eed made a shout at the boldness of Caesar,
and exhorted one another to rush upon him. Yet did these against whom he
marched fly away, and go off from him in great numbers; while those that
were in the same danger with him kept up close to him, though they were
wounded both on their backs and on their sides; for they had each
of them but this one hope of escaping, if they could assist Titus in
opening himself a way, that he might not be encompassed round by his
enemies before he got away from them. Now there were two of those
that were with him, but at some distance; the one of which the enemy
compassed round, and slew him with their darts, and his horse also; but
the other they slew as he leaped down from his horse, and carried off
his horse with them. But Titus escaped with the rest, and came safe to
the camp. So this success of the Jews' first attack raised their minds,
and gave them an ill-grounded hope; and this short inclination of
fortune, on their side, made them very courageous for the future.

3. But now, as soon as that legion that had been at Emmaus was joined to
Caesar at night, he removed thence, when it was day, and came to a place
called Seopus; from whence the city began already to be seen, and a
plain view might be taken of the great temple. Accordingly, this place,
on the north quarter of the city, and joining thereto, was a plain, and
very properly named Scopus, [the prospect,] and was no more than seven
furlongs distant from it. And here it was that Titus ordered a camp
to be fortified for two legions that were to be together; but ordered
another camp to be fortified, at three furlongs farther distance behind
them, for the fifth legion; for he thought that, by marching in the
night, they might be tired, and might deserve to be covered from the
enemy, and with less fear might fortify themselves; and as these were
now beginning to build, the tenth legion, who came through Jericho,
was already come to the place, where a certain party of armed men had
formerly lain, to guard that pass into the city, and had been taken
before by Vespasian. These legions had orders to encamp at the distance
of six furlongs from Jerusalem, at the mount called the Mount of Olives
[8] which lies over against the city on the east side, and is parted
from it by a deep valley, interposed between them, which is named
Cedron.

4. Now when hitherto the several parties in the city had been dashing
one against another perpetually,