Berytus
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Berytus is the ancient city that later became Beirut, a major coastal center of Phoenician and subsequently Greco-Roman and Byzantine civilization in the eastern Mediterranean.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Berytus | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Byzantine city
ⓘ
Phoenician city ⓘ Roman colonia ⓘ ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| archaeologicalRemainsFoundIn | downtown Beirut ⓘ |
| declinedAfter | major earthquake in late antiquity ⓘ |
| developedAs | Roman colonia under Augustus ⓘ |
| famousFor |
Roman architecture
ⓘ
Roman law school ⓘ baths ⓘ colonnaded streets ⓘ hippodrome ⓘ mosaics ⓘ theaters ⓘ |
| flourishedIn |
Byzantine period
ⓘ
Roman Imperial period ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Phoenician civilization
ⓘ
surface form:
Phoenicians
|
| grantedBy |
Augustus
ⓘ
surface form:
Emperor Augustus
|
| hadFunction |
administrative center
ⓘ
cultural center ⓘ legal education center ⓘ major coastal trading center ⓘ |
| hadLanguage |
Greek
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ Phoenician ⓘ |
| hadPopulation | mixed Roman, Greek, and Semitic inhabitants ⓘ |
| hadStatus | Roman colonia with Latin rights ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLocation | approximate coordinates of modern Beirut ⓘ |
| hasModernName | Beirut ⓘ |
| knownAs |
Berytus
ⓘ
surface form:
Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Berytus
|
| laterBecame | Beirut ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Byzantine theme of Syria
ⓘ
surface form:
Byzantine Syria
Phoenician civilization ⓘ
surface form:
Phoenicia
Roman Syria ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Lebanon ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Mediterranean Sea
ⓘ
eastern Mediterranean coast ⓘ |
| partOf |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
Ancient Mediterranean world ⓘ
surface form:
Greco-Roman world
Phoenician civilization ⓘ |
| region |
Levant region
ⓘ
surface form:
Levant
|
| religionPracticed |
Christianity
ⓘ
Greco-Roman paganism ⓘ Phoenician polytheism ⓘ |
| sufferedFrom |
earthquakes
ⓘ
tsunamis ⓘ |
| underRomanRule |
Herod Agrippa I
ⓘ
Herod the Great ⓘ |