Caesarea Maritima

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Roman port city ancient city archaeological site provincial capital

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Caesarea 2
Caesarea in Palestine (traditional place of martyrdom) 1

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cornelius the centurion → associatedWith → Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
Herod the Great → associatedWith → Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
Onomasticon → associatedWith → Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
Saint Reparata → associatedWith → Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caesarea in Palestine (traditional place of martyrdom)
Pontius Pilate → associatedWithPlace → Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
Amoraim → centerOfActivity → Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caesarea
Herod Agrippa I → deathPlace → Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
Pamphilus of Caesarea → diedIn → Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
Rabbi Akiva → diedIn → Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
Gregory of Nazianzus → educatedAt → Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
Herodian dynasty → hasCapital → Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
Apostle Paul → imprisonedIn → Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
Origen → laterActivityLocation → Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
Library of Caesarea → locatedIn → Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
Herodian period → location → Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
Cornelius the centurion → locationOfVision → Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caesarea
Eusebius of Caesarea → placeOfActivity → Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
Pamphilus of Caesarea → placeOfActivity → Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
Chronicle → placeOfComposition → Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
Ecclesiastical History → placeOfComposition → Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
Life of Constantine → placeOfComposition → Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
Eusebius of Caesarea → placeOfDeath → Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
Herod Agrippa I → residence → Caesarea Maritima ⓘ