books.google.co.uk - In 73 A.D., legend has it, 960 Jewish rebels under siege in the ancient desert fortress of Masada committed suicide rather than surrender to a Roman legion. Recorded in only one historical source, the story of Masada was obscure for centuries. In The Masada Myth, Israeli sociologist Nachman Ben-Yehuda...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Masada_Myth.html?id=YoXUXvBUUjgC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareMasada Myth
