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Caesarea Maritima
Caesarea Maritima was a city built over 2,000 years ago (c. 22-10 BCE) on the coast of the Eastern Mediterranean. With Roman engineering and largesse, Herod the Great (r. 37-4 BCE) accomplished this feat by constructing a whole metropolis...
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Caesarea (North Africa)
Caesarea was actually the name of three separate cities: one in Palestine, one in Cappadocia (Asia Minor), and one in Mauretania, present-day Algeria. The first city, Caesarea Maritima, was built by Herod around 25 BCE and, like the other...
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The Infrastructure of Caesarea Maritima
Caesarea Maritima, an ancient metropolis in modern-day Israel, was a remarkable engineering accomplishment. Extending Rome's military and commercial presence in the eastern Mediterranean in the latter years of the 1st century BCE, Herod the...
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Caesarea Maritima
Caesarea Maritima National Park, Israel.
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High-Level Aqueduct of Caesarea Maritima
The high-level aqueduct of Caesarea built by Herod the Gret (r. 37-4 BCE), Caesarea Maritima, Israel.
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Theater at Caesarea Maritima
Roman theatre, constructed by Herod the Great (r. 37-4 BCE) during the first stages of the city's development and renovated in the 2nd century CE, Caesarea, Israel.
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Roman Aqueduct, Caesarea
The Roman aqueduct of Caesarea Palestina.
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Mithraeum, Caesarea Maritima
Mithraeum, a 1st-century grain storage converted into a Mithraeum during the 3rd century CE, Caesarea Maritima, Israel.
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Promontory Palace of Herod the Great, Caesarea
The peristyle of the Upper Terrace of the Promontory Palace of Herod the Great with the Hippodrome in the background, Caesarea, Israel.
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Ancient Theatre of Iol Caesarea, Algeria
The ancient Theatre of Iol Caesarea (modern Cherchell in Algeria) was probably built during the time of Juba II (c. 48 BCE-23 CE). The orchestra was modified towards the end of the 2nd century CE or the beginning of the 3rd century CE to...