High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Eleutheropolis ("city of the free") was the Greek name of a Roman city in Israel, some 53 km southwest of Jerusalem. Its remains still straddle the ancient road to Gaza. The site— already rendered as Baitogabra in Ptolemy`s Geography— was called Beit Guvrin and Bet Gubrin in the Talmud. Edward Robinson`s identification of the depopulated Palestinian village of Beit Jibrin with the ancient city has been confirmed by archaeological excavations.