5th century in Lebanon

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5th century in Lebanon
Key event(s):
  • Christianization of Lebanon
Maronite Church
,
Chronology:

This article lists historical events that occurred between 401–500 in modern-day Lebanon or regarding its people.

Administration

Map of the Diocese of the East with its provinces, as recorded in the Notitia Dignitatum, c. 400

Constantine's province of Augusta Libanensis was short-lived, but formed the basis of the re-division of Phoenice c. 400 into the Phoenice I or Phoenice Paralia (Greek: Φοινίκη Παραλία, "coastal Phoenice"), and Phoenice II or Phoenice Libanensis (Lebanese Phoenicia);(Φοινίκη Λιβανησία), with Tyre and Emesa as their respective capitals.[1] In the Notitia Dignitatum, written shortly after the division, Phoenice I is governed by a consularis, while Libanensis is governed by a praeses, with both provinces under the Diocese of the East.[2] Only two governors of Phoenice were known from the reign of Theodosius II (408–450) to that of Justin I (518–527).[3]

Events

400s

5th century bull mosaic in the Beiteddine palace.

410s

420s

Roman ruins of Berytus, in front of Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral in modern-day Beirut.
The school's exact location is uncertain, but it is thought to have lain just north of Nejmeh Square (pictured), next to the Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral.
  • By the 5th century, the
    law school of Constantinople becomes a rival center of law study.[12]

430s

440s

From Al Bass, dated 440: "possibly the oldest fresco of the Virgin Mary worldwide." (National Museum, Beirut)

450s

  • in 450 AD Berytus obtains from Theodosius II the title of metropolis, with jurisdiction over six sees taken from Tyre.
  • Heraclitus, bishop of Arqa, Porphyrius, a bishop from Batroun,[20] and Thomas, the bishop of Porphyreon (Jieh),[21] participate in the Council of Chalcedon, 451 AD, in which the Maronites reject miaphysitisim and maintain full communion with the then united Orthodox Catholic Church.[22] It's also decided in the council to restore the jurisdiction of the six sees Berytus obtained, back to Tyre, leaving, however, to Berytus its rank of metropolis.[23] Thus, from 451 AD Berytus is an exempt metropolis which depends directly on the Patriarch of Antioch.[24]
View of the Qalaat al-Madiq fortress, 2010

460s

Limestime statue base with ancient Greek inscription mentioning Patricius, a well known jurist who taught in the law school of Berytus. The base was unearthed in 1906 in Beirut. Has disappeared since 1925.[26]
  • In 460 AD, the emperor Leo I issues an edict that orders candidates for the bar of the Eastern praetorian prefecture to produce certificates of proficiency from the law teachers who instruct them at one of the recognized law schools of the Empire. As a result, learning law at the law school of Berytus becomes highly desired.[27][28]

470s

  • John II Codonatus, archbishop of Tyre, becomes patriarch of Antioch (477).[29][30][31][32][33][34]
  • A mosaic from Upper Galilee, then part of Phoenice Paralios (Maritima), is completed on 16 April 478 in the celebration of the visit of Longinus, the archbishop of Tyre and several other ecclesiastical figures on the first Sunday after Easter.[35]

480s

5th century mosaic of the Goddess Ktisis from the Beiteddine Palace.

490s

  • In 491/492, during the reign of
    Lakhmid Arabs invade Phoenicia Libanensis, reaching as far as Emesa.[40]

Ecclesiastical administration

The ecclesiastical administration paralleled the political, but with some differences. When the province was divided c. 400,

Patriarchate of Antioch, with Damascus initially outranking Tyre, whose position was also briefly challenged by the see of Berytus c. 450; after 480/1, however, the Metropolitan of Tyre established himself as the first in precedence (protothronos) of all the Metropolitans subject to Antioch.[37]

Professors

Professors:[41]

Dates

(uncertain dates in italic)

Names

(uncertain names in italic)

400–410, 438 Cyrillus
420–450 Patricius
450–490 Domninus
Demosthenes
Eudoxius
May–June 460 Euxenius
480–500 Amblichus
Before 487/488 –
Leontius
End of the 5th century, early 6th century Sabinus
Anonymous, mentioned in the Scholia Sinaitica

Architecture

References

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  2. ^ Notitia Dignitatum, in partibus Orientis, I
  3. ^ J.R. Martindale, Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. II: AD 395–527, Cambridge 1980, pp. 1186–1187 (fasti).
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  11. ^ Pomeroy 2012, pp. 41–42
  12. ^ Riddle 2008, p. 107
  13. ^ a b Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. 7, p. 86
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  28. ^ Mousourakis 2003, p. 363
  29. ^ The episcopate of John II Codonatus is placed in either 475–490, 476/477, 476–477, or 477.
  30. ^ Eder & Renger (2007), p. 327.
  31. ^ Hainthaler (2013), p. 297.
  32. ^ Chadwick (2001), p. 718.
  33. ^ Honigmann (1947), p. 138.
  34. ^ Whitby (2000), p. 320.
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  37. ^ a b Eißfeldt 1941, p. 369.
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  40. ^ The Reign of Anastasius I, 491-518 - Oxford University Research Archive, p. 88.
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  47. ^ Vie de Sévère 46-48
  48. ^ Vie de Sévère 63
  49. ^ Vie de Sévère 55
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