Around 2 B. C. Herod the Great's son, Philip, founded the city, named Caesarea in honor of the emperor, Augustus,d Philippi to differentiate it from Caesarea Maritima, a nearby costal town,
Caesarea Philippi is a city that was named after a deity that was associated with the shrines close to the Paneas spring. The spring was sacred to the pagan god Pan.
