Berytus
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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.
Key facts
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Laodicea in Phoenicia () or Laodicea in Canaan (2nd century to 64 BCE)
- Ancient site.image
- St. George's Cathedral, Beirut.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Roman ruins of Berytus, in front of Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral in modern-day Beirut
- Ancient site.map_type
- Lebanon
- Ancient site.map_size
- 270
- Ancient site.location
- Beirut, Lebanon
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.built
- Roman republic (merchants from early Laodicea/Berytus recorded by 110–109 BC)
- Ancient site.epochs
- Roman and Early Byzantine/late antiquity; previous port dating back to Iron Age III and Persian periods
- Ancient site.cultures
- Phoenician, Roman
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Roman colony
- Demonym
- Berytian
- Country
- Lebanon
- Located in
- Beirut Governorate
- Image
- St. George's Cathedral, Beirut.jpg
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- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- Commons category
- Berytus
- culture
- Phoenicians
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On the map
2 mapped locations