c. AD 77

J. BJ 6.141

The Wars of the Jews 6.141

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

6.141

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

141so that more of them were wounded by their own men than by the enemy, till, upon the coming on of the day, the nature of the fight was discerned by the eye afterward. Then did they stand in battle-array in distinct bodies, and cast their darts regularly, and regularly defended themselves;