Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Law school of Beirut

Law school of Beirut
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 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/December 6, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 22:19, 21 November 2013‎ (UTC)



The law school of Beirut was a center for the study of Roman law in classical antiquity located in Beirut. It flourished under the patronage of the Roman emperors and functioned as the Roman Empire's preeminent center of jurisprudence until its destruction in 551 CE. The earliest written mention of the school dates to 239 CE, when its reputation had already been established. The school attracted young, affluent Roman citizens, and its professors made major contributions to the Codex of Justinian. The school achieved such wide recognition throughout the Empire that Beirut was known as the "Mother of Laws". Beirut was one of the few schools allowed to continue teaching jurisprudence when Byzantine emperor Justinian I (pictured) shut down other provincial law schools. The school's facilities were destroyed in the aftermath of a massive earthquake that hit the Phoenician coastline. It was moved to Sidon but did not survive the Arab conquest of 635 CE. Ancient texts attest that the school was located next to the ancient Anastasis church, vestiges of which lie beneath the Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Beirut's historic center. Don't hesitate to leave me a shout if I messed up. - Elias   Z   22:03, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Hello, this is my first nomination here so please be patient with me. I have created the article in March 2013, a fact from it was featured on the main page in April and it was promoted to GA in July. The article only recently became a FA and I was encouraged by u| Bencherlite to nominate it here. I am not sure who it is who should do the point count so I will write down my own here: Age (1), Timing (0), Importance (0)*, Contributor history (0)**, Diversity (1), Main page representation (2); Total (4).
 * But I'm not really sure about the criteria and my rating
 * Temple of Eshmun, an article I edited heavily was previously on TFA :(
 * Support. High quality article, promoted in 2013. Certainly educational and encyclopedic, but also helps with WP:WORLDVIEW. Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:05, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment: Can we get a relevant free-use picture for the blurb please? &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:06, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * There are five images in the article, two of them show the area where the school is supposed to be. Excavations in that part of the city have been halted due to the proximity to the house of representatives. If it was up to me to decide I'd go with File:Downtownbeirut.jpg; let me know what you guys think. - Elias   Z   22:11, 11 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Hello Elie plus, and thanks for the nomination. I'd say 2 points for no similar articles (legal institutions, of any era) in the last six months. I've added a picture of Justinian, which is from the time of the law school, and I think that would be better than pictures of modern-day Beirut.  Thoughts? BencherliteTalk 19:51, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Sure! I just wasn't sure if the image should strictly be about the article subject. Thanks you - Elias   Z   07:51, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
 * The image of Justinian is quite apt.--ColonelHenry (talk) 22:37, 12 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Support a quite informative read on a subject I'm surprised I've never come across before, thanks for your work on this article.--ColonelHenry (talk) 22:37, 12 November 2013 (UTC)