Findings indicate that, contrary to the widespread myth, the Roman army's siege of Masada in 73 CE lasted no more than a few weeks. The study was conducted by the Neustadter expedition from TAU's ...

Assembled in battle array below the great rock fortress of Masada, the 5,000 men of the Roman Tenth Legion begin their charge, superbly equipped and ready for the task ahead. Above them ...

The Roman siege of Masada at the end of the First Jewish-Roman War lasted “mere weeks” overturning previous beliefs of a drawn-out battle ove several years, according to a new study. Researchers ...

Masada was captured by the Sicarii at the outbreak ... There he attempted to gain control of the revolt by directing the siege of the royal palace. After his followers had assassinated the high ...

For many soldiers, the war against Hamas in Gaza is a fight for Israel’s survival and must be won by any means. But the ...

After the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 A.D., the Sicarii fled Jerusalem and settled at Masada, but four years later, the Romans laid siege to their city. According to legend, rather than ...

who occupied a large settlement in what is now the town of Burghead Sonja Anderson New research suggests that the Romans defeated the Jewish rebels at Masada much more quickly than scholars ...

The battle that ensued is known historically as the Battle of the Bulge. The courage and fortitude of the American Soldier was tested against great adversity. Nevertheless, the quality of his ...

Last week’s Rings of Power episode, “Doomed to Die,” depicted the much-anticipated Siege of Eregion — a deadly battle from J.R.R. Tolkien’s original writings that marks the beginning of ...

Bannockburn. If there is a fact every Scot knows, it is who won the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314; although it did not bring outright victory in the war, which lay 14 years in the future and would ...

The Roman Empire grew over a long period of time from basically a political unit in Italy to the entire Mediterranean basin, but it took a lot of time.... It really grew out of a number of ...