Not equally moderate was his brother, surnamed Felix, who had for
some time been governor of Judaea, and thought that he could do any evil
act with impunity, backed up as he was by such power. It is true that the
Jews had shown symptoms of commotion in a seditious outbreak, and when
they had heard of the assassination of Caius, there was no hearty submission,
as a fear still lingered that any of the emperors might impose the same
orders. Felix meanwhile, by ill-timed remedies, |