Who was the Roman emperor who ordered the desecration of the temple in Jerusalem?

Answer 1

Technically speaking no order was given by an emperor of Rome. At the time (69 CE) Rome was in a brutal civil war and Vespasian's troops had just decided that he should be emperor. Vespasian still had to march on Rome and so left the sacking of Jerusalem to his son Titus (70 CE). Titus was to send the bounty of Jerusalem (and consequently the Temple) back to Rome, for Vespasian would need the gold to construct the greatest testament to Roman power the world has ever known.

The Coliseum

Answer 2

Vespasian, in 70 A. D. His son Titus actually carried out the order, and the Arch of Titus has a relief showing Roman soldiers carying off a menorah. However, just to be sure we're talking about the same person and event, about 170 B. C. Antiochus Epiphanes, a Hellenistic Greek king whose family had been made rulers of Palestine after the death of Alexander the Great, attempted to "Hellenize" the Jewish province and built an alter to Zeus in the temple. This act led to the Maccabean revolt of 167 B.C., the event behind the festival of Hanukkah.

Answer 3

I've put a link to an historical outline of the second temple. It was desecrated at many points, but the destruction of the temple happened under the rule of Vespasian by his son and future emperor Titus . There were desecrations under the Republic under the general Pompey the Great, and then under Augustus, Gaius(Caligula) and Nero although whether they ordered them is another matter.

Answer 4

Antiochus Epiphanies desecrated the temple on his own volition .

Answer 5

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