

Overview
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.
Cast
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Peter O'TooleGeneral Cornelius Flavius Silva
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Peter StraussEleazar ben Yair
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Barbara CarreraSheva
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Alan FeinsteinAaron
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Giulia PaganoMiriam
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Anthony QuayleRubrius Gallus
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Paul L. SmithGideon
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David WarnerSenator Pomponius Falco
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Clive FrancisAttius, Head Tribune
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David OpatoshuShimon
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Richard PiersonEphraim
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Joseph WisemanJerahmeel, Head Essene
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Anthony ValentineMerovius, Head Tribune
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Jack WatsonDecurion
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Michael ElphickVettius
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Nick BrimbleMilades
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Derek NewarkEngineering Officer
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Michael SchneiderSurgeon
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Richard BasehartModern-Day Narrator (voice, uncredited)
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Kevin McNallyNorbanus
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George InnesTitus
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Nigel DavenportSenator Mucianus
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Ray SmithLentius
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Diana WebsterQuintilia
›- TMDB ID
- 13397 ↗
- First aired
- 1981-04-05
- Last aired
- 1981-04-08
- Status
- Ended
- Episode runtime
- 120 min
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure
- Creators
- Joel Oliansky
- Countries
- US
- Languages
- English, French
Family guidance
Age ratings
—Not rated in Switzerland (CH)
13Spain (ES)
Not recommended for viewers under the age of 13.
—Not rated in France (FR)
—Not rated in United States of America (US)
—Not rated in United Kingdom (GB)
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13Spain (ES)
Not recommended for viewers under the age of 13.














