Ceasarea

Historical background

The town meant is Caesarea in Mauretania, today's Cherchell in Algeria, originally the Punic harbour of Iol. The client king Juba II made it his residence around 25 BC and named it after Augustus; he and Cleopatra Selene, the daughter of Cleopatra and Mark Antony, surrounded themselves there with Greek art. Under Claudius it became the capital of the province of Mauretania Caesariensis.