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Apollonia, A Fortress Transformed
On a cliff-top high above the Mediterranean sits a last-line-of-defense dating back two-and-a-half millenia
Masada, Tragic Fortress In The Sky
For three brave years, the freedom fighters on this rocky plateau — known as the Zealots — managed to hold back 10,000 Roman troops armed with every contemporary siege weapon. Finally, a battering ram breached the wall.