sold as slaves. A part of those above
that age were distributed, among the amphitheatres of Syria, to
fight as gladiators against the wild beasts; and the rest were
condemned to labour in the public works, in Egypt, for the rest of
their lives.

When all above the surface had been slain, or made prisoners, the
Romans set to work methodically to search the conduits, sewers, and
passages under the city. Multitudes of fugitives were found here,
and all were slain as soon as discovered. Then the army was set to
work, to raze the city to the ground. Every building and wall were
thrown down, the only exception being a great barrack adjoining
Herod's Palace--which was left for the use of one of the legions,
which was to be quartered there for a time--and the three great
towers--Hippicus, Phasaelus, and Mariamne--which were left
standing, in order that they might show to future generations how
vast had been the strength of the fortifications which Roman valour
had captured.

John of Gischala and Simon had both so effectually concealed
themselves thate for a time, they escaped the Roman searchers. At
the end of some days, however, John was compelled by famine to come
out, and surrender. Simon was much longer, before he made his
appearance. He had taken with him into his hiding place a few of
his followers, and some stone masons with their tools, and an
effort was made to drive a mine beyond the Roman outposts. The rock
however was hard, and the men enfeebled by famine; and the
consequence was that Simon, like his fellow leader, was compelled
to make his way to the surface.

The spot where he appeared was on the platform of the Temple, far
from the shaft by which he had entered the underground galleries.
He appeared at night, clad in white, and the Roman guards at first
took him for a spectre; and he thus escaped instant death, and had
time to declare who he was. Titus had already left; but Terentius
Rufus--who commanded the Tenth Legion, which had been left
behind--sent Simon in chains to Titus, at Caesarea; and he, as well
as John of Gischala, were taken by the latter to Rome, to grace his
triumph.

"It is strange," John said, when he heard the story, "that the two
men who have brought all these woes upon Jerusalem should have both
escaped with their lives. The innocent have fallen, and the guilty
escaped--yet not escaped, for it would have been better for them to
have died fighting, in the court of the Temple, than to l