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Yes, there was no βVaticanβ back then. But, there was the home of Vespasian. It was upon his home where the Vatican was built.
There is more than one eye witness to validate that the Vatican of today still holds the ancient Jewish temple treasures.
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Well, the Menorah was seen later (according to one testimony):
Most likely, the menorah was looted by the Vandals in the sacking of Rome in 455 CE, and taken to their capital, Carthage. The Byzantine army under General Belisarius might have removed it in 533 and brought it to Constantinople. According to Procopius, it was carried through the streets of Constantinople during Belisarius' triumphal procession. Procopius adds that the object was later sent back to Jerusalem where there is no record of it, although it could have been destroyed when Jerusalem was pillaged by the Persians in 614.
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