Caesarea

Dictionary: Cae·sa·re·a (sē'zə-rē'ə, sĕs'ə-, sĕz'ə-)

(also Caesarea Pal·e·sti·nae (păl'ĭ-stī'nē)) An ancient seaport of Palestine south of present-day Haifa, Israel. It was founded (30 B.C.) by Herod the Great and later became the capital of Roman Judea. The city was destroyed by Muslims in 1265.

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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: Caesarea

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Ancient seaport, Palestine. Located on the coast of present-day Israel south of the city of Haifa, it was originally a Phoenician settlement. Taken by the Romans and rebuilt in the 1st century BC by Herod the Great, it was renamed for his patron Augustus. The capital of the Roman province of Judaea in AD 6, it was the site of an early Christian church and was often visited by St. Paul. It later declined under Byzantine and Arab rule and was destroyed by the Mamluk sultan Baybars I in the 13th century.

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Caesarea Palestinae (sĕsərē'ə pălĭstī'nē, sĕzə–, sēzə–) , city, NW ancient Palestine, c.20 mi (32 km) S of Mt. Carmel. It was taken (104 B.C.) by Alexander Jannaeus, leader of the Maccabees, and was made (30 B.C.) the capital of Herod the Great. The Jewish citizens were massacred by the Romans in A.D. 66.

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