In the year 70 AD after destroying Jerusalem and its temple Emperor Vespasian and his Roman army stole the menorah and the rest of the temples treasures Immediately after this war Vespasian started construction of the Colosseum of Rome and issued a series of gold coins aurei with his image on the front and the image of a captured woman representing Palestine and the inscription Judea Capta on the back
Recently a marble plaque was discovered burie...