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In the mean time Agrippa, the son of that Aristobulus who had been
slain by his father Herod, came to Tiberius, to accuse Herod the tetrarch;
who not admitting of his accusation, he staid at Rome, and cultivated a
friendship with others of the men of note, but principally with Caius the
son of Germanicus, who was then but a private person. Now this Agrippa,
at a certain time, feasted Caius; and as he was very complaisant to him
on several other accounts, he at length stretched out his hands, and openly
wished that Tiberius might die, and that he might quickly see him emperor
of the world. This was told to Tiberius by one of Agrippa's domestics,
who thereupon was very angry, and ordered Agrippa to be bound, and had
him very ill-treated in the prison for six months, until Tiberius died,
after he had reigned twenty-two years, six months, and three days.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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