Caesarea

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Caesarea (also Caesaria , Greek Καισάρεια Kaisareia ) stands for:

ancient cities:

  • Caesarea Cappadociae in the Cappadocia region of Asia Minor, today Kayseri
  • Caesarea in Cilicia (also Caesarea ad Anazarbum ) in Cilicia, near today's Dilekkaya (Kozan) in the province of Adana, see Anazarbos
  • Caesarea Germanice (also Helge ) in Bithynia, near today's Tahtalı (Bursa) in the Nilüfer district, Bursa province in Turkey, see Germanicopolis (Bithynia)
  • Caesarea Philippi (also Paneas ) at the Hermon Mountains in Palestine, today Banyas
  • Caesarea Maritima on the coast of Palestine
  • Caesarea Mauretaniae (the Punic Iol ) in Mauretania Caesariensis, near today's Cherchell in Algeria
  • Antioch Caesarea in Pisidia, near today's Yalvaç (Isparta) in Turkey, see Antioch in Pisidia
  • Arca Caesarea (also Caesarea ad Libanum ), today Arqa in Lebanon
  • Eitha Caesarea in Arabia Petraea, about 10 km north of Shahba in Syria
  • Caesarea Insula off the Gallic coast, now Jersey in the English Channel

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