c. AD 77

J. BJ 3.214

The Wars of the Jews 3.214

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

3.214

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

214This battering ram is a vast beam of wood like the mast of a ship, its forepart is armed with a thick piece of iron at the head of it, which is so carved as to be like the head of a ram, whence its name is taken.