Masada: The Untold Story

In the year 74, Masada, a steep, diamond-shaped plateau overlooking the Dead Sea and Judean Desert, was the site of the last stand of Jewish rebels against Rome. They famously chose mass death rather than surrendering to the hated Romans according to the author of the single historical source. But what really happened? Historian Barry Strauss highlights how decades of research by archaeologists and historians, including exciting recent work, has helped unravel the mystery.