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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 ...
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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
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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 re ...
, 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
Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...
) 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 etymology, ...
), 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 N ...
, ''Numismatique de l'Italie'', p. 147.
See also
*
List of ancient Greek cities
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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References
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Apulia
Pre-Roman cities in Italy
Colonies of Magna Graecia
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