Editing Roses, Spain (section)

===Early history===
[[File:Rhoda coins 5th 1st century BCE.jpg|thumb|left|Rhoda coins, 5th-1st century BCE]]
The origins of Roses are disputed. According to classical sources, it was founded in the 8th century BC by Greek colonists from [[Rhodes]] and was called Rhode ({{langx|grc|Ῥόδη}}) and Rhodus (Ῥόδος) and Ῥοδίπολις/Ῥόδη πόλις.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0064%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DR%3Aentry+group%3D3%3Aentry%3Drhoda-geo ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography'' (1854), Rhoda]</ref>

It seems more probable that it was founded in the 5th century BC by Greeks from [[Massalia]] ([[Marseille]]s), perhaps with an admixture of colonists from neighbouring Emporion (today's [[Empúries]]). Remains of the Greek settlement can still be seen.

[[File:Castrum visigotic Roses 2014 9 3.JPG|thumb|left|Visigothic settlement on Puig Rom]]

Remains from the [[Ancient Rome|Roman period]] go back to the 2nd century BC and continue well into Christian times with a [[paleochristian]] church and [[necropolis]]. After the collapse of Roman power the town seems to have been abandoned, but a fortified settlement from the [[Visigoths|Visigothic]] period has been excavated on the nearby [[:fr:Castrum de Puig Rom|Puig Rom]].

The mediaeval town grew around the [[monastery]] of Santa Maria de Roses (mentioned since 944). Its jurisdiction was shared by the abbots of Santa Maria de Roses and the [[County of Empúries|counts of Empúries]]. In 1402 the county of Empúries was incorporated into the [[Crown of Aragon]] and Roses acquired the right to organize its own municipal government and economy.