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100 minute (video)
DVD - $24.95
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- A production of the History Channel's prestigious Time Machine
series.
Approximate length - 100 minutes.
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- Masada - a mountain fortress
and symbol of Jewish independence.
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- Set deep in the Judean Desert, it was here at Masada 2,000
years ago, that the survivors of the Jewish Revolt gathered after
the destruction of Jerusalem's Temple for a desperate last stand
against the Roman Empire.
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- The Jewish rebels chose the 'impregnable' mountaintop palaces
of Herod the Great as their refuge. But in 73 A.D. they watched
as the mighty legions camped beneath them. Slowly the Romans
built fierce siege engines and constructed a huge rampart that
eventually bought them to the barricaded gates of the zealots'
retreat.
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- Having defied the forces of the mightiest army on earth for
three years, in the end the zealots chose death by their own
hands rather than face Roman slaughter or slavery.
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- Today, Masada is a symbol of Israel's struggle for freedom.
This film travels back to the zenith of the Roman Empire to vividly
bring its story to life.
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- Visit the zealots stronghold and Herod's magnificent Hanging
Palace. Roman base camp and 'walk' the fateful ramp that brought
Rome to the rebels' doorstep.
Hear their leader's words as he exhorted his followers to mass
suicide rather that risk failing into Roman hands.
Explore the legendary story - and complex legacy of MASADA.
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