Thanks for the kind words
Craig and Steve.
I've always wanted an example this bronze
Judaea Capta type ever since I saw the miniseries
Masada many years go. It has a scene of a fictitious meeting between the
Roman legate Flavius Silva (
Peter O'Toole) and the
Jewish rebel leader Eleazar ben Yair (
Peter Strauss) in the hopes of finding a peaceful settlement between the
Romans and Jews. At one point during the negotiations Eleazar produces a coin and says "We've seen these coins. Very impressive - a
Jewish woman at the foot of a centurion. 'Judaea vanquished!'" He then drops the coin in front of Silva and continues "As long as one of us is alive and remembers how to start a fire or hold a sword, this war will go on."