PROVINCE OF SYRIA AND THE LAW SCHOOL IN BERYTUS
PROVINCE OF SYRIA AND THE LAW SCHOOL IN BERYTUS

Summary/Abstract: In 64 BC, Pompey officially annexed Syria as a Roman province which was, from times of Alexander the Great and his successors, strongly hellenized. The establishment of Roman rule in Greek-speaking areas including province of Syria did not have as a consequence their Romanization. However, the law school in Beirut was an exception since it was most romanised school of law in Orient. School has its interesting development with three generations of professors, the golden age being period of 5th century. It was the only city apart from Rome and Constantinople where the teaching of Roman law was permitted by the public authority of the emperor and earned the prestigious title of nutrix legum.

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