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  Neapolis, Sardinia Shown within Sardinia | |
| Location | Sardinia,Italy |
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| Region | Province of South Sardinia |
| Coordinates | 39°41′15″N8°33′19″E / 39.6875°N 8.5552°E /39.6875; 8.5552 |
Neapolis (Ancient Greek:Νεάπολις;Punic:𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕,romanized: Qart Ḥadašt;Sardinian:Nabui;lit. 'New City') was an ancient city ofSardinia founded by theCarthaginians in the sixth century BC, and apparently one of its most important places. It was situated on the west coast, at the southern end of theGulf of Oristano, at the present-daylocalità of Santa Maria di Nabui, in thecomune ofGuspini,Province of South Sardinia.
TheAntonine itineraries place Neapolis 60 miles fromSulci (in modernSant'Antioco) and 18 from Othoca (modernSanta Giusta nearOristano), both also Phoenician settlements. (Itin. Ant. p. 84.)Pliny calls it one of the most important towns in Sardinia, and its name is found also inPtolemy and the Itineraries. (Plin. iii. 7. s. 13; Ptol. iii. 3. § 2; Itin. Ant.l. c.;Tab. Peut.;Geogr. Rav. v. 26.) Its ruins are still visible at the mouth of the river Pabillonis, where it forms the estuary or lagoon,Stagno di Marceddi, and present many remains of ancient buildings as well as the vestiges of a Roman road and aqueduct. The spot is marked by an ancient church called Santa Maria di Nabui. (De la Marmora,Voy. en Sardaigne, vol. ii. p. 357.)[1]
TheAquae Neapolitanae mentioned by Ptolemy as well as in the Itinerary, which places them at a considerable distance inland, on the road from Othoca to Caralis (modernCagliari), are certainly the mineral sources now known as theBagni di Sardara, on the high road from Cagliari to Oristano. (Itin. Ant. p. 82; Ptol. iii. 3. § 7; Geogr. Rav. v. 26; De la Marmora,l. c. p. 406.)
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