Simon (servant of Herod)

Also known as: Simon · Family: rebels · Role: servant to the king · First appears: Book II, Chapter 4

Life events

Simon proclaimed himself king and led robbers in revolt.(Book II, Chapter 4 · 📍 Perea)
- “Simon, one of the servants to the king, relying upon the handsome appearance and tallness of his body, put a diadem upon his own head also;”
Simon burned the royal palace at Jericho and plundered its spoils.(Book II, Chapter 4 · 📍 Jericho)
- “he also went about with a company of robbers that he had gotten together, and burnt down the royal palace that was at Jericho, and many other costly edifices besides, and procured himself very easily spoils by rapine, as snatching them out of the fire.”
Gratus killed Simon during his flight.(Book II, Chapter 4)
- With: Gratus
- “Gratus also cut to pieces Simon himself, as he was flying along a strait valley, when he gave him an oblique stroke upon his neck, as he ran away, and brake it.”

employer: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “In Perea also, Simon, one of the servants to the king, relying upon the handsome appearance and tallness of his body, put a diadem upon his own head also;”
enemies with Gratus “Gratus also cut to pieces Simon himself, as he was flying along a strait valley, when he gave him an oblique stroke upon his neck, as he ran away, and brake it.”

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