast there. Artabanus
also, not long afterward, sent his son Darius as an hostage, with many
presents, among which there was a man seven cubits tall, a Jew he was by
birth, and his name was Eleazar, who, for his tallness, was called a giant.
After which Vitellius went to Antioch, and Artabanus to Babylon; but Herod
[the tetrarch] being desirous to give Caesar the first information that
they had obtained hostages, sent posts with letters, wherein he had accurately
described all the particulars, and had left nothing for the consular Vitellius
to inform him of. But when Vitellius's letters were sent, and Caesar had
let him know that he was acquainted with the affairs already, because Herod
had given him an account of them before, Vitellius was very much troubled
at it; and supposing that he had been thereby a greater sufferer than he
really was, he kept up a secret anger upon this occasion, till he could
be revenged on him, which he was after Caius had taken the government.
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