Petronius

Also known as: Petronins · Family: Roman · Role: military commander · First appears: Book II, Chapter 10

Life events

Caius Caesar orders Petronius to install his statues and punish Jewish resistance.(Book II, Chapter 10 · 📍 Jerusalem)
- With: Caius Caesar
- “Accordingly, he sent Petronius with an army to Jerusalem, to place his statues in the temple, 11 and commanded him that, in case the Jews would not admit of them, he should slay those that opposed it, and carry all the rest of the nation into captivity:”
Petronius abandons the statues and leaves his army after Jewish supplication.(Book II, Chapter 10 · 📍 Ptolemais)
- “So he was prevailed upon by the multitude of the supplicants, and by their supplications, and left his army and the statues at Ptolemais”
Petronius petitions Caius Caesar to permit the Jews to keep their law.(Book II, Chapter 10 · 📍 Antioch)
- With: Caius Caesar
- “from whence he presently sent an epistle to Caesar, and informed him of the irruption he had made into Judea, and of the supplications of the nation; and that unless he had a mind to lose both the country and the men in it, he must permit them to keep their law, and must countermand his former injunction.”
Caius Caesar threatens to execute Petronius for delaying his command.(Book II, Chapter 10)
- With: Caius Caesar
- “Caius answered that epistle in a violent-way, and threatened to have Petronius put to death for his being so tardy in the execution of what he had commanded.”

employer: Caius Caesar (Caius Caesar commands Petronius and threatens him with execution for disobedience.) “Caius answered that epistle in a violent-way, and threatened to have Petronius put to death for his being so tardy in the execution of what he had commanded.”

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