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Antonius arrived and received in person the capitulation of Samosata. Ventidius departed, and in November the Picene, who had been led a captive by Pampeius Strabo fifty-one years before, celebrated in Rome his paradoxical triumph. Ventidius is not heard of again save for the ultimate honour of a public funeral. Sosius took his place as governor of Syria 3 and, accompanied by Herod, proceeded to pacify Judaea. After a tenacious siege Jerusalem surrendered ( July, 37 B.C.). The authority of Rome had been restored. It remained to settle the affairs of the East upon an enduring basis and make war, for revenge, for prestige and for security, against the Parthians.