Neapolis

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Neapolis is the ancient Roman name for the city now known as Nablus in the West Bank, historically an important urban center in the Levant.

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Label Occurrences
Neapolis canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman city
ancient city
historical place
builtNearAncientCity Shechem
correspondsToModernCity Nablus
foundedAfterDestructionOf Flavia Neapolis predecessor settlement
foundedAroundYear 72 CE
foundedBy Vespasian
surface form: Emperor Vespasian

Roman Empire
foundedInCentury 1st century CE
hadMixedPopulation Christians
Greeks
Jews
Romans
Samaritans
hadReligion pagan cults in Roman period
hadStatus Roman military colonists
surface form: Roman colonia
hasArchaeologicalRemains Roman forum area
Roman theater
cardo (main street)
city gates and walls
hasEtymology from Greek meaning "new city"
hasModernName Nablus
hasNameInLatin Neapolis
hasRomanName Flavia Neapolis
laterReligion Christianity
Islam
Samaritanism
locatedIn Levant region
surface form: Levant

Samaria
West Bank
locatedInPresentDayCountry State of Palestine
locatedNear Mount Ebal
Mount Gerizim area
surface form: Mount Gerizim
replaced Shechem as main urban center of Samaria
servedAs regional administrative center
wasImportantInProvince Samaria
Syria Palaestina
wasKnownFor colonnaded streets
public buildings and temples
strategic location between Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal
urban planning in Roman grid pattern
wasMunicipium yes
wasPartOf Abbasid Caliphate
Ayyubid dynasty
Byzantine Empire
Crusader states
Mamluk Sultanate
Ottoman Empire
Umayyad Caliphate

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Referenced by (2)

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

Nablus hasOldName Neapolis
ancient Italy majorCity Neapolis