On the 10th of August, A.D.70, the temple of Jerusalem was destroyed by the hands of the Jews themselves, rather than by those of the Romans.] [Footnote 45: The new Capitol was dedicated by Domitian.Sueton.

in Domitian.c.5.Plutarch in Poplicola, tom.i.p.230, edit.Bryant.

The gilding alone cost 12,000 talents (above two millions and a half.) It was the opinion of Martial, (l.ix.Epigram 3,) that if the emperor had called in his debts, Jupiter himself, even though he had made a general auction of Olympus, would have been unable to pay two shillings in the pound.] [Footnote 46: With regard to the tribute, see Dion Cassius, l.lxvi.

p.
1082, with Reimarus's notes.

Spanheim, de Usu Numismatum, tom.ii.