Ora, io non so se vado fuori tema... nel caso, invito Mjoellnir ad eliminare questo thread. E' che mi piace ripristinare la verità storica e smontare falsi miti, specie quelli su cui taluni han marciato anche troppo


http://hnn.us/articles/25292.html (Is the Truth About Masada Less Romantic?, by Kim Stubbs)

However at least one Israeli academic, Nachman Ben-Yehuda, suggests that the truth may be somewhat less romantic and heroic.

"When we carefully examine ……. the Great Revolt and Masada, a portrait of heroism …… is simply not provided. On the contrary. The narrative conveys the story of a doomed (and questionable) revolt, of a majestic failure and destruction of the Second Temple and of Jerusalem, of large-scale massacres of the Jews, of different factions of Jews fighting and killing each other, of collective suicide (an act not viewed favourably by the Jewish faith) by a group of terrorists and assassins whose “fighting spirit” may have been questionable..."