c. AD 77

J. BJ 2.555

The Wars of the Jews 2.555

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

2.555

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

555while they had themselves lost a few only, but had slain of the Romans five thousand and three hundred footmen, and three hundred and eighty horsemen. This defeat happened on the eighth day of the month Dius [Marhesvan], in the twelfth year of the reign of Nero.