Did Another Roman Soldier Actually Burn a Copy of the Turah?

Period: administration of Cumanus · Primary: Josephus, The Jewish War 2.12 · Additional: Antiquities 20

What the ancient record says

After the deadly festival disturbance, during unrest involving Roman troops, a soldier found a copy of the sacred writings, publicly tore/abused the Scroll, and threw it into the fire. The population was outraged (not mere property, the written instructions held sacred).

Crowds traveled to Cumanus to protest, demanding the soldier be punished. This time the Roman governor responded: understanding the outrage could ignite a larger revolt, Cumanus ordered the soldier executed, which calmed the people.

Evidence honesty: this project is not "Romans always bad, every official approved every attack", a soldier desecrated and burned a Scroll, but the governor executed his own soldier for it; both facts belong on the card. Still important: it shows how explosive destruction of the sacred writings was under occupation, and provides another ancient account of an actual Turah Scroll deliberately burned, separate from the Antiochus IV Scroll destruction centuries earlier.

Modern collections label it "Burning of the Law," but read Josephus's actual account rather than the heading.