c. AD 77

J. BJ 2.580

The Wars of the Jews 2.580

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

2.580

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

580He also continually instructed them in what concerned the courage of the soul, and the hardiness of the body; and, above all, he exercised them for war, by declaring to them distinctly the good order of the Romans, and that they were to fight with men who, both by the strength of their bodies and courage of their souls, had conquered in a manner the whole habitable earth.