. "From Dan to Beersheba"; or, The Land of promise as it now appears : including a description of the boundaries, topography, agriculture, antiquities, cities, and present inhabitants of that wonderful land .... ius Bassus, and now Flavins Silva, his successor, laid siege toMasada. Cutting off all hope of succor from without, and ofescape from within, by circuravallation, the Romans reared forthe intended assault a mound of earth and stones, on whichthey planted an iron-cased tower commanding the w^alls of thefortress, and from wjiich they drove the Jews from their ram-parts. Successful in gai
. "From Dan to Beersheba"; or, The Land of promise as it now appears : including a description of the boundaries, topography, agriculture, antiquities, cities, and present inhabitants of that wonderful land .... ius Bassus, and now Flavins Silva, his successor, laid siege toMasada. Cutting off all hope of succor from without, and ofescape from within, by circuravallation, the Romans reared forthe intended assault a mound of earth and stones, on whichthey planted an iron-cased tower commanding the w^alls of thefortress, and from wjiich they drove the Jews from their ram-parts. Successful in gaining a position so advantageous, theRomans retired for the night Avith the intention of stormingthe fortress the following morning. Conscious of his inability to continue a successful defense—convinced that any attempt to escape would prove disastrous—satisfied that death awaited the garrison, ravishment theirwives, and slavery their children, that night Eleazar called his 206 X^ROM DAN TO BEEESHEBA. faithful band aiound him, and proposed self-destruction as theterrible alternative. Appalled by the thought of murder andsuicide, the heroic Sicarii, whose souls had never known thesensation of fear, for
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