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Neapoli (disambiguation)
Neapoli or Neapolis ( el, Νεάπολη; grc, Νεάπολις; 'new town/city') may refer to:
Geography
In Greece:
*Neapoli, Thessaloniki, a suburb and former municipality of the Thessaloniki Urban Area
* Neapoli-Sykies, a municipality of the ...
''
Neapolis (
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
: ) meaning "New City", was an ancient city of
Apulia,
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
, not mentioned by any ancient writer, but the existence of which is attested by its coins. There seems good reason to place it at
Polignano a Mare
Polignano a Mare (; Barese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy, located on the Adriatic Sea. The local economy mostly depends on tourism, agriculture and fishing.
History
The area has been settle ...
, between Barium (modern
Bari) and
Egnatia (near modern
Fasano), where numerous relics of antiquity have been discovered.
[Romanelli, vol. ii. p. 148-52; James Millingen, ''Numismatique de l'Italie'', p. 147.]
See also
*
List of ancient Greek cities
References
*
Apulia
Pre-Roman cities in Italy
Colonies of Magna Graecia
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