c. AD 77

J. BJ 5.242

The Wars of the Jews 5.242

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

5.242

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

242And as the entire structure resembled that of a tower, it contained also four other distinct towers at its four corners; whereof the others were but fifty cubits high; whereas that which lay upon the southeast corner was seventy cubits high, that from thence the whole temple might be viewed;