Neapolis, Pisidia

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Neapolis (in Greek Nεαπoλις) is an ancient town in Pisidia, a few miles south of Antioch.^[1] Pliny (v. 42) mentions it as a town of the Roman province of Galatia, which embraced a portion of Pisidia.^[2] Franz identifies its site with Tutinek, where some ancient remains still exist.

[edit] References

• Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, "Neapolis (5)", London, (1854)

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Ptolemy, Geographia, v. 44; Hierocles, Synecdemus, p. 672
2. ^ Pliny, Naturalis Historia, v. 42

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1856).