c. AD 77

J. BJ 5.106

The Wars of the Jews 5.106

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

5.106

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

1062. But Titus, intending to pitch his camp nearer to the city than Scopus, placed as many of his choice horsemen and footmen as he thought sufficient opposite to the Jews, to prevent their sallying out upon them, while he gave orders for the whole army to level the distance, as far as the wall of the city.