The Arch of Titus is a 1st-century AD honorific arch, located on the Via Sacra, Rome, just to the south-east of the Roman Forum. It was constructed in c. 81 AD by Emperor Domitian shortly after the de
The Arch of Titus
Detail of the central soffit coffers
South inner panel, close-up of relief showing spoils from the fall of Jerusalem
The First Jewish–Roman War, also known as the War of Destruction, the Great Jewish Revolt, the First Jewish Revolt, or the Jewish War, was the first of three major Jewish rebellions against the Roman
Arch of Titus
…older brother Titus to commemorate Titus's official deification or consecratio and the victory of Titus together with their father, Vespasian, over the Jewish rebellion in Judaea. The arch contains panels depicting the triumphal procession celebrated in 71 AD after the Roman victory culminating in the fall of Jerusalem, and…
Scale model reconstruction of the Temple Mount during the first century CE, with the Second Temple in the center and the Antonia Fortress to the upper right
A coin issued by the rebels in 68, using the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet. Obverse: "Shekel, Israel. Year 3." Reverse: "Jerusalem the Holy"
Gamla, a fortified town in the Golan, fell to Roman forces in 67 AD. The image shows the main breach in the town's wall
Coins from the Year of the Four Emperors. Following Nero's death in June 68, a delay of about a year occurred, during which Vespasian left Judaea to contest the imperial throne