Masada watchtower. Masada comes from word metzuda, which means fortress.
Masada is well known about it when in Jewish-Roman war all Jewish fighters
made suicide. Romans were occupiers and they invade and conquer land of
Israel about 63
B.C.
Roman army led by Pompey and he made from Israel client kingdom of Rome.
In 6
A.D.
caesar Augustus made Israel as a province. In 66
A.D.
started the Great Jewish Revolt, which lasted until 73
A.D.
In 73
A.D.
Jewish garrison made suicide and they all died after siege had lasted two
months. We must unfortunately remember that 70
A.D
Romans occupied Jerusalem and destroyed the Second temple, where more than
100,000 Jews died and nearly 100,000 became slaves in Rome. Many Jews fled
to other Mediterranean countries.
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