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Masada

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: B. Isaac

Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, R. Talbert, Mark Depauw

Last modified Nov 21, 2019 08:46 PM — History

tags: dare:major=0, UWHS, fortification, extant remains, dare:feature=fort, dare:ancient=1

Masada is a natural fortress in the Iudaean desert that overlooks the Dead Sea. It was the site of the standoff between Jewish rebels and the Roman army in A.D. 73. Herod the Great built a palace atop the citadel during his reign. Roman camps and siege works are still visible at the site, which is listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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Base map by Ryan M. Horne for Pleiades and the Ancient World Mapping Center (ancient terrain after the Barrington Atlas). Map interaction design and implementation by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, and Tom Elliott for Pleiades.

Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687968

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
31.316258236, 35.3536843365

Locations:

DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640)
OSM location of Massada (330 BC - AD 640)

Names:

Masada (Latin, 330 BC - AD 640)
Mezada (330 BC - AD 640)
Μοασάδα (Moasada: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)

Masada makes connections with:

Masada near Mortuum Mare/Asphaltitis L. (unspecified date range)

Masada receives connections from:

Roman siege Camp E' at Masada (unspecified date range)
Roman siege camp at Masada (unspecified date range)
Roman siege ramp at Masada at Masada (unspecified date range)

Place type:
fort, tower

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 70 G3 Masada

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Es Sebbe

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Suggested citation:
B. Isaac, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, R. Talbert, and Mark Depauw, 'Masada: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687968> [accessed: 07 July 2020]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687968 |title=Places: 687968 (Masada) |author=Isaac, B. |accessdate=July 7, 2020 3:40 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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