Nicopolis (II)

II. NICOPOLIS, otherwise Emmaus, a City of Palestine. See EMMAUS. It began to bear the Name of Nicopolis under the Emperor Alexander Son of Mammæus. Julius Africanus, an Ecclesiastical Author, famous for his Chronicles, was sent to the Emperor to sollicite the Re-establishment of this City, which before was call’d Emmaus¹. ‘Tis doubted whether this Emmaus be the same as that mentioned in the Gospel; about which may be consulted M. Reland, Palestina, l. 2. c. 6. & l. 3. p. 758, 759, &c.

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