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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 3410327, member: 82616&quot;]I think it&#039;s likely the sacred relics were still in the Temple (we know for a fact the golden Menorah was still there), but as far as massive amounts of gold, highly doubtful!</p><p><br /></p><p>Even if some of the treasure was still available, it wouldn&#039;t be enough. Mason writes that after the Temple&#039;s destruction <i>An unnamed priest and the temple treasurer now manage to win Titus’ favour by presenting him with, or disclosing the location of, hidden treasures: exquisite gold vessels, rare and expensive textiles, exotic spices, and ornaments (6.378–91). These were presumably reserved for the coming triumph, although I argued in Chapter 1 that even so they would hardly account for the treasures displayed then, much less for the construction of the Flavian</i></p><p><i>Amphitheatre.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Jay, I think you are correct that the bulk of the Flavian booty from the East came from selling off the Jewish captives, not from the Temple itself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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