Masada (1981)

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Masada is a 1981 American historical drama television miniseries aired on ABC under the tentpole ABC Novel for Television. The screenplay by Joel Oliansky is based on Ernest Gann's 1971 novel The Antagonists. A dramatization of the historical siege of the Masada citadel in Roman Palestine by legions of the Roman Empire in AD 73. A siege that ended when the Roman armies entered the fortress, only to discover the mass suicide by the Jewish defenders when defeat became imminent.

• Released: 1981-04-05
• Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure
• Seasons: 1, 4 episodes
• Episode length: 2h 0m
• Network: ABC
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 7.1/10 from 67 votes

Created by Joel Oliansky.

Top cast

• Peter O'Toole as General Cornelius Flavius Silva
• Peter Strauss as Eleazar ben Yair
• Barbara Carrera as Sheva
• Alan Feinstein as Aaron
• Giulia Pagano as Miriam
• Anthony Quayle as Rubrius Gallus
• Paul L. Smith as Gideon
• David Warner as Senator Pomponius Falco
• Clive Francis as Attius, Head Tribune
• David Opatoshu as Shimon

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