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Studies in the archaeology and history of Caesarea Maritima : Caput Judaeae, Metropolis Palaestinae.

The book, well illustrated, presents in a wider historical-cultural context the results of the archaeological explorations (1990's to early 2000's) at Caesarea Maritima, the provincial capital of Roman Judaea/Palaestina, where Jews, Pagans, Christians and Samaritans lived side by side.

Main Author: Patrich, J.
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Leiden : Brill, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One Herodian Caesarea: The Urban Space; Chapter Two The Wall Street, the Eastern Stoa, the Location of the Tetrapylon, and the Halakhic Status of Caesarea Maritima (Interpreting Tosefta, Ahilot, 18:13); Chapter Three On the Proclamation of Caesarea as a Roman Colony; Chapter Four Urban Space in Caesarea Maritima in the Late Antiquity; Chapter Five Several Aspects of Commerce and Economy in Late Antique Caesarea; Chapter Six Caesarea in Transition: The Archaeological Evidence from the Southwest Zone (Areas CC, KK, NN).
  • Chapter Seven Herod's Hippodrome/Stadium at Caesarea and the Games Conducted ThereinChapter Eight The Praetoria at Caesarea Maritima; Chapter Nine Warehouses and Granaries in Caesarea Maritima; Chapter Ten A Chapel of St. Paul at Caesarea Maritima?; Chapter Eleven Four Christian Objects from Caesarea Maritima; Chapter Twelve The Martyrs of Caesarea: The Urban Context; Bibliography; Index of Ancient Authors and Literary Sources; Index of Personal Names; Index of Places and People; General Index; Illustrations.