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When he had thus married Mariamne, he came back to Jerusalem with
a greater army. Sosius also joined him with a large army, both of horsemen
and footmen, which he sent before him through the midland parts, while
he marched himself along Phoenicia; and when the whole army was gotten
together, which were eleven regiments of footmen, and six thousand horsemen,
besides the Syrian auxiliaries, which were no small part of the army, they
pitched their camp near to the north wall. Herod's dependence was upon
the decree of the senate, by which he was made king; and Sosius relied
upon Antony, who sent the army that was under him to Herod's assistance.
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1 HOW HEROD AND SOSIUS TOOK JERUSALEM BY FORCE; AND WHAT DEATH ANTIGONUS CAME TO. ALSO CONCERNING CLEOPATRA'S AVARICIOUS TEMPER.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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