Ancient Coin Stories

Neapolis founded

Teanum Sidicinum submits to Rome.

Neapolis attacks Romans living in Campania

Neapolis taken by Rome, but left intact

Pyrrhos diverts to Neapolis with the goal of convincing it to rebel from Rome

Neapolis rises in power in Campania after Capua is punished by Rome for siding with Hannibal

Neapolis is promoted to a Roman municipum, raising its prestige to Rome but removing its autonomy

Neapolis sides with Marius and is devastated by the armies of Sulla

Neapolis sides with Pompey over Julius Caesar, resulting in the city’s decline

Crypto Neapolitana built

The Neapolitan Isolympic Games founded by Augustus

Augustus attends the Neapolitan Isolympic Games

The poet Statius is born in Neapolis

An earthquake damages Neapolis and area

Another earthquake damages Neapolis and area

Eruption of Mount Vesuvius near Neapolis under the reign of Titus.

The last Western Roman Emperor, Romulus, dies in Neapolis