Another Temple, Another Vessel: Josephus, the Arch of Titus, and Roman Triumphal Propaganda
In 71 CE, the year after the destruction of the second Jerusalem temple, the victorious emperor Vespasian and his son Titus, commander of the Judean campaign, celebrated their success with a victory triumph through the streets of Rome. Josephus provides a full account of the event in The Jewish War...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2019, Volume: 82, Issue: 3, Pages: 140-147 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Temple (Jerusalem, Motiv)
/ Triumphal arch
/ Siegesparade
/ Vatican Palace
/ Vespasian Roman Empire, Emperor 9-79
/ Titus Roman Empire, Emperor 39-81
/ Josephus, Flavius 37-100
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
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| Summary: | In 71 CE, the year after the destruction of the second Jerusalem temple, the victorious emperor Vespasian and his son Titus, commander of the Judean campaign, celebrated their success with a victory triumph through the streets of Rome. Josephus provides a full account of the event in The Jewish War 7.123-58, lingering in particular on his description of the spoils of the Temple as they were paraded through the streets. He states: “The spoils were piled in heaps, but prominent above all were the spoils from the temple in Jerusalem, these included a golden table many talents in weight and a lampstand likewise made of gold” (JW 7.148). |
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| ISSN: | 2325-5404 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Near Eastern archaeology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1086/704960 |