Neopolitanus

Family: Roman · Role: tribune · First appears: Book II, Chapter 16

In Book II, Chapter 16, Cestius—who employed Neopolitanus and counted him among his intimate friends—sent him ahead to investigate the Jews’ intentions and report faithfully on the situation. At Jamnia, Neopolitanus met Agrippa returning from Alexandria and explained who had sent him and on what mission; at Jerusalem, he inspected the city, praised the people for their loyalty to Rome, and returned to Cestius.

Relationship record

Life events

• Cestius dispatched Neopolitanus to investigate the Jews’ intentions and report the situation.(Book II, Chapter 16)
  • With: Cestius
  • “he thought it best himself to send one of his intimate friends beforehand, to see the state of affairs, and to give him a faithful account of the intentions of the Jews. Accordingly, he sent one of his tribunes, whose name was Neopolitanus”
• Neopolitanus met Agrippa at Jamnia and explained Cestius’s mission.(Book II, Chapter 16 · 📍 Jamnia)
  • With: Agrippa (the present king)
  • “who met with king Agrippa as he was returning from Alexandria, at Jamnia, and told him who it was that sent him, and on what errands he was sent.”
• Neopolitanus inspected Jerusalem, confirmed the people’s loyalty, and returned to Cestius.(Book II, Chapter 16 · 📍 Jerusalem)
  • With: Cestius
  • “So he walked round, and had sufficient experience of the good temper the people were in, and then went up to the temple, where he called the multitude together, and highly commended them for their fidelity to the Romans”

Book II, Chapter 16

• employer: Cestius (Cestius sends his subordinate tribune Neopolitanus.) “Accordingly, he sent one of his tribunes, whose name was Neopolitanus, who met with king Agrippa as he was returning from Alexandria, at Jamnia”
• with Agrippa (the present king) (Neopolitanus met Agrippa at Jamnia.) “who met with king Agrippa as he was returning from Alexandria, at Jamnia, and told him who it was that sent him, and on what errands he was sent”
• friends with Cestius (Neopolitanus was Cestius's intimate friend and tribune.) “but he thought it best himself to send one of his intimate friends beforehand, to see the state of affairs, and to give him a faithful account of the intentions of the Jews. Accordingly, he sent one of his tribunes, whose name was Neopolitanus”
• with Cestius (Cestius sent Neopolitanus as a subordinate envoy.) “Now some of them thought it best for Cestius to go up with his army, either to punish the revolt, if it was real, or to settle the Roman affairs on a surer foundation, if the Jews continued quiet under them; but he thought it best himself to send one of his intimate friends beforehand, to see the state of affairs, and to give him a faithful account of the intentions of the Jews. Accordingly, he sent one of his tribunes, whose name was Neopolitanus,”

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Extracted from the original text of The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem. Made with Rho MD.