From the Banishment of Archelus to the Departure From Babylon - Flavius Josephus

3. But Vitellius came into Judea, and went up to Jerusalem; it was at the
time of that festival which is called the Passover. Vitellius was there
magnificently received, and released the inhabitants of Jerusalem from all
the taxes upon the fruits that were bought and sold, and gave them leave to
have the care of the high priest's vestments, with all their ornaments, and to
have them under the custody of the priests in the temple, which power they
used to have formerly, although at this time they were laid up in the tower of
Antonia, the citadel so called, and that on the occasion following: There was
one of the [high] priests, named Hyrcanus; and as there were many of that
name, he was the first of them; this man built a tower near the temple, and
when he had so done, he generally dwelt in it, and had these vestments with
him, because it was lawful for him alone to put them on, and he had them
there reposited when he went down into the city, and took his ordinary
garments; the same things were continued to be done by his sons, and by
their sons after them. But when Herod came to be king, he rebuilt this tower,
which was very conveniently situated, in a magnificent manner; and because
he was a friend to Antonius, he called it by the name of Antonia. And as he
found these vestments lying there, he retained them in the same place, as
believing, that while he had them in his custody, the people would make no
innovations against him. The like to what Herod did was done by his son
Archelaus, who was made king after him; after whom the Romans, when
they entered on the government, took possession of these vestments of the
high priest, and had them reposited in a stone-chamber, under the seal of the
priests, and of the keepers of the temple, the captain of the guard lighting a
lamp there every day; and seven days before a festival (2) they were
delivered to them by the captain of the guard, when the high priest having
purified them, and made use of them, laid them up again in the same
chamber where they had been laid up before, and this the very next day after
the feast was over. This was the practice at the three yearly festivals, and on
the fast day; but Vitellius put those garments into our own power, as in the
days of our forefathers, and ordered the captain of the guard not to trouble
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