During the Samaritan revolt of 529, Bethlehem was sacked and its walls and the Church of the Nativity destroyed, but they were soon rebuilt on the orders of the Emperor Justinian.

• 在公元529年撒马利亚人反抗期间，伯利恒被洗劫，它的城墙和耶稣出生地的教堂被毁，但它们在君士坦丁皇帝的命令下很快得到了重建。