Naukratis (mod. Kom Gaief/Geif; 30 ̊ 54 ’ N, 30 ̊ 35 ’ E): in the western Nile Delta, west of
Saïs and upstream from Alexandria; founded by Greeks as a trading center under the
authority of the Pharaohs (H 2.178). Declined after foundation of Alexandria.
PECS 609 – 610, S. Shenouda; EAAE 561 – 564, A. Leonard, Jr.; BAGRW 74-D3; BNP 9
(2006) 538–539, A. Möller.
N (?), S.
Naxos (mod. Naxos; 37 ̊ 05 ’ N, 25 ̊ 28 ’ E): Aegean island, just east of and opposed to Paros;
said to have been colonized by Athens. Prosperous from the 10th c. BCE, and chief island
of the Cyclades in the 6th c. BCE. Resisted Persia ca 500 BCE; taken by Persia 490 BCE;
allied with or subjected to Athens in the 5th c. BCE. In a revived Athenian League from
376 BCE; then member of the league of islands centered on De ̄los (q.v.). PECS 611 – 612,
N.M. Kontoleon; OCD3 1031 (#1), R.W.V. Catling; BAGRW 61-A3; BNP 9 (2006) 571–574,
H. Sonnabend. (Contrast the Sicilian city destroyed in 403 BCE, BAGRW 47-G3.)
K, L, X (?).
Nazianzos (mod. Bekarlar; 38 ̊ 23 ’ N, 34 ̊ 26 ’ E): near Borissos, north of Tuana and
west-south-west of Caesarea (Kappadokia). Minor station on the highway from Anatolia
to Palestine; a Christian bishopric by 325 CE. RE 16.2 (1935) 2099–2101, W. Ruge; ODB
1445 – 1446, C.F.W. Foss; BAGRW 63-E4; BNP 9 (2006) 576, K. Strobel.
C, G.
% Neapolis: many homonymous sites in all areas, including especially: (A) mod. Nabeul,
Tunisia (BAGRW 32-G4); (B) mod. Lebda, Libya (also known as Leptis Magna, BAGRW 35-
G2); (C) Sardinian (mod. S. Maria di Nabui, BAGRW 48-A3); (D) mod. Izvor-Gromadje,
Macedonia (BAGRW 49-D2); (E) mod. Kavalla, Greece (BAGRW 51-C3); (F) mod. Inebolu,
Turkey (BAGRW 61-G2); (G) mod. Kiyakdede, Turkey (BAGRW 65-F2); (H) mod. Lemesos,
Cyprus (BAGRW 72-C3); and (I) mod. Vezirköprü, Turkey (BAGRW 87-A3).
D.
Neapolis ( Italy) (mod. Napoli; 40 ̊ 50 ’ N, 14 ̊ 15 ’ E): port city near Mt. Vesuvius, founded
from Italian Cumae ca 650 BCE, the principal Greek city in Campania, and center of
Hellenic culture. Allied with Rome against P and Hannibal, made a municipium 89
BCE; sacked by Sulla 82 BCE; but recovered to become a fashionable resort town, with Greek
culture persisting until the 3rd c. CE. PECS 614 – 615, W.D.E. Coulton; OCD3 1031 – 1032,
H.K. Lomas; BAGRW 44-F4; BNP 9 (2006) 580–581 (#2), A. Muggia.
C, G, L.
Neapolis ( Samaria) (mod. Nablus/Shechem; 32 ̊ 13 ’ N, 35 ̊ 16 ’ E): ancient city Shechem,
north of Jerusalem and west of Gerasa, refounded as Neapolis by Vespasian, 73 CE.
Made a colonia by Philip the Arab (ca 250 CE); a Christian bishopric in Byzantine times;
center of Samaritan revolt 484 CE against the building of a Christian church on their holy
mountain; another revolt in 529 CE caused Justinian to build a city-wall. ODB 1447 – 1448,
M.M. Mango; BAGRW 69-B5; BNP 9 (2006) 583 (#11), J. Pahlitzsch.
M.
Nehardea (upstream from mod. Sippar; 33 ̊ 10 ’ N, 44 ̊ 08 ’ E): at the confluence of the
Euphrate ̄s and Malka rivers, north of Babylo ̄n and west of Seleukeia on Tigris; settled
by Jews exiled in the early 6th c. BCE (Iosephus Ant. Iud. 18.311); in the 2nd c. CE site of a
Jewish academy, destroyed in 282 CE. BAGRW 91-F4; BNP 9 (2006) 475–476, K. Kessler;
EJ2 15.59–60, Y.D. Gilat.
S.
Nemrut Mt. (ancient name unknown; 37 ̊ 59 ’ N, 38 ̊ 45 ’ E): mountain in eastern Anatolia
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