c. AD 94

J. AJ 17.261

The Antiquities of the Jews 17.261

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

17.261

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

261till at last the Romans, who were greatly distressed by what was done, set fire to the cloisters so privately, that those that were gotten upon them did not perceive it. This fire being fed by a great deal of combustible matter, caught hold immediately on the roof of the cloisters;