87:1
Fire reaches the House during the final assault.
87:2
Titus is represented in Yosippon’s received historiography as not simply desiring the sanctuary’s destruction, though responsibility for the conquest remains Roman.
87:3
Flames spread beyond the ability or willingness of soldiers to stop them.
87:4
The House burns amid killing, plunder, and cries from those trapped within the city.
87:5
The destruction marks the collapse of the central institution around which the revolt had gathered.