Empúries
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Empúries ( ) was an ancient Greek city on the Mediterranean coast of Catalonia, Spain. Empúries is also known by its Spanish name, Ampurias ( ). The city Ἐμπόριον (, Emporion, meaning "trading place", cf. emporion) was founded in 575 BC by Greeks from Phocaea. The invasion of Gaul from Iberia by Hannibal the Carthaginian general in 218 BC, prompted the Romans to occupy the city (Latin: ), thus initiating the Roman conquest of Hispania. In the Early Middle Ages, the city's exposed coastal position left it open to marauders and it was abandoned.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Empúries
- Ancient site.native_name
- Empúries Ampurias Emporiae
- Ancient site.image
- Paleochristian Basilica - Empúries - 2005-03-27.JPG
- Ancient site.caption
- Palaeochristian basilica at Empúries
- Ancient site.map_type
- Spain Province of Girona#Spain Catalonia vegueries#Spain
- Ancient site.location
- Alt Empordà, Province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.builder
- Colonists from Phocaea
- Ancient site.built
- 575 BC
- Ancient site.epochs
- Archaic Greek to Early Medieval
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- Area
- 250000
- Image
- Ampuries-ciudad-griega.JPG
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15 sectionsContents
- History
- Archaeological remains
- ''Palaiapolis''
- ''Neapolis''
- Image gallery
- Roman city
- Necropolis
- Early Greeks and Iberians (6th–3rd century BC)
- Late Republican (2nd–1st century BC)
- Early Roman Empire (1st century BC – 2nd century AD)
- Late Roman empire (3rd – 6th century)
- The Archaeology Museum of Catalonia
- See also
- References
- External links
Empúries ( ) was an ancient Greek city on the Mediterranean coast of Catalonia, Spain. Empúries is also known by its Spanish name, Ampurias ( ). The city Ἐμπόριον (, Emporion, meaning "trading place", cf. emporion) was founded in 575 BC by Greeks from Phocaea. The invasion of Gaul from Iberia by Hannibal the Carthaginian general in 218 BC, prompted the Romans to occupy the city (Latin: ), thus initiating the Roman conquest of Hispania. In the Early Middle Ages, the city's exposed coastal position left it open to marauders and it was abandoned.
Empúries is located within the Catalan comarca of Alt Empordà on the Costa Brava. The ruins are midway between the town of L'Escala and the tiny village of Sant Martí d'Empúries.
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