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Caesărēa (-ī^a ), ae, f., = Καισἀρεια.
I. A very important town in Palestine, previously called Stratonis turris, now Kaisariyeh, Plin. 5, 13, 14, § 69; Tac. H. 2, 78; Eutr. 7, 10; Amm. 14, 8, 11.—Hence,
B. Deriv.: Caesărĭensis , e, adj., of Cœsarea: “Colonia,Dig. 50, 15, 1.—Caesărĭ-enses , ium, m., its inhabitants, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 120; Dig. 50, 15, 8.—
II. A town in Mauritania, earlier called Iol, now Shershell (or, acc. to others, Tniz or Tenez), Mel. 1, 6, 1; Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 20, Eutr. 7, 10.— Hence,
B. Caesărĭensis , e, adj., of Cœsarea: “Mauretania,Tac. H. 2, 58 sq.
III. The capital of Cappadocia, now Kaisariyeh, Plin. 6, 3, 3, § 8; Eutr. 7, 6; Auct. B. Alex. 66, 4.—
IV. A town in Phœnicia, in which Alexander Severus was born, formerly Arca, Aur. Vict. Caes. 24, 1; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 1, 2.
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