c. AD 94

J. AJ 15.325

The Antiquities of the Jews 15.325

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

15.325

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

325About the bottom there are habitations of such a structure as are well worth seeing, both on other accounts, and also on account of the water which is brought thither from a great way off, and at vast expenses, for the place itself is destitute of water. The plain that is about this citadel is full of edifices, not inferior to any city in largeness, and having the hill above it in the nature of a castle.