Flavia Neapolis

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Flavia Neapolis was a Roman city in Samaria, founded in the 1st century CE near ancient Shechem and known today as Nablus in the West Bank.

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Flavia Neapolis canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman city
ancient city
appearsIn Byzantine sources
Roman itineraries
continuityOfSettlement urban settlement has continued into modern Nablus
foundedBy Vespasian
foundedInCentury 1st century CE
foundedInYear 72 CE
hadInhabitants Greeks
Jews
Romans
Samaritans
hadStatus Roman colony (colonia)
hasArchaeologicalRemains Roman forum
Roman temples
Roman theater
cardo (main street)
city gates
colonnaded streets
hasGreekName Neapoli
surface form: Νεάπολις
hasLatinName Flavia Neapolis self-link
hasMeaning New City
locatedIn Roman Syria
surface form: Roman province of Syria Palaestina

Samaria
locatedInPresentDay Nablus
West Bank
locatedNear Mount Ebal
Mount Gerizim area
surface form: Mount Gerizim

Shechem
modernEquivalent Nablus
namedAfter Flavian dynasty
nearReligiousSite Mount Gerizim area
surface form: Samaritan sanctuary on Mount Gerizim
partOf Decapolis (sometimes associated)
regionToday Palestinian territories
State of Palestine
religiousSignificanceFor Samaritans
replacedSettlement Shechem
servedAs municipium
underwentNameChangeTo Nablus
wasKnownFor agricultural hinterland
strategic location between coastal plain and Jordan Valley
wasUnderRuleOf Abbasid Caliphate
Ayyubid dynasty
Byzantine Empire
Kingdom of Jerusalem
surface form: Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem

Mamluk Sultanate
Ottoman Empire
Roman Empire
Umayyad Caliphate

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Justin Martyr birthPlace Flavia Neapolis
Flavia Neapolis hasLatinName Flavia Neapolis self-link
Neapolis hasRomanName Flavia Neapolis