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Itaque, antequam Romani regressi sunt, multi Iudaei iam necati errant, multum cibi deletum erat. T. Flavius Vespasianus, princeps Romanorum, quod urbem recipere constituerat, Titum filium *** quattuor legionibus misit. Castrias extra Hierosolyma positis, Romani quattuor menses urbem muro circumdatam obsidebant.
Tandem, multis proeliis factis multisque utrimque necatis, Iudaei cibo carebant. Multis fame pereuntibus, Iudaei tamen se non tradiderunt. Titus igitur urbem summis viribus adortus est: arce deleta, templo incenso, omnes cives aut capti aut necati sunt.
Ego ipse, primo mense a Romanis proelio captus, non necatus sum. In servitutem tamen abstractus sum, neque finem obsidionis ipse vidi.Dicitur Titus urbi populous Iudaeo parcere voluisse. Ferunt quoque templum Tito invito deletum esse. Id tamen vix credere possum.Romani enim nec mores nostros nec sacra ullo modo intellexerunt, immo semper reprehenderunt. Sensit tamen Titus templum esse sedem seditionis atque pro certo habebat, templo deleto, Iudaeos mox arma tradituros esse.

2007-02-25 07:41:59 · 2 answers · asked by Kala J 3 in Society & Culture Languages

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Thus before the Romans returned, many Jews were already killed and there was much destruction of food. T. Flavius Vespasian, prince of the Romans, because he had prepared to retake the city, sent his son Titus with four legions. When the camps were positioned outside Jerusalem, for four months the Romans beseiged the city, which was surrounded by a wall.

Finally, when many battles where fought and many on both sides died, the Jews were lacking food. Though many had perished from hunger, nonetheless the Jews did not surrender. Titus therefore assaulted the city with his best men. When the stronghold was destroyed and the temple burned, all citizens were either captured or killed.

I myself was captured by the Romans in battle in the first month , but I was not slain. Yet I was dragged away in slavery, and did not see the end of the siege for myself. It is said that the people wished Titus to spare the Judean city. They say also that Titus was unwilling to destroy the temple. I can hardly believe it! Indeed the Romans in no way understood our customs or our holy things, and in truth they were always finding fault. Titus certainly felt that the temple was a seat of sedition and held for certain that with the temple destroyed, the Jews would soon surrender their arms.

2007-02-25 15:39:16 · answer #1 · answered by Blaargh_42 2 · 1 0

you might want to try dictionary.com to translate all of this. you go to that website and then you click on translator and it shoud help you.good luck.

2007-02-25 16:25:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anna T 2 · 0 1

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