A, A, D, E, H, L, M
(?), M, P, S, T.
C- ⇒ K-
Caesarea (Kappadokia) (mod. Kayseri; 38 ̊ 43 ’ N, 35 ̊ 28 ’ E): on the north foot of
Mt. Argaios (Erciyes Dag ̆), originally “Mazaka” and the capital of the Kappadokian king-
dom; renamed Caesarea 10 BCE and the provincial capital from 17 BCE. Taken by the
Sasanians 260 CE; Christian riots ca 360 CE destroyed temples; deprived of municipal status
by Julian; later a military center with weapon and textile factories. PECS 182, R.P. Harper;
ODB 363 – 364, C.F.W. Foss; OCD3 272, A.H.M. Jones et al.; BAGRW 63-G3/64-A3; BNP 2
(2003) 916–917, K. Strobel and T. Leisten.
B.
Caesarea (Mauretania) (mod. Cherchel; 36 ̊ 36 ’ N, 02 ̊ 11 ’E): Phoenician or Punic
emporium named “Iol”; renamed by I II in honor of A (S 17.3.12),
and much built up; capital of the province from ca 45 CE. Sacked ca 370 CE; again in 429
CE by Vandals. PECS 413 – 414, J. Lassus; OCD3 272, T.W. Potter; BAGRW 30-D3; BNP 2
(2003) 917–918, W. Huß.
P.
Caesarodunum (mod. Tours; 47 ̊ 24 ’ N, 00 ̊ 41 ’ E): on the south bank of the Loire and the
road from Bordeaux, founded in the 1st c. CE; destroyed by Germans 275 CE, soon moved
and rebuilt; from 374 CE the provincial capital and a Christian bishopric. PECS 182 – 183,
C. Lelong; BAGRW 14-F1; BNP 2 (2003) 920, E. Olshausen; EJ2 20.70, B. Blumenkranz
and D. Weinberg.
G.
Campania: mountain-fringed fertile coastal plain of west-central Italy, north of Lucania,
south of Latium (the region of Rome); the site of many harbors, and of Mt. Vesuvius.
Etruscan and Greek colonies 6th–5th centuries BCE; under Rome from the late 4th c.
BCE, along the Via Appia (built 312 BCE). OCD3 283, N. Purcell; BNP 2 (2003) 1024–1026,
U. Pappalardo.
Sites: Beneventum, Neapolis, Nola, Puteoli.
People: S (?), V (?).
Campi Macri (mod. Val di Montirone near Magreta; 44 ̊ 36 ’ N, 10 ̊ 48 ’ E): south across the
Po river from Verona, and west-north-west of Ravenna; market-town (V, RR 2.pr.6).
RE 14.1 (1930) 162, H. Philipp; BAGRW 39-H4.
T (?).
Carthage/Karkhe ̄do ̄n (across Lake Tunis from mod. Tunis; 36 ̊ 51 ’ N, 10 ̊ 19 ’ E): empor-
ium founded ca 813 BCE by Phoenicians from Tu ro s, as “New Town,” east of Utica.
Prospered and, with the decline of Tu ro s, became capital of its own maritime trading
empire (with many daughter colonies around the western Mediterranean, esp. in Spain
and Sicily), until attacked (3rd c. BCE) and destroyed (146 BCE) by Rome. Refounded 44
BCE on C’s plans as a Roman colony, and ca 40 BCE capital of the province of Africa;
became the second city of the western Roman Empire, and an intellectual center; a Christian
bishopric from the 3rd c. CE. Captured by Vandals 430 CE, recaptured by Belisarius for
Buzantion 534 CE. PECS 201 – 202, A. Ennabli; OCD3 295 – 296, W.N. Weech et al.;
BAGRW 32-F3; BNP 2 (2003) 1130–1136, T. Leisten and H.G. Niemeyer; EJ2 4.499,
U. Rappoport.
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