# Arch of Titus vase smasher **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 17, 2014, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arch-of-titus-vase-smasher/701578 "2014-10-17T12:45:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arch-of-titus-vase-smasher/701578/3 "2014-10-17T12:59:08Z")
The Arch depicts the sacking of the Temple at Jerusalem after Titus conquered the city (and is interesting because it probably depicts the treasures of the Temple as they actually appeared – they were almost certainly brought back to Rome and paraded at the Triumph). Jews throughout the centuries have understandably not been very happy about this. The Jewish tradition of breaking a wine glass at the wedding supposedly derives from > [@](#): > > The tradition is traced back to the Talmud which tells of a Rabbi who broke a vase at a wedding because he didn’t want people to be too happy It seems to me that your vase-smasher was following this Talmudic practice of smashing a vase so “people wouldn’t be too happy” in protest of the Sacking of Jerusalem. [http://yourjewishspeech.com/tag/smash-a-glass-at-the-wedding/](http://yourjewishspeech.com/tag/smash-a-glass-at-the-wedding/) > **[Arch of Titus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_of_Titus)** > > The Arch of Titus (Italian: Arco di Tito; Latin: Arcus Tītī) is a 1st-century AD honorific arch, located on the Via Sacra, Rome, just to the south-east of the Roman Forum. It was constructed in c. 81 AD by Emperor Domitian shortly after the death of his older brother Titus to commemorate Titus's official deification or consecratio and the victory of Titus together with their father, Vespasian, over the Jewish rebellion in Judaea. > The arch contains panels depicting the triumphal procession celebr... --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arch-of-titus-vase-smasher/701578)._