The
fame
of
Zippori
came
from
the
Classic
Period.
Zippori
became
a
central
Roman
city
with
mix
population
in
the
1st
century
AD.
Despite
the
Jewish
majority
in
zippori,
the
city
did
not
revolt
during
the
Great
Revolt
of
66
–
73
AD
and
survived.
After
the
failure
of
the
Bar
Kochba
Revolt
(132
–
135
AD)
an
influx
of
Jewish
refugees
from
Judea
made the city a major Jewish center in the Galilee.
In
the
3rd
century
AD,
Zippori
became
home
to
the
Great
Sanhedrin,
the
highest
political
and
Jewish
juridical
institution
at
the
time
and
served
as
the
capital
of
the
thriving
Jewish
population
in
the
Galilee.
In
Zippori
is
where
the
Mishna
redaction
took
place
(the
Mishan
is
one
of
the
most
important
books
in
Judaism
and
the
first
comprehensive
literature
that
collected
the
Jewish
religious
law,
the
Halacha).
Today,
you
can
walk
through
the
well-structured
Roman
city,
visit
the
beautiful
basilica-like
synagogue
and
its
mosaic
floor,
be
impressed
by
the
Dionysus
House,
a
Roman
villa
with
a
well-preserved
mosaic
of
the
"Mona
Lisa
of
the
Galilee".
One
additional
mosaic
floor
out
of
many
other
in
Zippori
is
the
impressive
mosaics
of
the
Nile
Festival
House.
You
can
walk
through
the
underground
ancient
water
system
and
climb
to
the
Crusader
castle
on
top
of
the
hill
from
where
you
can
have
360
degrees
view
of
Mount
Hermon,
Mount
Carmel
and
the Upper and Lower Galilee.
