Masada (1981)
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.
- First Air Date: 1981-04-05
- Last Air Date: 1981-04-08
- Total Seasons: 1
- Total Episodes: 4
- Episode Runtime: 120 min.
- Network: ABC
- Director: Boris Sagal
- Creator: Joel Oliansky
