Emporia has long been a transportation crossroads.
There were two similar types of colony, one known as an - "apoikia" (pl.:, "apoikiai") and the other as an ov - "emporion" (pl.:, "emporia").
Emporia has an enrollment of approximately 1,400 students and a teaching staff of 130.
The area was the site of wealthy trade emporia, frequently visited by traders, especially from the east, west and north.
Carthaginian merchants brought imports of wine, glass, pottery and other goods through a series of emporia, commercial post which sometimes included temples and other installations.
His work lead to theories on the impact of the development of such emporia (trade ports) that was considered highly innovative in its field.
Women go to the emporia and spend half a day to look at things and then come out without buying anything.
The purpose is not to have fine banks, it is not to have magnificent emporia; it is to live in them.