Episode 23: Death of Antonia; Caiaphas removed as High Priest

Caligula's grandmother dies shortly after he comes to the throne. Lucius Vitellius in Syria secures peace with Parthia and then removes Caiaphas as High Priest.    SHOWNOTES: Agrippina's double canine (hyperdontia) (Pliny, NH 7). Artabanus crossed the Euphrates and held another conference with Lucius Vitellius where he paid honors to the Roman standards (Suet. Caligula, 14). Lucius removes Caiaphas as high priest (Jos. Ant. 18.4.3). For this podcast, Yochanan is considered the person who will eventually be known as the otherwise unnamed, 'Beloved Disciple,' or 'the disciple whom Jesus loved,' the source of the gospel of John.