Byzantine chronicles relate that the Sassanids and Jews slaughtered tens of thousands of Christians in the city, many at the Mamilla Pool, and destroyed their monuments and churches, including the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
As crónicas bizantinas relata que os sasánidas e os xudeus sacrificaron a miles de cristiáns na cidade, moitos deles na piscina de Mamilla, e destruíron os seus monumentos e igrexas, incluída a Igrexa do Santo Sepulcro.