TEL AVIV, Oct. 21 -. RIA News Archaeologists have found traces of the siege of Jerusalem ancient Roman legions during excavations on the territory of the Russian Compound in the city center, reported the Israeli Antiquities Authority.
Prey scientists have become fragments of the tower and shells throwing guns - Ballista and slings, which in the year 70 AD enjoyed the troops of Titus, the future emperor of Rome. Legionnaires then took the rebellious city by storm and burned the Temple of Jerusalem - the main shrine of Judaism.
"It is striking evidence of intense bombardment, which has undergone Jerusalem, the Roman army led by Titus on the way to his capture and the destruction of the Second Temple shelling was carried out to suppress the fire from the defenders, enable legionnaires pull up to the walls of rams and break through them." - Says excavation director Rina Avner.
Found tower, according to archaeologists, is the third part of the walls of Jerusalem, which was described by the ancient historian Josephus. Its location, outlines the boundaries of the city during the siege, so far has been the subject of scientific debate.
"To build a third wall started (Jewish) King Agrippa I, but it has suspended construction, so as not to incur the wrath of (Roman) emperor Claudius and dispel all doubts about their loyalty. Construction work two decades later resumed the Jewish rebels, who fortified the town, preparing for the great revolt against Rome, "- reported antiquities Authority.
The find was made in the central neighborhood of Jerusalem, which is known as the Russian Compound. Here in the XIX century, Russia has built hospices, cathedral, hospital, spiritual mission to serve the Orthodox pilgrims on their way to the Holy Land. In the middle of the XX century, most of the buildings of the Soviet Union sold to Israel.
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