t avenge those that had there
been destroyed. From thence he now marched to Jerusalem; whereupon those
Jews whose camp lay there, and who had besieged the Roman legion, not
bearing the coming of this army, left the siege imperfect: but as to the
Jerusalem Jews, when Varus reproached them bitterly for what had been
done, they cleared themselves of the accusation, and alleged that the
conflux of the people was occasioned by the feast; that the war was not
made with their approbation, but by the rashness of the strangers, while
they were on the side of the Romans, and besieged together with them,
rather than having any inclination to besiege them. There also came
beforehand to meet Varus, Joseph, the cousin-german of king Herod,
as also Gratus and Rufus, who brought their soldiers along with them,
together with those Romans who had been besieged; but Sabinus did not
come into Varus's presence, but stole out of the city privately, and
went to the sea-side.

10. Upon this, Varus sent a part of his army into the country, to seek
out those that had been the authors of the revolt; and when they were
discovered, he punished some of them that were most guilty, and some he
dismissed: now the number of those that were crucified on this account
were two thousand. After which he disbanded his army, which he found
no way useful to him in the affairs he came about; for they behaved
themselves very disorderly, and disobeyed his orders, and what Varus
desired them to do, and this out of regard to that gain which they made
by the mischief they did. As for himself, when he was informed that ten
thousand Jews had gotten together, he made haste to catch them; but they
did not proceed so far as to fight him, but, by the advice of Achiabus,
they came together, and delivered themselves up to him: hereupon Varus
forgave the crime of revolting to the multitude, but sent their several
commanders to Caesar, many of whom Caesar dismissed; but for the several
relations of Herod who had been among these men in this war, they were
the only persons whom he punished, who, without the least regard to
justice, fought against their own kindred.

CHAPTER 11. An Embassage To Caesar; And How Caesar Confirmed Herod's
Testament.

1. So when Varus had settled these affairs, and had placed the former
legion at Jerusalem, he returned back to Antioch; but as for Archelaus,
he had new sources of trouble come upon him at Rome, on the occasions
following: fo