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	Aelia Capitolina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Aelia Capitolina (Latin in full: Colonia Aelia Capitolina) was a city built by the emperor Hadrian in the year 131, and occupied by a Roman colony, on the site of Jerusalem, which was in ruins when he visited his dominion known as Syria Palæstina.
		The urban plan of Aelia Capitolina was that of a typical Roman town wherein main thoroughfares crisscrossed the urban grid lengthwise and widthwise.
		The Hadrianic Cardo Maximus of Aelia terminated somewhere in the area of the present David Street.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aelia_Capitolina (303 words)

	Bible Study - The Roman Jerusalem
		Aelia Capitolina was the title that the Romans (see Ancient Empires - Rome) gave to the quasi-city that they established on the site of Jerusalem after its destruction by Roman Legions under Titus in 70 A.D. exactly as prophesied by Jesus Christ 40 years before in Matthew 24:1-2).
		A temple to Jupiter was constructed right on the Temple Mount, and idols of Roman gods were erected throughout the city in a deliberate and malicious violation of The Ten Commandments.
		The area of Aelia Capitolina was walled and a varied population of foreign people was brought in, while nearly all Jews were forbidden to enter.
	www.keyway.ca /htm2002/20020215.htm (702 words)

	AELIA CAPITOLINA - LoveToKnow Article on AELIA CAPITOLINA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		AELIA CAPITOLINA - LoveToKnow Article on AELIA CAPITOLINA
		Aelia is derived from the emperor's family name, and Capitolina from that of Jupiter Capitolinus, to whom a temple was built on the site of the Jewish temple.
		AELIA CAPITOLINA, the city built by the emperor Hadrian, A.D. 131, and occupied by a Roman colony, on the site of Jerusalem (q.v.), which was in ruins when he visited his Syrian dominions.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AE/AELIA_CAPITOLINA.htm (144 words)

	Colonia Aelia Capitolina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It is forbidden for all circumcised persons to enter or stay within the territory of Aelia Capitolina; any person contravening this prohibition shall be put to death.
		Almost nothing is known about Christianity, whether Judeo-Christian or orthodox Gentile, in Aelia Capitolina from CE 70 until the third century.
		Eusebius attributed the founding of the library of Aelia, an institution of the city rather than purely an ecclesiastical library, to orthodox Jerusalem bishop Alexander (bishop, 212-251) although Aelia’s pagan population was in the majority.
	www.bibarch.com /glossary/MI/ColoniaAeliaCapitolina.htm (759 words)

	Jerusalem: The Northern Gate of Aelia Capitolina
		It is now clear that the gate was part of Roman Aelia Capitolina built at the beginning of the second century.
		After the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE, the Tenth Roman Legion was stationed in Jerusalem to watch over the ruins and keep the Jews from returning to live in the city and from visiting the Temple Mount.
		by the decree of the decurions of Aelia Capitolina." Another triumphal gate was erected on the eastern side of the city at the time.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Archaeology/jergate.html (528 words)

	center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		When Omar Bin Al-Khattab entered Jerusalem it was known as Aelia, as mentioned in the famous Omary Treaty.
		Rebuilt by Hadrian in AD 135 as the free-standing monumental entrance to Aelia Capitolina.
		It gave on to a semi-circular Plaza from which ran the two principal roads corresponding to the present Tareq El-Wad and Soq Khan El-Zeit).
	www.palestine.hu /jerusalem1e.html (1079 words)

	Catholic Biblical Quarterly, The: Les arcs romains de Jerusalem: Architecture, decor et urbanisme (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This hypothesis was given a scientific foundation by L.-H. Vincent, who argued that the EH was the eastern gate of Aelia Capitolina.
		She further speculates that the DG was damaged when the rebels under Bar Kochba took control of the city, and that the inscription was added in the restoration that followed the suppression of the revolt.
		That it should be focused on the EH and the DG is understandable, but this does not excuse her failure to deal with a mass of literary and archaeological data.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3679/is_199907/ai_n8861542 (905 words)

	Palestine: History
		An extensive program of road-building, probably begun in the context of Hadrianic patronage and accelerated during the revolt and in its aftermath, represents a major investment by the Romans in the security and development of the province (the map, using information from the Tabula Imperii Romani, shows the road system in Palestine).
		The two principle nodes of the network, at Legio and Aelia Capitolina, identify the location of the two provincial legions.
		The sack of Rome in 410 caused a significant episode of migration to Palestine as a group of aristocratic ladies responded to the holy man Jerome's invitation to settle in Aelia Capitolina and Bethlehem.
	www.usd.edu /erp/Palestine/history.htm (4659 words)

	Temples of Mount Moriah
		The walls of the Moriah Area are, we believe, the remains of the Terminus of Aelia Capitolina.
		The name of the city was changed to Aelia Capitolina and according to later sources, temples were erected to Jupiter and Aphrodite (42).
		One of the unsolved problems in the study of Jerusalem is the small amount of ruins and rubble from the later Roman period: the walls of Aelia Capitolina have not been found and the buildings of the Tenth Roman Legion which was stationed and served in Jerusalem for 200 years have not been found.
	www.templemount.org /mtmoriah.html (6948 words)

