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Aelia Capitolina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (303 words) |
 | 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 PalƦstina. |
| 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. |
| Bible Study - The Roman Jerusalem (702 words) |
| 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. |
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