official Roman State law center and this recognition extended to the Byzantium Empire.
Beirut had the preferred law school for law students and professors flocking from the four corners of the Empire. Beirut was called
“Mother of laws” and “The most magnificent city” during the Roman Empire.
Emperor
wet-nurse of laws”.
In the 5th century, Beirut law school started teaching law in both Latin and Greek languages. Paradoxically, the main language of the common people was the written Syriac l
anguage/Aramaic, the language spoken by Jesus.
Another demonstration that written languages are the domain of the elite classes used as coded language for administrations and government of people. Common people had to suffer the consequences of not knowing the language of their dominating Masters; in this case either Latin or Greek.