c. AD 94

J. AJ 19.138

The Antiquities of the Jews 19.138

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

19.138

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

13817. But now a multitude of Germans had surrounded the theater with their swords drawn: all the spectators looked for nothing but death, and at every one coming in a fear seized upon them, as if they were to be cut in pieces immediately; and in great distress they were, as neither having courage enough to go out of the theater, nor believing themselves safe from dangers if they tarried there.