...uction of Jerusalem, two cities on the lake of Gennesaret were besieged by Vespasian. One of these was Tiberias: the other T arichæ. Both had been de... ...e impulse—viz. the original one of insurrection, and a new one of revenge. Vespasian was sensible of all this; and he himself remarked, that, if they ... ... are the simple words of Josephus. In the end, overpowered by his council, Vespasian made a sort of compromise. T welve hundred, as persons who could ... ...ll it was a shocking case. It was felt to be so by many Romans themselves: Vespasian was overruled in that instance: and the horror which settled upon... ... against Napoleon, even on his own hypothesis of an absolute necessity. In Vespasian’s case it does not appear that he had gained anything for himself...