Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ƙarni na farko AZ Yodfat ya faɗaɗa ya ƙunshi yanki na dunams 50 (13 acres). An bayyana kewaye da halakar da ta biyo baya a 67 CE a cikin Josephus Flavius 'The Wars of the Jews, tarihinsa na Revolt
a kan Romawa. Jagoranci na gaba sarki Vespasian, sojojin Roma uku <unk> Legio V "Macedonica", X "Fretensis", da XV "Apollinaris" <unk> sun kewaye Yodfat, suna fuskantar juriya mai ƙarfi na Yahudawa. Bayan kwanaki 47 aka ci birnin da yaudara, kuma Josephus ya kwatanta mutuwar Yahudawa 40,000 da kuma bautar mata da yara 1,200. An halaka Yodfat kuma aka ƙone ta a ranar farko ta watan Tammuz na Ibrananci.