In Byzantine times, Caesarea remained the capital until the early 8th century, when the Umayyad caliph Suleiman transferred the seat of the government of the "Jund Filastin" to Ramla.
In Byzantine times, Caesarea remained the capital, with brief interruption of Persian and Jewish conquest between 614 and 625. In the early 8th century, the Umayyad caliph Suleiman transferred the seat of the government of the "Jund Filastin" from Caesarea to Ramla.