meanwhile, two separate embassies had been dispatched to tyre to appeal to ummidius caius quadratus, who as legate of syria had some authority over the lower-ranking procurator of iudaea. one, from the samaritans, protested the jewish attacks on samaritan villages. the jewish counter-embassy held the samaritans responsible for the violence and accused cumanus of siding with them. agreeing to investigate, quadratus proceeded in 52 to iudaea, where he had all of cumanus' jewish prisoners crucified and ordered the beheading of several other jews and samaritans who had been involved in the fighting.