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This was the epistle which Caius wrote to. Petronius; but Petronius
did not receive it while Caius was alive, that ship which carried it sailing
so slow, that other letters came to Petronius before this, by which he
understood that Caius was dead; for God would not forget the dangers Petronius
had undertaken on account of the Jews, and of his own honor. But when he
had taken Caius away, out of his indignation of what he had so insolently
attempted in assuming to himself divine worship, both Rome and all that
dominion conspired with Petronius, especially those that were of the senatorian
order, to give Caius his due reward, because he had been unmercifully severe
to them; for he died not long after he had written to Petronius that epistle
which threatened him with death. But as for the occasion of his death,
and the nature of the plot against him, I shall relate them in the progress
of this narration. Now that epistle which informed Petronius of Caius's
death came first, and a little afterward came that which commanded him
to kill himself with his own hands. Whereupon he rejoiced at this coincidence
as to the death of Caius, and admired God's providence, who, without the
least delay, and immediately, gave him a reward for the regard he had to
the temple, and the assistance he afforded the Jews for avoiding the dangers
they were in. And by this means Petronius escaped that danger of death,
which he could not foresee.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), BA´BYLON
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