Borceus

Family: Agrippa's party · Role: ambassador · First appears: Book II, Chapter 19

In Book II, Chapter 19, Borceus, an ambassador of Agrippa’s party, was sent with Phebus because they were the persons of their party best known to those they approached; they promised that Cestius would give them his right hand as assurance of the Romans’ forgiveness if they threw away their arms and came over to them. The seditious Jews then slew Phebus before he could speak, while Borceus was wounded and escaped by fleeing.

Relationship record

Life events

• Seditious Jews kill Phebus and wound Borceus, who escapes.(Book II, Chapter 19)
  • With: Phebus
  • “accordingly they slew Phebus before he said a word, but Borceus was only wounded, and so prevented his fate by flying away.”

Book II, Chapter 19

• with Agrippa (the present king) (Agrippa sent Borceus as an ambassador.) “So he sent Borceus and Phebus, the persons of his party that were the best known to them”
• with Phebus (They were jointly sent as ambassadors.) “So he sent Borceus and Phebus, the persons of his party that were the best known to them”
• with Cestius (Cestius offered Borceus forgiveness if he surrendered and joined the Romans.) “promised them that Cestius should give them his right hand, to secure them of the Romans' entire forgiveness of what they had done amiss, if they would throw away their arms, and come over to them”

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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.