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n；　and　had　plundered　its　cities；　and　so　he　was　sent　into　banishment。　And　thus　was　he　punished　for　what　wicked　actions　he　had　been　guilty　of　about　Aristobulus　and　Alexander。

5。　But　it　will　now　be　worth　while　to　put　Euaratus　of　Cos　in　opposition　to　this　Spartan；　for　as　he　was　one　of　Alexander's　most　intimate　friends；　and　came　to　him　in　his　travels　at　the　same　time　that　Eurycles　came；　so　the　king　put　the　question　to　him；　whether　those　things　of　which　Alexander　was　accused　were　true？　He　assured　him　upon　oath　that　he　had　never　heard　any　such　things　from　the　young　men；　yet　did　this　testimony　avail　nothing　for　the　clearing　those　miserable　creatures；　for　Herod　was　only　disposed　and　most　ready　to　hearken　to　what　made　against　them；　and　every　one　was　most　agreeable　to　him　that　would　believe　they　were　guilty；　and　showed　their　indignation　at　them。

CHAPTER　27。

Herod　By　Caesars　Direction　Accuses　His　Sons　At　Eurytus。　They　Are　Not　Produced　Before　The　Courts　But　Yet　Are　Condemned；　And　In　A　Little　Time　They　Are　Sent　To　Sebaste；　And　Strangled　There。　　1。　Moreover；　Salome　exasperated　Herod's　cruelty　against　his　sons；　for　Aristobulus　was　desirous　to　bring　her；　who　was　his　mother…in…law　and　his　aunt；　into　the　like　dangers　with　themselves；　so　he　sent　to　her　to　take　care　of　her　own　safety；　and　told　her　that　the　king　was　preparing　to　put　her　to　death；　on　account　of　the　accusation　that　was　laid　against　her；　as　if　when　she　formerly　endeavored　to　marry　herself　to　Sylleus　the　Arabian；　she　had　discovered　the　king's　grand　secrets　to　him；　who　was　the　king's　enemy；　and　this　it　was　that　came　as　the　last　storm；　and　entirely　sunk　the　young　men　when　they　were　in　great　danger　before。　For　Salome　came　running　to　the　king；　and　informed　him　of　what　admonition　had　been　given　her；　whereupon　he　could　bear　no　longer；　but　commanded　both　the　young　men　to　be　bound；　and　kept　the　one　asunder　from　the　other。　He　also　sent　Volumnius；　the　general　of　his　army；　to　Caesar　immediately；　as　also　his　friend　Olympus　with　him；　who　carried　the　informations　in　writing　along　with　them。　Now　as　soon　as　they　had　sailed　to　Rome；　and　delivered　the　king's　letters　to　Caesar；　Caesar　was　mightily　troubled　at　the　case　of　the　young　men；　yet　did　not　he　think　he　ought　to　take　the　power　from　the　father　of　condemning　his　sons；　so　he　wrote　back　to　him；　and　appointed　him　to　have　the　power　over　his　sons；　but　said　withal；　that　he　would　do　well　to　make　an　examination　into　this　matter　of　the　plot　against　him　in　a　public　court；　and　to　take　for　his　assessors　his　own　kindred；　and　the　governors　of　the　province。　And　if　those　sons　be　found　guilty；　to　put　them　to　death；　but　if　they　appear　to　have　thought　of　no　more　than　flying　away　from　him；　that　he　should　moderate　their　punishment。

2。　With　these　directions　Herod　complied；　and　came　to　Berytus；　where　Caesar　had　ordered　the　court　to　be　assembled；　and　got　the　judicature　together。　The　presidents　sat　first；　as　Caesar's　letters　had　appointed；　who　were　Saturninus　and　Pedanius；　and　their　lieutenants　that　were　with　them；　with　whom　was　the　procurator　Volumnius　also；　next　to　them　sat　the　king's　kinsmen　and　friends；　with　Salome　also；　and　Pheroras；　after　whom　sat　the　principal　men　of　all　Syria；　excepting　Archelaus；　for　Herod　had　a　suspicion　of　him；　because　he　was　Alexander's　father…in…law。　Yet　did　not　he　produce　his　sons　in　open　court；　and　this　was　done　very　cunningly；　for　he　knew　well　enough　that　had　they　but　appeared　only；　they　would　certainly　have　been　pitied；　and　if　withal　they　had　been　suffered　to　speak；　Alexander　would　easily　have　answered　what　they　were　accused　of；　but　they　were　in　custody　at　Platane；　a　village　of　the　Sidontans。

