c. AD 77

J. BJ 3.396

The Wars of the Jews 3.396

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

3.396

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

396Above all the rest, Titus’s own valor, and Josephus’s own patience under his afflictions, made him pity him, as did also the commiseration of his age, when he recalled to mind that but a little while ago he was fighting, but lay now in the hands of his enemies, which made him consider the power of fortune, and how quick is the turn of affairs in war, and how no state of men is sure;