Festus

Family: Roman · Role: procurator · First appears: Book II, Chapter 14

Life events

Festus succeeded Felix and destroyed many robbers while suppressing disturbances.(Book II, Chapter 14)
- With: Felix
- “Now it was that Festus succeeded Felix as procurator, and made it his business to correct those that made disturbances in the country. So he caught the greatest part of the robbers, and destroyed a great many of them.”
Albinus succeeded Festus and allowed imprisoned robbers to purchase their release.(Book II, Chapter 14)
- With: Albinus
- “But then Albinus, who succeeded Festus, did not execute his office as the other had done; nor was there any sort of wickedness that could be named but he had a hand in it. Accordingly, he did not only, in his political capacity, steal and plunder every one's substance, nor did he only burden the whole nation with taxes, but he permitted the relations of such as were in prison for robbery, and had been laid there, either by the senate of every city, or by the former procurators, to redeem them for money”

with Felix (Festus succeeded Felix in office.) “Festus succeeded Felix as procurator”
with Albinus (Albinus succeeded Festus in office.) “But then Albinus, who succeeded Festus, did not execute his office as the other had done”

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