c. AD 77

J. BJ 6.133

The Wars of the Jews 6.133

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

6.133

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

133for they said that he would do more by sitting above in the tower of Antonia, as a dispenser of rewards to those soldiers that signalized themselves in the fight, than by coming down and hazarding his own person in the forefront of them; for that they would all fight stoutly while Caesar looked upon them.