Ceasarea

Construction of Ceasarea began in 22 BC.  A large sea port, amphitheater, hippodrome, palaces, temples and marketplace was built by King Herod the Great in only 12 years. Herod named it Ceasarea after his patron Augustus Ceasar; it covers 164 acres and eventually populated to over 100,000. After Herod's death, Ceasarea became the headquarters of Rome's …