TY - JOUR
TI - Eusebius and Hadrian's Founding of Aelia Capitolina in Jerusalem
AU - Ben Zeev Hofman, Miriam
TI - Eusebius and Hadrian's Founding of Aelia Capitolina in Jerusalem
AB - From numismatic findings and recent excavations in the Old City of Jerusalem it emerges that the preparatory work on Aelia Capitolina started at the very beginning of Hadrian’ reign, most probably in the 120s, more than a decade before the Bar Kokhba war. The question then arises as how it happened that Eusebius mentions the founding of this colony as a consequence of the war. The answer lies both in the source he depends upon, possibly Ariston of Pella, and also in Eusebius’ own conception of Jewish history.
VL - 2019
IS - Volume 26
PY - 2019
SN - 1897-3426
C1 - 2084-3909
SP - 119
EP - 128
DO - 10.4467/20800909EL.19.007.11210
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/electrum/article/eusebius-and-hadrians-founding-of-aelia-capitolina-in-jerusalem
KW - Bar Kokhba’s coins
KW - Jerusalem excavations
KW - Ariston of Pella
KW - Eusebius’ view of Jewish history