Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Muristan" in English language version.
On that basis, we propose that the location of the Tenth Legion's camp was confined to the area between the Second Wall and the Third Wall (Avi-Yonah 1968). This area, which today is included within the boundaries of the Christian Quarter, the Muristan and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, enabled the Legion soldiers to control the entire city easily. Josephus tells us that this area was a commercial centre during the Second Temple period, and that the Tenth and Fifteenth Legions tried to break through it into the 'upper city' and the three towers at the beginning of the siege (Josephus, War, v.8. I). We can assume that this area suffered greatly from the ravages of war and that many of the buildings there were destroyed. It seems that at the end of the fighting Titus ordered that the area, close to the three towers and fortified by walls on three sides, be spared, so as to serve as a camp for the Legion. That area was chosen because of the relative sparsity of construction there and mostly because of the topographical and military advantages it offered.
On that basis, we propose that the location of the Tenth Legion's camp was confined to the area between the Second Wall and the Third Wall (Avi-Yonah 1968). This area, which today is included within the boundaries of the Christian Quarter, the Muristan and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, enabled the Legion soldiers to control the entire city easily. Josephus tells us that this area was a commercial centre during the Second Temple period, and that the Tenth and Fifteenth Legions tried to break through it into the 'upper city' and the three towers at the beginning of the siege (Josephus, War, v.8. I). We can assume that this area suffered greatly from the ravages of war and that many of the buildings there were destroyed. It seems that at the end of the fighting Titus ordered that the area, close to the three towers and fortified by walls on three sides, be spared, so as to serve as a camp for the Legion. That area was chosen because of the relative sparsity of construction there and mostly because of the topographical and military advantages it offered.
On that basis, we propose that the location of the Tenth Legion's camp was confined to the area between the Second Wall and the Third Wall (Avi-Yonah 1968). This area, which today is included within the boundaries of the Christian Quarter, the Muristan and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, enabled the Legion soldiers to control the entire city easily. Josephus tells us that this area was a commercial centre during the Second Temple period, and that the Tenth and Fifteenth Legions tried to break through it into the 'upper city' and the three towers at the beginning of the siege (Josephus, War, v.8. I). We can assume that this area suffered greatly from the ravages of war and that many of the buildings there were destroyed. It seems that at the end of the fighting Titus ordered that the area, close to the three towers and fortified by walls on three sides, be spared, so as to serve as a camp for the Legion. That area was chosen because of the relative sparsity of construction there and mostly because of the topographical and military advantages it offered.
