Baalbek
Also known as معابد بعلبك
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Roman
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Baalbek is the sanctuary of Roman Heliopolis in the Beqaa Valley of eastern Lebanon, one of the largest and best-preserved Imperial Roman religious complexes anywhere in the empire. The sanctuary was built on an older sacred site and…
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- 100-200
The Temple of Bacchus and the sanctuary embellishments expanded the complex during the second century AD.
- 200-300
The Temple of Venus and other later Roman-period elements were added to the sanctuary landscape in the third century AD.
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