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BPK, Berline/Alfredo Dagli Orti/Art Resource, NY

REMNANTS OF A WAR-TORN TEMPLE were housed in the Temple of Peace in Rome, which was ordered by Roman emperor Vespasian (9–79 C.E., reigned 69–79 C.E.) to be built with the spoils of the Jewish War. Pictured is a marble bust of Vespasian.