city
Flavia Neapolis (Nablus)
Nablus, West Bank (Palestine) · Wider Abrahamic world
32.219, 35.263
Attested. The foundation and revolts are attested (Procopius, Malalas). The Baba Rabba reforms (3rd–4th c.) come from Samaritan chronicles and are traditional.
This photograph shows the modern city, or the Wikipedia lead subject, rather than the ancient site itself.
Vespasian founded Neapolis in 72 CE beside old Shechem. It became the Samaritan centre and the birthplace of Justin Martyr. Samaritan revolts against Zeno (484) and Justinian (529, under Julian ben Sabar) were crushed brutally. Today about half of the roughly 850 Samaritans live at Kiryat Luza above the city.
Source stance: neutral.
People and groups named here
- Justin Martyr
- Baba Rabba
- Julian ben Sabar
Sources
- "Nablus", Jewish Encyclopedia (1906)
Jewish Encyclopedia / Funk & Wagnalls (public domain). Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Samaritans (Wikipedia, context article)
Wikipedia contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0). Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Nablus (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0). Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Neapolis (Pleiades place 678301)
Pleiades Gazetteer (CC BY 3.0). Accessed 2026-11-11.
Further reading
Councils here
None in this list.