c. AD 77

J. BJ 5.245

The Wars of the Jews 5.245

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

5.245

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

245for the temple was a fortress that guarded the city, as was the tower of Antonia a guard to the temple; and in that tower were the guards of those three. There was also a peculiar fortress belonging to the upper city, which was Herod’s palace;