c. AD 77

J. BJ 1.338

The Wars of the Jews 1.338

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

1.338

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

338and when he had beaten those that were on the outside, he pulled the houses to pieces, and plucked out those that were within; upon many he had the roofs shaken down, whereby they perished by heaps; and as for those that fled out of the ruins, the soldiers received them with their swords in their hands; and the multitude of those slain and lying in heaps was so great, that the conquerors could not pass along the roads.