Hellenic Net

Ρόδη, Ισπανία History stops again and again at Roses. Founded as a Greek colony, its location makes it a strategic point in the Mediterranean. For this reason, the site has experienced various occupations and has been a target of numerous attacks.  Today, the Ciutadella is a modern cultural centre and an extraordinary site. Brought together over an area of 139,000 m2 are the archaeological remains of the Greek colony and later Roman colony of Rhode, the Romanesque monastery of Santa Maria and the structure of the old village of Roses, which even retains some medieval fortifications. History The origins of Roses (Greek: Rhode) are disputed. A popular theory holds it was founded in the 8th century BC by Greek colonists from Rhodes.  It seems more probable that it was founded in the 5th century BC by Greeks from Massalia (Marseilles), perhaps with an admixture of colonists from neighbouring Emporion (today's Empúries).  Remains of the Greek settlement can still be seen. Rema...

Εμπόριο, Ισπανία Emporion, Emporiae (Ampurias) (Greek: ᾽Εμπόριον, "port of trade"): Graeco-Roman settlement in northeastern Spain, modern Ampurias. According to the Greek geographer Strabo of Amasia, the Palaiapolis of Emporion was founded by Greeks from Massilia (Geography, 3.4.8). It was not a completely new town: the Iberian tribe of the Indigetes was already living there. The two nations appear to have gone along well: the natives obtained precious goods from the east, while the Greeks gained a stopover port in their expanding network in the western part of the Mediterranean. Español Ciudad griega de Emporion, en L'Escala, Gerona.  En el S. VI a.C. se funda por comerciantes Griegos-Foceos, Emporiom. Esta nuevo asentamiento se desarrolla en dos fases: Paliapolis -ciudad antigua- y mαs tarde Neopolis -ciudad nueva-. El significado en Emporiom es "mercado", que nos da una idea exacta de las intenciones de los nuevos colonizadores. De la ciudad antigua, Paliopol...