Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: "Beth Gabra" kana kuti "Beit Guvrin" yakatsiva Maresha seguta guru renzvimbo yacho. Rakakundwa nomukuru mukuru weRoma Vespasian mukati me
Hondo yechiJudha (68 CE) uye yakaparadzwa zvachose panguva yekumukira kweBar Kochba (132<unk>135 CE), yakagadzwazve sekoloni yeRoma uye mugore ra200 yakagamuchira zita reguta uye "ius italicum", pasi pezita idzva re "Eleutheropolis", 'guta revanhu vakasununguka'. Zvinyorwa zvomunguva yeByzantium zvinotaura nezvevaKristu nevaJudha vaigara muguta racho.