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But for the seditious, they were afraid lest Florus should come again,
and get possession of the temple, through Antonia; so they got immediately
upon those cloisters of the temple that joined to Antonia, and cut them
down. This cooled the avarice of Florus; for whereas he was eager to obtain
the treasures of God [in the temple], and on that account was desirous
of getting into Antonia, as soon as the cloisters were broken down, he
left off his attempt; he then sent for the high priests and the sanhedrim,
and told them that he was indeed himself going out of the city, but that
he would leave them as large a garrison as they should desire. Hereupon
they promised that they would make no innovations, in case he would leave
them one band; but not that which had fought with the Jews, because the
multitude bore ill-will against that band on account of what they had suffered
from it; so he changed the band as they desired, and, with the rest of
his forces, returned to Cesarea.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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