And when, at a later period, he demolished the rest of the city and razed the walls, he left these towers as a memorial of his attendant fortune, to whose co-operation he owed his conquest of defences which defied assault.—B.J. VI. 8. 5-9. 1 (403-413). (52) The Spoils from the Temple in the Triumphal Procession in Rome
The Jewish spoils—the table of shew-bread, incense-cups and
trumpets—as borne in the procession still figure on the Arch of Titus
in Rome; a representation e.g. in Driver's Exodus (Camb. Bible),
p. 273.
The rest of the spoils borne (in procession) were not
systematically assorted; but conspicuous above all stood
out those captured from the Temple at Jerusalem.
These consisted of a golden table,[1] many talents in
weight, and a lampstand,[2] likewise made of gold, constructed
on a different pattern from those which we use
in ordinary life. Affixed to a pedestal was a central
shaft, from which there extended slender branches,
arranged trident-fashion, a wrought lamp being attached
to the extremity of each branch. There were seven of
these lamps, indicating the honour paid to that number
among the Jews. After these, and last of all the spoils,
was carried a copy of the Jewish Law.—B.J. VII. 5. 5
(148-150).
