c. AD 77

J. BJ 6.178

The Wars of the Jews 6.178

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

6.178

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

178They filled that part of the western cloister which was between the beams, and the roof under them, with dry materials, as also with bitumen and pitch, and then retired from that place, as though they were tired with the pains they had taken;