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<blockquote data-quote="SHARK" data-source="post: 418156" data-attributes="member: 1131"><p>Greetings!</p><p></p><p>Masada. Indeed...the neatest thing about the Roman siege of Masada is the following points:</p><p></p><p>(1) Rome could have easily enclosed the fortress area, invested it, and waited for the several thousand zealots to slowly starve to death. But they didn't.</p><p></p><p>(2) From thousands of miles away, the word went forth from the Emperor--Masada must be crushed! And, after many many long months of backbreaking work, a Roman army stormed the fortress that was at the top of a mountain in the middle of nowhere, to defeat several thousand isolated, insignificant guerrilla soldiers.</p><p></p><p>Rome stretched forth its hand against Masada precisely to prove a point: Rebellion to the Empire would not be tolerated, and it didn't matter where you ran, where you hid, or how mighty or how utterly insignificant the fortress you held up in was, your rebellion to Rome would be crushed. Rome would send armies after you, for years--and bring the wrath of Rome to you, no matter what.</p><p></p><p>This extraordinary achievement spoke loud and clear to the ancient world. Who could believe any kingdom would have the time, the resources, the troops, the skills, to use for such a small rebellion? Rome, of course, and only Rome. Rome made an example of Masada for the whole ancient world to take notice of, and it was an entirely brilliant achievement. It spoke in a very authoritative and final manner that there was no rebellion possible to Rome. Interestingly, Masada heralded a time of significant peace and stability in the empire in general, and in the Near East in particular.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Semper Fidelis,</p><p></p><p>SHARK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SHARK, post: 418156, member: 1131"] Greetings! Masada. Indeed...the neatest thing about the Roman siege of Masada is the following points: (1) Rome could have easily enclosed the fortress area, invested it, and waited for the several thousand zealots to slowly starve to death. But they didn't. (2) From thousands of miles away, the word went forth from the Emperor--Masada must be crushed! And, after many many long months of backbreaking work, a Roman army stormed the fortress that was at the top of a mountain in the middle of nowhere, to defeat several thousand isolated, insignificant guerrilla soldiers. Rome stretched forth its hand against Masada precisely to prove a point: Rebellion to the Empire would not be tolerated, and it didn't matter where you ran, where you hid, or how mighty or how utterly insignificant the fortress you held up in was, your rebellion to Rome would be crushed. Rome would send armies after you, for years--and bring the wrath of Rome to you, no matter what. This extraordinary achievement spoke loud and clear to the ancient world. Who could believe any kingdom would have the time, the resources, the troops, the skills, to use for such a small rebellion? Rome, of course, and only Rome. Rome made an example of Masada for the whole ancient world to take notice of, and it was an entirely brilliant achievement. It spoke in a very authoritative and final manner that there was no rebellion possible to Rome. Interestingly, Masada heralded a time of significant peace and stability in the empire in general, and in the Near East in particular.:) Semper Fidelis, SHARK [/QUOTE]
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