c. AD 77

J. BJ 2.423

The Wars of the Jews 2.423

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

2.423

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

423so they made use of stones and slings perpetually against one another, and threw darts continually on both sides; and sometimes it happened that they made incursions by troops, and fought it out hand to hand, while the seditious were superior in boldness, but the king’s soldiers in skill.