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🏛️ Antioch-Chalcis ad Belum

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🏛️ Antioch-Chalcis ad Belum
Roman city ruins in northern Syria, now southern Türkiye


🕐 2 min read · Updated 16 Mar 2026 at 10:30
📌 Fast Facts
  • Located in Hatay Province, Türkiye, near the Syrian border
  • Founded in the Seleucid period; became a significant Roman provincial city
  • Sits on the Orontes River plain in the Levantine coastal region
  • Archaeological site with remnants of Hellenistic and Roman structures

Antioch-Chalcis ad Belum was a fortified city in the Seleucid and later Roman periods, strategically positioned in northern ...

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