«And besides these things, the great famine also came to pass throughout Judaea, in which Queen Helena, having bought grain from Egypt with a great sum of money, distributed it to those in want.»
And you would find these things also in agreement with the writing of the Acts of the Apostles, which records that the disciples at Antioch, according as each had means, determined every man to send for ministering relief to those dwelling in Judaea; which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Paul.
Of this Helena, indeed, of whom the writer also made mention, there are even now shown distinguished monuments in the suburbs of the city now called Aelia; and she was said to have been queen of the nation of the Adiabeni.