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Τῆς δ᾽ αὐτῆς ἡμέρας καὶ ὥρας ὥσπερ ἐκ δαιμονίου
προνοίας ἀνῄρουν Καισαρεῖς τοὺς παρ᾽ ἑαυτοῖς Ἰουδαίους, ὡς ὑπὸ
μίαν ὥραν ἀποσφαγῆναι μὲν ὑπὲρ δισμυρίους, κενωθῆναι δὲ πᾶσαν
Ἰουδαίων τὴν Καισάρειαν: καὶ γὰρ τοὺς διαφεύγοντας ὁ Φλῶρος
συλλαβὼν κατῆγεν δεσμώτας εἰς τὰ νεώρια.
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πρὸς δὲ τὴν ἐκ τῆς
Καισαρείας πληγὴν ὅλον τὸ ἔθνος ἐξαγριοῦται, καὶ διαμερισθέντες
τάς τε κώμας τῶν Σύρων καὶ τὰς προσεχούσας ἐπόρθουν πόλεις,
Φιλαδέλφειάν τε καὶ Ἐσεβωνῖτιν καὶ Γέρασα καὶ Πέλλαν καὶ Σκυθόπολιν.
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ἔπειτα Γαδάροις καὶ Ἵππῳ καὶ τῇ Γαυλανίτιδι προσπεσόντες
τὰ μὲν καταστρεψάμενοι, τὰ δ᾽ ὑποπρήσαντες ἐχώρουν
ἐπὶ Κάδασα τὴν Τυρίων καὶ Πτολεμαΐδα Γάβαν τε καὶ Καισάρειαν.
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ἀντέσχον δὲ οὔτε Σεβαστὴ ταῖς ὁρμαῖς αὐτῶν οὔτε Ἀσκάλων,
ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ ταύταις πυρποληθείσαις Ἀνθηδόνα καὶ Γάζαν κατέσκαπτον.
πολλαὶ δὲ καθ᾽ ἑκάστην τούτων τῶν πόλεων ἀνηρπάζοντο
κῶμαι, καὶ τῶν ἁλισκομένων ἀνδρῶν φόνος ἦν ἄπειρος.
Flavius Josephus. Flavii Iosephi opera. B. Niese. Berlin. Weidmann. 1895.
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