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