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After these triumphs were over, and after the affairs of the Romans
were settled on the surest foundations, Vespasian resolved to build a temple
to Peace, which was finished in so short a time, and in so glorious a manner,
as was beyond all human expectation and opinion: for he having now by Providence
a vast quantity of wealth, besides what he had formerly gained in his other
exploits, he had this temple adorned with pictures and statues; for in
this temple were collected and deposited all such rarities as men aforetime
used to wander all over the habitable world to see, when they had a desire
to see one of them after another; he also laid up therein those golden
vessels and instruments that were taken out of the Jewish temple, as ensigns
of his glory. But still he gave order that they should lay up their Law,
and the purple veils of the holy place, in the royal palace itself, and
keep them there.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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