Joseph L. Rife (eds.), "Dietrich, The Holy Places 1616-1624" in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia entry published June 30, 2023, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/224
  
    
      
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        Cesarea Palestine, and Caesarea Palestinae are directly attested at Dietrich, The Holy Places 1616-1624. This passage was written ca. 1170-1173 CE possibly in Palestine.
      Dietrich (Theodericus) was a German priest of the 12th century who
        travelled to the Holy Land under the Kingdom of Jerusalem. His account survives in only two
        manuscripts of the 15th century that derive from a common ancestor. In this passage Dietrich
        describes his itinerary south down the old Palestinian coast, providing characteristic
        details of the settled landscape.
      
        
        Sequitur ultra quatuor
        miliaria Accaron sive Ptolemaida et postea Cayphas nova atque vetusta ultra miliaria tria.
        Deinde etiam ultra miliaria sex Cesarea Palestine, ab Herode rege cum
        adiacente portu insigniter exstructa, itemque ultra XIIII miliaria Ioppe sive Iafis cum
        portu propter australis venti flatum naufragoso, post hec nichilominus in ordine Gaza sive
        Gazara et civitas munitissima Ascalona, de quibus omnibus supradictum est: hee omnes
        civitates maritime sunt et omnes magne atque murate sunt.
      
        
        
        Ed. Huygens
          1994
        Österreichische Staatsbibliothek, Vienna 3529; Bell Library,
          University of Minnesota 1424/Co
      
      
        
        Four miles further
        comes Accaron or Ptolemaïs, and three miles further Old and New Cayphas. Then 16 miles
        further is Caesarea Palestinae, splendidly built by King Herod along
        with the adjoining harbor. And 14 miles further is Joppa or Jafis, with a harbor full of
        shipwrecks because of southerly gales. After these in order are Gaza or Gazara and the very
        strong fortress of Ascalona, all of which have been described already. All these cities are
        on the sea coast, and all are large and enclosed by walls.
      
        
        
        Adapted
          from Stewart 1896
      
      
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          1616-1624
        
        
          
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        Ashkelon (Ascalon, Ascalona)
        Gaza (Gazara)
        Haifa (Hefa, Caipha)
        Joppa (Ioppe, Jappa, Jaffa, Jafis)
        Ptolemaïs (Acco, Accho, Accaron, Acre, Akko)
      
      
      
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