Editing Caesarea Maritima (section)

====Byzantine period====
During the Byzantine period, Caesarea became the capital of the province of [[Palaestina Prima]] in 390. Caesarea was also the metropolitan see, with ecclesiastical jurisdiction over Jerusalem, when rebuilt after its destruction in 70. In 451, however, the [[Council of Chalcedon]] established Jerusalem as a [[patriarchate]], with Caesarea as the first of its three subordinate metropolitan sees. Caesarea remained the provincial capital throughout the 5th and 6th centuries. It fell to [[Sasanian Empire|Sassanid]] Persia in the [[Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628]], [[Siege of Caesarea Maritima (614)|in 614]], and was re-conquered by Byzantium in 625.