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AND now did the madness of the Sicarii, like a disease, reach as
far as the cities of Cyrene; for one Jonathan, a vile person, and by trade
a weaver, came thither and prevailed with no small number of the poorer
sort to give ear to him; he also led them into the desert, upon promising
them that he would show them signs and apparitions. And as for the other
Jews of Cyrene, he concealed his knavery from them, and put tricks upon
them; but those of the greatest dignity among them informed Catullus, the
governor of the Libyan Pentapolis, of his march into the desert, and of
the preparations he had made for it. So he sent out after him both horsemen
and footmen, and easily overcame them, because they were unarmed men; of
these many were slain in the fight, but some were taken alive, and brought
to Catullus. As for Jonathan, the head of this plot, he fled away at that
time; but upon a great and very diligent search, which was made all the
country over for him, he was at last taken. And when he was brought to
Catullus, he devised a way whereby he both escaped punishment himself,
and afforded an occasion to Catullus of doing much mischief; for he falsely
accused the richest men among the Jews, and said that they had put him
upon what he did.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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