I have been to Masada, and studied it, and there are some things I would like to point out. For one, the person who claims the "zealots", as he calls them, committed mass suicide, was a roman slave himself, and many say he was a roman propagandist. I believe that the rebels did not kill themselves. Josepheus said what he felt he had to say so his own masters would not kill him. I think the rebels fought the romans to the last man, woman and child. They refused to surrender, that is for sure. But to make sure they did not inspire new rebellions, the romans lied and said they committed suicide, knowing suicide is a major sin. They lied to rob the rebels of any inspirational power they may have had. When I was in Masada, looking at the ramp the romans had their slaves build, one cannot help but step inside the mind of a rebel and feel how they felt, knowing that if they did not fight to the end they would be the next ones building ramps to kill more rebels. Of course they would fight to the end. This is about freedom. The rebels are an inspiration to humanity, as far as I am concerned, roman propaganda and those who still repeat it be damned. This show is very dramatized and sensational, but I like the fact it brings this place to the minds of people. If only the lie about the suicide was not still being repeated. It was a fight to the end, and they died free. Period.

It's too bad the Roman army didn't use drums. But.. well hey, maybe they were having a nice loud musically accompanied party... camped just outside enemy territory. Hell, they're ghosts. They can do whatever they - I mean we want them to do.Then again. Maybe it's time to update our books with this important historical discovery.