Colosseum built with loot soldiers took from Jerusalem

Monday, October 15, 2001

WASHINGTON -- Construction of the great Roman stadium known as the Colosseum may have been paid for partly with booty that Roman soldiers took from the Temple in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago.

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