Ka cika wannan jumlar: "Beth Gabra" ko "Beit Guvrin" ya ɗauki matsayin Maresha a matsayin babban gari na yankin. Janar na Roman Vespasian ya ci nasara a lokacin
Yaƙin Yahudawa (68 CE) kuma an lalata shi gaba ɗaya yayin tawayen Bar Kochba (132<unk>135 CE), an sake kafa shi a matsayin mulkin mallaka na Roman kuma a cikin shekara ta 200 ya sami taken birni da "ius italicum", a ƙarƙashin sabon sunan "Eleutheropolis", 'birnin 'yanci'. Tushen daga zamanin Byzantine sun ambaci Kiristocin da yahudawa da ke zaune a cikin birni.