Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Masada wani ɗan ƙaramin talabijin ne na Amurka wanda aka watsa a ABC a watan Afrilu 1981. An tallata ta hanyar hanyar sadarwa a matsayin "ABC Novel for Television", shi ne wani fictionalized lissafi na tarihi kewaye
na Masada sansanin soja a Isra'ila da legions na Roman Empire a AD 73. Rubutun jerin TV ya dogara ne akan littafin 1971 "The Antagonists" na Ernest Gann, tare da rubutun da Joel Oliansky ya rubuta. An kawo ƙarshen kewaye lokacin da sojojin Roma suka shiga sansanin soja, kawai don gano kisan kai da masu kare Yahudawa suka yi lokacin da rashin nasara ya zama sananne.