with his children and procurators, to Egypt, and made a
present of them, and of all the royal ornaments which he had taken out
of that kingdom, to Cleopatra. And Artaxias, the eldest of his sons,
who had escaped at that time, took the kingdom of Armenia; who yet was
ejected by Archclaus and Nero Caesar, when they restored Tigranes,
his younger brother, to that kingdom; but this happened a good while
afterward.

4. But then, as to the tributes which Herod was to pay Cleopatra for
that country which Antony had given her, he acted fairly with her, as
deeming it not safe for him to afford any cause for Cleopatra to hate
him. As for the king of Arabia, whose tribute Herod had undertaken to
pay her, for some time indeed he paid him as much as came to two
hundred talents; but he afterwards became very niggardly and slow in his
payments, and could hardly be brought to pay some parts of it, and was
not willing to pay even them without some deductions.

CHAPTER 5. How Herod Made War With The King Of Arabia, And After They
Had Fought Many Battles, At Length Conquered Him, And Was Chosen By
The Arabs To Be Governor Of That Nation; As Also Concerning A Great
Earthquake.

1. Hereupon Herod held himself ready to go against the king of Arabia,
because of his ingratitude to him, and because, after all, he would
do nothing that was just to him, although Herod made the Roman war an
occasion of delaying his own; for the battle at Actium was now expected,
which fell into the hundred eighty and seventh olympiad, where Caesar
and Antony were to fight for the supreme power of the world; but Herod
having enjoyed a country that was very fruitful, and that now for a
long time, and having received great taxes, and raised great armies
therewith, got together a body of men, and carefully furnished them with
all necessaries, and designed them as auxiliaries for Antony. But Antony
said he had no want of his assistance; but he commanded him to punish
the king of Arabia; for he had heard both from him, and from Cleopatra,
how perfidious he was; for this was what Cleopatra desired, who thought
it for her own advantage that these two kings should do one another
as great mischief as possible. Upon this message from Antony, Herod
returned back, but kept his army with him, in order to invade Arabia
immediately. So when his army of horsemen and footmen was ready, he
marched to Diospolis, whither the Arabians came also to meet them, for
they were no