The revolt against Rome and the fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70, by a general who fought on one side and then watched from the other. Whiston's translation put into modern English and checked against Niese's Greek, which is shown alongside.
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Contents
The Jewish War, Book 2
1Bloodshed at the Passover2Archelaus Before Caesar3Sabinus Besieged4Pretenders to the Crown5Varus Crushes the Revolt6Herod’s Kingdom Divided7The False Alexander8The Three Jewish Sects9Pilate and the Standards10Gaius’s Statue and Petronius11Claudius and Agrippa12Troubles Under Cumanus13The Sicarii and the Egyptian14Florus Provokes the War15Bernice Pleads with Florus16Agrippa Pleads for Peace17How the War Began18Massacres in Syria and Alexandria19Cestius Before Jerusalem20Josephus Takes Command in Galilee21John of Gischala’s Plots22Jerusalem Prepares for War