Death at the Passover

While Claudius was still emperor, such a riot and uproar broke out in Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover that thirty thousand Jews died, counting only those who were forced together at the exits of the temple, trampled to death by one another. The feast became a time of mourning for the whole nation, and of lamentation in every house. Josephus tells this too, word for word. [a] Claudius made Agrippa, the son of Agrippa, king of the Jews, and sent Felix as governor of the whole country of Samaria and Galilee and of the region called Perea besides. Claudius himself governed the empire for thirteen years and eight months, then died, leaving Nero as his successor. [b]