c. AD 77

J. BJ 6.174

The Wars of the Jews 6.174

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

6.174

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

174and then, standing upon his dead body, he brandished his sword, bloody as it was, and shook his shield with his left hand, and made many acclamations to the Roman army, and exulted over the dead man, and jested upon the Romans;