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Antipoli
Antibes
Antipoli is Antibes, founded in the fifth century BC by the Greeks of Massalia as a stronghold against the Ligurians, and named Antipolis, the city opposite, probably because it faced Nikaia, today Nice. In 154 BC, harassed by Ligurian tribes, it called on Rome for help, and the consul Quintus Opimius subdued them. The Greek geographer Strabo says a lawsuit freed it from Massalia's authority. It received Latin rights, probably under Caesar, and its fish sauce was famous; the Roman poet Martial mentions it. An aqueduct and a circus served the town.