Aelia Capitolina

Aelia Capitolina
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Location	Jerusalem
Coordinates	31°46′32″N 35°13′52″E / 31.775689°N 35.23104°E

Aelia Capitolina (English: /ˈiːliə ˌkæpɪtəˈlaɪnə/ EE-lee-ə KAP-it-ə-LY-nə; full name in Latin: Colonia Aelia Capitolina [kɔˈloːni.a ˈae̯li.a kapɪtoːˈliːna]) was a Roman colony founded during Emperor Hadrian's visit to Judaea in 129/130 AD, ^[1]^[2] centered around Jerusalem, which had been almost totally razed after the siege of 70 AD.

The foundation of Aelia Capitolina and the construction of a temple to Jupiter at the site of the former temple may have been one of the causes for the outbreak of the Bar Kokhba revolt in 132.^[2]^[3] Aelia Capitolina remained as the official name until late antiquity and the Aelia part of the name was used in Arabic as Īlyāʾ during the Umayyad Caliphate.^[3]

^ William E. Metcalf (2012). The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage. Oxford University Press. pp. 492–. ISBN 978-0-19-937218-8.
^ ^a ^b Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah (December 16, 2019). Aelia Capitolina – Jerusalem in the Roman Period: In Light of Archaeological Research. BRILL. pp. 54–58. ISBN 978-90-04-41707-6.
^ ^a ^b Jacobson, David. "The Enigma of the Name Īliyā (= Aelia) for Jerusalem in Early Islam". Revision 4. Retrieved December 23, 2020.

[Metcalf2012-1] William E. Metcalf (2012). The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Coinage. Oxford University Press. pp. 492–. ISBN 978-0-19-937218-8.

[Weksler-Bdolah2019-2] Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah (December 16, 2019). Aelia Capitolina – Jerusalem in the Roman Period: In Light of Archaeological Research. BRILL. pp. 54–58. ISBN 978-90-04-41707-6.

[Jacobson-3] Jacobson, David. "The Enigma of the Name Īliyā (= Aelia) for Jerusalem in Early Islam". Revision 4. Retrieved December 23, 2020.

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