Note 287 — Chapter XVII · THE JEWS OF THE EMPIRE TILL THE REVOLT
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Judea herself was free from tribute, but Herod was responsible for certain Arab revenues. Besides, he received from 404Augustus 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).