c. AD 77

J. BJ 3.2

The Wars of the Jews 3.2

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

3.2

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

2and said that what had happened was rather owing to the negligence of the commander, than to any valor of the enemy: and as he thought it fit for him, who bare the burden of the whole empire, to despise such misfortunes, he now pretended so to do, and to have a soul superior to all such sad accidents whatsoever. Yet did the disturbance that was in his soul plainly appear by the solicitude he was in [how to recover his affairs again].