c. AD 77

J. BJ 5.308

The Wars of the Jews 5.308

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

5.308

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

308And the night itself had much ado to part them, when they began to fight in the morning; nay, the night itself was passed without sleep on both sides, and was more uneasy than the day to them, while the one was afraid lest the wall should be taken, and the other lest the Jews should make sallies upon their camps; both sides also lay in their armor during the nighttime, and thereby were ready at the first appearance of light to go to the battle.