The Works of Josephus: With a Life Written by Himself, Volume 4Oakley, Mason, 1869 |
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... slain , and a few wounded ; so Placidus , finding himself unable to assault the city , ran away . 2. But as Vespasian had a great mind to fall upon Galilee , he marched out of Ptolemais , having put his army into that order wherein the ...
... slain , and a few wounded ; so Placidus , finding himself unable to assault the city , ran away . 2. But as Vespasian had a great mind to fall upon Galilee , he marched out of Ptolemais , having put his army into that order wherein the ...
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... slain by the Jews for when the Romans could not keep their feet , the Jews being freed from fighting hand to hand , had leisure to throw their darts at them . So the general called off those soldiers in the evening that had suffered so ...
... slain by the Jews for when the Romans could not keep their feet , the Jews being freed from fighting hand to hand , had leisure to throw their darts at them . So the general called off those soldiers in the evening that had suffered so ...
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... slain in great numbers together : many of them were run through by swords of their own men , and many by their own swords , besides an immense number that was slain by the Romans . Nor had they any courage to re- venge themselves ; for ...
... slain in great numbers together : many of them were run through by swords of their own men , and many by their own swords , besides an immense number that was slain by the Romans . Nor had they any courage to re- venge themselves ; for ...
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... slain both now in the city and at the former fight was fifteen thousand , and the captives were two thousand one hundred and thirty . This calamity befell the Galileans on the twenty - fifth day of the month Desius [ Sivan . ] 32. Nor ...
... slain both now in the city and at the former fight was fifteen thousand , and the captives were two thousand one hundred and thirty . This calamity befell the Galileans on the twenty - fifth day of the month Desius [ Sivan . ] 32. Nor ...
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... slain at the taking of the city . His death was occasioned by the following treachery . For there was one of those that were fled into the caverns , which were a great number , who desired that this Antonius would reach him his right ...
... slain at the taking of the city . His death was occasioned by the following treachery . For there was one of those that were fled into the caverns , which were a great number , who desired that this Antonius would reach him his right ...
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