You are hereHomeBARMarch/April 1982Jerusalem Couple Excavates Under Newly Built Home in Search of Their Roots From Flavius Josephus’ account of the burning of the Upper City of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 A.D. The Jewish War, Book VI, 403–407, Loeb Classical Library III, p. 493. Join the BAS Library! Already a library member? Log in here. Institution user? Log in with your IP address.