Conference of the Alpes-Maritimes History and Archaeology Circle. Led by Isabelle Daveau, head of archaeological research, INRAP Midi-Méditerranée.
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Antipolis is one of the trading posts founded by the Greeks of the city of Massalia on the Provençal coast. The date of this foundation is still uncertain. It follows a Gallic habitat established on the heights of the city. Occupying a privileged position at the crossroads of maritime and land routes, the prosperity of the Greek and then Roman city is based on the dynamism of its maritime trade and on the exploitation of resources linked to the sea, in particular fish salting and the...