City
Cesaria
Caesarea
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Caesarea began as a small harbour and trading town called Strato's Tower, until Herod the Great enlarged it, gave it a splendid harbour and a temple, and renamed it in honour of the emperor Augustus. It became the seat of the Roman governor of Judaea. Vespasian was proclaimed emperor here and later made the town a colony. Two writers were born here: the church historian Eusebius, who became its bishop in 315, and the historian Procopius. The map marks the town with a pair of towers, and the road line towards Caporcotani runs straight through the distance figure, splitting it into twenty and eight.