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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 was founded in 575 BC by Greeks from Phocaea.
Palaeochristian basilica at Empúries
Palaeochristian basilica at Empúries
Emporiae coins, 5th-1st century BC.
Emporiae coins, 5th-1st century BC.
Greek kalyx krater found at Empúries
Greek kalyx krater found at Empúries
Roman wall at Empúries
Roman wall at Empúries
Phocaea
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Phocaea or Phokaia was an ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia. Greek colonists from Phocaea founded the colony of Massalia in 600 BC, Emporion in 575 BC and Elea in 540 BC.
Empúries
…Ampurias (Spanish: Ampurias ). The city Ἐμπόριον (Greek: 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: Emporiae), thus initiating…
The theatre of Phocaea
The theatre of Phocaea
Stater coin from Phocaea with Griffin head; Circa 580 BC[citation needed]
Stater coin from Phocaea with Griffin head; Circa 580 BC[citation needed]
Coinage of Phokaia, Ionia, c. 478–387 BC. Possible portrait of Satrap Tissaphernes, with satrapal headress
Coinage of Phokaia, Ionia, c. 478–387 BC. Possible portrait of Satrap Tissaphernes, with satrapal headress
Electrum coinage of Phocaea, 340–335 BC
Electrum coinage of Phocaea, 340–335 BC