sentences:  The Roman Jewish historian Josephus Flavius, in his "Vita", referred to the city in Greek as Besara, the administrative center of the estates of Queen Berenice in the Jezreel Valley.Benjamin Mazar described it as a prosperous Jewish town eventually destroyed by fire in 352, at the end of the Jewish revolt against Gallus and that after some time it was renewed as a Byzantine city, but more recent research shows that the Gallus revolt had a much lesser impact on the town.The Galilee earthquake of 363 did damage Bet She'arayim, but without long-lasting effects.