c. AD 77

J. BJ 5.39

The Wars of the Jews 5.39

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

5.39

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

396. Thus did John hope to be too hard for his enemies by these engines constructed by his impiety; but God himself demonstrated that his pains would prove of no use to him, by bringing the Romans upon him, before he had reared any of his towers;