🏛️ Gophna
Roman settlement and administrative center in the Judean highlands
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in the central West Bank, approximately 20 km north of Jerusalem
- Established as a Roman administrative center following the First Jewish-Roman War (66–70 CE)
- Served as the capital of the toparchy (district) of Gophna under Roman provincial rule
- Archaeological site with remains spanning the Iron Age through the Ottoman period
Gophna was an important settlement in the Judean highlands that gained strategic significance during the Roman period. Following ...