Neapolis (Kavalla)
settlement · 750 BC – 2099 AD
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.
- Coordinates
- 40.93432, 24.41404
- Also known as
- Kavala (tr), Kavala (tr), Kavalla (en), Kavalla (en), Neapolis (la), Neapolis (la), Καβάλα (el), قواله (ota), Ḳavala,Qavala (ota)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)