Agrippa and Berenice Avert War with Rome
2.309–314
At this time it happened that King Agrippa was out of the country: he had travelled to Alexandria to congratulate Alexander, who had been entrusted with Egypt by Nero and sent there as governor. However, Agrippa’s sister Berenice was in Jerusalem, and horrified to witness the criminal behaviour of the troops. Several times she sent her…
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