New archaeological research adds to view that siege may have been quicker and more efficient than was thought
The Roman siege of Jewish rebels in Masada, one of the founding myths of modern Israel, may have been far quicker and more efficient and brutal than it has been traditionally represented as, according to new archaeological research.
The end of the AD72-73 Jewish Revolt is conventionally depicted as a heroic last stand against the might of Rome by a handful of rebels who eventually killed themselves rather thanbe overwhelmed by the emperor Vespasian’s forces.
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