le time. Nor did either side grow
weary; but attacks and rightings upon the wall, and perpetual sallies
out in bodies, were there all the day long; nor were there any sort of
warlike engagements that were not then put in use. And the night itself
had much ado to part them, when they began to fight in the morning; nay,
the night itself was passed without sleep on both sides, and was more
uneasy than the day to them, while the one was afraid lest the wall
should be taken, and the other lest the Jews should make sallies upon
their camps; both sides also lay in their armor during the night time,
and thereby were ready at the first appearance of light to go to the
battle. Now among the Jews the ambition was who should undergo the first
dangers, and thereby gratify their commanders. Above all, they had a
great veneration and dread of Simon; and to that degree was he regarded
by every one of those that were under him, that at his command they were
very ready to kill themselves with their own hands. What made the Romans
so courageous was their usual custom of conquering and disuse of being
defeated, their constant wars, and perpetual warlike exercises, and
the grandeur of their dominion; and what was now their chief
encouragement--Titus who was present every where with them all; for
it appeared a terrible thing to grow weary while Caesar was there,
and fought bravely as well as they did, and was himself at once an
eye-witness of such as behaved themselves valiantly, and he who was to
reward them also. It was, besides, esteemed an advantage at present
to have any one's valor known by Caesar; on which account many of them
appeared to have more alacrity than strength to answer it. And now, as
the Jews were about this time standing in array before the wall, and
that in a strong body, and while both parties were throwing their darts
at each other, Longinus, one of the equestrian order, leaped out of the
army of the Romans, and leaped into the very midst of the army of the
Jews; and as they dispersed themselves upon the attack, he slew two of
their men of the greatest courage; one of them he struck in his mouth as
he was coming to meet him, the other was slain by him by that very dart
which he drew out of the body of the other, with which he ran this man
through his side as he was running away from him; and when he had done
this, he first of all ran out of the midst of his enemies to his own
side. So this man signalized himself for his