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law school of Berytus
ancient school of Roman law, to 551 AD

Berytus
Berytus (; ; ; ; ), briefly known as Laodicea in Phoenicia (; ) or Laodicea in Canaan from the 2nd century to 64 BC, was the ancient city of Beirut (in modern-day Lebanon) from the Roman Republic through the Roman Empire and Early Byzantine period/late antiquity. Berytus became a Roman colonia that would be the center of Roman presence in the Eastern Mediterranean shores south of Anatolia.
551 Beirut earthquake
earthquake
Roman Baths, Beirut
historic site in downtown Beirut, Lebanon