[287]. Judea herself was free from tribute, but Herod was responsible for certain Arab revenues. Besides, he received from Augustus a number of Greek towns (Josephus, Wars, I. xx. seq.), and his kingdom included further Batanaea south of Damascus, Galilee, and Peraea, the Greek cities across the Jordan and south through Idumaea. All this was held by him as the acknowledged beneficiary of Rome (Josephus, Ant. XV. vi. 7).
[288]. Josephus, Ant. XV. i. 2.
[289]. Josephus, Ant. XVII. vi. 6.
[290]. Cf. ch. XI., n. 15. Cf. also Josephus, Ant. XVII. x.
[291]. Not merely composed of Herod’s old soldiers (Josephus, Ant. XVII. x. 4). Matt. xxii. 16; Mark iii. 6; xii. 13.
[292]. Madden, Coins of the Jews. Cf. also Josephus, Ant. XVIII. iii. 1.
[293]. Josephus, Ant. XX. viii. 11.
[294]. Josephus, Ant. XX. v. 4.
[295]. Josephus, Ant. XV. xi. 15.
[296]. Josephus, Ant. XVI. vii.-viii. seq. The many children of Herod’s ten wives were in almost constant intrigues against him and one another.