The earliest habitation period of the city dates to the 10th c. BC and continued in the centuries to come. The city developed in Classical times and became an urban centre from the 4th to the 1st c. BC. Its heyday however, dates to the Roman era, from the 1st to the 3rd c. AD, when it was destroyed by an unknown cause.

The city was protected by a fortification wall and had a very well-organized city grid, adjusted to the terrain. It was densely built with paved streets, water and sewage network, ...