Tiberias ( /taɪˈbɪəriəs/; Hebrew: טְבֶרְיָה, Tverya, Tiveria (audio) (help·info); Arabic: طبرية, Ṭabariyyah) is a city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee (also called the Kinneret), Lower Galilee, Israel. Established in 20 CE, it was named in honour of the emperor Tiberius.
Tiberias has been venerated in Judaism since the middle of the 2nd century CE and since the 16th century has been considered one of Judaism's Four Holy Cities, along with Jerusalem, Hebron and Safed. In the 2nd-10th centuries, Tiberias was the largest Jewish city in the Galilee and the political and religious hub of the Jews of Palestine. According to Christian tradition, Jesus performed several miracles in the Tiberias district, making it an important pilgrimage site for Christians. Tiberias has historically been known for its hot springs, believed to cure skin and other ailments, for thousands of years.
Tiberias was founded sometime around 20 CE in Herodian Tetrarchy of Galilee and Peraea by the Roman Jewish client king Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great. Herod Antopas made it the capital of his realm in the Galilee. Tiberias had a Jewish majority, living alongside a heterogeneous population. It was named in honor of the Roman Emperor Tiberius. There is a legend that Tiberias was built on the site of the Israelite village of Rakkat, mentioned in the Book of Joshua (Joshua 19:35). A discussion of Tiberias as Rakkat appears in the Talmud.[better source needed] In The Antiquities of the Jews, the Roman-Jewish historian Josephus states that Tiberias was located near Emmaus. This location is repeated in The Wars of the Jews.[better source needed]
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Plot
It is the time of the Crusades during the Middle Ages - the world shaping 200-year collision between Europe and the East. A blacksmith named Balian has lost his family and nearly his faith. The religious wars raging in the far-off Holy Land seem remote to him, yet he is pulled into that immense drama. Amid the pageantry and intrigues of medieval Jerusalem he falls in love, grows into a leader, and ultimately uses all his courage and skill to defend the city against staggering odds. Destiny comes seeking Balian in the form of a great knight, Godfrey of Ibelin, a Crusader briefly home to France from fighting in the East. Revealing himself as Balian's father, Godfrey shows him the true meaning of knighthood and takes him on a journey across continents to the fabled Holy City. In Jerusalem at that moment--between the Second and Third Crusades--a fragile peace prevails, through the efforts of its enlightened Christian king, Baldwin IV, aided by his advisor Tiberias, and the military restraint of the legendary Muslim leader Saladin. But Baldwin's days are numbered, and strains of fanaticism, greed, and jealousy among the Crusaders threaten to shatter the truce. King Baldwin's vision of peace--a kingdom of heaven--is shared by a handful of knights, including Godfrey of Ibelin, who swear to uphold it with their lives and honor. As Godfrey passes his sword to his son, he also passes on that sacred oath: to protect the helpless, safeguard the peace, and work toward harmony between religions and cultures, so that a kingdom of heaven can flourish on earth. Balian takes the sword and steps into history.
Keywords: 1100s, 1180s, 12th-century, abuse-of-power, adultery, anti-war, arab, archery, armor, army
Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Safeguard the helpless, and do no wrong
Tiberias: I have given Jerusalem my whole life. First, I thought we were fighting for God. Then I realized we were fighting for wealth and land. I was ashamed.
Imad: This is not a very good horse... I will not keep him. [he hands the reins to Balian]
Godfrey of Ibelin: [Director's Cut, before caving in his nephew's skull] Thank my brother for his love!
King Baldwin IV: If you continue like this, I shall have to find some use for you. If God can spare you, that is.::Balian of Ibelin: God does not know me.::King Baldwin IV: Yes, but I do.
Reynald: Who says I raid?::Tiberias: That witness, all of Jerusalem, Holy God! - and me.
Godfrey of Ibelin: You are not what you were born, but what you have within yourself to be.
Balian of Ibelin: [to the people of Jerusalem] It has fallen to us, to defend Jerusalem, and we have made our preparations as well as they can be made. None of us took this city from Muslims. No Muslim of the great army now coming against us was born when this city was lost. We fight over an offence we did not give, against those who were not alive to be offended. What is Jerusalem? Your holy places lie over the Jewish temple that the Romans pulled down. The Muslim places of worship lie over yours. Which is more holy?::[pause]::Balian of Ibelin: The wall? The Mosque? The Sepulchre? Who has claim? No one has claim.::[raises his voice]::Balian of Ibelin: All have claim!::Bishop, Patriarch of Jerusalem: That is blasphemy!::Almaric: [to the Patriarch] Be quiet.::Balian of Ibelin: We defend this city, not to protect these stones, but the people living within these walls.
Guy de Lusignan: [approaching a Muslim caravan] This caravan is armed, Reynald.::Reynald: Good. No sport otherwise.::Guy de Lusignan: They've seen us. Go after them. The rider is getting away.::Reynald: It's broad desert. Nothing will come of it, nothing.::Guy de Lusignan: I'd prefer not to be hanged before my wife is queen.::Reynald: Don't worry. "Who but Reynald", they'll say. It's always me. They'll believe it in Jerusalem, I assure you. You were at Nazareth, praying.::Guy de Lusignan: You're a dangerous man, Reynald.::Reynald: If the war's to be now or later, I would have it now. How long can the leper last?::Templar Master: God wills it. God wills it!::Templars: God wills it!::Reynald: Jerusalem! [all charge towards the Muslim caravan]
Balian of Ibelin: It is a kingdom of conscience, or nothing.
priest exhorting Crusaders: To kill an infidel, the Pope has said, is not murder; it is the path to Heaven.