Josephus, Ant. XV. xi. 15. Footnote 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. Footnote 297: Strabo, xvi. 755. Footnote 298: It is necessary at every point to note the uncertain character of our evidence. The _Historiae Philippicae_ of Pompeius Trogus written under Augustus would have been of inestimable value for us, if we had them in full. But we possess them merely in the summary of Justin (third century?), which gives us all the substance, but little or none of the personality of the writer. And in this case the loss is the more serious because Trogus seems to have had a keener feeling for the dramatic character of events and a broader sympathy than many other ancient historians. Footnote 299: Josephus, Ant. XVII. x. 9. Footnote 300: This is the Varus made famous in the Teutoburg battle. The insurrection mentioned in the text is the _polemos shel Varos_ of the Seder Olam. Footnote 301: Caesar, Bell. Gall. iii. 10. Footnote 302: Josephus, Ant. XVII. x. 9. Footnote 303: Nicolaus of Damascus, philosopher and historian, was Herod’s principal Greek adviser and the advocate of the Jews in many public controversies. As far as we can judge from fragments, his History of the World, in no less than 114 Books, was a loosely connected compilation rather than a work of literary merit. Footnote 304: Josephus, Ant. XVIII. i. 1 and 6. Footnote 305: A complete investigation of this subject is contained in Domaszewski, Die Religion des römischen Heeres. Footnote 306: Cagnat. in Dar.-Sagl. Dict. des ant. s. v. legio, p. 1084. Footnote 307: The signa were actually worshiped by the soldiers. They are the _propria legionum numina_. Tac. Ann. ii. 17. Cf. Cagnat., _op. cit._ p. 1065. Domaszewski, _op. cit._ p. 115. Footnote 308: To the sense and tact of this typical Roman official the averting of a crisis in the history of Palestinian Jewry is due. The rebellion which Gaius would undoubtedly have provoked might have dragged other parts of the world with it, and at that time the conditions were less favorable for re-establishment of the empire than in 68 C.E. Footnote 309: Josephus, Ant. XVIII. vii. 2. Footnote 310: Josephus, Ant. XIX. vi. Footnote 311: That Tacitus shows a strong antipathy to the Jews can scarcely be questioned. It is in these chapters (Hist. v. 2. seq.) more than most others, that we are able to see the rhetorical historian of ancient times almost in the act of preparing his narrative. The sources of Tacitus are open to us. That he used Manetho and Apion instead of Josephus and Nicolaus is itself ample indication of the complete lack of conscience with which such a writer could select his evidence according to the thesis he meant to establish. Footnote 312: Cagnat. Inscr. Gr. ad res Rom. pertin. ii. n. 176.