Neapolis (Ancient Greek:Νεάπολις) was a town inancient Pisidia, a few miles south ofAntioch.[1][2]Pliny mentions it as a town of the Roman province ofGalatia, which embraced a portion of Pisidia.[3] It became a bishopric; no longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains, under the name ofNeapolis in Pisidia, atitular see of theRoman Catholic Church.[4]
Its site is located near the modernKıyakdede,Asiatic Turkey.[5][6]
37°58′07″N31°28′53″E / 37.9685036°N 31.4813228°E /37.9685036; 31.4813228
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