History of Dor. 85 



district, to which the name Phoenicia was usually applied. This 

 may explain the frequent reference to Dor by later geographers as 

 a "Phoenician " city. It must also be remembered that the Philis- 

 tines seem to have been pushed to the south at an early period, and 

 that the interests and connections of Dor from comparatively early 

 times seem to have been with the coastland north of Mt. Carmel. 

 This relationship probably even antedated the cession of Dor and 

 Joppa to Eshmunazar by the Persian king' ; certainly that inclu- 

 sion of Dor within the domains of Sidon sti'engthened its Phoeni- 

 cian character. The list of cities subject to Tyre and Sidon con- 

 tained in Scylax^ indicates that the coast south of Carmel was in 

 his time (c. 350 B.C.) essentially Phoenician. 



VITA § 8. 



When Josephus Avas sent by the leaders in Jerusalem to take 

 charge of affairs in Galilee (66 A.D.), he found the people of Sep- 

 23horis in great trouble. Because of their friendly attitude toward 

 the Romans and their league with Cestius Gallus, legate of Syria, 

 the Galileans had resolved to plunder them. Josephus quieted the 

 disturbance, and allowed the people of Sepphoris to communicate 

 with their kindred who were hostages of Cestius Gallus'. The 

 latter was at this time in Dor, having evidently come down from 

 Antioch to quell the rebellion of the Jews ( Vita § 8) : 



dXAoL TOvTOv; fxkv iyu) iravTO'i dTnfjWaga tov (f>6(3ov Tretcras virep avTwv to. 

 irXriBiq kcu cTrtr/aei/'as ocra kol OiXovcn OLaTrefnrecrdaL 8ta, tovs iv Awpois otKCtou? 

 6fir}p€vovTu<; Kecrrt'cp. to, oe Awpa ttoAis icrrlv Trj<; $oivtKi^s. 



"But I delivered them out of all fear, and pacified the multitude 

 in their behalf, and permitted them to send over whatever they 

 wished, for their own relatives were hostages with Cestius at Dor. 

 But Dor is a city of Phoenicia." 



Whether Dor was perhaps at this time used by Cestius Gallus as 

 a base of operations is not clear. In view^ of the fact that Caesarea, 

 a few miles south of Dor, was used by the procurator of Judea as 

 his cajDital city, it seems rather remarkable that the hostages were 

 not sent there. It may be that the attack of the Jews upon 



^ See discussion of Eshmunazar inscription above. 

 - Miiller, Geog. Oraeci Minores, I, 79. 



^ But cp. Vita §67, where Josephus storms this city when the inhabitants 

 send to Cestius Gallus for aid. 



