From the years 66-70
A.D. rebels gathered at Masada. It was the "great revolt," and Masada
became their last stronghold. This is a synagogue on Masada. It is the oldest synagogue found from that period. They found pieces of scrolls, one of them contained Ezekiel's vision of the dry bones.
The Romans came to Masada in the year 73 or 74
A.D. They came with 8000 men (the tenth legion, led by
Flavious Silva) and built 8 camps and a siege wall. You can still see the camps and wall today, almost 2000 years later.
The snake path was too steep and too narrow to go up...
...So, a massive siege ramp was built. The day before the
Romans came, the rebels decided that it was worse to become a
slave to the
Romans then it was to die. So, they drew lots (which have been found) and the men killed their families. Ten of the men, drawn by lot, killed the other men, and the last one
committed suicide. When the Romans came, they found (
according to
Josephus, a Roman historian) 2 women and 5 children alive. These few told the soldiers what had happened.
From the years 66-70 A.D. rebels gathered at Masada. It was the "great revolt," and Masada became their last stronghold. This is a synagogue on Masada. It is the oldest synagogue found from that period. They found pieces of scrolls, one of them contained Ezekiel's vision of the dry bones.
The Romans came to Masada in the year 73 or 74 A.D. They came with 8000 men (the tenth legion, led by Flavious Silva) and built 8 camps and a siege wall. You can still see the camps and wall today, almost 2000 years later.
The snake path was too steep and too narrow to go up...
...So, a massive siege ramp was built. The day before the Romans came, the rebels decided that it was worse to become a slave to the Romans then it was to die. So, they drew lots (which have been found) and the men killed their families. Ten of the men, drawn by lot, killed the other men, and the last one committed suicide. When the Romans came, they found (according to Josephus, a Roman historian) 2 women and 5 children alive. These few told the soldiers what had happened. 
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