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The doomed city

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Τῶν στρατιωτῶν τις ΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΩ ΟΡΜΗ ΤΙΝΙ ΧΡΩΜΕΝΟΣ ἁρπάξει μὲν ἐκ τῆς φλεγομένης ὕλης, τό δὲ πῦρ ἐνίησι θυρίδι χρυσῇ τοῦ ἱεροῦ.

A certain soldier, MOVED BY A DIVINE IMPULSE, seized a blazing torch, and set fire to a golden window of the temple.

JOSEPHUS. Jewish War vi. 4, 5.

THE DOOMED CITY

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