Miniseries
4 Episodes


Masada is a 1981 American historical drama television miniseries aired on ABC under the tentpole ABC Novel for Television. The screenplay by Joel Oliansky is based on Ernest Gann's 1971 novel The Antagonists. A dramatization of the historical siege of the Masada citadel in Roman Palestine by legions of the Roman Empire in AD 73. A siege that ended when the Roman armies entered the fortress, only to discover the mass suicide by the Jewish defenders when defeat became imminent.
Created by: Joel Oliansky
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Peter O'Toole
General Cornelius Flavius Silva

Peter Strauss
Eleazar ben Yair

Barbara Carrera
Sheva

Alan Feinstein
Aaron

Giulia Pagano
Miriam

Anthony Quayle
Rubrius Gallus

Paul L. Smith
Gideon

David Warner
Senator Pomponius Falco

Clive Francis
Attius, Head Tribune

David Opatoshu
Shimon
Richard Pierson
Ephraim

Joseph Wiseman
Jerahmeel, Head Essene
David A. Block
Reuben

Vernon Dobtcheff
Chief Priest

David Mauro
Epos
Alexander Peleg
Zidon

Joey Sagal
Seth

Michael Shillo
Ezra

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