Beirut
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny, H. Kopp, Herbert Verreth, B. Siewert-Mayer, Mark Depauw, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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History
An ancient Phoenician city, known by various names in antiquity, in what is now Lebanon.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678060
33.8985935, 35.511241
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 230 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Bairūt (Modern Standard Arabic, 1344 BC - AD 2000)
- Barut (Georgian, 1200 BC - AD 1291)
- Baruth (AD 1081 - AD 1291)
- Beirut (English, modern)
- Beirut (German, 2000 BC - AD 2000)
- Berot (Canaanite, 540 BC - 330 BC)
- Berytos (330 BC - 140 BC)
- Berytus (Latin, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Bi'rû (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Biruta (Akkadian, 1344 BC - 1212 BC)
- Bērytos (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 650)
- Bērūt (Arabic, 2000 BC - AD 2000)
- Bēt Lāpaṭ (330 BC - 140 BC)
- Bēt Lāpāṭ (Syriac, 330 BC - 140 BC)
- Col. Iulia Augusta Felix (30 BC - AD 300)
- Laodikeia (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Laodikeia en te Phoinike (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Beirut part of (regional) Philistia (region) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Beirut part of (administrative) Sidon/Col. Aurelia Pia (720 BC - 540 BC)
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- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 69 C2 Berytus/Laodikeia en te Phoinike/Col. Iulia Augusta Felix
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Beirut LEB
E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny, H. Kopp, Herbert Verreth, B. Siewert-Mayer, Mark Depauw, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Beirut: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678060> [accessed: 25 April 2024]
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