c. AD 77

J. BJ 3.215

The Wars of the Jews 3.215

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

3.215

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

215This ram is slung in the air by ropes passing over its middle, and is hung like the balance in a pair of scales from another beam, and braced by strong beams that pass on both sides of it, in the nature of a cross.