Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 15.293
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Στράτωνος πύργον

,

Καισάρειαν

,

Strato's Tower

, and

Cesarea

are directly attested at Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 15.293. This passage was written ca. 93 – 94 CE possibly in Rome.

οἰόμενος δὲ κατὰ τῆς χώρας οὐδὲν ἔλαττον ἰσχυροποιεῖν τὸν τόπον, ἀπέχοντα μὲν Ἱεροσολύμων μιᾶς ὁδὸν ἡμέρας, εὔχρηστον δ᾽ ὄντα καὶ κοινὸν ἐπί τε τοῖς ἐν τῇ πόλει καὶ τῇ χώρᾳ γενησόμενον. τῷ δὲ ἔθνει παντὶ φρούριον ἐνῳκοδόμησεν τὸ πάλαι μὲν καλούμενον Στράτωνος πύργον, Καισάρειαν δ᾽ ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ προσαγορευθέν.

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So he fortified that place, which was a day's journey distant from Jerusalem, and which would be useful to him in common, to keep both the country and the city in awe. He also built another fortress for the whole nation; it was of old called Strato's Tower, but was by him named Cesarea.

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Works Cited

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

Additional Bibliography

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