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Browsing named entities in Flavius Josephus, The Wars of the Jews (ed. William Whiston, A.M.). You can also browse the collection for Petra or search for Petra in all documents.
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Flavius Josephus, The Wars of the Jews (ed. William Whiston, A.M.), Book I, section 123 (search)
Flavius Josephus, The Wars of the Jews (ed. William Whiston, A.M.), Book I, section 159 (search)
IN the mean time, Scaurus made an expedition into Arabia, but was
stopped by the difficulty of the places about Petra. However, he laid waste
the country about Pella, though even there he was under great hardship;
for his army was afflicted with famine. In order to supply which want,
Hyrcanus afforded him some assistance, and sent him provisions by the means
of Antipater; whom also Scaurus sent to Aretas, as one well acquainted
with him, to induce him to pay him money to buy his peace. The king of
Arabia complied with the proposal, and gave him three hundred talents;
upon which Scaurus drew his army out of Arabia Take the like attestation to the truth of this submission of Aretas, king
of Arabia, to Scaurus the Roman general, in the words of Dean Aldrich.
"Hence (says he) is derived that old and famous Denarius belonging
to the Emillian family [represented in Havercamp's edition], wherein Aretas
appears in a posture of supplication, and taking hold of a camel's bridle
with his left ha