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[[Image:Masada.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Masada. The siege ramp built by the Romans is still visible at right.]]

[[Image:Masada.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Masada. The siege ramp built by the Romans is still visible at right.]]

'''Masada''' refers to a fortress on a rock plateau in [[Israel]] built by [[Herod]]. Jewish [[Zealots]] took it, and held it for 2+ years. Once the [[Roman]]s captured it, the Zealots killed each other rather than become prisoners to the Romans.  The Zealots did not, however, commit suicide, as it is prohibited by the traditional Jewish religion.

'''Masada''' refers to a fortress on a rock plateau in [[Israel]] built by [[Herod]]. Jewish [[Zealots]] took it, and held it for more than two years. Once the [[Roman]]s captured it, the Zealots killed each other rather than become prisoners to the Romans.  The Zealots did not, however, commit suicide, as it is prohibited by the traditional Jewish religion.

As described by a virtual library:<ref>http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/masada.html</ref>

As described by a virtual library:<ref>http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/masada.html</ref>