Masada
Overview
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.
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| Status: | Ended |
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| First Air Date: | 1981-04-05 |
| Last Air Date: | 1981-04-08 |
| Created By: | Joel Oliansky |
| Networks: | ABC |
| Production: | Arnon Milchan Productions, Universal Television |
