lso three thousand drawn from those that guarded the river
Euphrates; as also there came Tiberius Alexander, who was a friend of
his, most valuable, both for his good-will to him, and for his prudence.
He had formerly been governor of Alexandria, but was now thought worthy
to be general of the army [under Titus]. The reason of this was, that he
had been the first who encouraged Vespasian very lately to accept this
his new dominion, and joined himself to him with great fidelity, when
things were uncertain, and fortune had not yet declared for him. He also
followed Titus as a counselor, very useful to him in this war, both by
his age and skill in such affairs.

CHAPTER 2.

How Titus Marched To Jerusalem, And How He Was In Danger As
He Was Taking A View O The City Of The Place Also Where He
Pitched His Camp

1. Now, as Titus was upon his march into the enemy's country, the
auxiliaries that were sent by the kings marched first, having all the
other auxiliaries with them; after whom followed those that were to
prepare the roads and measure out the camp; then came the commander's
baggage, and after that the other soldiers, who were completely armed
to support them; then came Titus himself, having with him another select
body; and then came the pikemen; after whom came the horse belonging to
that legion. All these came before the engines; and after these engines
came the tribunes and the leaders of the cohorts, with their select
bodies; after these came the ensigns, with the eagle; and before those
ensigns came the trumpeters belonging to them; next these came the main
body of the army in their ranks, every rank being six deep; the servants
belonging to every legion came after these; and before these last their
baggage; the mercenaries came last, and those that guarded them brought
up the rear. Now Titus, according to the Roman usage, went in the
front of the army after a decent manner, and marched through Samaria to
Gophna, a city that had been formerly taken by his father, and was then
garrisoned by Roman soldiers; and when he had lodged there one night, he
marched on in the morning; and when he had gone as far as a day's march,
he pitched his camp at that valley which the Jews, in their own tongue,
call "the Valley of Thorns," near a certain village called Gabaothsath,
which signifies "the Hill of Saul," being distant from Jerusalem about
thirty furlongs. [6] There it was that he chose out six hundred s