c. AD 77

J. BJ 6.232

The Wars of the Jews 6.232

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

6.232

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

232And now the soldiers had already put fire to the gates, and the silver that was over them quickly carried the flames to the wood that was within it, whence it spread itself all on the sudden, and caught hold on the cloisters.