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Period: 100 BCE to 1 BCE
Building atop Masada begins
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63 BCE
Jerusalem captured by Romans
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Period: 37 BCE to 6 BCE
King Herod's Reign
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4 BCE
Death of Herod and beginning of Roman garrison at Masada
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6
Judea becomes a Roman Province
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66
Galilee rebellion led by zealots and Sicarii capture Masada
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67
Josephus defeated, captured and used as an interpreter
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Period: 70 to 71
Destruction of Jerusalem and Burning of 2nd Temple (Jewish War)
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Period: 73 to 74
Siege of Masada led by Flavius Silva
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Period: 74 to 114
Romans leave garrison
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Period: 75 to 79
Josephus writes "The Jewish War" commissioned by Vespasian
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78
Roman triumph
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Period: 114 to 400
Masada left uninhabited
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Period: 400 to 500
Hermits established monastery
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Period: 500 to
Abandoned
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Period: to
Yigael Yadin systematically investigates archaeology of Masada
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Period: to
Ehud Netzer and Guy Steibel investigate archaeology of Masada