Beit She'an Roman city

Beit She'an was of strategic importance because here the road from Jerusalem to Transjordan met. This strategic place on the fertile Jordan valley made it one of the most important cities in Israel. It was destroyed by an earthquake in 749AD. It is mentioned in the Bible - on the city walls King Saul and his 2 sons were hung after an humiliating defeat by the Philistines.