Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, is one of the oldest settlements of man. Around 5000 years ago,
  it was a prosperous town on the Mediterranean coast of Phoenicia/ Canaan. The Phoenicians called it
  ‘Beyrouth’: the city of wells. It has a distinctive location on the Mediterranean Sea with dramatic
  mountains rising behind it.

  Beirut was also a glorious city during the Roman era where it got the names: Colonia, Julia, Augusta,
  Felix and Berythus. It was famous for having the first School of Law in history. The golden age for the
  school was under Septimus Severus (192-212 AD) when it excelled the schools of Constantinople,
  Athens and Rome.
  The professors of Beirut School of Law helped draft the famous Justinian Code. Beirut was hence named
  ‘Mother of Legislation’.