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It was directed by Boris Sagal (his last completed work before his death) and starred Creator/PeterOToole as [[UsefulNotes/TheGloryThatWasRome Roman legion]] commander Cornelius Flavius Silva, Peter Strauss as the Jewish Sicarii commander Eleazar ben Ya'ir, Creator/BarbaraCarrera as Sheva (Silva's Jewish mistress), Anthony Quayle as Rubrius Gallus, Creator/DavidWarner as Pomponius Falco, Timothy West as Emperor Vespasian and Creator/PaulLSmith as Gideon. O'Toole was nominated for an Emmy for his performance, his first appearance in an American TV production. Music/JerryGoldsmith and Morton Stevens composed the series' score, which earned Goldsmith an Emmy. David Warner also won an Emmy, for Best Supporting Actor.
The story is set three years after the fall of UsefulNotes/{{Jerusalem}} in AD 70. Flavius Silva, commander in Roman Judea, wants to reach a reasonable compromise with the Jewish Zealot faction known as Sicarii, and withdraw his legion. Political pressure in Rome, however, leads to his besieging the fortress of Masada, the LastBastion of the Zealots. There the engineering genius of the Romans must fight both the harsh climate and landscape, and the passion and ingenuity of Zealot leader Eleazar ben Ya'ir and his people.
The story is set three years after the fall of UsefulNotes/{{Jerusalem}} in AD 70. Flavius Silva, commander in Roman Judea, wants to reach a reasonable compromise with the Jewish Zealot faction known as Sicarii, and withdraw his legion. Political pressure in Rome, however, leads to his besieging the fortress of Masada, the LastBastion of the Zealots. There the engineering genius of the Romans must fight both the harsh climate and landscape, and the passion and ingenuity of Zealot leader Eleazar ben Ya'ir and his people.
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It was directed by Boris Sagal (his last completed work before his death) and starred Creator/PeterOToole as [[UsefulNotes/TheGloryThatWasRome Roman legion]] commander Cornelius Flavius Silva, Peter Strauss as the Jewish Sicarii commander Eleazar ben Ya'ir, Creator/BarbaraCarrera as Sheva (Silva's Jewish mistress), Anthony Quayle as Rubrius Gallus, Creator/DavidWarner as Pomponius Falco, Timothy West as [[UsefulNotes/{{Vespasian}} Emperor Vespasian Vespasian]] and Creator/PaulLSmith as Gideon. O'Toole was nominated for an Emmy for his performance, his first appearance in an American TV production. Music/JerryGoldsmith and Morton Stevens composed the series' score, which earned Goldsmith an Emmy. David Warner also won an Emmy, for Best Supporting Actor.
The story is set three years after the fall of UsefulNotes/{{Jerusalem}} in AD 70. Flavius Silva, commander in Roman Judea, wants to reach a reasonable compromise with the Jewish Zealot faction known as Sicarii, and withdraw his legion. Political pressure inRome, UsefulNotes/{{Rome}}, however, leads to his besieging the fortress of Masada, the LastBastion of the Zealots. There the engineering genius of the Romans must fight both the harsh climate and landscape, and the passion and ingenuity of Zealot leader Eleazar ben Ya'ir and his people.
The story is set three years after the fall of UsefulNotes/{{Jerusalem}} in AD 70. Flavius Silva, commander in Roman Judea, wants to reach a reasonable compromise with the Jewish Zealot faction known as Sicarii, and withdraw his legion. Political pressure in
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The story is set three years after the fall of UsefulNotes/{{Jerusalem}} in AD 70. Flavius Silva, commander in Roman Judea, wants to reach a reasonable compromise with the Jewish Zealot faction known as Sicarii, and withdraw his legion. Political pressure in Rome, however, leads to his besieging the fortress of Masada, the LastBastion of the Zealots. There the engineering genius of the Romans must fight both the harsh climate and landscape, and the passion and ingenuity of leader Eleazar ben Ya'ir and his people.
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The story is set three years after the fall of UsefulNotes/{{Jerusalem}} in AD 70. Flavius Silva, commander in Roman Judea, wants to reach a reasonable compromise with the Jewish Zealot faction known as Sicarii, and withdraw his legion. Political pressure in Rome, however, leads to his besieging the fortress of Masada, the LastBastion of the Zealots. There the engineering genius of the Romans must fight both the harsh climate and landscape, and the passion and ingenuity of Zealot leader Eleazar ben Ya'ir and his people.
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''Masada'' is an American historical drama {{miniseries}} that first aired on Creator/{{ABC}} in April 1981. It is a dramatization of the [[TheSiege siege]] of the citadel of Masada in [[UsefulNotes/{{Israel}} Judea]] by legions of UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire in AD 73 during the first UsefulNotes/JewishRevolts. The series' script is [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the novel]] ''The Antagonists'' by Ernest K. Gann while also using details from historical sources by Roman Jewish historian [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephus Flavius Josephus]].
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''Masada'' is an American historical drama {{miniseries}} that first aired on Creator/{{ABC}} [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]] in April 1981. It is a dramatization of the [[TheSiege siege]] of the citadel of Masada in [[UsefulNotes/{{Israel}} Judea]] by legions of UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire in AD 73 during the first UsefulNotes/JewishRevolts. The series' script is [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the novel]] ''The Antagonists'' by Ernest K. Gann while also using details from historical sources by Roman Jewish historian [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephus Flavius Josephus]].
