Скачать или смотреть Masada (1981) - THE TV MINI SERIES

Following on from last time where we looked at the history and archaeology of the Roman siege of Masada, this time we think about the TV minin Series Masada from 1981, starring Peter O'Toole, Peter Strauss, Barbara Carrera as the leads, with Anthony Quayle, David Warner, Timothy West and a host of other fine charater actors in support. More than any other on screen drama, this series placed the Roman army - or a version of it - centre stage. At the same time it stretched the meagre historical record into a 6 hour drama. Based on Ernest Gann's novel, 'The Antagonists' it expanded on that story a lot and changed some key things. Both novel and min series expanded even more on the historical record. So today we think about these changes, as well more generally at how it presents Judaea of that era, and the Roman empire and army at the time of Vespasian.