Caesareum of Alexandria
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Gabriel Mckee Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Gabriel Mckee Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Sep 25, 2019 02:26 PM
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History
Hellenistic temple constructed by Cleopatra VII and dedicated to Julius Caesar, and later rededicated by Augustus to himself. In 13 BCE Augustus relocated two obelisks from Heliopolis to the site. The temple was converted to a Christian church in the mid-4th century.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/464391493
31.1999949811, 29.9007193898
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of approximate original site of the Caesareum at Alexandria (304 BC - AD 640)
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- Caesareum of Alexandria located at Alexandria (304 BC - AD 640)
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temple
- See Further:
Pleiades
Gabriel Mckee, 'Caesareum of Alexandria: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/464391493> [accessed: 03 October 2023]
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