c. AD 77

J. BJ 3.523

The Wars of the Jews 3.523

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

3.523

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

523for their ships were small and fitted only for piracy; they were too weak to fight with Vespasian’s vessels, and the mariners that were in them were so few, that they were afraid to come near the Romans, who attacked them in great numbers.