What did Rome do with the Jewish temple tithes and offerings sent from across the empire between the crucifixion and the temple's destruction?
Rome left the temple tithes and offerings untouched. During the roughly seventy years between the crucifixion and the temple’s destruction, large sums came from across the empire to Jerusalem, and Rome never intercepted any of it; instead, Rome provided safe protection for those funds and generally allowed Jewish religion.
Les explains that during the seventy years between the crucifixion and the destruction of the temple, huge sums of money came from far ends of the Roman Empire to the temple as the tithes and offerings of the Jewish people. Rome never intercepted a dime of it; if anything, Rome gave it safe protection. Les further notes that Rome generally respected ancient religions because they existed before Rome, so it protected the Jews’ religion more or less. Christianity, however, was considered relatively new and proclaimed a king with power above Rome, which infuriated the Romans and led them to persecute Christianity.