[parmamenian]

I was just looking at a picture of the Arch of Titus in Rome that was made to commemorate his destruction of Jerusalem. The relief in the arch shows it as curved/or rounded. Don't know if it is accurate, but I believe the arch was made not too long after the attack.

[Carry_Okie]

The relief in the arch shows it as curved/or rounded. Don't know if it is accurate, but I believe the arch was made not too long after the attack.

The menorah depicted on the Arch of Titus is not the original of which the article speaks. It was made during the Second Temple Period under the direction of Herod, the original having been fabricated with three distinct legs as opposed to the tiered base you see in the Arch upon which are a number of pagan symbols. The orthodox don't like it a bit.

There is popular art from that period found repeatedly in Israel that depicts the latter three-legged form (thought by some to be a symbol of protest against Roman occupation).

[Phinneous]

That is the crux of the class...