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CAESAREA PALAESTINA

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 943 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CAESAREA PALAESTINA , a See also:

town built by See also:Herod about 25-13 B.C., on the See also:sea-See also:coast of See also:Palestine, 30 M. N. of See also:Joppa, on the site of a See also:place previously called Turris Stratonis. Remains of all the See also:principal buildings erected by Herod existed down to the end of the 19th See also:century; the ruins were much injured by a See also:colony of Bosnians established here in 1884. These buildings are a See also:temple, dedicated to See also:Caesar; a See also:theatre; a See also:hippodrome; two aqueducts; a boundary See also:wall; and, See also:chief of all, a gigantic See also:mole, 200 ft. wide, built of stones 5o ft. See also:long, in 20 fathoms of See also:water, protecting the See also:harbour on the See also:south and See also:west. The harbour See also:measures 18o yds. across. The See also:massacre of See also:Jews at this place led to the Jewish See also:rebellion and to the See also:Roman See also:war. See also:Vespasian made it a colony and called it Flavia: the old name, however, persisted, and still survives as Kaisarieh. See also:Eusebius was See also:archbishop here (A.D. 315-318). It was captured by the Moslems in 638 and by the Crusaders in 1102, by See also:Saladin in 1187, recaptured by the Crusaders in 119r, and finally lost by them in 1265, since when till its See also:recent See also:settlement it has lain in ruins. Remains of the See also:medieval town are also visible, consisting of the walls (one-tenth the See also:area of the Roman See also:city), the See also:castle, the See also:cathedral (now covered by See also:modern houses), and a See also:church. (R.

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