PHAZAELE, a square Tower that Herod caused to be built at Jerusalem, in Joseph. Antiq. l. 16. c. 9.Honour of his Brother; it was forty Cubits square, and as much in Height. Above this Height were Portico’s, supported by Arches; and in the Midst of these Portico’s was a second Tower raised, adorn’d with fine Apartments and magnificent Busts, having Parapets and Redoubts above them. The whole Heighth in all Joseph. de bello, l. 6. c. 6. p. 914.might be about ninety Cubits.
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