Where Titus breached Jerusalem?

ARCHAEOLOGY: Archaeologists Pinpoint a Source of Roman Artillery Attack on Ancient Jerusalem. New research suggests that when Roman forces besieged Jerusalem in the year 70, they were firing barrages from what is now known as Cats Square (Ruth Schuster, Haaretz).

[Archaeologist Kfir] Arbiv’s theory that Cats Square was one point from where the Romans fired on Jerusalem arose following some years of excavation at a site 200 meters away from that square: the Russian Compound, one of the most historic districts in the city.

I noted the discoveries at the Russian Compound here back in 2016.

Cross-file under Tisha B'Av (belatedly).

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