2nd century in Lebanon

	2nd century in Lebanon
	Key event(s):
	End of Pax Romana, Year of the Five Emperors;
	Photos of 2nd century Lebanese Roman sarcophagi.
	Chronology:
	← 1st century; 2nd century; 3rd century →;

This article lists historical events that occurred between 101–200 in modern-day Lebanon or regarding its people.

Administration

Roman emperor Hadrian (reigned 117–138) is said to have considered a division of the overly large province of Syria in 123–124 AD, but it was not until shortly after c. 194 AD that Septimius Severus (r. 193–211) actually undertook this, dividing the province into Syria Coele in the north and Phoenice in the south.^[1] The province was much larger than the area traditionally called Phoenicia: for example, cities like Emesa^[a] and Palmyra^[b] and the base of the Legio III Gallica^[c] in Raphanaea^[d] were now subject to governor in Tyre. Veterans of this military unit were settled in Tyre, which also received the rank of colonia.^[2]

War of Succession

After the death of the 2nd century Roman emperor Commodus, a civil war erupted, in which Berytus, and Sidon supported Pescennius Niger. While the city of Tyre supported Septimius Severus, which led Niger to send Mauri^[e] javelin men and archers to sack the city.^[3] However, Niger lost the civil war, and Septimius Severus decided to show his gratitude for Tyre's support by making it the capital of Phoenice.

Propraetorial Imperial Legates of Phoenicia

Date	Propraetorial Imperial Legate (Governor)
193 – 194	Ti. Manilius Fuscus^[4]
198	Q. Venidius Rufus Marius Maximus L. Calvinianus

Events

100s

Eudokia of Baalbek is beheaded in 1 March, 107 AD.^[5]

110s

The 115 Antioch earthquake in which Beirut suffers significant damage, occurs on 13 December 115 AD.^[6]

130s

Roman Emperor Hadrian visits the city of Tyre in 130/131.^[7]

150s

Phoenician-born Pope Anicetus is elected as bishop of Rome c. 157 AD.^[8]

190s

Roman emperor Commodus dies on 31 December 192,^[9] leading to a war of succession, in which each Lebanese city took side of either Septimius Severus or Pescennius Niger.
In AD 193, Septimius Severus grants Baalbek ius Italicum rights.^[10]
Niger is defeated and beheaded in 194, ending the war of succession.^[11]
The Roman province of Phoenice is created c. 194 AD.
Tyre becomes the capital of Phoenice, 198 AD.^[12]

Wildlife

Hadrian's inscriptions of boundary stones, Lebanon.

The first attempt to conserve the Lebanese cedar was made during the 2nd century by the Roman emperor Hadrian; he created an imperial forest and ordered it marked by inscribed boundary stones, two of which are in the museum of the American University of Beirut.^[13] Material finds of this early type of wildlife conservation is provided by 200 inscriptions engraved on rocks all over the northern part of Mount Lebanon.^[14]

Architecture

Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek.
Triumphal arch of Tyre.
The Tyre Hippodrome.
The Exedra around the Great Court, Roman Heliopolis.

2nd century CE Roman temple, Yanouh.^[15]
Temple of Bacchus, possibly during the reign of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius (r. AD 138-161).^[16]
Triumphal arch at El-Buss.^[7]
Numerous 2nd century small temples and other sanctuaries in the vicinity of the temple district of Heliopolis, today's Baalbek, on the edge of the Bekaa.^[17]
Tyre Hippodrome.^[18]
the Great Court Complex of the temple of Jupiter, with its porticoes, exedrae, altars and basins.^[19]

People

100s

Lebanese Roman grammarian and critic Marcus Valerius Probus, dies in 105 AD.^[20]

110s

Adrianus of Tyre, a sophist of ancient Athens who flourished under the emperors Marcus Aurelius and Commodus is born in 113 AD.^[21]

130s

Marinus of Tyre, a Greek geographer, cartographer and mathematician, who founded mathematical geography and provided the underpinnings of Claudius Ptolemy's influential Geography, dies in 130 AD.^[22]^[23]

140s

Lebanese antiquarian writer of grammatical, lexical and historical works and writer of Phoenician history Philo of Byblos dies in 141 AD.^[24]

170s

The famous Lebanese jurist Ulpian, Latin: Gnaeus Domitius Annius Ulpianus; one of the great legal authorities, is born in Tyre, possibly c. 170 AD.^[25]

190s

Adrianus of Tyre dies in 192/193 AD.^[26]^[27]

Notes

^ Modern-day Homs/Hims (حمص), Syria.
^ Arabic: تَدْمُر (Tadmur)
^ A military unit of the Imperial Roman army
^ Arabic: الرفنية, romanized: al-Rafaniyya; colloquial: Rafniye
^ Latin designation for the Berber population of Mauretania, a region in the ancient Maghreb.

