Studies in the Archaeology and History of Caesarea Maritima

Caput Judaeae, Metropolis Palaestinae
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-90-04-17511-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 77, 500 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 930 g

Reihe: Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity

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.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in the study of archaeology and history of Roman-Byzantine Judaea / Palaestina, Early Judaism and Erly Christianity, Roman urbanism, administration, spectacles and economy; scholars, students and educated laymen.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Patrich, Joseph

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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
Bibliography
Index
Illustrations

Über Autor(innen)

Patrich, Joseph
Ph.D. in Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is Professor of Archaeology there. He has conducted large scale excavations at Caesarea Maritima Israel, and has published extensively on the archaeology and history of Roman-Byzantine Judaea / Palaestina.

Joseph Patrich, Ph.D. in Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is Professor of Archaeology there. He has conducted large scale excavations at Caesarea Maritima Israel, and has published extensively on the archaeology and history of Roman-Byzantine Judaea / Palaestina.