From the Taking of Jerusalem by Antiochus Epiphanes to the Death of Herod the Great - Flavius Josephus
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failed, he was not himself <strong>the</strong> occasion <strong>of</strong> such failings, but he ei<strong>the</strong>r vas<br />
betrayed <strong>by</strong> some, or <strong>the</strong> rashness <strong>of</strong> his own soldiers procured his defeat.<br />
Footnotes:<br />
1. This fort was first built, as it is supposed, <strong>by</strong> John Hyrcanus; see Prid. at<br />
<strong>the</strong> year 107; and called "Baris," <strong>the</strong> Tower or Citadel. It was afterwards<br />
rebuilt, with great improvements, <strong>by</strong> <strong>Herod</strong>, under <strong>the</strong> government <strong>of</strong><br />
An<strong>to</strong>nius, and was named from him "<strong>the</strong> Tower <strong>of</strong> An<strong>to</strong>ni;" and about<br />
<strong>the</strong> time when <strong>Herod</strong> rebuilt <strong>the</strong> temple, he seems <strong>to</strong> have put his last<br />
hand <strong>to</strong> it. See Antiq. B. XVIII. ch. 5. sect. 4; Of <strong>the</strong> War, B. I. ch. 3.<br />
sect. 3; ch. 5. sect. 4. It lay on <strong>the</strong> northwest side <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> temple, and was<br />
a quarter as large.<br />
2. That <strong>Josephus</strong> speaks truth, when he assures us that <strong>the</strong> haven <strong>of</strong> this<br />
Cesarea was made <strong>by</strong> <strong>Herod</strong> not less, nay ra<strong>the</strong>r larger, than that famous<br />
haven at A<strong>the</strong>ns, called <strong>the</strong> Pyrecum, will appear, says Dean Aldrich, <strong>to</strong><br />
him who compares <strong>the</strong> descriptions <strong>of</strong> that at A<strong>the</strong>ns in Thucydides and<br />
Pausanias, with this <strong>of</strong> Cesarea in <strong>Josephus</strong> here, and in <strong>the</strong> Antiq. B.<br />
XV. ch. 9. sect. 6, and B. XVII. ch. 9. sect. 1.<br />
3. These buildings <strong>of</strong> cities <strong>by</strong> <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong> Caesar, and institution <strong>of</strong><br />
solemn games in honor <strong>of</strong> Augustus Caesar, as here, and in <strong>the</strong><br />
Antiquities, related <strong>of</strong> <strong>Herod</strong> <strong>by</strong> <strong>Josephus</strong>, <strong>the</strong> Roman his<strong>to</strong>rians attest<br />
<strong>to</strong>, as things <strong>the</strong>n frequent in <strong>the</strong> provinces <strong>of</strong> that empire, as Dean<br />
Aldrich observes on this chapter.<br />
4. There were two cities, or citadels, called <strong>Herod</strong>ium, in Judea, and both<br />
mentioned <strong>by</strong> <strong>Josephus</strong>, not only here, but Antiq. B. XIV. ch. 13. sect. 9;<br />
B. XV. ch. 9. sect. 6; Of <strong>the</strong> War, B. I. ch. 13. sect. 8; B. III. ch. 3. sect.<br />
5. One <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m was two hundred, and <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r sixty furlongs distant<br />
from <strong>Jerusalem</strong>. One <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m is mentioned <strong>by</strong> Pliny, Hist. Nat. B. V. ch.<br />
14., as Dean Aldrich observes here.<br />
5. Here seems <strong>to</strong> be a small defect in <strong>the</strong> copies, which describe <strong>the</strong> wild<br />
beasts which were hunted in a certain country <strong>by</strong> <strong>Herod</strong>, without naming<br />
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