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Roman-era aqueduct collapses in central Israel
Ynet News ^ | 8/18/23 | Ynet Staff

Posted on 08/20/2023 5:27:48 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal

Ancient Caesarea's water arch collapsed, putting its preservation at risk; The 1,870-year-old structure, built by Emperor Hadrian, was renowned for its precise design and impressive attention to detail at the time

The historical water arch in Caesarea suffered a collapse during the early hours of Friday. This arch stands on the Aqueduct Beach, a popular bathing spot. Representatives from the Antiquities Authority were present at the site this morning, and a team from the Antiquities Authority's Conservation Directorate is expected to evaluate the extent of the damage on Sunday. The collapsed portion of the arch, a 1,870-year-old addition built during the reign of Emperor Hadrian, faced this unfortunate fate.

The Upper Aqueduct of Caesarea stands as a remarkable and unparalleled discovery, known for its vastness, construction quality, and intricate design. The aqueduct was ingeniously constructed on arches, forming a conduit for channeling water from the southern Carmel springs to the city of Caesarea

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Books/Literature; History; Travel
KEYWORDS: aqueduct; caesarea; carmelsprings; godsgravesglyphs; hadrian; israel; romanempire; romans; yohadrian
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To: Roman_War_Criminal; SunkenCiv

REG: Yeah. All right, Stan. Don’t labour the point. And what have they ever given us in return?!

XERXES: The aqueduct?

REG: What?

XERXES: The aqueduct.

REG: Oh. Yeah, yeah. They did give us that. Uh, that’s true. Yeah.

COMMANDO #3: And the sanitation.

LORETTA: Oh, yeah, the sanitation, Reg. Remember what the city used to be like?

REG: Yeah. All right. I’ll grant you the aqueduct and the sanitation are two things that the Romans have done.

MATTHIAS: And the roads.

REG: Well, yeah. Obviously the roads. I mean, the roads go without saying, don’t they? But apart from the sanitation, the aqueduct, and the roads—


21 posted on 08/20/2023 7:53:04 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Larry Lucido

Life of Brian?


22 posted on 08/20/2023 7:58:35 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: Larry Lucido

;^)


23 posted on 08/20/2023 8:00:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: null and void

Now THAT was an actual investment in infrastructure, as opposed to most of what the gov’ts has built these days.


24 posted on 08/20/2023 8:50:05 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Global warming


25 posted on 08/20/2023 9:24:58 PM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Strange that a man with his wealth would have to resort to prostitution.)
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To: Celtic Conservative

You rebuild it


26 posted on 08/20/2023 9:29:19 PM PDT by Salamander (Please visit my profile page help save my beloved dog's life. https://www.givesendgo.com/G2FUF)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal; SunkenCiv

“I told them it wouldn’t last.” - Brian Williams.......................


27 posted on 08/21/2023 5:53:51 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
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28 posted on 08/21/2023 5:55:05 AM PDT by SJackson (In a war of ideas it is people who get killed.)
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To: LuxAerterna
Actually, Hadrian did start off as a "friend" of the Jews (there was no "Israel" and hadn't been one for 800 years).

The two main reasons for the revolt were
1. the aftermath of the KITOS war (the 2nd Jewish-Roman war from 115 to 117 AD) - when Jewish fanatics massacred gentiles in Cyprus and Cyrene (they completed killed off everyone in Cyrene)

2. Hadrian rebuilding Jerusalem -- Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 AD, the temple burnt to the ground (as Jesus prophesied in the Olivet discourse in Matthew and Luke)

Interestingly - during the Bar Khokbha revolt -> the kingdom of Israel was re-established but temporarily

Blue is the restored Israel -- the era of the redemption of Israel was announced, contracts were signed and a large quantity of Bar Kokhba Revolt coinage was struck over foreign coins.

Note that Simon Bar Kochkba was considered the Jewish Messiah, hence his "bar Kochkba" i.e. "son of the Star" or "Son of God"

29 posted on 08/21/2023 6:21:00 AM PDT by Cronos (I identify as an ambulance, my pronounces are wee/woo)
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To: Larry Lucido

What have the Romans,
what have the Romans,
what have the Romans ever done for us?

The aqueduct.
What?
...they, they gave us the aqueduct...

