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Masada is an American television miniseries that aired on ABC in April 1981. Advertised by the network as an "ABC Novel for Television," it was a fictionalized account of the historical siege of the Masada citadel in Israel by legions of the Roman Empire in AD 73.
Masada is a 1981 historical drama based on the true story of the Jewish zealots who defended the fortress of Masada against the Roman legion in 70 AD. The series stars Peter O'Toole, Peter Strauss and Barbara Carrera, and won two Primetime Emmys.
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When the Romans successfully take Jerusalem, a combative faction of Jews relocates to a mountaintop redoubt in Masada under the leadership of Eleazar ben Yair (Peter Strauss) and refuses to...
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Masada Pt. 1: The Jewish Rebels Flee Jerusalem. Erick Stakelbeck on TBN. •.
Jun 22, 2007 · In first century A.D., Flavius Silva (Peter O Toole), commander in Roman Palestine, leads his forces in combat against the remaining Jewish Zealots who have taken refuge in the seemingly impregnable fortress of Masada.
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A Roman general leads the epic 1st-century siege of Masada, the mountain fortress where more than 900 Jews made a heroic stand against 5,000 Roman soldiers.
After the destruction of the Second Temple, 900 Jewish zealots hold out against a 5000 man Roman legion on the mountaintop fortress of Masada.
