c. AD 77

J. BJ 5.487

The Wars of the Jews 5.487

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

5.487

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

487He then went round about the enemy with some chosen troops, and fell upon their flank himself; so the Jews, who had been before assaulted in their faces, wheeled about to Titus, and continued the fight. The armies also were now mixed one among another, and the dust that was raised so far hindered them from seeing one another, and the noise that was made so far hindered them from hearing one another, that neither side could discern an enemy from a friend.