Friday 21 February 2020

The Arch of Titus and the Menorah

The Arch of Titus in the Forum in Rome was erected to celebrate the memory of the Emperor Titus (reigned 79-81).

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His main achievement had come when his father, the Emperor Vespasian, had placed him in charge of crushing the great Jewish revolt, which culminated in the destruction of the Temple in the year 70 A.D. The interior of the arch therefore  depicts scenes form his triumph, including the plunder from Jerusalem being carried in procession.
   Here is the Menorah; the great sacred candlestick from the Temple.
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 Originally the scene would have been brightly painted, looking something like this:-
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The Menorah remained in Rome until the city was sacked by the Vandals in 455 A.D., when, along with other plunder it was taken to Carthage. I don't know what happened to it after that. A job for Indiana Jones, perhaps?
   TheTemple in Jerusalem has never been rebuilt.

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