Siege marking the end of the First Jewish–Roman War
Siege of Masada
Part of the First Jewish–Roman War
Masada National Park
Date
Late 72 – early 73 (traditional date) Late 73 – early 74 CE (proposed date)[1][2]
Location
Masada, Israel (then part of Judaea Province) 31°18′56″N35°21′13″E / 31.31556°N 35.35361°E / 31.31556; 35.35361
Result
Roman victory
Belligerents
Jewish Sicarii
Roman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Eleazar ben Ya'ir †
Lucius Flavius Silva
Strength
967, including non-combatants
Legio X Fretensis 4,800 Auxiliaries and slaves 4,000–10,000
Casualties and losses
960 dead, 7 captured (2 women, 5 children), according to Josephus
Unknown
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First Jewish–Roman War
Early engagements
Jerusalem (66)
Alexandria riot
Gallus' campaign
1st Sepphoris
1st Jaffa
Geva
Beth–Horon
Ein Gedi
Northern revolt
2nd Sepphoris
Gabara
Yodfat
Tarichaea
Gamla
Mount Tabor
Gischala
Judea coast and highlands
Zealot Temple
Jerusalem (70)
Last strongholds
Herodium
Machaerus
Jardes
Masada
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. According to Josephus the long siege by the troops of the Roman Empire led to the mass suicide of the Sicarii rebels and resident Jewish families of the Masada fortress.
^Campbell, Duncan B. (1988). "Dating the Siege of Masada". Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. 73 (1988): 156–158. JSTOR 20186870.
^Cotton, Hannah M. (1989). "The Date of the Fall of Masada: The Evidence of the Masada Papyri". Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. 78 (1989): 157–162. JSTOR 20187128.
^The Myth of Masada: How Reliable Was Josephus, Anyway?: "The only source we have for the story of Masada, and numerous other reported events from the time, is the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, author of the book The Jewish War."
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