page_title: Qinnasrin
section_title: Hellenistic and Roman periods
hierarchical_section_title: Qinnasrin / History / Hellenistic and Roman periods
caption_attribution_description: English: Ancient Roman road near Tall Aqibrin in Syria. This road connected Antioch and Chalcis. Français&#160;: Ancienne voie romaine près de Tell Aqibrin en Syrie. Elle reliait Antioche à Chalcis (Qinnasrin).
context_page_description: Qinnasrin, also known by numerous other romanizations and originally known as Chalcis-on-Belus, was a historical town in northern Syria. The town was situated 25 km south west of Aleppo on the west bank of the Queiq River and was connected to Aleppo with a major road during Roman times.
  Some scholars propose that the ruins of Qinnasrin are located at Al-Hadher to the east of the Queiq River, while Chalcis' location was at the modern Syrian village of Al-Iss, Aleppo Governorate to the west of the river. Others think that Qinnasrin has always been located at al-Iss from the Hellenistic to the Ayyubid period.
context_section_description: According to Appian, Chalcis was founded by Seleucus I Nicator (reigned 305-281 BC), and named after Chalcis in Euboea. Chalcis was distinguished from Chalcis sub Libanum by its river, the ancient Belus. The river—but not the city—was named for the Semitic god Bel or Baʿal. In 92 AD, Chalcis received the title "Flavia", in honor of Emperor Domitian, to be known as "Flavia of the Chalcidonese".
caption: The ancient Roman road connecting between Antioch and Qinnasrin, then called Chalcis
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