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Neapolis (Kavalla)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Eleftheria Konstantinidou, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, G. Reger, R. Talbert, DARMC, Enes Yılandiloğlu
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Last modified Mar 19, 2026 10:58 AM — 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 BCE. It served as the port for Philippi in Hellenistic and Roman times, and was refortified by Justinian in the sixth century CE.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/501523

40.934324, 24.414039
    • Kavala (Turkish, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
    • Kavalla (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
    • Neapolis (Latin, 750 BC - AD 300)
    • قواله (Ḳavala: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1400 - AD 1499)
    None

settlement, port

Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 51 C3 Neapolis

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kavalla


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E.N. Borza, Eleftheria Konstantinidou, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, G. Reger, R. Talbert, DARMC, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Neapolis (Kavalla): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/501523> [accessed: 11 June 2026] 

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