NICOPOLISni-kop'-o-lis (Nikopolis): A city in Palestine, half-way between Jaffa and Jerusalem, now called Ammas, mentioned in 1 Maccabees 3:40, 57 and 9:50. The earlier city (Emmaus) was burnt by Quintilius Varus, but was rebuilt in 223 A.D. as Nicopolis.The Nicopolis, however, to which Paul urges Titus to come (pros me eis Nikopolin, ekei gar kekrika parach... View Details
|gift of Artemis,| Artemas, a friend of the apostle Paul