From: Nick Brooke <Nick_at_...>
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 09:31:45 -0000
Food for thought: compare Whitewall and Masada.
Mopping up after the Jewish Revolt, c.72 AD, the Romans went to
*extreme* effort to take out the last holdout, a bunch of religious
nutters up on top of a fortified mountain. Definitely a "mythic" moment.