page_title: Lucius Flavius Silva
hierarchical_section_title: Lucius Flavius Silva
caption_attribution_description: עברית: מצדה מהאוויר, התמונה צולמה מצפון לדרום בפינה הימנית ניתן לראות שרידי מחנה רומאי, וכן את ה"סוללה" שבנו הרומאים לכיבוש ההר. בצד שמאל של ההר - הארמון הצפוני של he:הורדוס English: The massive earthen ramp at Masada, constructed by the Roman army to breach the fortress' walls. Photo taken from north of the ramp, looking south. Deutsch: Die massive Erdrampe bei Masada, die von der römischen Armee erbaut wurde, um die Festungsmauern zu durchbrechen. Das Foto wurde nördlich der Rampe geschossen und blickt nach Süden.
context_page_description: Lucius Flavius Silva Nonius Bassus was a late-1st-century Roman general, governor of the province of Iudaea and consul. Silva was the commander of the army, composed mainly of the Legio X Fretensis, in 72 AD which laid siege to the near-impregnable mountain fortress of Masada, occupied by a group of Jewish rebels called the Sicarii. The siege ended in 73 AD with Silva's forces breaching the defenses of the Masada plateau and the mass suicide of the Sicarii, who preferred death to defeat or capture. Silva's actions are documented by 1st-century Jewish-Roman historian Josephus, the remains of a 1st-century Roman victory arch identified in Jerusalem in 2005, and the extensive earthworks at the Masada site, a monument to the high-water mark of Roman siege warfare.
context_section_description: Lucius Flavius Silva Nonius Bassus was a late-1st-century Roman general, governor of the province of Iudaea and consul. Silva was the commander of the army, composed mainly of the Legio X Fretensis, in 72 AD which laid siege to the near-impregnable mountain fortress of Masada, occupied by a group of Jewish rebels called the Sicarii. The siege ended in 73 AD with Silva's forces breaching the defenses of the Masada plateau and the mass suicide of the Sicarii, who preferred death to defeat or capture. Silva's actions are documented by 1st-century Jewish-Roman historian Josephus, the remains of a 1st-century Roman victory arch identified in Jerusalem in 2005, and the extensive earthworks at the Masada site, a monument to the high-water mark of Roman siege warfare.
caption: Masada
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