▁cup ▁fragment , ▁a ▁bow l , ▁a ▁kr ater , ▁a ▁cook ing ▁pot , ▁an ▁oil ▁lamp , ▁and ▁am ph ora e , ▁d ating ▁from ▁between ▁ 5 0 ▁B CE ▁and ▁ 1 5 0 ▁CE . ▁An ▁under ground ▁room ▁discovered ▁under ▁the ▁church ▁was ▁identified ▁as ▁a ▁Roman ▁ma us ole um . ▁It ▁was ▁dated ▁to ▁the ▁Late ▁Roman ▁period , ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁s arc oph ag us ▁found ▁among ▁the ▁building ▁materials ▁of ▁the ▁church , ▁and ▁on ▁other ▁Roman - like ▁building ▁features . ▁One ▁interpretation ▁is ▁that ▁the ▁church - build ers ▁discovered ▁the ▁ma us ole um , ▁cleared ▁it ▁of ▁its ▁contents , ▁and ▁re used ▁elements ▁from ▁it ▁as ▁building ▁materials . ▁The ▁considerable ▁quantity ▁of ▁pot tery ▁found ▁suggests ▁occupation ▁of ▁the ▁site ▁during ▁the ▁Late ▁Roman ▁period . ▁Five ▁Roman ▁co ins ▁were ▁found , ▁r anging ▁in ▁date ▁between ▁ 2 0 ▁and ▁ 3 5 4 ▁CE . ▁ ▁E use b ius ▁of ▁Ca es area ▁included ▁bib lic al ▁Y ok ne am ▁in ▁his ▁On om ast icon ▁in ▁the ▁ 3 rd ▁century ▁CE , ▁writing ▁that ▁in ▁his ▁own ▁time ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁village ▁called ▁C amm ona , ▁" s itu ated ▁in ▁the ▁great ▁plain , ▁six ▁Roman ▁miles ▁north ▁of ▁Leg io , ▁on ▁the ▁way ▁to ▁P to le ma is ". ▁ ▁A ▁By z antine ▁church , ▁built ▁between ▁the ▁ 4 th