Rendez vous devant le portail du Cathédrale "La Major" , you will recognise me by my blue and white polka dot umbrella. Our rendez vous will be from here we will follow the steps of the first Greek arrivals from Phocée, these followed by the Etruscans and the Romans. As we head to the town forum you may experience recitals of classical poetry and literature , imagine urban triumphs as victorious generals return from military campaigns in the provinces, visite slave markets , seek oracles and finish our tour by offering some libations. We will discuss history, politics, and social conditions relating to each period as we travel along our time line eventually with neoclassicism flourishing under the Directoire and the Empire of Bonaparte with a return of the classical styles . The tour will be given simultaneously in English and French.