c. AD 94

J. AJ 17.272

The Antiquities of the Jews 17.272

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

17.272

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

272and he became terrible to all men, by tearing and rending those that came near him; and all this in order to raise himself, and out of an ambitious desire of the royal dignity; and he hoped to obtain that as the reward not of his virtuous skill in war, but of his extravagance in doing injuries.