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Esther
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The Jewish zealots were up on a hill and they wouldn't surrender, then the night before they were captured they all committed suicide. I don't know the rest of the story can you help me out?
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Louise C
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It took place in the fortress of Masada, in 73 AD. The Zealots had been using Masada, a former Roman fortress, as their headquarters after the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem. The romans beseiged them in Masada, and when they finally managed to break into the fortress, they found that all the 900-odd inhabitants had committed suicide.
It was the siege of Masada near the dead sea in Palestine, it occurred during the Judean rebellion of about 70 AD. The Zealots reasonably assumed that Masada would be able to withstand a Roman attack. Masada, was a rock pillar and the Romans built a stone ramp up to the fortifications. There was a saying that when the Roman siege machines touched the wall, you'd already lost. So the moment, the Roman war machines were brought to the wall, the Zealots realised they'd lost and killed themselves.
It was the siege of Masada near the dead sea in Palestine, it occurred during the Judean rebellion of about 70 AD. The Zealots reasonably assumed that Masada would be able to withstand a Roman attack. Masada, was a rock pillar and the Romans built a stone ramp up to the fortifications. There was a saying that when the Roman siege machines touched the wall, you'd already lost. So the moment, the Roman war machines were brought to the wall, the Zealots realised they'd lost and killed themselves.