She had a motive: Dives was a soldier (as was Celer's father) in the legions that sacked Jerusalem during the Great Revolt.

In 597 BCE Nebuchadnezzar II sacked Jerusalem, carted away the King of Judea and installed a puppet ruler.

The prediction came true; Following his victory over King Amaziah of Judah, Jehoash sacked Jerusalem, taking hostages to assure good conduct.

The film opens in 1099 at the end of the First Crusade, depicting Christian Crusaders sacking Jerusalem and slaughtering the local population.

In 586 BC the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar sacked Jerusalem and deported the exiled Israelites to Babylon.

When the Sassanids sacked Jerusalem in 614, John sent large supplies of food, wine, and money to the fleeing Christians.

With Ayyub's support they sacked Jerusalem in the summer of 1244, leaving it in ruins and useless to both Christians and Muslims.

In 70 A.D. the Emperor Titus sacked Jerusalem and dragged thousands of Jewish slaves back to Rome.

However, Cleopatra III stepped in to prevent Lathyrus from sacking Jerusalem.

In 168 BCE, Antiochus IV Epiphanes marched on and sacked Jerusalem, looting the temple treasury and killing thousands of its residents.