Category:Tiberias--history (subject)

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Survey of scholarly works on the city of Tiberias.

Overview

Most of Roman Tiberias was destroyed by wars, earthquakes, abandonment, and the continuous redevelopment of the town that has never ceased to be inhabited until the present. However, significant remains of the Roman town still exist and are visible in the recently established Tiberias Archaeological Park.

The most conspicuous monument is the Roman Theater. Its remains have been excavated and reconstructed, under the direction of Izhar Hirshfeld and Yossi Stefanski. Build in the 1st century, and significantly enlarged in the second-third century, the Theater had a seating capacity of 7,000 people.