<P> Jerusalem reached a peak in size and population at the end of the Second Temple Period : The city covered two square kilometers ( 0.8 sq mi . ) and had a population of 200,000 . In the five centuries following the Bar Kokhba revolt in the 2nd century , the city remained under Roman then Byzantine rule . During the 4th century , the Roman Emperor Constantine I constructed Christian sites in Jerusalem such as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre . </P>
<P> Jerusalem reached a peak in size and population at the end of the Second Temple Period : The city covered two square kilometers ( 0.8 sq mi . ) and had a population of 200,000 . In the five centuries following the Bar Kokhba revolt in the 2nd century , the city remained under Roman then Byzantine rule . During the 4th century , the Roman Emperor Constantine I constructed Christian sites in Jerusalem such as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre . </P>
who controlled the holy land of jerusalem up until the 7th century
who controlled the holy land of jerusalem up until the 7th century
Roman then Byzantine
Roman then Byzantine