Marcellinus, Ammianus, On Julian's attempt to rebuild the temple in A.D. 363
(c.330 - 395 AD) Biography
The last great historian to write in Latin, was born in Syrian Antioch. He served in the Roman army in Gaul and in campaigns against the Persians, and was an officer in the Praetorian Guard. On the usurpation of Marcellus in 366 AD, he wrote umbram principatus funesti capessit (he seized the shadow of a fatal principate).
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(On Julian's attempt to rebuild the Jewish Temple in A.D. 363)
"His desire to leave a great monument to perpetuate the memory of his reign led him to think in particular of restoring at enormous expense the once magnificent temple at Jerusalem, which after much bitter fighting during its siege first by Vespasian and then by Titus, had finally been stormed with great difficulty. Alypius of Antioch, who had once governed Britain as the praetorian prefects' deputy, was placed in charge of this project. He set to work boldly, assisted by the governor of the province, but repeated and alarming outbursts of fireballs near the foundations made it impossible to approach the spot. Some of the workmen were burnt to death, and the obstinate resistance of the fiery element caused the design to be abandoned"
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