On the Embassy to Gaius

In his "On the Embassy to Gaius." Philo gives an account of the murders perpetrated by Gaius Caesar against those who were near to him by reason of kinship or influence.
Among his first victims was Macro, a man who had befriended Gaius continually in the face of the distrust of Tiberius, and so had helped him to secure the throne. After Gaius became Emperor, Macro pursued him with occasional advice and admonition — a course which at length became irksome to Gaius and led him to put Macro to...