ABSTRACT
Any visitor to Rome up to the present day may gaze on the carved reliefs of theArch of Titus in the heart of the ancient city, situated on the Via Sacra facing the forum. There represented on this triumphal arch, constructed posthumously to celebrate the emperor’s victory over the Jews and his apotheosis (cf. Suetonius, Titus 1), are symbols of the Jewish Temple (the menorah, Torah Scrolls, shofars and the table for the shewbread),1 plundered from the Temple in 70 ce and subsequently brought to Rome (see Figure 4.1).
