RE: Hey Minimalist
September 15, 2013 at 9:06 pm
(This post was last modified: September 15, 2013 at 9:09 pm by Minimalist.)
Quote:But that doesn't mean Herod was on good terms with Pilate.
Antipas. Herod the Great was long dead by the time Pilate got to Judaea.
Again, Josephus was a member of a priestly family which means he was one of the nobility. I'll bet the priests had their knickers in a twist about the temple treasure being used to bring water to the city but what did the commons think? Recall that Tacitus recounts Roman rule of Judaea in this period in The Histories with a single sentence.
Quote:Under Tiberius all was quiet.
Book V, 9
Apparently, they were fine with it.
