UNLEASH THE CARL – Vespasian #18

Life Of Caesar

Cameron Reilly & Ray Harris

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4.4 • 594 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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This week we finally reach the end of the Siege of Jerusalem — and it's brutal. Titus storms the upper city, the rebels' back is broken, Simon and John have vanished into the tunnels, and by September 25th, 70 CE, the city is rubble and the Temple is gone forever. We also dive into the fate of the sacred Menorah — where it went, what it meant, and why nobody knows where it is today.

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0:00.0	When in Rome?
0:02.0	Oh, when in Rome?
0:04.0	Oh!
0:05.0	Yeah!
0:06.0	Ray's got the sources, cams got a rant, two mics one roaming road.
0:24.8	Julius crossing Rubicons, toga in battle mode.
0:30.8	The Spasian episode 18, the end of the siege of Jerusalem, finally.
0:38.8	And many Jews' lives.
0:40.9	But yes, the siege is coming to an end.
0:43.9	In our last episode, Carl set fire to the Temple of Jerusalem.
0:50.5	Because he was ordered to?
0:53.0	Sorry, sorry.
0:54.6	I can do this.
0:56.3	All in all, Josephus estimates that 10,000 Jews, rebel fighters, priests, civilians died in the
1:06.0	temple that night, either killed by the sword or by flame.
1:10.9	But we know Josephus is bad at math.
1:13.1	He's always just making numbers.
1:14.2	Yeah.
1:14.4	Pulling them out of his ass.
1:17.0	He likes to add on.
1:18.5	Yeah.
1:19.1	So, yeah.
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