c. AD 77

J. BJ 5.344

The Wars of the Jews 5.344

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

5.344

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

344for hitherto they had fed themselves out of the public miseries, and drank the blood of the city. But now poverty had for a long time seized upon the better part, and a great many had died already for want of necessaries;