A controversial new hypothesis contending that the Roman assault ramp at the site was not "operational" at the time that the siege was brought to a close provides a good reason for reviewing the archaeological evidence concerning this famous episode.DAVIES...
13C and 18O of wood from the Roman siege rampart in Masada, Israel (Ad 70–73): Evidence for a less arid climate for the region13C and 18O of wood from the Roman siege rampart in Masada, Israel (Ad 70–73): Evidence for a less arid climate for the regionThe isotopic ratios 13C...
View from the top of Masada. Masada was the setting of a Roman siege of Herod and the palace (and a 1981 television mini-series). The Romans surrounded the mountain for nearly a year, gradually building a 114 meter assault ramp of natural bedrock that eventually allowed them to break down...
The Jews at Masada held out for three more years in their lofty stronghold. Finally, under the command of Flavius Silva, the Legio X Fratensis (10th Legion) built a huge ramp and mounted a battering ram on a high, wheeled tower. They rolled this engine up the ramp and then battered an...
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13C and 18O of wood from the Roman siege rampart in Masada, Israel (AD 70-73): evidence for a less arid climate for the region. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 58, 3535-3539.Yakir D, Issar A, Gat JR, Adar E, Trimborn P, Lipp J (1994) 13C and 18O of w...
Biblical Archaeology Reviewj. Gwyn Davies, "The Masada Siege-From the Roman Viewpoint," BAR, July/August 2014; Hershel Shanks, "Masada-The Final Reports," BAR, January/February 1997; Ehud Netzer, "The Last Days and Hours at Masada," BAR, November/December 1991....
This act took place after the rebels realized that the Roman army, laying a complex assault ramp against the fort of Masada, were breaching its walls. The archaeological finds unearthed at Masada, revealing the daily life of the Jewish rebels and the well-preserved remains of the Roman siege ...
This meticulous new research confirms our earlier hypothesis that the assault ramp was never completed and therefore could not have been operational. Such a conclusion challenges the common understanding of how the Roman siege of Masada ended.Goldfus, Haim...