c. AD 77

J. BJ 3.148

The Wars of the Jews 3.148

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

3.148

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

148Yet did the Romans put off the attack at that time, because they had marched all the day, although they placed a double row of battalions round the city, with a third row beyond them round the whole, which consisted of cavalry, in order to stop up every way for an exit;