Berytus, briefly known as Laodicea in Phoenicia or Laodicea in Canaan from the 2nd century to 64 BCE, was the ancient city of Beirut 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 the Eastern Mediterranean shores south of Anatolia.
Roman ruins of Berytus, in front of Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral in modern-day Beirut
Roman coin minted in Berytus
Roman ruins in the Roman Baths Garden
General view of the Roman Baths Garden
Phoenice (Roman province)
Phoenice was a province of the Roman Empire, encompassing the historical region of Phoenicia. It was officially created in 194 AD and after c. 394, Phoenice Syria was divided into Phoenice proper or Phoenice Paralia, and Phoenice Libanensis, a division that persisted until the region was conquered by the Muslim Arabs in the 630s.
Marble head of the emperor Septimius Severus, from Tyre, on display at the National Museum of Beirut.