Neapolis (Ancient Greek: Νεάπολις) was a town in ancient Pisidia, a few miles south of Antioch.[1][2] Pliny mentions it as a town of the Roman province of Galatia, which embraced a portion of Pisidia.[3] It became a bishopric; no longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains, under the name of Neapolis in Pisidia, a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[4]
Its site is located near the modern Kıyakdede, Asiatic Turkey.[5][6]
References
- ↑ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.44.
- ↑ Hierocles. Synecdemus. Vol. p. 672.
- ↑ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.42.
- ↑ Catholic Hierarchy
- ↑ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 65, and directory notes accompanying.
- ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Neapolis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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