Arch of Titus
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This arch was constructed by the emperor Domitian to commemorate the victory of his older brother, Titus, over the Jewish rebels in Judea. It is located on the Via Sacra in Rome and depicts the triumphal procession in 71 in which the menorah and Temple vessels were carried into Rome.
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© Z. Radovan / Bible Land Pictures.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.
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