The law school of Beirut was a center for the study of
Roman law in
classical antiquity located in
Beirut. It flourished under the patronage of the
Roman emperors and functioned as the
Roman Empire's preeminent center of jurisprudence until its destruction in 551 CE. The earliest written mention of the school dates to 239 CE, when its reputation had already been established. The school attracted young, affluent Roman citizens, and its professors made major contributions to the
Codex of Justinian. The school achieved such wide recognition throughout the Empire that Beirut was known as the "Mother of Laws". Beirut was one of the few schools allowed to continue teaching jurisprudence when
Byzantine emperorJustinian I(pictured) shut down other provincial law schools. The school's facilities were destroyed in the aftermath of
a massive earthquake that hit the Phoenician coastline. It was moved to
Sidon but did not survive the
Arab conquest of 635 CE. Ancient texts attest that the school was located next to the ancient Anastasis church, vestiges of which lie beneath the
Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral in
Beirut's historic center. (
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... that chess champion Alexandra Nicolau had to promise the
Romanian secret police that she would return to Romania after playing international tournaments?
1921 – The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed and then came into force exactly one year later, establishing the
Irish Free State, the first independent Irish state to be recognised by the British government.
Wulfenite is a lead
molybdate mineral with the formula
PbMoO4. It can be most often found as thin tabular crystals with a bright orange-red to yellow-orange color, sometimes brown, although the color can be highly variable. This specimen was collected in Mexico.
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