Ozymandias Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Jews' Roman 'escape route' found Archaeologists in Jerusalem say they have found an underground drainage channel that was used by Jews to escape from the Romans in 70 AD. The channel was buried under the rubble of the Second Temple, which was destroyed by Roman conquerors in the Siege of Jerusalem. more at BBC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingsoc Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Josephus tell of a similar escape tunnel which was found by the Romans "Now this vast multitude is indeed collected out of remote places, but the entire nation was now shut up by fate as in prison, and the Roman army encompassed the city when it was crowded with inhabitants. Accordingly, the multitude of those that therein perished exceeded all the destructions that either men or God ever brought upon the world; for, to speak only of what was publicly known, the Romans slew some of them, some they carried captives, and others they made a search for under ground, and when they found where they were, they broke up the ground and slew all they met with." (Josephus, The Jewish War, VI, 9.4) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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