Eusebius: Ecclesiastical History, Books I–X

Chapter IV.—After the Death of Tiberius, Caius appointed Agrippa King of the Jews, having punished Herod with Perpetual Exile.

1. Tiberius died, after having reigned about twenty-two years, ^{Edition note 1} and Caius succeeded him in the empire. ^{Edition note 2} He immediately gave the government of the Jews to Agrippa, ^{Edition note 3} making him king over the tetrarchies of Philip and of Lysanias; in addition to which he bestowed upon him, not long afterward, the tetrarchy of Herod, ^{Edition note 4} having punished Herod (the one under whom the Saviour suffered ^{Edition note 5} ) and his wife Herodias with perpetual exile ^{Edition note 6} on account of numerous crimes. Josephus is a witness to these facts. ^{Edition note 7}

2. Under this emperor, Philo ^{Edition note 8} became known; a man most celebrated not only among many of our own, but also among many scholars without the Church. He was a Hebrew by birth, but was inferior to none of those who held high dignities in Alexandria. How exceedingly he labored in the Scriptures and in the studies of his nation is plain to all from the work which he has done. How familiar he was with philosophy and with the liberal studies of foreign nations, it is not necessary to say, since he is reported to have surpassed all his contemporaries in the study of Platonic and Pythagorean philosophy, to which he particularly devoted his attention. ^{Edition note 9}