TABLE IV.-KINGDOM OF HEROD THE GREAT-continued. .30 Syllæus engages to 8 Herod us. 745 Herod compla'ns to Augustus receives 745 give up the Tra- Saturninus of the the supreme power Trachonites and for 10 years more. Syllæus. chonite brigands, Visits Olympia on Augustus. Death of Mæcenas. Census of Roman 7 Herod .31 Herod razes the Census of Palestine, Tiberius goes to 747 succeeds Damascenus to of Arabia Petræa. The census was Rome; also another Syllæus condemned embassy to com- to death by Augusplain of Alexander tus; but first sent and Aristobulus. to Arabia to make Herod allowed to reparation. proceed against He plots against them in conjunc- Herod. tion with a council. Augustus confirms 6 Herod.. Aretas, instead of giving Petra to .32 Herod. ordered in this The Council meets Complicated in- Saturninus and the Tiberius in Arme- 748 at Berytus and con- trigues of Syllæus, procurator Volurn- nia. demns Alexander Fabatus (Cæsar's and Aristobulus, procurator), and who are strangled Herod. at Sebaste (Sama- Herod settles Zamria). aris, a Babylonian Agitation in Judæa. Jew, in Batanea. Antipater tries to gain partisans by gifts, and then by terror. Forms a plot with [Mr. Lewin's Dates. nius take part in Retires to Rhodes, TABLE IV.-KINGDOM OF HEROD THE GREAT-continued. Cæsarea, goes to Jerusalem, and is condemned by Council. Herod writes to Augustus. Falls ill, and alters his will, making Herod Antipas his successor. 4 Herod Goes to Jericho. 5 end, or 4 begs NATIVITY OF JESUS CHRIST, ac- ..34 NOTE. On this view The Census, still in Mar. Rabbis. 12-13 Eclipse of the Moon. 15-18 Goes to the springs of Callirhoë, but without effect; and is plunged in a bath of oil. Despairs of his life. 19 20 Returns to Jericho: donation to the months of this 750 |