hear, but opposed those that
ran upon him, and smote them on the face; and when he had forced them to
go back, he slew them: he also fell upon great numbers as they marched
down the hill, and thrust them forward; while those men were so amazed
at his courage and his strength, that they could not fly directly to the
city, but declined from him on both sides, and pressed after those that
fled up the hill; yet did he still fall upon their flank, and put a stop
to their fury. In the mean time, a disorder and a terror fell again upon
those that were fortifying their camp at the top of the hill, upon their
seeing those beneath them running away; insomuch that the whole legion
was dispersed, while they thought that the sallies of the Jews upon them
were plainly insupportable, and that Titus was himself put to flight;
because they took it for granted, that, if he had staid, the rest would
never have fled for it. Thus were they encompassed on every side by
a kind of panic fear, and some dispersed themselves one way, and some
another, till certain of them saw their general in the very midst of an
action, and being under great concern for him, they loudly proclaimed
the danger he was in to the entire legion; and now shame made them turn
back, and they reproached one another that they did worse than run away,
by deserting Caesar. So they used their utmost force against the Jews,
and declining from the straight declivity, they drove them on heaps into
the bottom of the valley. Then did the Jews turn about and fight them;
but as they were themselves retiring, and now, because the Romans had
the advantage of the ground, and were above the Jews, they drove them
all into the valley. Titus also pressed upon those that were near him,
and sent the legion again to fortify their camp; while he, and those
that were with him before, opposed the enemy, and kept them from doing
further mischief; insomuch that, if I may be allowed neither to add any
thing out of flattery, nor to diminish any thing out of envy, but to
speak the plain truth, Caesar did twice deliver that entire legion when
it was in jeopardy, and gave them a quiet opportunity of fortifying
their camp.

CHAPTER 3.

How The Sedition Was Again Revived Within Jerusalem And Yet
The Jews Contrived Snares For The Romans. How Titus Also
Threatened His Soldiers For Their Ungovernable Rashness.

1. As now the war abroad ceased for a while, the sedition within was
reviv