c. AD 77

J. BJ 5.405

The Wars of the Jews 5.405

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

5.405

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

405Did not that king accept of money from our king on this condition, that he should not destroy the city, and yet, contrary to the oath he had taken, he came down to burn the temple? while the Romans do demand no more than that accustomed tribute which our fathers paid to their fathers;