c. AD 77

J. BJ 3.69

The Wars of the Jews 3.69

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

3.69

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

69so that the whole army, including the auxiliaries sent by the kings, as well horsemen as footmen, when all were united together, amounted to sixty thousand, besides the servants, who, as they followed in vast numbers, so because they had been trained up in war with the rest, ought not to be distinguished from the fighting men; for as they were in their masters’ service in times of peace, so did they undergo the like dangers with them in times of war, insomuch that they were inferior to none, either in skill or in strength, only they were subject to their masters.