:''Neapolis was a common name of ancient cities, for others see

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, between Barium (modern Bari) and Egnatia (near modern

Fasano Fasano (; 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 etymolog ...

), 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, now known as a numismatist. Life He was the second son of Michael Millingen, a Dutch merchant originally from Rotterdam and then from Batavia in the western ...

, ''Numismatique de l'Italie'', p. 147.

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* Apulia Pre-Roman cities in Italy Colonies of Magna Graecia {{Apulia-geo-stub

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