Greek and Latin inscriptions from Syria. Beirut and its region. Volume VIII/1 - volumes 1 and 2.
IFPO| N° d'inventaire | 30956 |
| Format | 22 X 28 |
| Détails | vol.1 432 p, vol.2 336 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Beirut, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782351597927 |
The first Roman colony in the province of Syria was established on the site of the Phoenician city of Berytus (Beirut) at the beginning of the principate of Augustus. Populated by veterans from two legions, it was endowed with a very vast territory, extending in 15 BC in the Bekaa plain to the sanctuary of Heliopolis (Baalbek) and the sources of the Orontes. Volume VIII/1 of the Greek and Latin Inscriptions of Syria ( IGLS ) provides irreplaceable information on the history of the city between this founding moment and the reign of Emperor Justinian (527-565). It brings together 464 inscriptions from the capital of present-day Lebanon and from around twenty rural sites spread across the Mediterranean coast and the maritime slope of Mount Lebanon, including Deir el-Qalaa. Documentation from the first three centuries of the Christian era characterizes the colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Berytus as a small Rome in Phoenicia. The documentation of the following four centuries corresponds to a new golden age during which the city, now acquired by Christianity, asserted itself as the true homeland of Roman laws and the seat of a famous School of Law, whose prosperity was brutally compromised by the devastating earthquake of 551 AD.
The first Roman colony in the province of Syria was established on the site of the Phoenician city of Berytus (Beirut) at the beginning of the principate of Augustus. Populated by veterans from two legions, it was endowed with a very vast territory, extending in 15 BC in the Bekaa plain to the sanctuary of Heliopolis (Baalbek) and the sources of the Orontes. Volume VIII/1 of the Greek and Latin Inscriptions of Syria ( IGLS ) provides irreplaceable information on the history of the city between this founding moment and the reign of Emperor Justinian (527-565). It brings together 464 inscriptions from the capital of present-day Lebanon and from around twenty rural sites spread across the Mediterranean coast and the maritime slope of Mount Lebanon, including Deir el-Qalaa. Documentation from the first three centuries of the Christian era characterizes the colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Berytus as a small Rome in Phoenicia. The documentation of the following four centuries corresponds to a new golden age during which the city, now acquired by Christianity, asserted itself as the true homeland of Roman laws and the seat of a famous School of Law, whose prosperity was brutally compromised by the devastating earthquake of 551 AD.