Israel Study Program Pt 15

Standing next to the Podium built by Herod, which he artificially raised  by constructing retaining walls on top of vaults built beneath, we have to imagine the temple he erected to Augustus.

We are now leaving Herod’s Caesarea (will look for more remains of Herod later), and move 500 years forward.

We are looking down at the original Palace of Herod, which he had built into the sea

As we enter the site through an opening in the wall that surrounds the theatre, we find ourselves in a tunnel with an arched roof.

Changes were in the air also for the pagan society. Already Alexander the Great had started the concept of “ the global village”.

Rome conquered the world twice fold: first with its army, but more importantly with its culture.