The Good Shepherd at Caesarea Maritima

Caesarea also Caesarea Maritima, Caesarea Palaestinae or Caesarea Stratonis, was an ancient and medieval port city on the coast of the eastern Mediterranean, and later a small fishing village. It was the capital of Roman Judaea, Syria Palaestina and Palaestina Prima, successively, for a period of c. 650 years and a major intellectual hub of the Medite…
Caesarea also Caesarea Maritima, Caesarea Palaestinae or Caesarea Stratonis, was an ancient and medieval port city on the coast of the eastern Mediterranean, and later a small fishing village. It was the capital of Roman Judaea, Syria Palaestina and Palaestina Prima, successively, for a period of c. 650 years and a major intellectual hub of the Mediterranean. Today, the site is part of the Caesarea National Park, on the western edge of the Sharon plain in Israel.
  • Location: Caesarea National Park, Hof HaCarmel Regional Council, Israel
  • Region: Sharon plain
  • Part of: Roman Judea, Syria Palaestina
  • Builder: Abdashtart I
  • Founded: 4th century BCE
  • Abandoned: 1265
  • Periods: Classical antiquity to High Middle Ages

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