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According to Josephus, one million ninety thousand Jews survived for the 143 days of the siege.
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Unfortunately, without divine intervention, The Old City eventually fell to the Romans and one million Jews were killed with the remaining ninety thousand being taken into captivity.
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However, the account of the 70 AD siege reveals that the area that we know as The Old City will support (with divine intervention) over a million people for an extended period of time.
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