Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 20.173
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Καισάρειαν

,

Καισαρείας

,

Στράτωνος πύργον

,

Cesarea

, and

Strato's Tower

are directly attested at Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 20.173. This passage was written ca. 93 - 94 CE possibly in Rome.

Γίνεται δὲ καὶ τῶν Καισάρειαν οἰκούντωνἸουδαίων στάσις πρὸς τοὺς ἐν αὐτῇ Σύρους περὶ ἰσοπολιτείας: οἱ μὲν γὰρ Ἰουδαῖοιπρωτεύειν ἠξίουν διὰ τὸ τὸν κτίστην τῆς Καισαρείας Ἡρώδην αὐτῶν βασιλέαγεγονέναι τὸ γένος Ἰουδαῖον, Σύροι δὲ τὰ μὲνπερὶ τὸν Ἡρώδην ὡμολόγουν, ἔφασκον δὲτὴν Καισάρειαν Στράτωνος πύργον τὸπρότερον καλεῖσθαι καὶ τότε μηδέναγεγονέναι τῆς πόλεως αὐτῶν Ἰουδαῖονοἰκήτορα.

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And now it was that a great sedition arose between the Jews that inhabited Cesarea, and the Syrians who dwelt there also, concerning their equal right to the privileges belonging to citizens; for the Jews claimed the pre-eminence, because Herod their king was the builder of Cesarea, and because he was by birth a Jew. Now the Syrians did not deny what was alleged about Herod; but they said that Cesarea was formerly called Strato's Tower, and that then there was not one Jewish inhabitant.

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Works Cited

20.173 Antiquitates Judaicae: Machine Readable Text Flavius Josephus B. Niese
20.173 Antiquities of the Jews: Machine Readable Text Flavius Josephus

Additional Bibliography

20.173 Antiquitates Judaicae Flavius Josephus Benedictus Niese
20.173 Antiquities of the Jews Flavius Josephus