In 70 CE the Roman forces besieging Jerusalem gained control of the city and destroyed the Jewish temple. The emperor Vespasian (r. 69 CE – 79 CE) and his son Titus (r. 79 CE – 81 CE), who served as general at the siege, were awarded a joint triumph to celebrate the victory over the Jews in Judaea. Celebrated in 71 CE, the Flavian triumph is described by the Jewish historian, Josephus (37 CE – c. 100 CE), who may have been an eye witness to the procession. This same triumphal procession is depicted on a monument known as the Arch of Titus, located on the Via Sacra in Rome. It was probably dedicated around 81, early in the reign of Domitian (r. 81 CE – 96 CE), brother and heir to Titus. In this paper I investigate the ways that ritual and monument bring the Jewish god from the edge of the empire into the imperial capital, and how ritual and monument construct a Flavian dynastic identity.

Recombinant proteins are widely used for industrial purposes including manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and beauty. Using microalgae as a biomanufacturing platform has piqued research interests due to their photosynthetic or heterotrophic capabilities and cellular machinery that has the ability to correctly fold and secrete many recombinant proteins. However, several obstacles remain, such as low heterologous protein expression and a lack of strong expression and secretion vectors specific to microalgae. Here we made progress toward a molecular biology tool to help overcome these challenges by easing the quantification of a secreted recombinant protein. This was achieved by fusing the recombinant protein to a self-cleaving viral peptide from the Foot and Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV), a secretion peptide, and a GFP fluorescent marker. By establishing the ratio of the GFP to the protein of interest, a quantification can be obtained of the secreted recombinant protein of interest by measuring GFP fluorescence. This work presents the basis for a polycistronic tool that offers a quick method of quantifying recombinant protein in the microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii for biotechnological and industrial purposes.