c. AD 77

J. BJ 1.408

The Wars of the Jews 1.408

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

1.408

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

4085. And when he observed that there was a city by the seaside that was much decayed (its name was Strato’s Tower) but that the place, by the happiness of its situation, was capable of great improvements from his liberality, he rebuilt it all with white stone, and adorned it with several most splendid palaces, wherein he especially demonstrated his magnanimity;