Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Jotapata (Jewish War).

This place was besieged by Vespasian, with 60,000 Romans, December, 67, and was defended by the Jewish army under Josephus. The fortress held out for 47 days, when it was stormed and sacked. Josephus gave himself up to Vespasian.