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Caesarea (other)
Caesarea, a city name derived from the Roman title "Caesar", was the name of numerous cities and locations in the Roman Empire: Places In Europe * Kaisareia, Kozani in Macedonia In the Levant * Caesarea, Hebrew: Qeysarya, a modern town in Israel built near the site of ancient Caesarea Maritima * Caesarea Maritima, also known as "Caesarea Palaestinae", an ancient Roman city near the modern Israeli town ** Caesarea in Palaestina (diocese) * Caesarea Philippi, an ancient city at Banias, at the foot of the Israeli-occupied southern slope of Munt Hermon, Syria * Caesarea Magna, formerly Larissa in Syria, modern Shaizar, an ancient Roman city and modern Syrian town In Turkey * Caesarea in Cappadocia, modern Kayseri, an ancient Roman and modern Anatolian city * Caesarea in Bithynia, alias Germanicopolis (in Bithynia), former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see ** also Caesarea Ponti * Caesarea in Cilicia, renamed Anazarbus, an ancient Cilician and Roman city in modern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caesar (title)
Caesar ( English Caesars; Latin ''Caesares''; in Greek: ''Kaîsar'') is a title of imperial character. It derives from the ''cognomen'' of Julius Caesar, a Roman dictator. The change from being a familial name to a title adopted by the Roman emperors can be traced to AD 68, following the fall of the Julio–Claudian dynasty. Origins The first known individual to bear the ''cognomen'' of "Caesar" was Sextus Julius Caesar, who is likewise believed to be the common ancestor of all subsequent Julii Caesares. Sextus' great-grandson was the dictator Gaius Julius Caesar. After he seized control of the Roman Republic following his war against the Senate, he adopted the title of ''dictator perpetuo'' ("dictator in perpetuity"), a title he only held for about a month before he was assassinated in 44 BC. Julius Caesar's death did not lead to the restoration of the Republic, and instead led to the rise of the Second Triumvirate, composed by three dictators including Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
