Caesarea Maritima and its harbour
The administrative capital Acts moves Paul to was a real Roman harbour city, and its praetorium, theatre and breakwaters have been excavated.
Fakapapau'i 'e he keliFeitu'u kuo keli22–10 BC
Herod's port city, built from nothing on an open coast, with a harbour made of hydraulic concrete poured into the sea — a technique Josephus describes and divers have since sampled. It was the seat of the Roman governors of Judaea, which is where Acts keeps sending Paul.
…and commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.
- Na'e 'ilo'i
- Caesarea, Israel — land and underwater excavation, 1960 — Successive Israeli, Italian and American expeditions
- 'Oku tauhi 'i
- In place, Caesarea National Park
- Na'e a'u mai fēfē kiate kitautolu
- Na'e keli hake, pe 'oku kei tu'u 'i he potu na'e langa ai.
Ko e me'a 'oku ne fakahā
The city and its role are established. The Pilate stone was found in its theatre; nothing else here bears on individuals.
Founga hono ngāue'aki 'e he kau hisitōlia
A major site in Roman provincial archaeology and in the history of concrete construction.
'I he Folofola
Fekau'aki mo
Ngaahi ma'u'anga fakamatala
- Raban & Holum (eds.), Caesarea Maritima: A Retrospective (1996)
'Oku 'i he lea faka-Pilitānia 'a e ngaahi fakamatala ko 'eni he taimi ni. 'E muimui mai 'a e liliu.