c. AD 77

J. BJ 2.348

The Wars of the Jews 2.348

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

2.348

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

348I am well aware that many make a tragical exclamation concerning the injuries that have been offered you by your procurators, and concerning the glorious advantages of liberty; but before I begin the inquiry, who you are that must go to war, and who they are against whom you must fight,—I shall first separate those pretenses that are by some connected together;