With 'A conventional siege was useless against such a seemingly impregnable rock, however, and with so much food and water the Zealots could not be starved into submission.', is it rational to deduce 'Eventually, the besieging soldiers had to give up and go home.'
A conventional siege was useless against such a seemingly impregnable rock, however, and with so much food and water the Zealots could not be starved into submission.###Eventually, the besieging soldiers had to give up and go home.