c. AD 77

J. BJ 1.142

The Wars of the Jews 1.142

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

1.142

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

1422. Now, as he was long in deliberating about this matter, a sedition arose among the people within the city; Aristobulus’s party being willing to fight, and to set their king at liberty, while the party of Hyrcanus were for opening the gates to Pompey; and the dread people were in occasioned these last to be a very numerous party, when they looked upon the excellent order the Roman soldiers were in.