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| Title: Jewish Antiquities XIV. 205, 207-08 and "the great plain" Secondary Title: Palestine Exploration Quarterly Volume: 134,2 Pages: 130-143 Type: Journal Article Year: 2002 Abstract: Julius Caesar and the Roman Senate granted Joppa and the village in the great plain to the Jewish state in 47BCE. Rome recognized the Jewish ancestral rights to the seaport city and the surrounding area between Joppa and Lydda. Joppa subsequently served as an important point that connected the Jewish people in Judaea to the Mediterranean world by sea. Keywords: Eretz-Israel; archaeology; Jewish Antiquities |