Masada Research Paper

In the book Masada there is love, death, fighting and fear. This is what actually happened in Masada. Masada is an ancient place with lots of history with it. The life at Masada was very frightening, because you have to spend every day fearing for our life. The gruesome way that all the people of Masada died was gruesome. HISTORY OF MASADA The word Masada means “mountain fortress.” The Zealots, who lived on Masada, held back ten- thousand Romans for three years. The reason Masada was made livable is because King Herod and his family was attacked by Parthians and him and his family fled to Masada to be safe, so he fixed up Masada around thirty-seven b.c. –thirty-one b.c.. After …show more content…
They worked on their fields, studied for school and made weapons. For their some of meals they had nuts and eggs. They never ran out of food, they were very lucky. The leader of the people who lived on Masada was Ben-Yair. DEATH AT MASADA
The despicable Romans tried to starve the Jews, but it didn’t work. So the Romans had other plans. They made a ramp out of dirt that started at the ground and ended at the top of Masada. They brought a battering ram up the ramp, and they tried to make it break the wall surrounding Masada. Finally they got through and they saw that is was deeper, so they set the wall on fire. Finally they got through and they decided to wait until the morning to attack, but that was not a smart choice. When the Romans were getting closer to Masada, the people decided that they rather die free and worshiping God, than die a slave to their enemies and worshiping a pagan god. So they all decided to kill themselves, by cutting their throats, instead of trusting God. The people picked ten people to be the exacuters, so everyone else lay down by their family members on the ground and those ten people went around cutting everyone’s throat, and everyone was in excruciating pain. The Romans would be very surprised when they get into Masada the next