c. AD 77

J. BJ 2.395

The Wars of the Jews 2.395

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

2.395

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

395What hinders you from slaying your children and wives with your own hands, and burning this most excellent native city of yours? for by this mad prank you will, however, escape the reproach of being beaten.