Flavia Neapolis (Nablus)

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ancient Roman city archaeological site historical city

Flavia Neapolis (modern Nablus) is an ancient Roman city founded in the 2nd century CE in Samaria, which later developed into a major urban and cultural center in the region.

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Label Occurrences
Flavia Neapolis (Nablus) canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
historical city ⓘ
continuityWith modern city of Nablus NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
developedInto cultural center in the region ⓘ
major urban center in Samaria ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
foundedBy Roman authorities ⓘ
Vespasian NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedInCentury 2nd century CE ⓘ
foundedInYearApprox 72 CE ⓘ
hadPopulationGroup Greeks NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ
Romans NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samaritans NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature Roman forum NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonnaded streets ⓘ
public baths ⓘ
temples ⓘ
theater ⓘ
hasMunicipalStatus Roman polis ⓘ
historicalPeriod Byzantine period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
languageUsed Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
laterRuledBy Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
early Islamic caliphates ⓘ
locatedIn Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman province of Syria Palaestina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Bank ⓘ
modern city of Nablus NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernName Nablus NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Flavian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearby Mount Ebal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mount Gerizim NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor Samaritan religious traditions near Mount Gerizim ⓘ
urban continuity from Roman to modern times ⓘ
partOf Roman Decapolis (broad cultural sphere) NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
historic Palestine ⓘ
religionPracticed Judaism ⓘ
Roman paganism ⓘ
Samaritanism ⓘ
replaced nearby Samaritan town of Shechem ⓘ
strategicImportance controlled routes between coastal plain and Jordan Valley ⓘ

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שְׁכֶם → successorSettlement → Flavia Neapolis (Nablus) ⓘ
subject surface form: שכם