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By Rabbi Yosef Sebrow
Published on Thursday, July 09, 2009
The Roman Takeover
[illegally]
The Romans quashed the revolt and celebrated by minting coins saying IVDEA CAPTA (Judea Capta), showing a mourning woman as a symbol of the destroyed country. The captured war booty was used to construct the Flavian Amphitheater, better known as the Roman Coliseum. Jewish coin minting would halt until the Bar Kochba Rebellion in 132 CE.
Rabbi Yosef Sebrow is a musmach of Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem and an alumnus of Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim. He is currently the IT Director at Star Financial and can be reached at [email protected]. He thanks his wife for her patience while he composed and researched this series and for all of her support.