c. AD 77

J. BJ 1.101

The Wars of the Jews 1.101

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

1.101

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

101whose king retired into such parts of the country as were fittest for engaging the enemy, and then on the sudden made his horse turn back, which were in number ten thousand, and fell upon Antiochus’s army while they were in disorder, and a terrible battle ensued. Antiochus’s troops, so long as he was alive, fought it out, although a mighty slaughter was made among them by the Arabians;