About this episode

The episode discusses the triumph of Vespasian and Titus, featuring Josephus's vivid account of the event.

We're covering the triumph of Vespasian and Titus, and our eyewitness is Josephus.... a Jewish priest who watched Rome parade the looted contents of his own temple down the street and somehow managed to keep it together enough to write one of the most vivid accounts of a Roman triumph we have. The menorah, the multi-storey floats, rivers of gold and ivory, Jewish prisoners dressed in finery to hide how emaciated they were. It's an extraordinary document from an extraordinarily compromised man. The post A River of Gold – Vespasian #24 appeared first on Life Of The Caesars .

People in this episode

Hosts: Cameron Reilly, Ray Harris

Topics covered

• Roman triumph
• Vespasian
• Josephus
• Jewish history
• looted treasures
• historical accounts

Keywords

• Vespasian
• Titus
• Josephus
• Roman triumph
• Jewish temple
• historical account
• looted treasures
• gold
• ivory
• prisoners

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Books & works: Life Of The Caesars

Places: Rome, Jewish

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