"In an impressive work of synthesis and analysis, Linda Jones Hall exploits numerous primary sources, including inscriptions, religious histories, literary references, legal codes, and archaeological reports, to present a composite history of late antique. Berytus - from its founding as a Roman colony in the time of Augustus, to its development into a center of legal study under Justinian." "This volume provides the first detailed investigation of late antique Phoenicia, analysing the governors' and inhabitants' perception of themselves as Phoenician rather than Syrian from the Third Century onward. Professor Jones Hall also looks at religious affiliations among pagans, Jews, and Christians. Through a study of the bishops and the churches, she shows that religious adherence involved many beliefs in addition to the prevailing Monophysitism."--BOOK JACKET.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-360) and index.