c. AD 77

J. BJ 3.43

The Wars of the Jews 3.43

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

3.43

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

43accordingly, it is all cultivated by its inhabitants, and no part of it lies idle. Moreover, the cities lie here very thick, and the very many villages there are here are everywhere so full of people, by the richness of their soil, that the very least of them contain above fifteen thousand inhabitants.