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Map of the Roman Rule in the Levant, c. 200 CE
The Roman Levant around 200 CE, during the height of imperial consolidation under the Severan dynasty (193 - 235 CE), formed one of the empire’s most dynamic and interconnected frontier regions. Administratively divided into the provinces...
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The Temple and Causeway at Herod's Harbor
As part of Herod the Great's building program, with the temple located at the eastern foot of Herod's Harbor and the northwestern unbridgable entrance, the diameter route of its causeway would have expedited the movement of goods and military...
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Statue of Juba II
Statue of Juba II (c. 48 BCE-23 CE), represented as a Greek hero, found in the West Baths of Caesarea Mauretaniae (Cherchell, Algeria), dated to the royal period, 1st-century BCE-1st century CE. Archaeological Museum of Cherchell (Musée...
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Promontory Palace of Herod the Great
The Promontory Palace of Herod the Great stretching into the sea, Caesarea, Israel.
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Bust of Juba II
Portrait head of Juba II (c. 48 BCE to 23 CE), found in the East Baths of Caesarea Mauretaniae (Cherchell, Algeria), dated to the royal period, 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. Archaeological Museum of Cherchell (Musée public national...
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Inner Harbor, Eastern Wharf
Part of the eastern wharf of the inner harbor, Caesarea Maritima, Israel.
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Aerial View of Herod's Harbor
Aerial view of Herod's harbor at Caesarea Maritima, Israel.
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Towers and Arches at Herod's Harbor
As part of Herod the Great's building program, about Herod's Harbor in Caesarea Maritima, Josephus mentions “a great number of arches where the mariners dwelt” and “very large towers on a wall that ran around it.” The breakwater arms to which...
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First Crusade
The First Crusade (1095-1102) was a military campaign by western European forces to recapture the city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslim control. Conceived by Pope Urban II following an appeal from the Byzantine emperor Alexios I...
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Justinian I
Justinian I reigned as emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 527 to 565 CE. Born around 482 CE in Tauresium, a village in Illyria, his uncle Emperor Justin I was an imperial bodyguard who reached the throne on the death of Anastasius in 518...