The seaport Neapolis
Neapolis means the New City in Greek, today the city is called Kavala. The city in Roman times was situated on the ancient route of Via Egnatia; which was a continuation of the Via Appia from Rome, after crossing the Adriatic Sea, stretching all the way to Byzantium (later Constantinople, today Istanbul).
It was 160 km east of Thessaloniki and 14 km south of Philippi.
The Via Egnatia and the seaport set its significance as a trade hub.
Today it is still a small but interesting city of about 56,000 people.
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