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The Roman Siege of Masada May Have Lasted Weeks, Not Years
Masada, which overlooks the Dead Sea, is one of Israel’s most famous tourist attractions.However, while the fortress was ...
The Roman siege of Masada lasted just a few weeks, not several years, say archaeologists
Findings indicate that, contrary to the widespread myth, the Roman army's siege of Masada in 73 CE lasted ... (today Head of Geoinformatics at the Israel Antiquities Authority), and Ph.D ...
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The Credibility of Josephus
or a citizen of the state of Israel to be swept away by the rhetoric which Josephus derived from the classical tradition: "Live free or die!"' The Masada myth does not begin in the twentieth century.