Siege on Masada lasted just weeks, not years, new research shows
The main account of the siege comes from the Roman-Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, who described extended anticipation as the Romans prepared to attack.
Aerial view of the ruins of Masada, a fortress built by Herod the Great on a clifftop in the desert of what is now Israel.(photo credit: GETTY IMAGES/JTA)ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTAUpdated:
