The Storming of Jerusalem by Titusdetails

The Storming of Jerusalem by Titus

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The city wall here is topped by people with shields and spears, and people in the front are using a battering ram to make a hole in a tower. Further back we see archers, and behing them I think a ballista. In the far back, a stream of cavalry has broken through the gate and is rushing towards the doors of the temple itself.

The soldiers attacking the city, if i look very losely, seem to be barefoot, whereas the falling defenders are shod. I am not sure what ths means, if anything.

The Jewish revolt pretty much ended any independence for the region; the siege of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple are decribed in the text called The Gospel of Mark (clearly showing that text to have been written, or assembled into its current form, after year 70).

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Jerusalem, Palestine

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