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And now Vespasian was plainly irritated at the great subtlety of
this stratagem, and at the boldness of the citizens of Jotapata; for taking
heart again upon the building of this wall, they made fresh sallies upon
the Romans, and had every day conflicts with them by parties, together
with all such contrivances, as robbers make use of, and with the plundering
of all that came to hand, as also with the setting fire to all the other
works; and this till Vespasian made his army leave off fighting them, and
resolved to lie round the city, and to starve them into a surrender, as
supposing that either they would be forced to petition him for mercy by
want of provisions, or if they should have the courage to hold out till
the last, they should perish by famine: and he concluded he should conquer
them the more easily in fighting, if he gave them an interval, and then
fell upon them when they were weakened by famine; but still he gave orders
that they should guard against their coming out of the city.
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