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ΝΕΑΠΟΛΙΣ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΚΑΜΠΑΝΙΑ
It was founded about B.C. 1056 by Aeolian Chalcidians of Cumae,
on the site of an ancient place called Parthenope (Parthenope), after the Siren
of that name. Hence we find the town called Parthenope by Vergil and Ovid. The
year of the foundation of Neapolis is not recorded. It was perhaps called the
"New City," because regarded simply as a new quarter of the neighbouring
city of Cumae. When the town is first mentioned in Roman history it consisted
of two parts, divided from each other by a wall, and called respectively Palaeopolis
and Neapolis.
This extract is from: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. Cited Nov 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
Palaeopolis was a city not far from the present site of Neapolis The two cities formed one com- munity. The original inhabitants came from Cumae; Cumae traced its origin to Chalcis in Euboea. The fleet in which they had sailed from home gave them the mastery of the coastal district which they now occupy, and after landing in the islands of Aenaria and Pithecusae they ventured to transfer their settle- ments to the mainland. (Perseus Project - Livy, History of Rome (ed. Rev. Canon Roberts): book 8, chapter 22 ).
http://perseus.csad.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Liv.+8.22
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