🏛️ Caesarea Maritima-Antipatris
Roman port city and fortress ruins on Israel's Mediterranean coast
📌 Fast Facts
- Founded as Caesarea in 22 BCE by Herod the Great; earlier settlement called Strato's Tower
- Served as capital of Roman Judaea and principal Mediterranean port
- Partially submerged; excavations reveal theaters, aqueducts, and harbor structures
- UNESCO World Heritage Site; located near Kibbutz Sdot Yam, north of Tel Aviv
Caesarea Maritima stands as one of the eastern Mediterranean's most significant archaeological sites, preserving substantial remains of a ...