c. AD 77

J. BJ 3.9

The Wars of the Jews 3.9

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

3.9

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

91. Now the Jews, after they had beaten Cestius, were so much elevated with their unexpected success, that they could not govern their zeal, but, like people blown up into a flame by their good fortune, carried the war to remoter places. Accordingly, they presently got together a great multitude of all their most hardy soldiers, and marched away for Ascalon.