Historical place profile

Neapolis

Neapolis (modern Nabeul, Tunisia) is a coastal town on the Cap Bon peninsula that was founded by Greeks from Cyrene in the fifth century B.C.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:315093
Catalogue ID
pleiades:315093
Place type
settlement
Coordinates
36.440338, 10.718354
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Neapolis (modern Nabeul, Tunisia) is a coastal town on the Cap Bon peninsula that was founded by Greeks from Cyrene in the fifth century B.C.

Geographic evidence

The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.

Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 32 G4 Neapolis

Source and reuse

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Research path

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