3. And  now  Titus  pitched  his  camp  within  the
city,  at  that  place  which  was  called  "  the  camp
of  the  Assyrians,"  having  seized  upon  all  that  lay
as  far  as  Cedron,  but  took  care  to  be  out  of  the
reach  of  the  Jews'  darts. He  then  presently
began  his  attacks,  upon  which  the  Jews  divided
themselves  into  several  bodies,  and  courageously
defended  that  wall ;  wliile  John  and  his  faction
did  it  from  the  tower  of  Antonia,  and  from  the
nortliern  cloister  of  the  temple,  and  fought  the
the  Romans  before  the  monument  of  king  Alex-
ander ;  and  Simon's  army  also  took  for  their
share  the  spot  of  ground  that  was  near  John's
monument,  and  fortified  it  as  far  as  to  that  gate
■where  water  was  brought  in  to  the  tower  Hippi-
cus. However,  the  Jews  made  violent  sallies,
and  that  frequently  also,  and  Ln  bodies  together
out  of  the  gates,  and  there  fought  the  Romans  ;
and  when  they  were  pursued  all  together  to  the
wall,  they  were  beaten  in  tliose  fights,  as  wanting
the  skill  of  the  Romans. But  when  they  fought
them  from  the  walls,  thej'  were  too  hard  for  them,
the  Romans  being  encouraged  by  their  power,
joined  to  their  skill,  as  M'ere  the  Jews  by  their
boldness,  which  was  nourished  by  the  fear  they
were  Ln,  and  that  hardiness  which  is  natural  to
our  nation  under  calamities  ;  they  were  also  en-
couraged still  by  the  hope  of  deliverance,  as
■were  the  Romans  by  the  hopes  of  subduing  them
in  a  little  time. Nor  did  eitlier  side  gi'ow  weary,
but  attacks  and  fightings  upon  the  walls  and  per-
petual sallies  out  in  bodies  were  practised  all  the
day  long ;  nor  were  there  any  sort  of  warlike  en-
gagements 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  others  lest  the  Jews  should  make
sallies  upon  their  camps ;  both  sides  also  lay  in
their  armour  during  the  night-time,  and  thereby
were  ready  at  the  appearance  of  light  to  go  to
the  battle. 