Studies in the Archaeology and History of Caesarea Maritima (2011 Patrich), book

Studies in the Archaeology and History of Caesarea Maritima (2011) is a book by Joseph Patrich.

Abstract

<Caesarea Maritima, the capital of the Roman province of Judaea / Palaestina, was founded in 10/9 BCE by Herod the Great to serve as an administrative and economic center. It was named after his Roman patron Caesar Augustus, the first Roman emperor. The book, well illustrated, presents the results of the large scale excavations at the site during the 1990’s and early 2000’s in their wider historical and cultural context: the architectural evolution and transformation of the thriving city from its foundation to its decline caused by the Arab conquest (640/41 CE), its conversion to a Roman colony in 71 CE, aspects of provincial administration, commerce and economy, entertainment and religious life of its communities – Jews, Pagans, Christians and Samaritans.>--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Leiden: Brill, 2011 (Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity, 77).

Contents

• 1. Herodian Caesarea: The Urban Space
• 2. The Wall Street, the Eastern Stoa, the Location of the Tetrapylon, and the Halakhic Status of Caesarea Maritima (Interpreting Tosefta, Ahilot, 18:13)
• 3. On the Proclamation of Caesarea as a Roman Colony
• 4. Urban Space in Caesarea Maritima in the Late Antiquity
• 5. Several Aspects of Commerce and Economy in Late Antique Caesarea
• 6. Caesarea in Transition: The Archaeological Evidence from the Southwest Zone (Areas CC, KK, NN)
• 7. Herod’s Hippodrome/Stadium at Caesarea and the Games Conducted Therein
• 8. The Praetoria at Caesarea Maritima
• 9. Warehouses and Granaries in Caesarea Maritima
• 10. A Chapel of St. Paul at Caesarea Maritima?
• 11. Four Christian Objects from Caesarea Maritima
• 12. The Martyrs of Caesarea: The Urban Context

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