Abdashtart I
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Abdashtart I was a king of the Phoenician city-state of Sidon who reigned from 365 BC to 352 BC following the death of his father, Baalshillem II.
Portrait of Abdashtart ("Straton") I from his coinage, c. 365–352 BC
Achaemenid coinage of Abdashtart I, circa 365–352 BC.
The Baalshillem Temple Boy – a votive statue said to depict Abdashtart I, given by his father Baalshillem II at the Temple of Eshmun.
Inscription in honour of Straton, Acropolis of Athens.
Caesarea Maritima
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Caesarea, also Caesarea Maritima, Caesarea Palaestinae or Caesarea Stratonis, was an ancient and medieval port city on the coast of the eastern Mediterranean, and later a small fishing village. It was
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…as well as silver, which funded the expansion of the Sidonian navy. It is supposed that he gave his name to the city known in the Hellenized world as Straton's Tower, which was later renamed Caesarea by Herod the Great. Joseph Patrich argues, however, that Straton's Tower may have been founded during the Ptolemaic…
The ruins of Caesarea Maritima, with the modern resort town of Caesarea (Keisarya) shown in the top right
The Bosnian Mosque at Qisarya
The Roman aqueduct
The theatre