History Awesome / Masada

* The deployment of the [[SiegeEngines siege tower]] (with an ominous {{Fanfare}} to boot). Weeks of hard work under a blazing sun and constant tauntings from the besieged Zealots have come to an end and it's now time for the unstoppable Roman siege genius to show off his implacable superiority and crushing might. Cue the MassOhCrap from the Zealots. As the picture can attest, the thing was built for real and to the appropriate scale for the filming.
* Gideon, the resident [[TheBigGuy Big Guy]] of Masada, is strong enough to carry a giant wooden beam alone when one other is seen being carried by ''six men''.

* The Zealots' bold commando attacks before they seal themselves inside the Masada fortress.

* The siege tower's deployment (with an ominous {{Fanfare}} to boot). Weeks of hard work under a blazing sun and constant tauntings from the besieged Zealots have come to an end and it's now time for the unstoppable Roman siege genius to show off his implacable superiority and crushing might. Cue the MassOhCrap from the Zealots. As the picture can attest, the thing was built for real and to the appropriate scale for the filming.

[[caption-width-right:250:''"Now they will surrender."'']]

* The siege tower's deployment (with an ominous {{Fanfare}} to boot). Weeks of hard work under a blazing sun and constant tauntings from the besieged Zealots have come to an end and it's now time for the unstoppable Roman siege genius to show off his implacable superiority and crushing might. Cue the MassOhCrap from the Zealots. As the picture can attest, the thing was built for real and to the appropriate scale for the filming, without miniatures.

* The Zealots' bold commando attacks before they seal themselves inside Masada.

* The siege tower's deployment (with an ominous {{Fanfare}} to boot). Weeks of hard work under a blazing sun and constant tauntings from the besieged Zealots have come to an end and it's now time for the unstoppable Roman siege genius to show off his implacable superiority and crushing might. Cue the MassOhCrap from the Zealots.

* The Zealots' commando attacks before they seal themselves inside Masada.

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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Now they will surrender."'']]

* The siege tower's deployment (cue the ominous {{Fanfare}}). Weeks of hard work under a blazing sun and constant tauntings from the besieged Zealots have come to an end and it's now time for the unstoppable Roman siege genius to show off his implacable superiority and crushing might. Cue the MassOhCrap from the Zealots.

* Silva stopping Pomponius Falco's [[CatapultToGlory prisoners-catapulting]] scheme and defying his authority with a gladius, putting his whole legion's loyalty to the test doing so. And ''winning''.

* Silva stopping Pomponius Falco's [[CatapultedToGlory prisoners-catapulting]] scheme and defying his authority with a gladius, putting his whole legion's loyalty to the test doing so. And ''winning''.

* Silva defying Pomponius Falco's authority with a gladius and putting his whole legion's loyalty to the test. He wins.

* The siege tower's deployment (cue the ominous {{Fanfare}}). Weeks of hard work under a blazing sun and constant tauntings from the besieged Zealots have come to an end and it's now time for the unstoppable Roman siege genius to show off his implacable superiority and crushing might.

[[caption-width-right:300:Now they will surrender.]]

* The siege tower's deployment (cue the ominous {{Fanfare}}). Weeks of hard work under a blazing sun and constant tauntings from the besieged Zealots have come to an end and it's now time for the unstoppable Roman siege genius to show off his superiority and crushing might.

* The siege tower's deployment (cue the omnious {{Fanfare}}). Weeks of hard work under a blazing sun and constant tauntings from the besieged Zealots have come to an end and it's now time for the unstoppable Roman siege genius to show off his superiority and crushing might.

* The siege tower's deployment (cue the omnious {{Fanfare}}). Weeks of hard work under the sun and taunting of the besieged Zealots have come to an end and it's now time for the unstoppable Roman siege genius to show off his superiority and crushing might.

* Silva defying Pomponius Falco's authority with a gladius and putting his whole legion's loyalty to the test.

* Silva defying Pomponius Falco's authority with a gladius and putting his men's loyalty to the test.

* The siege tower's deployment (cue the omnious {{Fanfare}}). Weeks of hard work under the sun and taunting of the besieged Zealots have come to an end and it's now time for the Roman siege genius to show off his superiority and crushing might.