c. AD 77

J. BJ 5.55

The Wars of the Jews 5.55

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

5.55

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

55but when he went out of that road, and declined towards the tower Psephinus, and led the band of horsemen obliquely, an immense number of the Jews leaped out suddenly at the towers called the “Women’s Towers,” through that gate which was over against the monuments of queen Helena, and intercepted his horse;