The Roman City Of Caesare The City Of The Roman City

For my report I chose to write about the Roman city of Caesarea. Built by Harold the great in the first century, it was the ancient modern marvel. It was the capital of Judea and later was the base of the governor who took over the palace after King Harold died. It was the second largest harbor of the time in the first man-made harbor in history. Harold utilized a relatively new concept of concrete in order to extend his revolutionary building plans directly into the Mediterranean, creating land where there was not any before. Something that makes both Harold’s achievement in building the city and the fact that the city exists at all quite miraculous is that sits on an abandoned city and Sand dunes . And although it’s not certain how much of the city was built on top of dunes during its construction what is certain is that a large portion of the city most certainly

Although and playing next to was the hippodrome. This long arena which was situated right next to the Mediterranean and was made possible by the construction of the harbor. Was the site of many chariot races and athletic battles. This as well as the amphitheater played key roles in everyday life of this historical city. Because of the harbor’s unique position it was a popular stop for travelers, merchant and high ranking Roman officials. The Harbor of Caesarea called Sebastos, was ideally located in the southern portion of the Levantine coast of the Mediterranean. Between Alexandrea and Cyprus. This was important because of the trade winds that blew through this way from summer wind patterns. Many of the reasons for which Harold chose Sabastos disappeared after the king’s death. Because 10 years after the king passed away his son was disposed of by the Romans. From here Caesarea, became the capital of Judaea. Then and 71 CE the city which is loyal to the Romans and served as a base for the military Jew is was granted the status of Colonia