c. AD 77

J. BJ 3.219

The Wars of the Jews 3.219

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

3.219

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

219So these Romans brought the several engines for galling an enemy nearer to the walls, that they might reach such as were upon the wall, and endeavored to frustrate their attempts; these threw stones and javelins at them; in the like manner did the archers and slingers come both together closer to the wall.