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Home > Magazines > BAR > March/April 2009

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April 16, 73 A.D. Roman troops breach the walls of the Masada fortress, only to discover that the 936 Jewish rebel occupants had set fire to the buildings and committed mass suicide rather than surrender to the Romans, according to Josephus.

April 16, 73 A.D. Roman troops breach the walls of the Masada fortress, only to discover that the 936 Jewish rebel occupants had set fire to the buildings and committed mass suicide rather than surrender to the Romans, according to Josephus.

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