Caesărēa (-ī̆a), ae, f., = Καισάρεια.
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 Caesarea : Colonia, Dig. 50, 15, 1.
III — Caesărĭenses , 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 Caesarea : 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 Phoenicia , in which Alexander Severus was born , formerly Arca, Aur. Vict. Caes. 24, 1; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 1, 2.