Masada

About Masada

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.

ABC's Masada is an action-adventure series. Peter O'Toole stars as General Cornelius Flavius Silva, Peter Strauss as Eleazar ben Yair, Barbara Carrera as Sheva, and Alan Feinstein as Aaron.

It reached one season of 4 episodes from April 1981. The series began as a novel.

Shelv files it under israel, 1st century, ancient history, and miniseries. It scores 7.1 out of 10 from 67 TMDB voters.

I, Claudius, The Last Days of Pompeii, and The Queen's Gambit make useful companions to Masada.