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The Antagonists
	First edition (publ Simon & Schuster)
Author	Ernest K. Gann
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Historical novel
Publication date	1971
Media type	Print (hardcover and paperback)
Followed by	The Triumph (1986)
	The novel was adapted into the television miniseries Masada in 1981.

The Antagonists is a 1971 historical novel by Ernest K. Gann about the siege of the Masada citadel in Israel by the 10th Legion of the Roman Empire in AD 73. The novel was adapted as a television miniseries, Masada, broadcast first in 1981.^[1] The two antagonists of the title are Eleazer ben Yair, leader of the Jewish Zealots who make a final stand on Masada; and the Roman general Flavius Silva.

A sequel, entitled The Triumph, was published in 1986.^[2]

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The novel explores the themes of leadership and patriotism by comparing and contrasting the two protagonists/antagonists of the story. Little survives from history, so the account is heavily fictionalized.^[3]

References edit

^ Beetz, Kirk H., ed. (1996). "The Antagonists". Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction. 1. Beacham Publishing, University of Michigan: 169–171.
^ Gann, Ernest K. (1986). The Triumph. p. 5. ISBN 0-340-38820-X.
^ Literary Precedents for The Antagonists. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

External links edit

Movie Review: Masada, The Prayer Foundation, 8 May 2008.

[1] Beetz, Kirk H., ed. (1996). "The Antagonists". Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction. 1. Beacham Publishing, University of Michigan: 169–171.

[2] Gann, Ernest K. (1986). The Triumph. p. 5. ISBN 0-340-38820-X.

[3] Literary Precedents for The Antagonists. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

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