Yes, they did give us that, that’s true
And sanitation Yes, that too
The aqueduct I’ll grant is one
thing the Romans may have done
And the roads, now they’re all new
And the great wines too

Well, apart from the wines and fermentation,
And the canals for navigation
Public health for all the nation
Apart from those, which are a plus,
what have the Romans ever done for us?

What have the Romans,
what have the Romans,
what have the Romans ever done for us?

The baths.
What?
...the public baths...
Oh, yes, yes...

The public baths are a great delight,
and it’s safe to walk in the streets at night.
Cheese and medicine, irrigation,
Roman law and education
the circus for our delectation
and the gladiation

Well, apart from medicine, irrigation,
health, roads, cheese and education,
baths and the Circus Maximus,
what have the Romans ever done for us?

What have the Romans,
what have the Romans,
what have the Romans ever done for us?

Brought peace.
Oh, shut up!


30 posted on 08/21/2023 6:23:19 AM PDT by Cronos (I identify as an ambulance, my pronounces are wee/woo)
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To: Salamander; Celtic Conservative

lol


31 posted on 08/21/2023 7:13:04 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

I blame that scruffy looking shrub.


32 posted on 08/21/2023 7:18:37 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Cronos
Hadrian was a pedophile (after his catamite Antinoos died in the Nile, he had a city built at the site named after him, had him 'deified', and set up places of worship all over the Roman Empire), and despised the Jews in part because he considered circumcision to be self-mutilation. Throughout his reign he showed that he backed pagan Hellenism and supported the destruction of Judaism.

33 posted on 08/21/2023 7:21:45 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Need to go back to reference where I read that Hadrian was easier on the Jews and wanted to rebuild Jerusalem.


34 posted on 08/21/2023 8:49:42 AM PDT by Cronos (I identify as an ambulance, my pronounces are wee/woo)
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To: Cronos

In 66 AD, the Romans did nothing when Greeks in Alexandria Egypt massacred (burning some of them alive) local Jews. That was just one of the atrocities that led to the Roman War (Josephus’ Jewish War) that culminated in the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD.

Years went by. Hadrian didn’t want to rebuild it, he wanted to replace it. His first bang-up idea was to build a temple to Jupiter on the site of the destroyed Temple, and that was the precipitating event in the Bar Kokhba revolt.

After smashing the Jews again in that war, he had Aelia Capitolina built over the ruins of Jerusalem, and banished the Jewish population from the city.

The Romans had tried to stop the long practice of the Temple Tax. After the Temple was destroyed, Rome continued to collect the tax but kept the money, in an additional “**** you” to the Jews. As Michael Grant notes in his book “The Jews in the Roman Empire”, at their peak, which corresponds approximately to the peak of the population of the Empire, Jews made up about 15 percent of its population.


35 posted on 08/21/2023 9:13:06 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Warranty expired?


36 posted on 08/21/2023 10:59:46 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Is it still under warranty?

L


37 posted on 08/21/2023 11:01:44 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I just downloaded Michael Grant’s “The Jews in the Roman empire “ and in the introduction he writes

“Numerically, taken over the whole earth, they were fewer in those days than they are now – perhaps eight million as against fourteen million today. But no less than seven of these eight million were in the Roman empire, where they constituted between six and nine per cent of the population – in the eastern provinces, the percentage was perhaps as high as twenty.”

So more like 7.5% not 15%


38 posted on 08/21/2023 11:06:37 AM PDT by Cronos (I identify as an ambulance, my pronounces are wee/woo)
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To: SunkenCiv

Interesting

The fiscus Iudaicus was originally imposed on Jews. At the time neither the Romans nor, probably, the Christians considered their religion to be separate from Judaism. If anything they would have considered themselves as a Jewish sect

In 96 AD, Domitian’s successor Nerva reformed the administration of fiscus Iudaicus and redefined Judaism as a religion. This meant that Judaism was seen as distinct from Christianity and only those practising the former were liable to the tax


39 posted on 08/21/2023 11:09:35 AM PDT by Cronos (I identify as an ambulance, my pronounces are wee/woo)
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To: Cronos

Thanks Cr.


40 posted on 08/21/2023 3:00:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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