c. AD 77

J. BJ 3.95

The Wars of the Jews 3.95

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

3.95

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

95Those footmen also that are chosen out from the rest to be about the general himself have a lance and a buckler, but the rest of the foot soldiers have a spear and a long buckler, besides a saw and a basket, a pickaxe and an axe, a thong of leather and a hook, with provisions for three days, so that a footman hath no great need of a mule to carry his burdens.