Kaisarea Maritima: Perbedaan antara revisi

Kota dan pelabuhan tersebut dibangun di bawah pemerintahan [[Herodes Agung]] pada sekitar tahun 22-10 SM di dekat situs bekas stasiun angkatan laut [[Foenisia]] yang dikenal sebagai ''Stratonos pyrgos'' (Στράτωνος πύργος).<ref>"Founded in the years 22-10 or 9 B.C. by Herod the Great, close to the ruins of a small Phoenician naval station named Strato's Tower (Stratonos Pyrgos, Turns Stratonis), which flourished during the 3d to 1st c. B.C. This small harbor was situated on the N part of the site. Herod dedicated the new town and its port (''limen Sebastos'') to [[Caesar Augustus]].

During the Early Roman period Caesarea was the seat of the Roman procurators of the province of Judea. Vespasian, proclaimed emperor at Caesarea, raised it to the rank of Colonia Prima Flavia Augusta, and later Alexander Severus raised it to the rank of Metropolis Provinciae Syriae Palestinae." A. Negev, "CAESAREA MARITIMA Palestine, Israel" in: Richard Stillwell et al. (eds.), ''The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites'' (1976).</ref>

 

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