Chalcis ad Belum

Chalcis ad Belum was a town of Coele-Syria in northern Syria, commonly identified with Qinnasrin (Chalcis ad Belum), south of Aleppo. It is traditionally given as the birthplace of the Neoplatonist philosopher Iamblichus, founder of the Syrian school of Neoplatonism (though some scholars argue for a different Chalcis).