Dr. Guy Maclean Rogers

I always think to myself, Rome had a large Jewish population at the time in the late first century. And every day they would be walking by this memorial to the eradication of their sanctuary and their defeat in war. And I asked my students to think about what the implications of that are historically.

And there was a third monument as well in the Circus Maximus, another place that had tens of millions of people pass through it from antiquity into the medieval period. in which Titus was celebrated for destroying Jerusalem and falsely claiming that he was the first one ever to capture it. So the Flavian dynasty used this war as its primary claim to fame and power.

And there was a third monument as well in the Circus Maximus, another place that had tens of millions of people pass through it from antiquity into the medieval period. in which Titus was celebrated for destroying Jerusalem and falsely claiming that he was the first one ever to capture it. So the Flavian dynasty used this war as its primary claim to fame and power.

And there was a third monument as well in the Circus Maximus, another place that had tens of millions of people pass through it from antiquity into the medieval period. in which Titus was celebrated for destroying Jerusalem and falsely claiming that he was the first one ever to capture it. So the Flavian dynasty used this war as its primary claim to fame and power.

That's exactly right. And there is no evidence that in any way the story and then the memory of what happened is going away. This is an inflection point, I believe, in human history. I think it's the most significant event of the first century and the one with the greatest historical consequences, the end of which... We have not yet seen.

That's exactly right. And there is no evidence that in any way the story and then the memory of what happened is going away. This is an inflection point, I believe, in human history. I think it's the most significant event of the first century and the one with the greatest historical consequences, the end of which... We have not yet seen.

That's exactly right. And there is no evidence that in any way the story and then the memory of what happened is going away. This is an inflection point, I believe, in human history. I think it's the most significant event of the first century and the one with the greatest historical consequences, the end of which... We have not yet seen.

And that's both kind of a challenge, but also a little bit humbling for all of us who are involved in it because people are invested in this story. and its significance in a way that they are not for any other event in antiquity that I know of. This story, as I say, is not over.

And that's both kind of a challenge, but also a little bit humbling for all of us who are involved in it because people are invested in this story. and its significance in a way that they are not for any other event in antiquity that I know of. This story, as I say, is not over.

And that's both kind of a challenge, but also a little bit humbling for all of us who are involved in it because people are invested in this story. and its significance in a way that they are not for any other event in antiquity that I know of. This story, as I say, is not over.

When you go to Jerusalem and you go to the so-called Western Wall, which is really part of the retaining wall for the Temple Mount that Herod had built, you're aware that you are at an active religious site. This is not like going to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus and seeing a column from that temple there, one lonely column. We are, in a sense, part of this story still.

When you go to Jerusalem and you go to the so-called Western Wall, which is really part of the retaining wall for the Temple Mount that Herod had built, you're aware that you are at an active religious site. This is not like going to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus and seeing a column from that temple there, one lonely column. We are, in a sense, part of this story still.

When you go to Jerusalem and you go to the so-called Western Wall, which is really part of the retaining wall for the Temple Mount that Herod had built, you're aware that you are at an active religious site. This is not like going to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus and seeing a column from that temple there, one lonely column. We are, in a sense, part of this story still.

And I think that that's why it has so much purchase and draws so much attention to this day.

And I think that that's why it has so much purchase and draws so much attention to this day.

And I think that that's why it has so much purchase and draws so much attention to this day.

Oh, thank you for having me. It was a pleasure. Thank you.

Oh, thank you for having me. It was a pleasure. Thank you.

Oh, thank you for having me. It was a pleasure. Thank you.