c. AD 77

J. BJ 5.447

The Wars of the Jews 5.447

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

5.447

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

447Some of these were indeed fighting men, who were not contented with what they got by rapine; but the greater part of them were poor people, who were deterred from deserting by the concern they were under for their own relations;