Origins
Founded in the fifth century BC, Neapolis (Greek for "new town") is also related to the Phoenician name of Qart Hadescht. It is also similar to Naples city in southern Italy.Thucydides, Greek historian of great renown he had raised for the first time during the Peloponnesian War. She served as a stopover to the Greeks of Cyrene who went to Sicily. For this reason it became a emporion (counter). The existence of a port can accommodate ships of war suggests that the foundation of Neapolis was well before the fifth century BC. AD
The Roman
Taken by Agathocles during its war against Carthage (late IV BC.), She was treated humanely. After the third Punic War, who lives in 146 BC. BC, the capture and destruction of Carthage by the Roman armies, Neapolis was reduced to a city depends.In the second century AD. BC, it enjoyed the status of a colony and was in this case known as Julia Neapolis. The prosperity of the city is attested by the existence of a college of shipowners (navicularii), which characterized the city by a port and maritime aspect and until the fifth century.
With the introduction of Christianity in Africa Romana, the Christian presence is attested in the city of the third to seventh century. BC According to Pliny, Neapolis would have had at the beginning of the Empire the status of a free city, many texts describe it as "colony julienne" mark of distinction granted by Caesar and Augustus who tried Romanise Africa and assign it an important strategic role in defending the empire. With the Pax Romana, Neapolis was also an important economic development for some infrastructure development and trade with the hinterland as well as Rome, helping its maritime situation. The epigraphic sources, mosaics, and some archaeological sites attest to the importance of Neapolis strategically, economically and politically. Little data exist to describe accurately the religious life, the fact remains that from the third century AD a Christian community was born well-organized, headed by a bishop named Junius .
The Vandal occupation of Roman Africa, and the occurrence of Neapolis, brought a fatal blow to the relative prosperity of the city. It must be said that the general context lent itself very well, because the Roman Empire and Rome in this case were just dead on a bier.
Founded in the fifth century BC, Neapolis (Greek for "new town") is also related to the Phoenician name of Qart Hadescht. It is also similar to Naples city in southern Italy.Thucydides, Greek historian of great renown he had raised for the first time during the Peloponnesian War. She served as a stopover to the Greeks of Cyrene who went to Sicily. For this reason it became a emporion (counter). The existence of a port can accommodate ships of war suggests that the foundation of Neapolis was well before the fifth century BC. AD
The Roman
Taken by Agathocles during its war against Carthage (late IV BC.), She was treated humanely. After the third Punic War, who lives in 146 BC. BC, the capture and destruction of Carthage by the Roman armies, Neapolis was reduced to a city depends.In the second century AD. BC, it enjoyed the status of a colony and was in this case known as Julia Neapolis. The prosperity of the city is attested by the existence of a college of shipowners (navicularii), which characterized the city by a port and maritime aspect and until the fifth century.
With the introduction of Christianity in Africa Romana, the Christian presence is attested in the city of the third to seventh century. BC According to Pliny, Neapolis would have had at the beginning of the Empire the status of a free city, many texts describe it as "colony julienne" mark of distinction granted by Caesar and Augustus who tried Romanise Africa and assign it an important strategic role in defending the empire. With the Pax Romana, Neapolis was also an important economic development for some infrastructure development and trade with the hinterland as well as Rome, helping its maritime situation. The epigraphic sources, mosaics, and some archaeological sites attest to the importance of Neapolis strategically, economically and politically. Little data exist to describe accurately the religious life, the fact remains that from the third century AD a Christian community was born well-organized, headed by a bishop named Junius .
The Vandal occupation of Roman Africa, and the occurrence of Neapolis, brought a fatal blow to the relative prosperity of the city. It must be said that the general context lent itself very well, because the Roman Empire and Rome in this case were just dead on a bier.
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