Historical place profile
Parthenope/Neapolis
Founded as Parthenope by Greeks in the eighth century B.C., the site eventually gave rise to Neapolis in the sixth century B.C. and was one of the most prominent cities of Magna Graecia. Present-day Naples, Italy.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:433014
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:433014
- Place type
- settlement, urban
- Coordinates
- 40.839995, 14.252870
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Founded as Parthenope by Greeks in the eighth century B.C., the site eventually gave rise to Neapolis in the sixth century B.C. and was one of the most prominent cities of Magna Graecia. Present-day Naples, Italy.
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 44 F4 Parthenope/Neapolis
Source and reuse
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Research path
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