c. AD 77

J. BJ 4.8

The Wars of the Jews 4.8

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

4.8

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

8It is exposed to the south, and its southern mount, which reaches to an immense height, was in the nature of a citadel to the city; and above that was a precipice, not walled about, but extending itself to an immense depth. There was also a spring of water within the wall, at the utmost limits of the city.