c. AD 77

J. BJ 6.375

The Wars of the Jews 6.375

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

6.375

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

375Now, the carriage of the materials was a difficult task, since all the trees, as I have already told you, that were about the city, within the distance of a hundred furlongs, had their branches cut off already, in order to make the former banks.