c. AD 77

J. BJ 1.5

The Wars of the Jews 1.5

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

1.5

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

5for the Jews hoped that all of their nation which were beyond Euphrates would have raised an insurrection together with them. The Gauls also, in the neighborhood of the Romans, were in motion, and the Celtae were not quiet; but all was in disorder after the death of Nero. And the opportunity now offered induced many to aim at the royal power; and the soldiery affected change, out of the hopes of getting money.