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I heard them before I saw them.
Thus pursued, the Jews could neither escape to land, where all were in arms against them, nor sustain a naval battle on equal terms.... Disaster overtook them and they were sent to the bottom, boats and all.
From The Jewish War Josephus Flavius 1
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Wachsmann, S. (1995). The First Jewish Naval Battle. In: The Sea of Galilee Boat. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-5990-4_7
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