Amphitheater Discovered in Tiberias
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:25 pm
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1115642.html
It might be important for modern day tourism but what it seems to bring home is that Tiberias had a decidedly Roman outlook ( the good citizens barred their gates to the Jewish rebels and welcomed the Romans) during the revolt. His honor the mayor seems determined to re-write history!
Mayor of Tiberias Zohar Oved said the discovery of the amphitheatre is undoubtedly "one of the most important findings in the history of the Jewish people" and is planned to open to the public as part of Tiberias archeological gardens in the near future.
It might be important for modern day tourism but what it seems to bring home is that Tiberias had a decidedly Roman outlook ( the good citizens barred their gates to the Jewish rebels and welcomed the Romans) during the revolt. His honor the mayor seems determined to re-write history!