c. AD 77

J. BJ 3.16

The Wars of the Jews 3.16

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

3.16

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

16So they were easily beaten; for as soon as ever their first ranks were once in disorder, they were put to flight by the enemy’s cavalry, and those of them that came behind such as crowded to the wall fell upon their own party’s weapons, and became one another’s enemies; and this so long till they were all forced to give way to the attacks of the horsemen, and were dispersed all the plain over, which plain was wide, and all fit for the horsemen;