Caesarea
- Ancient name
- Caesarea Maritima
- Modern name
- Keisarya, Qesarya
- Modern country
- Israel
- Coordinates
- 32.5, 34.9
Caesarea (known as Caesarea Maritima to distinguish it from other cities of the same name, such as Caesarea Philippi) served as an important port under the Latin Kingdom of Jersualem, but the Mamluk sultan Baybars destroyed its fortifications after its conquest in 1265 and the city was abandoned. As such its presence in La sfera and on its maps supports the idea that Dati's geography is broadly historical rather than strictly practical. Campbell #1523.
The toponym Caesarea appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P027
Variant spellings of Caesarea in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| [...]esare | NYPL3 |
| casaria | He3 |
| Cesarea | Clas2, Cors2, Fn9, Fo, Pad1, Par3, Parm2, Pnc4, Wie1 |
| CEsarea | Med3 |
| cesarea | Ashb3, Con4, Laur5, Marc1, Morg, NB, Par1, Ricc8, Tre |
| cesaria | Bal, ME2, Magl2 |
| ceserea | Fn3 |
| ciesara | Ricc15 |
| ciesarea | Cs1, Fn6, He2, Laur3, Pal5, Tre |
| Ciesarea | Con3, Per2 |
| ciesaria | Pnc5 |
| orsarea | Ricc12 |
| pesancha | Marc1 |
| Pesarcha | NYPL2 |
| pesarcha | Ricc17 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Caesarea.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, May 3, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/caesarea/.