À l’origine de Marseille, l’oppidum celte de Saint-Blaise. Histoire et détours d’une découverte
Abstract: Recent work on the Celtic oppidum at Saint-Blaise has highlighted and confirmed the importance and age of occupation of this protohistoric Provençal settlement during the early Iron Age. We have recently proposed that the site be used to house the fortress of the Segobrigii, whose alliance...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Français |
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2025
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | Abstract: Recent work on the Celtic oppidum at Saint-Blaise has highlighted and confirmed the importance and age of occupation of this protohistoric Provençal settlement during the early Iron Age. We have recently proposed that the site be used to house the fortress of the Segobrigii, whose alliance with the Greeks, reported by several ancient authors and symbolised by the wedding of Gyptis and Protis on the Gallic site, is at the very origin of the Phocaean city. This article takes a historiographical and iconographical approach to the question. Firstly, it looks at the many successive interpretations that archaeologists have given to the Saint-Blaise oppidum in an environment marked by colonial rule. What emerges is the erroneous or biased position long given to this settlement by researchers—and more generally to the southern Celtic societies involved in this process. Finally, this approach makes it possible to explain and follow the vagaries and pitfalls of the long and fruitless quest, in Marseilles itself or in its immediate surroundings, for the site of the first meeting between Greeks and Gauls before the foundation of Marseilles. |
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