Most of the structure was built under Herod the Great, who desired both a safe fortress and a luxurious resort in one place.
Most of the structure was built under Herod the Great, who desired both a safe fortress and a luxurious resort in one place. After Herod's death, it became the home of a Roman garrison, but the garrison was soon attacked and routed out by a troop of rebel Zealots. The Zealots held the mountaintop fortress for almost two years in the face of a full siege, but eventually committed mass suicide, immortalizing, for 10 points, what Israeli national shrine?
Most of the structure was built under Herod the Great, who desired both a safe fortress and a luxurious resort in one place.
Masada