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Herod built the Seaport at Caesarea for a number of different reasons.- He needed a port on the Mediterranean because existing ones were outside his kingdom or hostile to him.- He recognized Caesarea's strategic location along the Via Maris, the t...

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Caiaphas Definition

A high priest of the Jews who presided over the assembly that condemned Jesus to death. (Matt. 26).

Caldarium Definition

Hot room in Roman baths.

Calvary Definition

Golgotha, the place where Jesus was crucified (Luke 23:33).

Canaan Definition

Old Testament name for the Promised Land. It means "land of purple," referring to the color of the dye produced from shellfish along Canaan's coast. Canaan is at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea where Asia, Europe, and Africa com...

Canaanite Definition

The word originally meant "merchant" or "trader." Eventually it came to refer to the people of the region.

Capital Definition

The topmost part of a column.

Caravenserai Definition

Courtyard with rooms for lodging.

Caryatid Definition

Column in the form of a female figure.

Cella Definition

The great hall of a temple which contained the cult statue.

Central Mountains Definition

Region made up of three mountain ranges: Hebron in the south, Judea in the center, and Samaria in the north.

Centurion Definition

An officer in the Roman army in charge of 100 soldiers.

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