The Roman historian Pliny mentioned that during the Jewish War in the first century C.E., Jewish fighters attempted to destroy all the balsam plants to prevent the conquering Romans from taking them.
Pliny n'wamatimu wa Murhoma u boxe leswaku hi nkarhi wa Nyimpi ya le Yuda hi lembe-xidzana ro sungula C.E., masocha ya Vayuda ma ringete ku dlaya swimilana hinkwaswo swa balsama ku endlela leswaku Varhoma lava hluleke va nga swi teki.