The Myth of Masada

[Justtristo]

although Josephus would have not have that mentioned.

It is a lot less "heroic."

I would hypothesis that if Josephus saw these rebels as anything other than tragic heroes, he would have saw it fit to tell the truth in that they got their just deserts by being crucified.

This would not be the last time that the rebels of the first Jewish revolt would be seen by latter generations as heroes fighting for a lost cause. The Jacobites in Scotland and the Confederate in the modern era are still seen by some as tragic heroes.

Although I am personally disgusted by the portrayal of the Confederates as heroes. Because to me the Southern states only succeeded in order to prevent the institution of slavery being dismantled by the US federal government. I would submit as evidence that support for succession was correlated by level of slave ownership, areas in south with low slave ownership like Appalachia were against succession.