The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Caesarea

Judea (Region), Israel


View Larger MapDescription of institution: Built by Herod the Great about 25–13 BCE as a port city Caesarea Maritima, it was as an regional administrative center for the Roman Empire and later became the capital of the Byzantine Palaestina Prima province during the classic period. URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarea