Destroyed in 70 A.D.

ant-fortress.jpg In 70 A.D. Titus destroyed the Antonia Fortress while sparing the Herodian Fortress. According to Josephus it was the 5th and 7th Roman legions that had destroyed the Antonia Fortress.

 

(See The Destruction of Jerusalem by Josephus)

 

 

 

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