c. AD 77

J. BJ 2.218

The Wars of the Jews 2.218

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

2.218

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

2186. So now riches flowed in to Agrippa by his enjoyment of so large a dominion; nor did he abuse the money he had on small matters, but he began to encompass Jerusalem with such a wall, which, had it been brought to perfection, had made it impracticable for the Romans to take it by siege;