c. AD 94

J. AJ 15.331

The Antiquities of the Jews 15.331

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

15.331

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

3316. Now upon his observation of a place near the sea, which was very proper for containing a city, and was before called Strato’s Tower, he set about getting a plan for a magnificent city there, and erected many edifices with great diligence all over it, and this of white stone. He also adorned it with most sumptuous palaces and large edifices for containing the people;