Enterprising Greeks from Phocaea have reached Spain's…

Enterprising Greeks from Phocaea have reached Spain's shores, but by 550 BCE, they have established only two small colonies as offshoots of Massilia (Marseille) in the extreme northeast, at Emporion (Ampurias) and Rhode (Rosas).

The Phoenicians, however, have carried past the Strait of Gibraltar an older Archaic Greek commerce in olive oil, perfumes, fine pottery, bronze jugs, armor, and figurines.

It develops between 800 and 550 BCE, peaking sharply from 600 to 550, and is directed along the southern coast in precisely the areas of most intense Phoenician influence and settlement.

Empúries is founded on a small island at the mouth of the river Fluvià, in a region inhabited by the Indigetes.

This city comes to be known as the Palaiapolis, the "old city" when, towards 550 BCE, the inhabitants move to the mainland, creating the Neapolis, the "new city".