c. AD 77

J. BJ 7.78

The Wars of the Jews 7.78

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

7.78

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

78in the next place, the hatred they bore to those that were their governors, while their nation had never been conscious of subjection to any but to the Romans, and that by compulsion only. Besides these motives, it was the opportunity that now afforded itself, which above all the rest prevailed with them so to do;