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Caesarea
(ses′ə rē′ə, sez′-, sē′zə-)
- seaport in ancient Palestine, on the Mediterranean, south of Haifa, Israel: Roman capital of Palestine
- city in ancient Palestine, near Mt. Hermonalso Caesarea Philippi
- Kayseri
See Caesarea in American Heritage Dictionary 4
- also Caesarea Pal·e·sti·nae (pălˌĭ-stīˈnē) An ancient seaport of Palestine south of present-day Haifa, Israel. It was founded (30 B.C.) by Herod the Great and later became the capital of Roman Judea. The city was destroyed by Muslims in 1265.
- also Caesarea Phil·ip·pi (fĭlˈĭ-pī, fĭ-lĭpˈī) An ancient city of northern Palestine near Mount Hermon in present-day southwest Syria. It was built in the first century A.D. on the site of a center for the worship of Pan.
- also Caesarea Maz·a·ca (măzˈə-kə) An ancient city of Cappadocia on the site of present-day Kayseri in central Turkey. The chief city of the region, it was destroyed by Persians in A.D. 260.
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