Joseph L. Rife (eds.), "Claudius Ptolemy, Geography 8.20.14" in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia entry published June 30, 2023, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/306
   
      
         
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         Caesarea Maritima is indirectly attested at Claudius Ptolemy, Geography 8.20.14. This passage was written ca. 130-170 C.E. possibly in Alexandria.
         Claudius Ptolemy was a learned Greek scholar, apparently of
            Greco-Egyptian descent and Roman citizenship, who conducted research in the fields of
            astronomy, mathematics, and geography during the 2nd century C.E. Apart from the
               Almagest, the famous astronomical treatise, his most influential work
            was a detailed survey of the world containing a gazetteer of places plotted in
            coordinates, his version of longitude (degrees of arc from a notional meridian through
            the Blessed Isles) and latitude (degrees of arc from the equator). In this work’s final
            book, Ptolemy provided captions about places for an atlas of regional maps. Among these
            he defined the limits of Palestine-Judaea and plotted the settlements along the coast,
            including “Caesarea Stratonis.”
         
        
            (13) ἡ δὲ Δαμασκὸς
            ἔχει τὴν μεγίστην ἡμέραν ὡρῶν ῑδ δʹ ἔγγιστα (ῑδ δʹ) καὶ διέστηκεν Ἀλεξανδρείας πρὸς
            ἀνατολὰς μιᾶς ὥρας 𐅵ιβʹ (𐅵ιεʹ)(14) Τῆς δὲ Παλαιστίνης Ἰουδαίαςἡ μὲν
               Καισάρεια τοῦ Στράτωνος ἔχει τὴν μεγίστην ἡμέραν ὡρῶν ῑδ ϛʹ
            καὶ διέστηκεν Ἀλεξανδρείας πρὸς ἀνατολὰς μιᾶς ὥρας γιεʹ(15) ἡ δὲ Ἀσκαλὼν ἔχει τὴν
            μεγίστην ἡμέραν ὡρῶν ῑδ ηʹ ἔγγιστα (ιδ ϛʹ), καὶ διέστηκεν Ἀλεξανδρείας πρὸς ἀνατολὰς
            μιᾶς ὥρας γʹ (γιβʹ)
         
        
        
        Ed. Stückelberger and Graßhoff 2006
      
         
        
            (13) Damascus has
            a longest day of almost 14¼ hours, and its distance from Alexandria to the east is 7/12
            hours (17/30 hours).(14) (Chief cities) of Palestine, (i.e.)
               Judaea:
        Straton’s Caesarea has a longest day of 14⅙ hours,
            and its distance from Alexandria to the east is 2/5 hours.15) Ascalon has its
            longest day of nearly 14⅛ hours (14⅙ hours), and it distance from Alexandria to the east
            is ⅓ hours (5/12 hours).
         
        
        
        Trans. J. L. Rife with ref. to
               Stevenson 1932 and Stückelberger and Graßhoff 2006
      
         
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        Alexandria
        Ashkelon (Askalon, Ascalon)
        Damascus
        Judaea
        Palestine
      
      
      
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        Natural Environment