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Sicarii (Latin plural of Sicarius 'dagger-' or later contract- killer) is a
term applied, in the decades immediately preceding the destruction of
Jerusalem in 70 CE, (probably) to an extremist splinter groupNachman
Ben-Yehuda, [LINK: http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/masadamyth2.htm]
The Masada Myth: Scholar presents evidence that the heroes of the Jewish
Great Revolt were not heroes at all., The Bible and Interpretation to the
Jewish Zealots, (or insurgents) who attempted to expel the Romans and their
partisans from Judea:
"When Albinus reached the city of Jerusalem, he bent every effort and
made every provision to ensure peace in the land by exterminating most of
the Sicarii." —Josephus, Jewish Antiquities (xx.208)
The Sicarii resorted to terror to obtain their objective. Under their
cloaks they concealed sicae, or small daggers, from whi
