Neapolis (Kavalla)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.N. Borza
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, G. Reger, R. Talbert
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Last modified
Apr 18, 2023 12:15 PM
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History
An ancient port city on the coast of Thrace, Neapolis (modern Kavalla in the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace in Greece) was probably founded from Thasos in the seventh century CE. It served as the port for Philippi in Hellenistic and Roman times, and was refortified by Justinian in the sixth century CE.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/501523
40.934324, 24.414039
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 5108 (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
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- Neapolis (750 BC - AD 300)
- Neapolis (Kavalla) founded by Thasos (settlement) (750 BC - 550 BC)
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settlement, port
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 51 C3 Neapolis
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kavalla
E.N. Borza, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, G. Reger, and R. Talbert, 'Neapolis (Kavalla): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/501523> [accessed: 21 December 2024]
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