c. AD 77

J. BJ 1.27

The Wars of the Jews 1.27

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

1.27

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

2711. After this, I shall relate the barbarity of the tyrants towards the people of their own nation, as well as the indulgence of the Romans in sparing foreigners; and how often Titus, out of his desire to preserve the city and the temple, invited the seditious to come to terms of accommodation. I shall also distinguish the sufferings of the people, and their calamities; how far they were afflicted by the sedition, and how far by the famine, and at length were taken.