Dar Qita was founded in the Ist century AD. It flourished during Byzantine Empire. In the fifth century three basilicas were built: St. Peter and Paul in 414 AD, St Sergios in 537AD, Holy Trinity in 567 AD. Dar Qita was a regional economic center based on the production of wine and oliveoil.
Sources:
- Howard Crosby Butler: Early Churches in Syria. Fourth to Seventh Centuries. Princeton University Press, Princeton 1929, p. 50-51