c. AD 94

J. AJ 18.27

The Antiquities of the Jews 18.27

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

18.27

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

27while Herod and Philip had each of them received their own tetrarchy, and settled the affairs thereof. Herod also built a wall about Sepphoris, (which is the security of all Galilee,) and made it the metropolis of the country. He also built a wall round Betharamphtha, which was itself a city also, and called it Julias, from the name of the emperor’s wife.