The Sack of Jerusalem
6.403–408
Now masters of the walls, the Romans planted their standards on the towers and clapped and sang in joyful celebration of their victory. They had found the final stages of the war much easier than the beginning. They could hardly believe that they had got over the last wall without any bloodshed, and when they could then see no opposition…
Josephus describes the Roman sack of Jerusalem following the destruction of the Temple.
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