Masada
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: B. Isaac
Creators: B. Isaac
Contributors:
Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, R. Talbert, Mark Depauw
Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Dec 08, 2017 11:50 PM
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History
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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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687968
31.31712835, 35.35397405
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640)
- location of Roman siege camp (30 BC - AD 300)
- OSM location of Roman siege ramp (30 BC - AD 300)
- location of Roman siege camp (2) (30 BC - AD 300)
- Masada connection Mortuum Mare/Asphaltitis L. (unspecified date range)
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earthwork, fort, tower
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 70 G3 Masada
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Es Sebbe
B. Isaac, 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, 2017 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687968> [accessed: 20 April 2018]
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