[101] Thus Josephus (lib. ix.) says that his rival, Justus,
persuaded the citizens of Tiberias to "set the villages
that belonged to Gadara and Hippos on fire; which
villages were situated on the borders of Tiberias and
of the region of Scythopolis."
[102] It is said to have been destroyed by its captors.
[103] "But as to the Grecian cities, Gaza and Gadara and
Hippos, he cut them off from the kingdom and added them
to Syria."--Josephus, _Wars_, II. vi. 3. See also
_Antiquities_, XVII. xi. 4.
[104] _Geschichte des jüdischen Volkes im Zeitalter Christi_,
1886-90.
[105] If William the Conqueror, after fighting the battle
of Hastings, had marched to capture Chichester and then
returned to assault Rye, being all the while anxious to
reach London, his proceedings would not have been more
eccentric than Mr. Gladstone must imagine those of
Vespasian were.
[106] See Reland, _Palestina_ (1714), t. ii. p. 771. Also
Robinson, _Later Biblical Researches_ (1856), p. 87
_note_.