Masada

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Masada is an ancient fortress located on a plateau in the Judean Desert overlooking the Dead Sea in Israel. Built by King Herod the Great in the first century BCE as a palace complex, it later became a symbol of Jewish resistance. During the First Jewish–Roman War, a group of Jewish rebels, known as the Sicarii, took refuge in Masada. In 73-74 CE, after a prolonged siege by the Roman army, the defenders chose to commit mass suicide rather than be captured.

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