Repelled by this desecration of what even Romans tended to view as sacred ground, General Titus called out:

“You disgusting people! Didn’t you put up that balustrade [or low barrier dividing off part of the courtyard] to guard your Holy House? Didn’t you at intervals along it place slabs inscribed in Greek characters and our own, forbidding anyone to go beyond the parapet?

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This inscription from the temple courtyard (see inset) warned Gentiles against passing beyond the low wall of the temple

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Reproduction of the city of Jerusalem at the time of the second temple​—located on the grounds of the Holyland Hotel, Jerusalem

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Pictorial Archive (Near Eastern History) Est.