	* Aelia - (Numismatic): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sejanus then had his sister, Aelia Paetina, married to Claudius (who was not yet emperor) himself.
		Milan fell to Claudius II and Aureolus was executed.
		His second move as emperor was to send for the Praetorians and Casperius Aelianus who had been involved in the plot against Nerva.
	www.bestknows.com /numismatic/aelia.html (171 words)

	The Handbook of Biblical Numismatics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		No choice was left to them but to interrupt the building of the Roman colony by force of arms before it was completed" (The Coins of Aelia Capitolina).
		Whichever of the Roman provinces Hadrian visited - Egypt, Macedonia, Spain, etc. - commemorative coins were issued, and the Judaean visit was no exception.
		Hadrian even renamed Jerusalem as Aelia (his family name) Capitolina.
	www.amuseum.org /book/page18.html (200 words)

	Heading for Nicomedia.
		After his inspection Fabricius decided there was no need to worry about Aelia Capitolina which the ancient city of Jerusalem was named now.
		He named it Aelia Capitolina and Jews are not allowed within the city or to approach it any closer than the miles covered by a roman legion on a days march.
		The garrison was up to standard and first class troops were in control of the city and it's surrounding area.
	www.ancientworlds.net /193614 (636 words)

	Archeology in Israel
		The Roman Jerusalem, now named Aelia Capitolina, was not a busy place as all of its Jews had been banned.
		The first was built by Herod Antipas, later followed by a monumental entrance to Aelia Capitolina, built by the emperor Hadrian.
		Its basic design resembles the current one and consisted of a semicircular plaza from which sprang the two main roads of the city.
	www.jewishmag.com /65mag/jerusalemgates/jerusalemgates.htm (2251 words)

	Second Revolt-Jerusalem through Coins
		He renames Jerusalem to the pagan city Aelia Capitolina.
		Hadrian forbids circumcision as part of his general edict against castration and prevents the observing of the Sabbath.
		Antoninus Pius, Aelia Capitolina,, 138-161 C.E. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust r.
	home1.gte.net /~vze3xycv/Jerusalem/conf2ndRevolt.htm (631 words)

	A temple to the Roman gods
		Hadrian thus prepared a completely new city structured on Hellenistic plans and renamed it "Aelia Capitolina" ("Aelia" in his honour and "Capitolina" because it was to contain a Capitol for the Roman gods).
		In this new architectural plan the Garden of Golgotha came to be at the centre of the new city.
		From these descriptions, confirmed also by the archaeological research carried out in the area, we know that this pagan temple of Aelia transformed the Judeo-Christian site into a pagan one by placing the cult of Jupiter on the tomb of the Lord and that of Venus on Calvary.
	www.christusrex.org /www1/jhs/TSsptemp.html (811 words)

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		Neapolis (Nablus) was founded by Titus in 72, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem) by Hadrian in 135, Colonia Septima Severia (Sebaste) and Lucia Septima Severia (Beit-Guvrin) by the Emperor Severius (192-211).
		The evidence for this lies in the fact that in Jerusalem renamed Aelia Capitolina in I35AD, it was found necessary to create an episcopal hierarchy formed by gentile-Christians.
		This in turn implies a large enough community of the faithful of the same origin, This hierarchical structure, confirmed historically, assures us of the existence of a community which had to be governed.
	www.al-bushra.org /jerus2K/gentiles1.htm (2649 words)

	Jerusalem Prayer Mandate 1999 #9
		Despite a valiant revolt against the Romans (AD 133-135) the Romans changed the name of Jerusalem to Aelia Capitolina and the Jews were forbidden from entering their ancient capital, except for one day a year to mourn the destruction of both Temples.
		That is why the Roman Emperor Hadrian changed the name of Jerusalem to Aelia Capitolina.
		He was considered a god, so in changing the name of Jerusalem to Aelia Capitolina (naming it after his family name) and Israel to Palestine, he was trying to erase God’s claim.
	www.bible-light.com /JPM/1999-09.htm (1520 words)

	Texts on Bar Kochba: Epiphanius
		On weights and measures by bishop Epiphanius of Salamis (310-403) is a kind of encyclopedia, and mentions that Aquila was responsible for the building of Aelia Capitolina.
		And he gave to the city that was being built his own name and the appellation of the royal title.
		So Aquila, while he was in Jerusalem, also saw the disciples of the disciples of the apostles flourishing in the faith and working great signs, healings and other miracles.
	www.livius.org /ja-jn/jewish_wars/bk04.html (670 words)

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		This, however, did not alter the status of Jerusalem, which was still called Aelia Capitolina, for another 11 years.
		In 324 C.E. Constantine vanquished his political rival, Licinius, and brought the eastern portions of the Roman empire, including the Land of Israel, under his control, establishing his capital in Byzantium, soon to be Constatinople.
		The wave of construction and intensified pilgrim traffic, must have greatly improved the local economy, after years of relative dormancy during the period of Aelia Capitolina.
	www.biu.ac.il /JS/rennert/history_7.html (2467 words)

