Sosius
Family: Roman · Role: commander in Syria · First appears: Book I, Chapter 17
In Book I, Chapter 17, Antony set Sosius over the affairs of Syria. Sosius sent two legions into Judea to assist Herod against Antigonus, then followed with the rest of his army; after Herod returned with reinforcements, Sosius joined him at Jerusalem with a large force of horsemen and footmen.
After five months, their forces breached Jerusalem, seized the temple, and massacred its defenders and inhabitants. Antigonus then surrendered to Sosius, who mocked him, bound him, and kept him in custody. Sosius later left Jerusalem, taking the captive Antigonus to Antony, who had him executed.
Relationship record
Life events
- Sosius sent two legions to assist Herod against Antigonus and followed with the rest of his army.(Book I, Chapter 17 · 📍 Judea)
- With: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros)
- “Sosius sent two legions before him into Judea to assist Herod, and followed himself soon after with the rest of his army.”
- Herod returned with reinforcements, and Sosius joined him in besieging Jerusalem.(Book I, Chapter 17 · 📍 Jerusalem)
- With: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros)
- “Sosius also joined him with a large army, both of horsemen and footmen”
- Herod's and Sosius's forces breached the city, seized the temple, and massacred its defenders and inhabitants.(Book I, Chapter 18 · 📍 Jerusalem)
- With: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros)
- “some of Herod's chosen men ventured to get upon the wall, and fell into the city, as did Sosius's centurions after them; and now they first of all seized upon what was about the temple; and upon the pouring in of the army, there was slaughter of vast multitudes every where”
- Antigonus surrendered to Sosius, who bound him and kept him in custody.(Book I, Chapter 18)
- With: Antigonus (son of Aristobulus)
- “Then it was that Antigonus, without any regard to his former or to his present fortune, came down from the citadel, and fell at Sosius's feet, who without pitying him at all, upon the change of his condition, laughed at him beyond measure, and called him Antigona. 26 Yet did he not treat him like a woman, or let him go free, but put him into bonds, and kept him in custody.”
- Sosius left Jerusalem and delivered the captive Antigonus to Antony, who had him executed.(Book I, Chapter 18 · 📍 Jerusalem)
- With: Antigonus (son of Aristobulus) Antony
- “Hereupon Sosius dedicated a crown of gold to God, and then went away from Jerusalem, leading Antigonus away in bonds to Antony; then did the axe bring him to his end”
Book I, Chapter 17
- with Antony (interaction) “when Antony had set Sosius over the affairs of Syria”
- with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) (Sosius joined Herod's forces.) “Sosius also joined him with a large army, both of horsemen and footmen”
- with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) (Sosius provided military assistance to Herod.) “Sosius sent two legions before him into Judea to assist Herod”
Book I, Chapter 18
- with Antigonus (son of Aristobulus) (Sosius captured and detained Antigonus.) “who without pitying him at all, upon the change of his condition, laughed at him beyond measure, and called him Antigona. 26 Yet did he not treat him like a woman, or let him go free, but put him into bonds, and kept him in custody.”
- with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) (Herod rewarded Sosius with a generous present.) “So he purchased the deliverance of his country, and performed his promises to them, and made presents after a magnificent manner to each soldier, and proportionably to their commanders, and with a most royal bounty to Sosius himself, whereby nobody went away but in a wealthy condition.”
Book V, Chapter 9
- with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) (Herod brought Sosius and the Roman army against Jerusalem.) “When Herod, the son of Antipater, brought upon us Sosius, and Sosius brought upon us the Roman army, they were then encompassed and besieged for six months, till, as a punishment for their sins, they were taken, and the city was plundered by the enemy.”
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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.