Neapolis

settlement · 750 BC – 2100 AD

After the sacking of Jerusalem, Vespasian settled Roman veterans on a new town site located between Mt. Gerizim and Mt. Ebal. The new Roman colony was built on the site of Mabartha.

Coordinates

32.21868, 35.26291

Also known as

Nablus (an), Nablus (en), Nablus (en), Náblus (cs), Nāblīs (ota), Nāblūs (ota), Ναμπλούς (el), Наблус (be), ניאפוליס (he), نابلوس (ota), نابليس (ota), নাবুলুস (bn), 네아폴리스 (ko)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors

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