Phoenician & Roman Berytus · event 2 of 5

15 BC

A colony of veterans. Augustus makes Beirut a Roman colony — Colonia Julia Augusta Felix Berytus — and settles two legions of veterans in it. It becomes one of the principal cities of the Roman east.

The Phoenician & Roman Berytus era

  1. 1350 BC
  2. 15 BC
  3. 239
  4. 551
  5. 1110

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