When Judaea was established as a Roman province in 6 AD, Caesarea became its administrative and military centre . This status was maintained during both the Roman and Byzantine Periods.
North is to the right.
Roads are marked in red, names and distances in black. Maps like this must have been extremely useful to travelers like our anonymous pilgrim. As a matter of fact, almost every route taken by him is marked on the map, as are many geographical features like the river Jordan and the Dead Sea . The towns of Caesarea , Scytopolis , Neapolis , Jerusalem , Jericho are all denoted by a pair of small towers. Project, design, research and realization carried out by Eugenio Alliata ofm , assistant professor of Christian Archaeology at SBF-Jerusalem .