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Herod Antipas's Roman capital on the Sea of Galilee — the lake's alternate name comes from this city
GalileeHistorically Verified
Continuously occupied since Herod Antipas founded it around 20 AD. Major Roman and Byzantine ruins have been excavated since the 1920s, and the historian Josephus wrote about it in detail.
A Roman city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, founded around 20 AD by Herod Antipas and named in honor of Emperor Tiberius. It became the regional capital and gave the sea its alternate name ("Sea of Tiberias" in John 6:1, 21:1). Mentioned once by name in John 6:23, where boats from Tiberias arrive at the place Jesus had just fed the 5,000. Jewish residents initially avoided the city because it was built over a cemetery, but after the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD it became the most important center of Jewish learning in the world — the Mishnah and the Jerusalem Talmud were compiled here.
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