Aelia Capitolina – Jerusalem in the Roman Period

Dr. Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah is an archaeologist at the Israel Antiquities Authority. She has directed numerous archaeological excavations in and around the Old City of Jerusalem and published extensively on the city’s archaeology, including The Western Wall Plaza Excavations (2019).

"Weksler-Bdolah has done a wonderful job in sketching a clear picture of the development of Jerusalem’s/Aelia’s topography and landscape. The many figures and especially the beautifully produced colored maps make that picture even more vibrant." - Jan Willem Drijvers, University of Groningen, in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2020.09.35"À notre connaissance, aucun ouvrage récent ne livre à la communauté internationale une synthèse aussi complète des fouilles archéologiquesconcernant l’époque romaine dans Jérusalem depuis le 19e siècle jusqu’à nos jours. À chaque fois qu’il en est question, les références des rapports des fouilles sont données en note de bas de page, afin de s’y référer à volonté. Ne serait-ce que pour cette raison, l’ouvrage de S. Weksler-Bdolah est indispensable à tout archéologue ou historien s’intéressant à l’archéologie de Jérusalem, fût-elle romaine ou autre. [...] Pour conclure, nous insistons pour répéter la grande qualité de l’ouvrage de Sh. Weksler-Bdolah appelé à devenir un livre de référence." - Dominique-Marie Cabaret, in: Revue Biblique 2021 - T. 128-3 (pp. 404-421)

• Preface / ForewordList of Figures and TablesList of Abbreviations1 Introduction1 Chronological and Historical Framework2 History of Research3 Sources of Information for the Investigation of Aelia Capitolina2 The Camp of the Legion X Fretensis1 The Camp’s Fortifications and Related Structures2 Structures, Roads and Installations inside the Camp3 The Roman Dump on the Slopes of the Southwestern Hill4 A Few Comments Relating to the Army in Aelia Capitolina3 Aelia Capitolina1 The Foundation of the Colony2 The Urban Layout: The City Gates3 Streets and Plazas4 The Buildings of Aelia Capitolina4 Aelia Capitolina in the Fourth Century1 The Expansion of the City’s Limits2 The Construction of a Wide-Circumference City Wall3 The Identity of the Population4 The Christianization of the Cityscape5 Aelia/Hierosolyma in the Fourth Century: Summary and Conclusions5 Water Supply: Cisterns, Pools and Aqueducts6 The City’s Cemeteries1 The Northern Cemetery2 The South and Southwest Cemeteries3 The East Cemetery7 The Rural Hinterland of Aelia Capitolina1 The Imperial Roads2 Military Sites in the Rural Hinterland of Aelia Capitolina3 Settlements and Residential Buildings4 Rural Cemeteries5 Road Stations8 The City and Its Population 70 CE–c. 400 CE: Discussion and Summary1 From Jerusalem to Aelia Capitolina—Aspects of Change and Continuity2 The Urban Development of Aelia Capitolina In Light of Archaeological Research, a Synthesis3 EpilogueBibliographyIndex