c. AD 77

J. BJ 6.435

The Wars of the Jews 6.435

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

6.435

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

4351. And thus was Jerusalem taken, in the second year of the reign of Vespasian, on the eighth day of the month Gorpieus [Elul]. It had been taken five times before, though this was the second time of its desolation;