c. AD 77

J. BJ 1.671

The Wars of the Jews 1.671

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

1.671

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

671and Archelaus omitted nothing of magnificence therein, but brought out all the royal ornaments to augment the pomp of the deceased. There was a bier all of gold, embroidered with precious stones, and a purple bed of various contexture, with the dead body upon it, covered with purple; and a diadem was put upon his head, and a crown of gold above it, and a sceptre in his right hand;