Auranitis, Gaulanitis, Batanæa, and Abilene. In A.D. 55, Agrippa II. received from Nero, in addition to the country already under his dominion, the cities of Tiberias and Tarichæa in Galilee, and Julias, together with fourteen villages about it, and Abila, all of which were in Peræa. In A.D. 60, he heard Paul’s defence at Cæsarea, the place just mentioned, where his father had died. He rendered great service to Vespasian during the Jewish war, taking sides against his country. Some points to be remembered