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 palace at Ascalon. Her annual revenue from all sources was sixty talents; her residence was within the domain of Archelaus. The other relatives of the (deceased) king received the legacies named in the will. To each of his two unmarried daughters, beside what their father left them, Cæsar presented two hundred and fifty thousand (drachmas) of coined silver and gave them in marriage to the sons of Pheroras. He further bestowed all that had been bequeathed to himself, amounting to fifteen hundred talents, upon the king's children, reserving only a few vessels, which pleased him not so much for their intrinsic value as because they served as memorials of the king.—Ant. XVII. 11. 4 f. (317-323). (23) Archelaus Deposed and his Territory added to the Roman Province of Syria

Now in the tenth year of Archelaus's rule, the leading men of Judæa and Samaria, impatient of his cruel and tyrannical conduct, laid an accusation against him before Cæsar; they did so with greater confidence, knowing that he had violated the Emperor's injunctions to be lenient in his dealings with his subjects. On hearing the accusation Cæsar was indignant and sent for the agent of Archelaus's affairs in Rome, whose name also was Archelaus, and, disdaining to write to Archelaus, said to him, "Take ship at once and bring him to us without delay." The agent accordingly embarked forthwith, reached Judæa, found Archelaus feasting with his friends, communicated Cæsar's will and hurried him off. On his arrival, Cæsar, after hearing his defence in the presence of certain of his accusers, sent him into banishment, appointing Vienne, a city of Gaul, as his place of exile, and confiscated his property