c. AD 77

J. BJ 6.160

The Wars of the Jews 6.160

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

6.160

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

160The one part were urged on by shame, and the other by necessity; for it seemed a very shameful thing to the Romans to let the Jews go, now they were taken in a kind of net; while the Jews had but one hope of saving themselves, and that was in case they could by violence break through the Roman wall:—