Caesarea philippi modern banias located 40 km north of the sea of galilee in the southwest foothills of mount hermon was known for its grotto red rock bluff forests and springs.
Marble temple in caesarea philippi.
What is historically verifiable is that the see s bishop philocalus was at the first council of nicaea 325 that martyrius was burned to death under julian.
This was one of three temples herod constructed to honor caesar augustus in israel caesarea maritima by the mediterranean sea samaria sebaste in the south and caesarea philippi.
Caesarea philippi became the seat of a bishop at an early date.
Local tradition has it that the first bishop was the erastus mentioned in saint paul s letter to the romans romans 16 23.
The city and harbour were built under herod the great during c.
Paneas formed part of the tetrarchy of philip.
The temple sat in front of the cave that was believed to be the gateway to the underworld and where the greek god pan lived.
Caesarea maritima ˌ s ɛ s ə ˈ r iː ə m ə ˈ r ɪ t ɪ m ə.
As pan the greek god of pastoralism was often worshipped in caves it was perhaps natural that the first reference to this location around 200 bce calls it.
Situated between the strymon and nestos rivers the city was valued in antiquity for its nearby gold mines.
Herod the great s temple to caesar augustus.
The district was given by augustus to herod the great 20 b c by whom a temple of white marble was built in honor of the emperor.
And when caesar had further bestowed upon him another additional country he built there also a temple of white marble hard by the fountains of jordan.
In honor of augustus visit to the area herod the great built three temples to augustus called augusteums.
Paul became an important.
Philippi was an important city in eastern macedon which flourished in the hellenistic roman and byzantine periods.
Herod the great was given the area of paneion later to be known as caesarea philippi by caesar augustus in 20 bc.
Caesarea philippi also known as paneas to the greeks and romans and baniyas in modern times.
The area produced a lush oasis of life and overlooked the.
The place is called panium panias caesarea philippi where is a top of a mountain that is raised to an immense height and at its side beneath or at its bottom a dark cave opens itself.
He rebuilt and beautified the town calling it caesarea as a compliment to augustus and adding his own name to distinguish it from caesarea on the coast of sharon ant.
Site of the famous battle of philippi at the end of the roman republic the city prospered in the roman imperial era and after a visit from st.
In caesarea philippi there was once a magnificent temple of white marble built by herod the great to the godhead of caesar.
An earthquake in 363 c e likely destroyed the city.
