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MEZE (Town) FRANCE
Mesua (Meze) Herault, France.
Pre-Roman settlement on the N bank of the Etang de Thau on a promontory almost
entirely surrounded by water (Mel. 2.5.6). Soundings carried out on this little
cape, on which was located a port active in antiquity, have revealed that it was
occupied from the 6th c. B.C. to the Roman period.
Isolated finds made in the depths of the Thau basin, and in the wrecks
which have been discovered there, testify to its frequent use by ancient shipping.
It was through the small ports marking the N side of this basin (of which Meze
was the most important) that maritime commerce was connected with the great axis
formed by the Via Domitiana, which crosses the territory of Meze ca. 5 km N of
the town. Numerous and important Gallo-Roman estates were situated between the
Etang de Thau and the Via Domitiana.
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