c. AD 94

J. AJ 18.181

The Antiquities of the Jews 18.181

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

18.181

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

181She had also been the greatest benefactress to Tiberius, when there was a very dangerous plot laid against him by Sejanus, a man who had been her husband’s friend, and wire had the greatest authority, because he was general of the army, and when many members of the senate and many of the freed-men joined with him, and the soldiery was corrupted, and the plot was come to a great height. Now Sejanus had certainly gained his point, had not Antonia’s boldness been more wisely conducted than Sejanus’s malice;