a short time, and suddenly; for there was no long space of
ground for either of their flights or pursuits. But still there was a
tumultuous noise among the Romans from the tower of Antonia, who loudly
cried out upon all occasions to their own men to press on courageously,
when they were too hard for the Jews, and to stay when they were
retiring backward; so that here was a kind of theater of war; for what
was done in this fight could not be concealed either from Titus, or from
those that were about him. At length it appeared that this fight, which
began at the ninth hour of the night, was not over till past the fifth
hour of the day; and that, in the same place where the battle began,
neither party could say they had made the other to retire; but both
the armies left the victory almost in uncertainty between them; wherein
those that signalized themselves on the Roman side were a great many,
but on the Jewish side, and of those that were with Simon, Judas the son
of Merto, and Simon the son of Josas; of the Idumeans, James and Simon,
the latter of whom was the son of Cathlas, and James was the son of
Sosas; of those that were with John, Gyphtheus and Alexas; and of the
zealots, Simon the son of Jairus.

7. In the mean time, the rest of the Roman army had, in seven days'
time, overthrown [some] foundations of the tower of Antonia, and had
made a ready and broad way to the temple. Then did the legions come near
the first court, [12] and began to raise their banks. The one bank was
over against the north-west corner of the inner temple [13] another was
at that northern edifice which was between the two gates; and of the
other two, one was at the western cloister of the outer court of the
temple; the other against its northern cloister. However, these works
were thus far advanced by the Romans, not without great pains and
difficulty, and particularly by being obliged to bring their materials
from the distance of a hundred furlongs. They had further difficulties
also upon them; sometimes by their over-great security they were in
that they should overcome the Jewish snares laid for them, and by that
boldness of the Jews which their despair of escaping had inspired them
withal; for some of their horsemen, when they went out to gather wood
or hay, let their horses feed without having their bridles on during
the time of foraging; upon which horses the Jews sallied out in whole
bodies, and seized them. And when this was continuall