abstract:Herodian or Herodianus of Syria, sometimes referred to as 'Herodian of Antioch' (ca. 170–240) was a minor Roman civil servant who wrote a colourful history in Greek titled History of the Empire from the Death of Marcus in eight books covering the years 180 to 238.
Butifthere beanytruthinJosephus's assertion, thatJohnwas put to death at Machaerus, it is hard tounderstandwhyhewasburied sofar from the Herodian fortress.