Gerasa HippodromeofBerytusHippodromeof Constantinople Hippodromeof Thessalonica Tyre Hippodrome Miróbriga (Mirobriga Celticorum) Roman circus of Mérida...
Carole. "Seats of the Hippodromeof Tyre, Lebanon". World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-04-15. John Humphrey, Berytushippodrome on "Roman Circuses:...
Circus, measuring more than 490 m in length and 30 m of width, was similar to the HippodromeofBerytus. The circus could house up to 80,000 spectators. There...
monuments were erected and Berytus enjoyed full status as a part of the empire. Under the Romans, Berytus was enriched by the dynasty of Herod the Great, and...
the center to the HippodromeofBerytus in Wadi Abu Jamil. The 400-meter-long Colonnaded street was paved with successive layers of mosaics, displaying...
region) ofBerytus by emperor Augustus: the fifth Macedonian and the third Gallic., and Heliopolis from 15 BC to 193 AD formed part of the territory of Berytus...
earthquake struck Berytus, causing widespread damage. The earthquake reduced cities along the coast to ruins and killed many, 30,000 in Berytus alone by some...
city center ofBerytus to the Hippodrome in Wadi Abu Jamil. 19th century: Role of Bab Idriss developed after the construction of the souks of Beirut. French...
The Phoenician port of Beirut, also known as the Phoenician Harbour of Beirut and archaeological site BEY039 is located between Rue Allenby and Rue Foch...
"golden age" of Byzantium's hippodrome, and of the Byzantine charioteer. Christianisation of the Roman empire was accompanied by the abandonment of traditional...
port, that was renowned as one of the best of Ancient Levant; then created a Roman road from southern Anatolia toward Berytus and Damascus, that greatly improved...
also received the rank of colonia. After the death of the 2nd century Roman emperor Commodus, a civil war erupted, in which Berytus, and Sidon supported...
indignity he had hoped to avenge), Antony finally arrived at Leukokome near Berytus (modern Beirut, Lebanon) in December, engaged in heavy drinking before...
Seleucid king obliterated the Ptolemaic forces at Berytus on land and at sea, opening the way for the invasion of Coele Syria. There he captured Philadelphia...
circuses and hippodromes, which were usually rectangular and built mainly for racing events, and stadia, built for athletics, but several of these terms...
flourished. On the other hand, centres of learning such as the Neoplatonic Academy in Athens and the famous Law School ofBerytus lost their importance during his...
which are more or less semicircular in shape; from the circuses (akin to hippodromes) whose much longer circuits were designed mainly for horse or chariot...
used in the Hippodrome during races. A pipe organ with "great leaden pipes" was sent by Emperor Constantine V to Pepin the Short, King of the Franks in...
Journalist investigates the plundering of Lebanon's heritage". Berytus. XXXIX. Beirut: American University of Beirut. Archived from the original on May...
encouraged the growth of a new suburb south of this. One of the most famous Roman additions to the city was its hippodrome, the Circus of Antioch. This chariot...
for "master of soldiers"; pl.: magistri militum) was a top-level military command used in the later Roman Empire, dating from the reign of Constantine...
fanciful mosaic depicting racing chariots in a hippodrome, drawn by teams of peacocks, geese and ducks. The mosaic of Venus for which the house is named has been...
the famous school at Gaza. He may have attended law school, possibly at Berytus (present-day Beirut) or Constantinople (now Istanbul), and became a lawyer...
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