3。　So　the　king　got　up；　and　inveighed　against　his　sons；　as　if　they　were　present；　and　as　for　that　part　of　the　accusation　that　they　had　plotted　against　him；　he　urged　it　but　faintly；　because　he　was　destitute　of　proofs；　but　he　insisted　before　the　assessors　on　the　reproaches；　and　jests；　and　injurious　carriage；　and　ten　thousand　the　like　offenses　against　him；　which　were　heavier　than　death　itself；　and　when　nobody　contradicted　him；　he　moved　them　to　pity　his　case；　as　though　he　had　been　condemned　himself；　now　he　had　gained　a　bitter　victory　against　his　sons。　So　he　asked　every　one's　sentence；　which　sentence　was　first　of　all　given　by　Saturninus；　and　was　this：　That　he　condemned　the　young　men；　but　not　to　death；　for　that　it　was　not　fit　for　him；　who　had　three　sons　of　his　own　now　present；　to　give　his　vote　for　the　destruction　of　the　sons　of　another。　The　two　lieutenants　also　gave　the　like　vote；　some　others　there　were　also　who　followed　their　example；　but　Volumnius　began　to　vote　on　the　more　melancholy　side；　and　all　those　that　came　after　him　condemned　the　young　men　to　die；　some　out　of　flattery；　and　some　out　of　hatred　to　Herod；　but　none　out　of　indignation　at　their　crimes。　And　now　all　Syria　and　Judea　was　in　great　expectation；　and　waited　for　the　last　act　of　this　tragedy；　yet　did　nobody；　suppose　that　Herod　would　be　so　barbarous　as　to　murder　his　children：　however；　he　carried　them　away　to　Tyre；　and　thence　sailed　to　Cesarea；　and　deliberated　with　himself　what　sort　of　death　the　young　men　should　suffer。

4。　Now　there　was　a　certain　old　soldier　of　the　king's；　whose　name　was　Tero；　who　had　a　son　that　was　very　familiar　with　and　a　friend　to　Alexander；　and　who　himself　particularly　loved　the　young　men。　This　soldier　was　in　a　manner　distracted；　out　of　the　excess　of　the　indignation　he　had　at　what　was　doing；　and　at　first　he　cried　out　aloud；　as　he　went　about；　that　justice　was　trampled　under　foot；　that　truth　was　perished；　and　nature　confounded；　and　that　the　life　of　man　was　full　of　iniquity；　and　every　thing　else　that　passion　could　suggest　to　a　man　who　spared　not　his　own　life；　and　at　last　he　ventured　to　go　to　the　king；　and　said；　〃Truly　I　think　thou　art　a　most　miserable　man；　when　thou　hearkenest　to　most　wicked　wretches；　against　those　that　ought　to　be　dearest　to　thee；　since　thou　hast　frequently　resolved　that　Pheroras　and　Salome　should　be　put　to　death；　and　yet　believest　them　against　thy　sons；　while　these；　by　cutting　off　the　succession　of　thine　own　sons；　leave　all　wholly　to　Antipater；　and　thereby　choose　to　have　thee　such　a　king　as　may　be　thoroughly　in　their　own　power。　However；　consider　whether　this　death　of　Antipater's　brethren　will　not　make　him　hated　by　the　soldiers；　for　there　is　nobody　but　commiserates　the　young　men；　and　of　the　captains；　a　great　many　show　their　indignation　at　it　openly。〃　Upon　his　saying　this；　he　named　those　that　had　such　indignation；　but　the　king　ordered　those　men；　with　Tero　himself　and　his　son；　to　be　seized　upon　immediately。

