Images Dated 20th June 2006

Siege of Masada

The Siege of Masada, on the shores of the Dead Sea in Judea, circa 73 AD. The Roman army besieged a group of around 1, 000 Jewish rebels who had taken up position atop the plateau during the First Jewish-Roman War. When the Romans finally stormed the encampment, they found that all the defenders had committed suicide rather than be captured. An engraving by Pool. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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