60raZ Áán-, in-, op- en uitvallende mentale muren!
With
the area secured,
the Romans constructed a steep ramp
ùp the yawning chasm on the western side of the cliff face,
slowly scraping away tens of thousands of pounds of earth and stone for weeks on end,
even as the rebels hurled rocks at them
from above
...
The soldiers
then passed a huge siege tower up the ramp,
from which they spent days bombarding the rebels with arrows and ballista balls!
Once Herod's perimeter wall finally gave, all that separated these Romans from the last of the Jewish rebels
was a hurriedly built interior war? The Romans set fire to the wall,
then returned to their encampments and patiently waited
for its collapse on its own ~~~?
Huddled together
inside Herod's palace, the Sicarii knew the end had come.
The Romans would surely do to them and their families all they had done to the inhabitants of Jerusalem! Amid the steely silence,
one of the Sicarii leaders stood and addressed the rest.
"MY FRIENDS, SINCE WE RESOLVED LONG AGO
NEVER TO BE SERVANTS TO THE ROMANS, NOR TO ANY OTHER THAN GOD HIMSELF,
WHO ALONE IS THE TRUE AND JUST LORD OF MANKIND, THE TIME HAS NOW COME
TO MAKE THAT RESOLUTION TRUE IN PRACTICE!"
Drawing his dagger, he made a final plea:
"GOD HAS GRANTED US THE POWER TO DIE BRAVELY, AND IN A STATE OF FREEDOM,
WHICH WAS NOT THE CASE FOR THOSE [ON JERUSALEM]
WHO WERE CONQUERED UNEXPECTLY!"
The speech had its desired effect!!!
As the Romans
prepared for their final assault
on Masada/Metsada the rebels drew lots among them
to decide the order with which
they would proceed with
their gruesome
plan.
the area secured,
the Romans constructed a steep ramp
ùp the yawning chasm on the western side of the cliff face,
slowly scraping away tens of thousands of pounds of earth and stone for weeks on end,
even as the rebels hurled rocks at them
from above
...
The soldiers
then passed a huge siege tower up the ramp,
from which they spent days bombarding the rebels with arrows and ballista balls!
Once Herod's perimeter wall finally gave, all that separated these Romans from the last of the Jewish rebels
was a hurriedly built interior war? The Romans set fire to the wall,
then returned to their encampments and patiently waited
for its collapse on its own ~~~?
Huddled together
inside Herod's palace, the Sicarii knew the end had come.
The Romans would surely do to them and their families all they had done to the inhabitants of Jerusalem! Amid the steely silence,
one of the Sicarii leaders stood and addressed the rest.
"MY FRIENDS, SINCE WE RESOLVED LONG AGO
NEVER TO BE SERVANTS TO THE ROMANS, NOR TO ANY OTHER THAN GOD HIMSELF,
WHO ALONE IS THE TRUE AND JUST LORD OF MANKIND, THE TIME HAS NOW COME
TO MAKE THAT RESOLUTION TRUE IN PRACTICE!"
Drawing his dagger, he made a final plea:
"GOD HAS GRANTED US THE POWER TO DIE BRAVELY, AND IN A STATE OF FREEDOM,
WHICH WAS NOT THE CASE FOR THOSE [ON JERUSALEM]
WHO WERE CONQUERED UNEXPECTLY!"
The speech had its desired effect!!!
As the Romans
prepared for their final assault
on Masada/Metsada the rebels drew lots among them
to decide the order with which
they would proceed with
their gruesome
plan.
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