Isidore of Seville, Etymologies 5.1.75
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Context
Isidore, born to an aristocratic family in Cartagena, was an influential
scholar and Archbishop of Seville at the dawn of the Middle Ages. Beyond his bold
ecclesiastical leadership in the old Roman province and his program to integrate the Spanish
Kingdom of the Arian Visigoths, he wrote an encyclopedia in 20 volumes. Isidore compiled
knowledge in all fields based on research across an extensive range of classical writings,
which he often quoted or paraphrased. In this passage from the book on buildings and fields
(de aedificiis et agris), Isidore discusses the founding of Caesarea by
Herod.
Text
Caesaream Mauretaniae oppidum Iuba rex Maurorum in honorem Caesaris
Augusti condidit, quam ex eius nomine Caesaream appellavit; sicut Herodes aliam Caesaream in Palaestina, quae nunc urbs est clarissima.1
Textual Note
Ed. Lindsay 1911Translation
Juba, king of the Moors, founded Caesarea, a town in Mauretania, in
honor of Caesar Augustus, and called it Caesarea from his name, just as Herod (did in
the case of) another Caesarea, in Palestine, which is now a most
famous city.
Translation Note
Trans. J. L. RifeWorks Cited
- 1 Isidore of Seville, Isidori Hispalensis episcopi Etymologiarum sive Originum. Tomus I, Libri I-X, ed. W. M. Lindsay, vol. 1, 2 vols., Scriptorum classicorum bibliotheca Oxoniensis (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1911), bk: 5, ch: 1.75.
Additional Bibliography
- Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae Libri I-X: Machine Readable Text, ed. W.M. Lindsay (Toronto: University of Toronto, 2006)
- Isidore of Seville, The Etymologies of Isidore of Seville, trans. Stephen A Barney et al. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010)
How to Cite This Entry
Joseph L. Rife, “Isidore of Seville, Etymologies 5.1.75,” in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, entry published October 19, 2022, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/261.
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