"Now! Surrender now!"
- The Zealots' bold commando attacks before they seal themselves inside the fortress of Masada.
- Silva stopping Pomponius Falco's prisoners-catapulting scheme and defying his authority gladius in hand, putting his whole legion's loyalty to the test doing so. And winning.Silva: WE ARE LEGIONARIES! WE ARE NOT BARBARIANS!
- The deployment of the 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 a complete shock on the Zealots' side, who didn't expect it. As the picture can attest, the thing was built for real and to the appropriate scale for the filming.
- Gideon, the resident Big Guy of Masada, is strong enough to carry a giant wooden beam from Herod's palace alone when one other is seen being carried by six men.
