Masada
/məˈsɑːdə/- the site of the ruins of a palace and fortification built by Herod the Great on the SW shore of the Dead Sea in the 1st century BC. It was a Jewish stronghold in the Zealots' revolt against the Romans (AD 66-73) and was the scene in AD 73 of mass suicide by the Jewish defenders when the Romans breached the citadel after a siege of nearly two years.梅察达（公元前1世纪希律大帝在死海西南岸的宫殿和要塞遗址, 犹太狂热派反抗罗马人的据点［公元66-73］, 公元73年, 罗马人在围困城堡近2年并攻破后, 犹太抵抗者在此集体自杀）。