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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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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/501523

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
40.934324, 24.414039

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 5108 (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Neapolis (750 BC - AD 300)

Neapolis (Kavalla) makes connections with:

Neapolis (Kavalla) founded by Thasos (settlement) (750 BC - 550 BC)

Neapolis (Kavalla) receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement, port

References:

Evidence:

TP (Talbert: CUP) 7B3 (Talbert 2042)

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Related:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 51 C3 Neapolis

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kavalla

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Suggested citation:
E.N. Borza, DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, G. Reger, and R. Talbert, 'Neapolis (Kavalla): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/501523> [accessed: 19 May 2025]

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