Tiberias is an Israeli city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee named in honor Tiberius, the second emperor of the Roman Empire.
Considered one of Judaism's Four Holy Cities, along with Jerusalem, Hebron and Safed, Tiberias is the location of the tomb of Rabbi Meir Baal HaNes shown in the foreground. Rabbi Meir was a Jewish sage who lived in the time of the Mishna. He was considered one of the greatest of the Tannaim of the fourth generation (139-163). According to the Talmud, his father was a descendant of the Roman Emperor Nero who had converted to Judaism.
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