	117-132 CE - Hadrian, Aelia Capitolina, and Palaestina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		117-132 CE - Hadrian, Aelia Capitolina, and Palaestina
		Later, in 130 C.E. Hadrian visits the city, decides to turn Jerusalem into a Roman military colony and vows to remove all traces of the Jews and Judaism.
		He changes place names, calling Jerusalem by the Roman name "Aelia Capitolina." The area is no longer called Judea, but included in the larger territory called "Syria Palaestina."
	www.jerusalem-archives.org /period1/1-21.html (154 words)

	AELIA CAPITOLINA - Online Information article about AELIA CAPITOLINA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		AELIA CAPITOLINA - Online Information article about AELIA CAPITOLINA
		Aelia is derived from the emperor's See also:
		family name, and Capitolina from that of See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /ADA_AIZ/AELIA_CAPITOLINA.html (125 words)

	The Handbook of Biblical Numismatics
		Some historic coins - issued by Akko-Ptolemais (#121), Aelia Capitolina- Jerusalem (#122), Caesarea (#123), etc. -- picture the Roman ceremonial founding of the city.
		The Emperor is shown in a cart pulled by a bull and ox, defining the boundary as the area enclosed by a plough in 24 hours.
		#122 Aelia Capitolina, Hadrian 130 CE (City Coins, p.
	www.amuseum.org /book/page21.html (455 words)

	The Bar Kochba Rebellion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Hadrian then went ahead with his plans to level Jerusalem and raise a new city on the site, which he named Aelia Capitolina.
		It would not be until modern times that the Jewish dream of rebuilding Jerusalem as the capitol of a Jewish homeland would be realized.
		About this coin: This coin was minted some time after Bar Kochba, in the new Roman city named Aelia Capitolina that Hadrian built on top of the ruins of Jerusalem.
	www.electriciti.com /garstang/judaean/barkochba.htm (934 words)

	II. Jerusalem and Mapmaking
		The city appears as "Aelia Capitolina" on a fourth-century Roman road map of the world (object 8).
		The oldest surviving detailed map (reproduced in object 9), contains a large birds-eye view of "The Holy City of Jerusalem." A centrally placed image of the walled city of Jerusalem dominates the first modern printed map (object 10).
		An inscription notes that the city was formerly called Hierusalem and is now Helya [Aelia] Capitolina.
	www.usm.maine.edu /~maps/exhibit1/theme2.html (1008 words)

	Aish HaTorah's Western Wall Tunnel Tour: 6 Wilson's Arch
		According to Josephus, the Jews themselves were forced to destroy this bridge during the war against the Romans in order to make it more difficult for their legions to reach the Temple.
		Later, in 132 C.E., during the reign of the Roman tyrant Hadrian, Jerusalem was tragically transformed into a center of pagan worship and renamed Aelia Capitolina.
		At that time, the Romans rebuilt the bridge on the earlier foundations, using two parallel arches for support instead of the one original arch.
	www.aish.com /seminars/tunneltour/nf/nf06.htm (410 words)

	Jerusalem: "I Hate the Ground You Walk On" (Emanuel A. Winston) - October 1996
		Hadrian renamed Jerusalem 'Aelia Capitolina' after the defeat of Bar Kochba in 135 CE.
		Only the gods of Rome were to rule the ravaged land and Jerusalem's holy status was to be no more for the Jews (the Hebrews).
		and Omar referred to the city as "Aelia" for the old Roman name of "Aelia Capitolina"]../..../..You have to come and to fight and to start the Jihad to liberate of Jerusalem.
	www.freeman.org /m_online/oct96/winstonj.htm (2385 words)

	Placidia, Aelia Galla -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Captured in Rome when the city fell to the Goths in 410, she was carried off to Gaul and married (414) to the Visigothic chieftain Ataulphus, who was…
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	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9060274?tocId=9060274 (526 words)

	Palestine: Bibliography
		On individual cities see the section on Archaeology below.
		On the status of imperial colonia, especially Caesarea and Aelia Capitolina, see F Millar, "The Roman Coloniae of the Near East: A Study of Cultural Relations," in Roman Eastern Policy and Other Studies in Roman History, Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum 91 (Helsinki: Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, 1990), 7-58, esp 23-30.
		On Hadrian's patronage in Palestine see Kenneth G Holum, "Hadrian and Caesarea: An Episode in the Romanization of Palestine," Ancient World 23.1 (1992): 51-61.
	www.usd.edu /erp/Palestine/bibliogr.htm (3211 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Memoirs of Hadrian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		CAPs: Marcius Turbo, Asia Minor, Lusius Quietus, Mark Antony, Aelia Capitolina (more)
		My dear Mark, Today I went to see my physician Hermogenes, who has just returned to the Villa from a rather long journey in Asia.
		Marcius Turbo, Asia Minor, Lusius Quietus, Mark Antony, Aelia Capitolina, Aelius Caesar, Trajan's Column, King Decebalus, Licinius Sura, British Museum, Fidus Aquila, Julia Balbilla, Praetorian Guard, Son of the Star, Julius Severus, Tineus Rufus
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