"Thanks to its remote location and desert climate, Masada holds the best-preserved Roman siege system in the world ... the Romans constructed an assault ramp to launch a final, decisive attack ...

The main account of the siege comes from the Roman-Jewish historian Flavius ... approximately 8,000 Romans laid siege to Masada, building a wall and ramp encircling the fortress.

Did hundreds of Jews really commit suicide at Masada ... tower and the other siege machines. And yet, according to Josephus, the Roman soldiers positioned both on the ramp and on the tower ...