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Caesarea (/ ˌ s ɛ z ə ˈ r iː ə, ˌ s ɛ s-, ˌ s iː z-/ SE(E)Z-ə-REE-ə, SESS-; Arabic: قيساريّة, Hebrew: קֵיסָרְיָה, romanized: Qēsarya, pronounced [keiˈsaʁja]), also transliterated as Keisarya or Qaysaria, [2] is an affluent resort town in north-central Israel, which was named after the ancient city of Caesarea Maritima situated 1–2 kilometres (0.62–1.24 mi ...
Caesarea, a city name derived from the Roman title "Caesar", was the name of numerous cities and locations in the Roman Empire: Places. In the Levant. Caesarea ...
Caesarea (/ ˌ s ɛ z ə ˈ r iː ə, ˌ s ɛ s-, ˌ s iː z-/) [a] also Caesarea Maritima, Caesarea Palaestinae or Caesarea Stratonis, [1] [2] [b] was an ancient and medieval port city on the coast of the eastern Mediterranean, and later a small fishing village.
It is likely that Pontius Pilate made his base at Caesarea Maritima, the site where the stone was discovered, since that city had replaced Jerusalem as the administrative capital and military headquarters of the province in AD 6. [8] Pilate probably travelled to Jerusalem, the central city of the province's Jewish population, only when ...
The Museiliha inscription is a first-century AD Roman boundary marker that was first documented by French orientalist Ernest Renan.Inscribed in Latin, the stone records a boundary set between the citizens of Caesarea ad Libanum (modern Arqa) and Gigarta (possibly present-day Gharzouz, Zgharta, or Hannouch), hinting at a border dispute.
The name Caesarea has been used as the Latin name for Jersey (also in its French version Césarée) since William Camden's Britannia (published in 1586), [27] and is used in titles of associations and institutions today. The Latin name Caesarea was also applied to the colony of New Jersey as Nova Caesarea. [28] [29]
Caesarea Maritima was the capital of Roman Iudaea province and after the Bar Kokhba revolt it was the metropolis of the diocese of Palaestina Prima. Until the establishment of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, it was subject to the patriarch of Antioch. The most notable bishop of Caesarea was Eusebius of Caesarea, also known
Caesarea (/ˌsɛzəˈriːə, ˌsɛsəˈriːə, ˌsiːzəˈriːə/; Greek: Καισάρεια, romanized: Kaisareia), also known historically as Mazaca (Greek: Μάζακα), was an ancient city in what is now Kayseri, Turkey. In Hellenistic and Roman times, the city was an important stop for merchants headed to Europe on the ancient Silk Road.