sentences:  When its trade with the Roman occupation waned the city developed a lucrative trade breeding fine horses, notably, the renowned Arabian horse.During the Byzantine period Mampsis received support from the authorities as a frontier city until the time of Justinian when this funding ceased and the city went into decline.Before the founding of the State of Israel, Prime Minister to-be David Ben-Gurion saw Mampsis as the capital of the future country, which dovetailed with his dream of settling the Negev Desert.