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from the third to the sixth century CE.

Names

Zippori / Tzipori; Sepphoris

In Ancient Greek, the city was called Sepphoris from its Hebrew name Tzipori, understood to be a variant of the Hebrew word for bird, tzipor - perhaps, as a Talmudic gloss suggests, because it is "perched on the top of a mountain, like a bird".

The name of the city changed during the years (see below sections), but during the Trajan's reign the city had again the

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