Palladius Street

Palladius Street. . This street, built on Roman foundations, was one of the more elegant boulevards in Byzantine Beit She'an (fourth to sixth centuries). The sidewalks were roofed, and paved with mosaics. The excavators named the street after Palladius, a fourth-century governor of the city, who is mentioned in an inscription found in one of the mosaic pavements. In the sixth century, a semicircular structure was installed midway along Palladius Street. It apparently served as one of the city's commercial and cultural focal points. , Image caption: A Greek inscription found in the mosaic pavement, it reads: "In the time of Palladius son of Porphyrus, the most magnificent governor, the work of the stoa together with the mosaic pavement was made.", (Hebrew text not transcribed)