[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History April 14
STEVE K ROURKE
SROURKE at prodigy.net
Sun Apr 14 16:16:57 PDT 2002
Born:
1578 Philip III king of Spain & Portugal (1598-1621)
Deaths:
Other Events:
73 According to Jewish historian Josephus, 967 Jewish zealots committed mass
suicide within the fortress of Masada on this last night before the walls
were breached by the attacking Roman Tenth Legion. (Two women and five
children survived by hiding in a cistern, and were later released unharmed
by the Romans.)
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