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Vespasian also, the very next day, took his whole army and followed
them, and by marching till late in the evening, arrived then at Jotapata;
and bringing his army to the northern side of the city, he pitched his
camp on a certain small hill which was seven furlongs from the city, and
still greatly endeavored to be well seen by the enemy, to put them into
a consternation; which was indeed so terrible to the Jews immediately,
that no one of them durst go out beyond the wall. Yet did the Romans put
off the attack at that time, because they had marched all the day, although
they placed a double row of battalions round the city, with a third row
beyond them round the whole, which consisted of cavalry, in order to stop
up every way for an exit; which thing making the Jews despair of escaping,
excited them to act more boldly; for nothing makes men fight so desperately
in war as necessity.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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