References

^ Eißfeldt 1941, p. 368.
^ Ulpian, Digests 50.15.1.
^ Herodian, Roman History 3.3.
^ Hall, pg. 94
^ "Martyr Eudokia of Heliopolis". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
^ Meghraoui, M.; Gomez F.; Sbeinati R.; van der Woerd J.; Mouty M.; Darkal A.N.; Radwan Y.; Layyous I.; Al Najjar H.; Darawcheh R.; Hijazi F.; Al-Ghazzi R & Barazangi M. (2003). "Evidence for 830 years of seismic quiescence from palaeoseismology, archaeoseismology and historical seismicity along the Dead Sea fault in Syria" (PDF). Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 210 (1–2). Elsevier: 35–52. Bibcode:2003E&PSL.210...35M. doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00144-4. hdl:1813/5320.
^ ^a ^b "Tyre, Al-Bass, Arch of Hadrian - Livius". www.livius.org. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
^ Campbell, Thomas (1907). "Pope St. Anicetus" in The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
^ Roman history, Dio Cassius, 73.22
^ Ulpian, De Censibus, Bk. I.
^ Southern, Pat. The Roman Empire from Severus to Constantine, Routledge, 2001, p. 33
^ Krause, Günter (1985). Begleitheft zur Ausstellung Tyros, Hafenstadt Phöniziens. Duisburg-Ruhrort: Museum der Deutschen Binnenschifffahrt. pp. 1–5, 12–14.
^ Shackley, pp. 420–421
^ "The forest inscriptions of Hadrian in Mount Lebanon FOLLOWING HADRIAN". FOLLOWING HADRIAN. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
^ Service de communication, Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée (2006-11-10). "Yanouh et le Nahr Ibrahim". Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée (in French). Retrieved 2010-08-14.
^ Seyrig, Henri (1929). "La Triade héliopolitaine et les temples de Baalbek". Syria. 10 (4): 314–356. doi:10.3406/syria.1929.3414. ISSN 0039-7946. JSTOR 4236962.
^ Taylor, George (1967). The Roman temples of Lebanon; a pictorial guide. Internet Archive. [Beirut], [Dar el-Machreq Publishers].
^ Tyre, Al-Bass, Hippodrome
^ Cook, Arthur Bernard. Zeus: A Study in Ancient Religion Vol. I
^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Probus, Marcus Valerius". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 408.
^ Jowett, Benjamin (1867), "Adrianus (1)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, pp. 21–22{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Harley, J. B. (John Brian); Woodward, David (1987). The History of cartography. Humana Press. pp. 178–. ISBN 978-0-226-31633-8. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
^ "Marinus of Tyre" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 722.
^ "Philo, Herennius" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 413.
^ Birks, Peter (1983). "HONORÉ'S ULPIAN". Irish Jurist (1966-). 18 (1): 151–181. ISSN 0021-1273. JSTOR 44027631.
^ Suda s.v. Αδριανός
^ Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists, Vit. Adrian.

Sources

Eißfeldt, Otto (1941). "Phoiniker (Phoinike)". Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft. Vol. Band XX, Halbband 39, Philon–Pignus. pp. 350–379.
Linda Jones Hall, Roman Berytus: Beirut in late antiquity (2004)
Shackley, Myra (1 October 2004). "Managing the Cedars of Lebanon: Botanical Gardens or Living Forests?". Current Issues in Tourism. 7 (4–5): 417–425. doi:10.1080/13683500408667995. ISSN 1368-3500. S2CID 153516841.

[2] Modern-day Homs/Hims (حمص), Syria.

[3] Arabic: تَدْمُر (Tadmur)

[4] A military unit of the Imperial Roman army

[5] Arabic: الرفنية, romanized: al-Rafaniyya; colloquial: Rafniye

[7] Latin designation for the Berber population of Mauretania, a region in the ancient Maghreb.

[FOOTNOTEEißfeldt1941368-1] Eißfeldt 1941, p. 368.

[6] Ulpian, Digests 50.15.1.

[8] Herodian, Roman History 3.3.

