Caesarea Maritima

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Caesarea Maritima was a major Roman port city and administrative center on the Mediterranean coast of Judea, notable as the provincial capital where Roman governors such as Pontius Pilate resided.

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Label Occurrences
Caesarea Maritima canonical 50
Caesarea 4
Caesarea, Israel 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman port city
ancient city
archaeological site
provincial capital
associatedWith Apostle Paul
Eusebius of Caesarea
Origen
surface form: Origen of Alexandria
constructionEnd 10 BCE
constructionStart 22 BCE
country Roman Empire
declinePeriod early Islamic period
excavatedFrom 20th century
foundedBy Herod the Great
governorResidence Pontius Pilate
hadInstitution Christian theological school
Library of Caesarea
surface form: library of Caesarea
harborName Sebastos
hasInscription Pilate Stone
hasStructure Roman theater
aqueduct
city walls
crusader fortress
deep-water harbor
hippodrome
praetorium
heritageStatus national park of Israel
knownFor engineering of its artificial harbor
role in early Christianity
laterBecame Byzantine city
Crusader stronghold
locatedIn Judea
locatedInPresentDay Israel
locatedNear modern Caesarea, Israel
locatedOn Mediterranean Sea
mentionedIn Acts of the Apostles
namedAfter Augustus
surface form: Caesar Augustus
partOf Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima
Herodian Kingdom
surface form: Herodian Kingdom of Judea

Judea
surface form: Roman province of Judaea
PilateStoneSignificance earliest archaeological evidence naming Pontius Pilate
religionInAntiquity Christianity
Judaism
Roman paganism
servedAs capital of Roman Judea
seat of Roman procurators
tourism major archaeological tourist site in Israel
was center of Roman administration in Judea
major commercial hub in the eastern Mediterranean

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Pontius Pilate associatedWithPlace Caesarea Maritima
Apostle Paul imprisonedIn Caesarea Maritima
Herodian period location Caesarea Maritima
Eusebius of Caesarea placeOfActivity Caesarea Maritima
Eusebius of Caesarea placeOfDeath Caesarea Maritima
Herod the Great associatedWith Caesarea Maritima
Gregory of Nazianzus educatedAt Caesarea Maritima
Origen laterActivityLocation Caesarea Maritima
Cornelius the centurion locationOfVision Caesarea Maritima
this entity surface form: Caesarea
Cornelius the centurion associatedWith Caesarea Maritima
Amoraim centerOfActivity Caesarea Maritima
this entity surface form: Caesarea
Saint Reparata associatedWith Caesarea Maritima
this entity surface form: Caesarea in Palestine (traditional place of martyrdom)
Herodian dynasty hasCapital Caesarea Maritima
Rabbi Akiva diedIn Caesarea Maritima
Herod Agrippa I deathPlace Caesarea Maritima
Herod Agrippa I residence Caesarea Maritima
Ecclesiastical History placeOfComposition Caesarea Maritima
Chronicle placeOfComposition Caesarea Maritima
Life of Constantine placeOfComposition Caesarea Maritima
Onomasticon associatedWith Caesarea Maritima
Pamphilus of Caesarea placeOfActivity Caesarea Maritima
Pamphilus of Caesarea diedIn Caesarea Maritima
Library of Caesarea locatedIn Caesarea Maritima
Hexapla placeOfCompilation Caesarea Maritima
Commentary on Matthew placeOfComposition Caesarea Maritima
Homilies on Exodus associatedPlace Caesarea Maritima
Herodian Kingdom mainCity Caesarea Maritima
Pilate Stone discoveredAt Caesarea Maritima
Pilate Stone associatedWith Caesarea Maritima
Sebastos locatedIn Caesarea Maritima
Sebastos partOf Caesarea Maritima
Italian Cohort garrisonLocation Caesarea Maritima
Italian Cohort stationedInCity Caesarea Maritima
this entity surface form: Caesarea
Caesarean text-type namedAfter Caesarea Maritima
Procopius birthPlace Caesarea Maritima
Ezer Weizman placeOfDeath Caesarea Maritima
this entity surface form: Caesarea, Israel
Ezer Weizman residence Caesarea Maritima
this entity surface form: Caesarea, Israel
Sara Netanyahu residence Caesarea Maritima
this entity surface form: Caesarea, Israel
Yair Netanyahu hasResidenceHistory Caesarea Maritima
this entity surface form: Caesarea
Talmud Yerushalmi placeOfOrigin Caesarea Maritima
Acacius of Caesarea placeOfActivity Caesarea Maritima
Coponius governedFrom Caesarea Maritima
Saint Paul imprisonedIn Caesarea Maritima
Agrippa deathPlace Caesarea Maritima
subject surface form: Herod Agrippa I
House of Herod hasCapital Caesarea Maritima
Legio X Fretensis stationedIn Caesarea Maritima
Chronicle of Eusebius placeOfComposition Caesarea Maritima