thou underwentest under Tiberius on that account; nor hast thou omitted
any thing to show thy good-will towards us, even beyond thy ability;
whence it would be a base thing for me to be conquered by thy affection.
I am therefore desirous to make thee amends for every thing in which I
have been formerly deficient; for all that I have bestowed on thee, that
may be called my gifts, is but little. Everything that may contribute to
thy happiness shall be at thy service, and that cheerfully, and so far
as my ability will reach." [34] And this was what Caius said to Agrippa,
thinking he would ask for some large country, or the revenues of certain
cities. But although he had prepared beforehand what he would ask, yet
had he not discovered his intentions, but made this answer to Caius
immediately: That it was not out of any expectation of gain that he
formerly paid his respects to him, contrary to the commands of Tiberius,
nor did he now do any thing relating to him out of regard to his own
advantage, and in order to receive any thing from him; that the gifts he
had already bestowed upon him were great, and beyond the hopes of even
a craving man; for although they may be beneath thy power, [who art the
donor,] yet are they greater than my inclination and dignity, who am
the receiver. And as Caius was astonished at Agrippa's inclinations,
and still the more pressed him to make his request for somewhat which
he might gratify him with, Agrippa replied, "Since thou, O my lord!
declarest such is thy readiness to grant, that I am worthy of thy gifts,
I will ask nothing relating to my own felicity; for what thou hast
already bestowed on me has made me excel therein; but I desire somewhat
which may make thee glorious for piety, and render the Divinity
assistant to thy designs, and may be for an honor to me among those that
inquire about it, as showing that I never once fail of obtaining what I
desire of thee; for my petition is this, that thou wilt no longer think
of the dedication of that statue which thou hast ordered to be set up in
the Jewish temple by Petronius."

8. And thus did Agrippa venture to cast the die upon this occasion, so
great was the affair in his opinion, and in reality, though he knew how
dangerous a thing it was so to speak; for had not Caius approved of it,
it had tended to no less than the loss of his life. So Caius, who was
mightily taken with Agrippa's obliging behavior, and on other accounts
thinking it a disho