[9] Hall, pg. 94

[10] "Martyr Eudokia of Heliopolis". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2022-10-03.

[Meghraoui-11] Meghraoui, M.; Gomez F.; Sbeinati R.; van der Woerd J.; Mouty M.; Darkal A.N.; Radwan Y.; Layyous I.; Al Najjar H.; Darawcheh R.; Hijazi F.; Al-Ghazzi R & Barazangi M. (2003). "Evidence for 830 years of seismic quiescence from palaeoseismology, archaeoseismology and historical seismicity along the Dead Sea fault in Syria" (PDF). Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 210 (1–2). Elsevier: 35–52. Bibcode:2003E&PSL.210...35M. doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00144-4. hdl:1813/5320.

[:0-12] "Tyre, Al-Bass, Arch of Hadrian - Livius". www.livius.org. Retrieved 2022-10-06.

[13] Campbell, Thomas (1907). "Pope St. Anicetus" in The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

[14] Roman history, Dio Cassius, 73.22

[15] Ulpian, De Censibus, Bk. I.

[16] Southern, Pat. The Roman Empire from Severus to Constantine, Routledge, 2001, p. 33

[17] Krause, Günter (1985). Begleitheft zur Ausstellung Tyros, Hafenstadt Phöniziens. Duisburg-Ruhrort: Museum der Deutschen Binnenschifffahrt. pp. 1–5, 12–14.

[18] Shackley, pp. 420–421

[19] "The forest inscriptions of Hadrian in Mount Lebanon FOLLOWING HADRIAN". FOLLOWING HADRIAN. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2022-10-02.

[mom-20] Service de communication, Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée (2006-11-10). "Yanouh et le Nahr Ibrahim". Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée (in French). Retrieved 2010-08-14.

[21] Seyrig, Henri (1929). "La Triade héliopolitaine et les temples de Baalbek". Syria. 10 (4): 314–356. doi:10.3406/syria.1929.3414. ISSN 0039-7946. JSTOR 4236962.

[22] Taylor, George (1967). The Roman temples of Lebanon; a pictorial guide. Internet Archive. [Beirut], [Dar el-Machreq Publishers].

[23] Tyre, Al-Bass, Hippodrome

[24] Cook, Arthur Bernard. Zeus: A Study in Ancient Religion Vol. I

[EB1911-25] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Probus, Marcus Valerius". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 408.

[26] Jowett, Benjamin (1867), "Adrianus (1)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, pp. 21–22{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[HarleyWoodward-27] Harley, J. B. (John Brian); Woodward, David (1987). The History of cartography. Humana Press. pp. 178–. ISBN 978-0-226-31633-8. Retrieved 4 June 2010.

[28] "Marinus of Tyre" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 722.

[29] "Philo, Herennius" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 413.

[30] Birks, Peter (1983). "HONORÉ'S ULPIAN". Irish Jurist (1966-). 18 (1): 151–181. ISSN 0021-1273. JSTOR 44027631.

[31] Suda s.v. Αδριανός

[32] Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists, Vit. Adrian.

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v t e Roman archaeological sites in Lebanon
Roman Berytus (actual Beirut)	Berytus ¹ Roman Forum of Berytus Berytus Roman Baths Cisterns of Berytus Baths Berytus Cardo Decumanus Berytus Colonnaded street Byzantine mosaics Roman hippodrome of Berytus Roman Law school of Berytus
Roman Phoenicia (actual Lebanon)	Heliopolis Temple of Bacchus Temple of Jupiter (Baalbek) Temples of Mount Hermon Temples of the Beqaa Valley Aaqbe temple Afqa Ain Aata temple Ain Harcha roman temple Amioun Monastery Arca Caesarea Augusti Pagus Bakka temple Batroumine Bziza temple Canalizations of Zenobia Dakoue temple Mansourieh Roman aqueduct Hebbariye temple Iaat column Kafr Zabad temples Khirbet El-Knese roman temples Labweh Roman temple Libbaya roman temple Monastery of Qozhaya Monastery of Saint Maron Nahle roman temple Nebi Safa temple Niha Hosn Niha Qalaat Faqra Qal'at Bustra temple Castra Chbib Castra El Banat Saraain El Faouqa Schleem roman temple Colonia Aurelia Pia "Sidon" Temnin el-Foka nymphaeum Tripolis in Phoenicia Tyrus ¹ Tyre Necropolis Roman temple to Venus in Yammoune
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