Flavia Neapolis (Nablus)

Palestinian Authority

Flavia Neapolis, modern Nablus in the northern West Bank, was named in 72 CE by the Roman emperor Vespasian, on the site of an older Samaritan village between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, about 2 km west of biblical Shechem. Holy places at the site include Jacob's Well and Joseph's Tomb, and Mount Gerizim is the sacred mountain of the Samaritans, a small community of whom still lives in the city. The Christian apologist Justin Martyr was born in Neapolis around 100 CE. Conflict between Samaritans and Christians peaked in the Byzantine period; after the Muslim conquest of 636 the city took its Arabic name, and since 1995 it has been governed by the Palestinian Authority.

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