Historical place profile
Antipolis
Antipolis (modern Antibes) was founded as a colony from Massilia in the fifth century BC and emerged as a key trading center. In the late first century BC the city was incorporated into the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:157812
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:157812
- Place type
- port, settlement
- Coordinates
- 43.580587, 7.120902
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Antipolis (modern Antibes) was founded as a colony from Massilia in the fifth century BC and emerged as a key trading center. In the late first century BC the city was incorporated into the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 16 D2 Antipolis
Source and reuse
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Research path
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