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The siege of Masada was one of the final events in the First Jewish–Roman War, occurring from 72 to 73 CE on and around a hilltop in present-day Israel. The siege is known to history via a single source, Flavius Josephus , [ 3 ] a Jewish rebel leader captured by the Romans , in whose service he became a historian.
The Roman legion surrounded Masada, building a circumvallation wall and then a siege ramp against the western face of the plateau. [11] According to Dan Gill, [ 19 ] geological investigations in the early 1990s confirmed earlier observations that the 114 m (375 ft) high assault ramp consisted mostly of a natural spur of bedrock.
The Jewish Encyclopedia connects the two civil wars raging during the last decades of the first century BC, one in Judea between the two Hasmonean brothers Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus II, and one in the Roman republic between Julius Caesar and Pompey, and describes the evolution of the Jewish population in Rome:
The fort surrendered following a Roman siege marked by the construction of a circumvallation wall, small siege camps, and an incomplete assault ramp, traces of which still exist. [249] Bassus then pursued approximately 3,000 rebels led by Judah ben Ari in the forest of Jardus, near the Dead Sea, and swiftly defeated them. [ 250 ]
Roman rule continued until the First Jewish-Roman War, or the Great Revolt, a Jewish uprising to fight for independence, which began in 66 CE and was eventually crushed in 73 CE, culminating in the Siege of Jerusalem and the burning and destruction of the Temple, the centre of the national and religious life of the Jews throughout the world ...
The Jewish–Roman wars were a series of large-scale revolts by Jewish subjects against the Roman Empire between 66 and 135 CE. [10] The term primarily applies to the First Jewish–Roman War (66–73) and the Bar Kokhba revolt (132–136)—nationalist rebellions striving to restore an independent Jewish state.
The siege of Jerusalem of 70 CE was the decisive event of the First Jewish–Roman War (66–73 CE), in which the Roman army led by future emperor Titus besieged Jerusalem, the center of Jewish rebel resistance in the Roman province of Judaea. Following a five-month siege, the Romans destroyed the city, including the Second Jewish Temple. [1 ...
Roman Judaea; Jewish-Roman Wars. First Jewish-Roman War. The Jewish War; Jerusalem riots of 66; Alexandria riot (66) Siege of Yodfat; Battle of Beth Horon (66) Siege of Gush Halav; Zealot Temple Siege; Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE) Siege of Masada; Kitos War; Bar Kokhba revolt; Second Temple Judaism. Pharisees; Sadducees; Essenes; Zealots; Jewish ...