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Neapoli (disambiguation)
Neapoli or Neapolis (; ; 'new town/city') may refer to:
Geography
Greece
*Neapoli, Thessaloniki, a suburb and former municipality of Thessaloniki
*Neapoli-Sykies, a municipality of Thessaloniki
*Neapoli, Aetolia-Acarnania, a municipality in cent ...
''
Neapolis (
Greek
Greek may refer to:
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 of all kno ...
: ) meaning "New City", was an ancient city of
Magna Graecia
Magna Graecia refers to the Greek-speaking areas of southern Italy, encompassing the modern Regions of Italy, Italian regions of Calabria, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania, and Sicily. These regions were Greek colonisation, extensively settled by G ...
in
Apulia
Apulia ( ), also known by its Italian language, Italian name Puglia (), is a Regions of Italy, region of Italy, located in the Southern Italy, southern peninsular section of the country, bordering the Adriatic Sea to the east, the Strait of Ot ...
,
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
, 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 municipality () in the Metropolitan City of Bari, Puglia, southern Italy, located on the Adriatic Sea. The local economy mostly depends on tourism, agriculture and fishing.
History
The area has been s ...
, between Barium (modern
Bari
Bari ( ; ; ; ) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia Regions of Italy, region, on the Adriatic Sea in southern Italy. It is the first most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy. It is a port and ...
) and
Egnatia (near modern
Fasano
Fasano (; Bari dialect, Barese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Brindisi, Apulia, southern Italy. It is the second most populated town in the province after Brindisi, with a population in 2021 of 39,026.
History
According to a folk ...
), where numerous relics of antiquity have been discovered.
[Romanelli, vol. ii. p. 148-52; ]James Millingen
James Millingen (18 January 1774 – 1 October 1845), was a Dutch-English archaeologist and numismatist.
Life
He was the second son of Michael Millingen, a Dutch merchant originally from Rotterdam and then from Batavia in the western Netherlands ...
, ''Numismatique de l'Italie'', p. 147.
See also
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List of ancient Greek cities
This is an incomplete list of ancient Greek cities, including colonies outside Greece, and including settlements that were not sovereign '' poleis''.
Many colonies outside Greece were soon assimilated to some other language but a city is included h ...
References
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Apulia
Pre-Roman cities in Italy
Colonies of Magna Graecia
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