Caesarea by the Sea was named in honor of Augustus Caesar. The city was described in detail by the 1st-century Roman Jewish historian Josephus. The city became the seat of the Roman prefect soon after its foundation. Caesarea was the "administrative capital" beginning in 6 AD. This city is the location of the 1961 discovery of the "Pilate Stone", the only archaeological item that mentions the Roman prefect Pontius Pilate, by whose order Jesus was crucified. Herod built his palace on a promontory jutting out into the sea. In the year 6 BC, Caesarea became the civilian and military capital of Judaea Province and the official residence of the Roman procurators and governors, Pontius Pilatus, and Antonius Felix.