In western Asia Minor the satraps showed themselves on the whole singularly conciliatory towards local religious feeling and even personally comformable to it; and in judaea the hope of the Hebrews that the Persian would prove a deliverer and a restorer of their estate was not falsified.
"The Ancient East"
D. G. Hogarth
One peculiarity of this new religion is, that although springing up in judaea, it has made less progress among the Jews than elsewhere, for these people, who are of all others the most obstinate and intolerant, accused the Founder of the religion, one Christus, before the Roman courts, and He was put to death, in my opinion most unjustly, seeing that there was no crime whatever alleged against Him, save that He perverted the religion of the Jews, which was in no way a concern of ours, as we are tolerant of the religions of all people."
"Beric the Briton A Story of the Roman Invasion"
G. A. Henty
Of "princeps et dux" he says nothing; but Peronne adds a note to say that Daniel was thinking of judaea only.
"The Three Additions to Daniel, A Study"
William Heaford Daubney