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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
Front Matter
Copyright Page / Simone Eid Paturel
Dedication / Simone Eid Paturel
Acknowledgements / Simone Eid Paturel
Introduction / Simone Eid Paturel
Sources, Historiography, Method and Theory / Simone Eid Paturel
From Hellenistic Kingdoms to Roman Authority in the Levant / Simone Eid Paturel
Pre-Hellenistic and Hellenistic Berytus / Simone Eid Paturel
Pre-Hellenistic and Hellenistic Baalbek and the Bekaa / Simone Eid Paturel
Roman Berytus / Simone Eid Paturel
Deir el-Qalaa / Simone Eid Paturel
The Sanctuaries of Niha and Hosn Niha / Simone Eid Paturel
The Religious Landscape of Baalbek in the Roman Period / Simone Eid Paturel
Life in the Colonia from Epigraphic, Numismatic, and Iconographic Evidence / Simone Eid Paturel
Landscape and Religious Architecture in the Colonia / Simone Eid Paturel
Conclusion / Simone Eid Paturel
Back Matter
Location Tables for Beirut Excavations / Simone Eid Paturel
Macrobius I.23.10–26 / Simone Eid Paturel
Glossary / Simone Eid Paturel
Bibliography / Simone Eid Paturel
Index / Simone Eid Paturel.
ISBN
9789004400733
9004400737
OCLC
1096237475
Doi
10.1163/9789004400733
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