Editing Byblos (section)

=== Classical antiquity ===
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[[Hellenistic period|Hellenistic]] rule came with the arrival of [[Alexander the Great]] in the area in 332 BC. [[Currency|Coinage]] was in use, and there is abundant evidence of continued trade with other Mediterranean countries.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

[[File:Roman era Phoenecia.png|thumb|left|Phoenicia in [[late antiquity]], from the [[Peutinger map]]]]
[[File:Byblos-109933.jpg|thumb|Ruins at port.]]
During the [[Ancient Rome|Greco-Roman]] period, the temple of [[Resheph]] was elaborately rebuilt, and the city, though smaller than its neighbours such as Tyrus and Zidonia, was a centre for the cult of [[Adonis]].{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

King [[Herod the Great|Herod]] of [[Herodian kingdom|Judaea]], known for his extensive building projects, including beyond his own kingdom, constructed a city wall for Byblos.<ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last=Rogers |first=Guy MacLean |title=For the Freedom of Zion: the Great Revolt of Jews against Romans, 66-74 CE |date=2021 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-24813-5 |location=New Haven |pages=21–22, 535}}</ref>

In the 3rd century, a small but impressive [[theatre]] was constructed. With the rise of [[Christianity]], a [[Episcopal see|bishopric]] was established in Byblos, and the town grew rapidly. Although a [[Sasanian Empire|Sasanian]] colony is known to have been established in the region following the [[early Muslim conquests]] of 636, there is little archaeological evidence for it. Trade with [[Europe]] effectively dried up, and it was not until the coming of the [[First Crusade]] in 1098 that prosperity returned to Byblos, known then as Gibelet or Giblet.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}