5。　At　which　time　there　was　a　certain　barber；　whose　name　was　Trypho。　This　man　leaped　out　from　among　the　people　in　a　kind　of　madness；　and　accused　himself；　and　said；　〃This　Tero　endeavored　to　persuade　me　also　to　cut　thy　throat　with　my　razor；　when　I　trimmed　thee；　and　promised　that　Alexander　should　give　me　large　presents　for　so　doing。〃　When　Herod　heard　this；　he　examined　Tero；　with　his　son　and　the　barber；　by　the　torture；　but　as　the　others　denied　the　accusation；　and　he　said　nothing　further；　Herod　gave　order　that　Tero　should　be　racked　more　severely；　but　his　son；　out　of　pity　to　his　father；　promised　to　discover　the　whole　to　the　king；　if　he　would　grant　＇that　his　father　should　be　no　longer　tortured＇。　When　he　had　agreed　to　this；　he　said　that　his　father；　at　the　persuasion　of　Alexander；　had　an　intention　to　kill　him。　Now　some　said　this　was　forged；　in　order　to　free　his　father　from　his　torments；　and　some　said　it　was　true。

6。　And　now　Herod　accused　the　captains　and　Tero　in　an　assembly　of　the　people；　and　brought　the　people　together　in　a　body　against　them；　and　accordingly　there　were　they　put　to　death；　together　with　＇Trypho＇　the　barber；　they　were　killed　by　the　pieces　of　wood　and　the　stones　that　were　thrown　at　them。　He　also　sent　his　sons　to　Sebaste；　a　city　not　far　from　Cesarea；　and　ordered　them　to　be　there　strangled；　and　as　what　he　had　ordered　was　executed　immediately；　so　he　commanded　that　their　dead　bodies　should　be　brought　to　the　fortress　Alexandrium；　to　be　buried　with　Alexander；　their　grandfather　by　the　mother's　side。　And　this　was　the　end　of　Alexander　and　Aristobulus。

CHAPTER　28。

How　Antipater　Is　Hated　Of　All　Men；　And　How　The　King　Espouses　The　Sons　Of　Those　That　Had　Been　Slain　To　His　Kindred；But　That　Antipater　Made　Him　Change　Them　For　Other　Women。　Of　Herod's　Marriages；　And　Children。

1。　But　an　intolerable　hatred　fell　upon　Antipater　from　the　nation；　though　he　had　now　an　indisputable　title　to　the　succession；　because　they　all　knew　that　he　was　the　person　who　contrived　all　the　calumnies　against　his　brethren。　However；　he　began　to　be　in　a　terrible　fear；　as　he　saw　the　posterity　of　those　that　had　been　slain　growing　up；　for　Alexander　had　two　sons　by　Glaphyra；　Tigranes　and　Alexander；　and　Aristobulus　had　Herod；　and　Agrippa；　and　Aristobulus；　his　sons；　with　Herodias　and　Mariamne；　his　daughters；　and　all　by　Bernice；　Salome's　daughter。　As　for　Glaphyra；　Herod；　as　soon　as　he　had　killed　Alexander；　sent　her　back；　together　with　her　portion；　to　Cappadocia。　He　married　Bernice；　Aristobulus's　daughter；　to　Antipater's　uncle　by　his　mother；　and　it　was　Antipater　who；　in　order　to　reconcile　her　to　him；　when　she　had　been　at　variance　with　him；　contrived　this　match；　he　also　got　into　Pheroras's　favor；　and　into　the　favor　of　Caesar's　friends；　by　presents；　and　other　ways　of　obsequiousness；　and　sent　no　small　sums　of　money　to　Rome；　Saturninus　also；　and　his　friends　in　Syria；　were　all　well　replenished　with　the　presents　he　made　them；　yet　the　more　he　gave；　the　more　he　was　hated；　as　not　making　these　presents　out　of　generosity；　but　spending　his　money　out　of　fear。　Accordingly；　it　so　fell　out　that　the　receivers　bore　him　no　more　good…will　than　before；　but　that　those　to　whom　he　gave　nothing　were　his　more　bitter　enemies。　However；　he　bestowed　his　money　every　day　more　and　more　profusely；　on　observing　that；　contrary　to　his　expectations；　the　king　was　taking　care　about　the　orphans；　and　discovering　at　the　same　time　his　repentance　for　killing　their　fathers；　by　his　commiseration　of　those　that　sprang　from　them。

2。　Accordingly；　Herod　got　together　his　kindred　and　friends；　and　set　before　them　the　children；　and；　with　his　eyes　full　of　tears；　said　thus　to　them：　〃It　was　an　unlucky　fate　that　took　away　from　me　these　children's　fathers；　whi