c. AD 94

J. AJ 16.143

The Antiquities of the Jews 16.143

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

16.143

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

143this he named Antipatris, from his father Antipater. He also built upon another spot of ground above Jericho, of the same name with his mother, a place of great security and very pleasant for habitation, and called it Cypros.