The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus: The Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian, and Celebrated Warrior ; to which are Prefixed, Three Dissertations, Volume 6David Huntington, 1815 |
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... Vespasian then set the things for throwing stones and darts round about the city . The number of the engines was in all an hundred and sixty , and bid them fall to work , and dislodge those that were upon the wall . At the same time ...
... Vespasian then set the things for throwing stones and darts round about the city . The number of the engines was in all an hundred and sixty , and bid them fall to work , and dislodge those that were upon the wall . At the same time ...
Page 151
... Vespasian was plainly irritated at the great subtilty of this stratagem , and at the boldness of the citizens of Jotapata ; for taking heart again , upon the building of this wall , they made fresh sallies upon the Ronians , and had ...
... Vespasian was plainly irritated at the great subtilty of this stratagem , and at the boldness of the citizens of Jotapata ; for taking heart again , upon the building of this wall , they made fresh sallies upon the Ronians , and had ...
Page 152
... Vespasian hoped that their receptacles of water would in no long time be emptied , and that they would be forced then to deliver up the city to him ; but Josephus being minded to break such his hope , gave command that they should wet a ...
... Vespasian hoped that their receptacles of water would in no long time be emptied , and that they would be forced then to deliver up the city to him ; but Josephus being minded to break such his hope , gave command that they should wet a ...
Page 154
... Vespasian , when he saw the Romans dis- tressed by these sallies ( though they were ashamed to be made to run away by the Jews , and when at any time they made the Jews run away , their heavy armour would not let them pursue them far ...
... Vespasian , when he saw the Romans dis- tressed by these sallies ( though they were ashamed to be made to run away by the Jews , and when at any time they made the Jews run away , their heavy armour would not let them pursue them far ...
Page 155
... Vespasian , looked upon himself as in a manner besieged by the sallies of the Jews , and when his banks were now not far from the walls , he determined to make use of the battering - ram . This ram is a vast beam of wood , like the mast ...
... Vespasian , looked upon himself as in a manner besieged by the sallies of the Jews , and when his banks were now not far from the walls , he determined to make use of the battering - ram . This ram is a vast beam of wood , like the mast ...
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