Explaining The Bible on Instagram: "The city of Caesarea in the Bible, often called Caesarea Maritima (to distinguish it from Caesarea Philippi), was a prominent coastal port city on the Mediterranean, about 30 miles north of modern Tel Aviv, built by Herod the Great between 22 BC and 10 BC and named in honor of Caesar Augustus. It served as the Roman administrative capital of Judea, featuring an artificial harbor, grand architecture, aqueducts, a theater, and a hippodrome. In the New Testament,