c. AD 77

J. BJ 1.161

The Wars of the Jews 1.161

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

1.161

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

161who, as he was afraid that he would attack him, so he got together a large army, composed of ten thousand armed footmen, and fifteen hundred horsemen. He also built walls about proper places; Alexandrium, and Hyrcanium, and Macherus, that lay upon the mountains of Arabia.