# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lucius-flavius-silva
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:00:49.005Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lucius-flavius-silva"
name: "Lucius Flavius Silva"
slug: "lucius-flavius-silva"
description: "Lucius Flavius Silva Nonius Bassus was a late-1st-century Roman general, governor of the province of Iudaea and consul. Silva was the commander of the army, composed mainly of the Legio X Fretensis, in 72 AD that laid siege to the near-impregnable mountain fortress of Masada, occupied by a group of Jewish rebels dubbed the Sicarii by Flavius himself. The siege ended in 73 AD with Silva's forces breaching the defenses of the Masada plateau and the mass suicide of the Sicarii, who preferred death to defeat or capture. Silva's actions are documented by 1st-century Jewish-Roman historian Josephus, the remains of a 1st-century Roman victory arch identified in Jerusalem in 2005, and the extensive earthworks at the Masada site, a monument to the high-water mark of Roman siege warfare."
tagline: "1st century AD Roman senator, commander and politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flavio_Silva_from_the_Israel_Museum_-_Jerusalem.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "40"
deathDate: "81"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.79
  momentum:             1.644506648005598
  historical:           14.659904
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Луцій Флавій Сільва Ноній Басс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Луций Флавий Силва Ноний Бас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lucius Flavius Silva Nonius Bassus"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lucius Flavius Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucio_Flavio_Silva"
    title: "Lucio Flavio Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Flavius_Silva"
    title: "Lucius Flavius Silva"
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  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%94"
    title: "לוקיוס פלביוס סילבה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Flavius_Silva"
    title: "Lucius Flavius Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucio_Flavio_Silva"
    title: "Lucio Flavio Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Flavius_Silva_Nonius_Bassus"
    title: "Lucius Flavius Silva Nonius Bassus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lucius Flavius Silva Nonius Bassus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flawiusz_Silwa"
    title: "Flawiusz Silwa"
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    title: "Lúcio Flávio Silva"
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    title: "Луций Флавий Сильва Ноний Басс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucije_Flavije_Silva"
    title: "Lucije Flavije Silva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q652127"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump