Baalbek-Heliopolis, the Bekaa, and Berytus from 100 BCE to 400 CE : a landscape transformed

Author/Creator:

Paturel, Simone (Simone Eid), author

Publication/Creation:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

Baalbek-Heliopolis, the Bekaa, and Berytus from 100 BCE to 400 CE : a landscape transformed / by Simone Eid Paturel

Series Titles:

Mnemosyne supplements. History and archaeology of classical antiquity, volume 426
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. 426.
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava.

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Landscapes--Lebanon--Biqāʻ Valley
Religious architecture--Lebanon--Baʻlabakk
Religious architecture--Lebanon--Beirut
Phoenicians--Religious life and customs
Religion and civilization
Baʻlabakk (Lebanon)--History
Biqāʻ Valley (Lebanon)--History
Beirut (Lebanon)--Antiquities
Rome--Colonies--Religious life and customs
Rome--Colonies--Asia

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. Sources, historiography, method & theory -- 3. From Hellenistic kingdoms to Roman authority in the Levant -- 4. Pre-Hellenistic and Hellenistic Berytus -- 5. Pre-Hellenistic and Hellenistic Baalbek and the Bekaa -- 6. Roman Berytus -- 7. Deir el-Qalaa -- 8. The sanctuaries of Niha and Hosn Niha -- 9. The religious landscape of Baalbek in the Roman period -- 10. Life in the Colonia from epigraphic, numismatic, and iconographic evidence -- 11. Landscape and religious architecture in the Colonia -- 12 Conclusion -- Appendix A. Location tables for Beirut excavations -- Appendix B. Macrobius 1.23.10-26.

Summary:

"The aim of this monograph is to understand the extent to which the landscape of Roman Berytus and the Bekaa valley is a product of colonial transformation following the foundation of Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Berytus in 15 BCE. The book explores the changes observed in the cities of Berytus and Heliopolis, as well as the sites at Deir el-Qalaa, Niha, and Hosn Niha. The work fundamentally challenges the traditional paradigm, where Baalbek-Heliopolis is seen as a religious site dating from as early as the Bronze Age and associated with the worship of a Semitic or Phoenician deity triad and replaces it with a new perspective where religious activity is largely a product of colonial change"--

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xiv, 343 pages : illustrations (some color), color map, plans ; 25 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936930113702486

ISBN:

9789004400580
9004400583

OCLC Number:

1089574111

Barcode:

010003154596