Berytus — Wikipedia

Berytus (; Phoenician: 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤕, romanized: Beʾerūt; Ancient Greek: Βηρυτός, romanized: Bērytós; Latin: Bērȳtus; Arabic: بَيرُوتَ), briefly known as Laodicea in Phoenicia (Ancient Greek: Λαοδίκεια ἡ ἐν Φοινίκῃ; Arabic: لاذقية كنعان) or Laodicea which is in Canaan (Phoenician: 𐤋‏𐤀‏𐤃‏𐤊‏𐤀‏ 𐤀‏𐤔‏ 𐤁‏𐤊‏𐤍‏𐤏‏𐤍‏, romanized: La‏ʾodikeʾa ʾ‏aš bikna‏ʿ‏n‏) 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...