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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 3409276, member: 97383&quot;]David Atherton, Nice score on the sestertius <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> &amp; excellent write-up except for one passage I take issue with: &quot;Much of these treasures were likely manufactured in Rome for the event - a lavish sham in other words. The war ravished region really didn&#039;t have much to offer in the way of razzmatazz show pieces, even the Temple&#039;s coffers were likely depleted by war&#039;s end.&quot; Josephus writing on the Jewish War, Book 5, Chapter 5, <i>A description of the Temple, </i>Sections 3-7, describes in great detail the incredible treasures that were looted from the Temple, actually witnessing the event. What was paraded in the triumph celebration was no &quot;sham&quot;. The looted treasures along with the thousands of slaves taken were a financial windfall for Rome.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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