#ReliefWednesday - after a morning of talking about Flavian building programmes, it had to be this (in)famous panel from the Arch of Titus, showing the parading of the spoils taken from the Temple in Jerusalem in the Flavian Triumph of AD 71. (1/4) 
The Triumph was a set-piece of Flavian propaganda, with Josephus - the historian who combined a Jewish heritage with his role at the Flavian court - stating that it was "impossible to do justice to the number of shows" that accompanied the Triumph (Jewish War 7.132). (2/4)
The Judaean Triumph succeeded in its purpose of bestowing popular enthusiasm and respect upon the nascent dynasty, but necessarily the event and its commemoration on the Arch of Titus is not one that sits easily outside of the contemporary Roman perspective. (3/4)
For more on Josephus and his viewpoint, see:
Chapman, Honora Howell. “WHAT JOSEPHUS SEES: THE TEMPLE OF PEACE AND THE JERUSALEM TEMPLE AS SPECTACLE IN TEXT AND ART.” Phoenix, vol. 63, no. 1/2, 2009, pp. 107–130.
jstor.org/stable/25651767
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Chapman, Honora Howell. “WHAT JOSEPHUS SEES: THE TEMPLE OF PEACE AND THE JERUSALEM TEMPLE AS SPECTACLE IN TEXT AND ART.” Phoenix, vol. 63, no. 1/2, 2009, pp. 107–130.
jstor.org/stable/25651767
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