Masada (1981)

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.

First aired

1981-04-05

Genres

Drama, Action & Adventure

Seasons

1 (4 episodes)

Status

Ended

Created by

Joel Oliansky

Directed / written by

Boris Sagal

TMDB rating

7.1/10 from 67 votes