Ancient Rome Through a Jewish Perspective

Travel back to the very ancient Roman. Visit the Colosseum where in a hidden inscription it is suggested the construction was financed by plundered booty from a Jewish revolt. Continue to the Roman Forum, oldest heart of ancient Roman civilization, getting in touch with the bimillennial history of Jews. Then, along the via Sacra, see the marble Arch of Titus, built in 81 A.D. to commemorate the victory and triumphal parade of Titus, where in the panels are depicted the plundered spoils of Judea as well as the menorah, the showbread table and trumpets which were then deposited in the temple of Peace.
Finish this exciting walking tour seeing the intriguing mystery behind the Statue of Moses by Michelangelo in the Church of St. Peter’s in Chains where “Jews went every Saturday in troops to visit and adore as a divine, not a human thing.