Abstract
The mid-Rhône Valley is well known for its role in long-distance trade and commercial networks between the Mediterranean basin and Inner Gaul. It is within these same networks that the infrastructures and players of a day-to-day economy are integrated, that of local exchanges and retail trade, which will be at the heart of our discussion. Through a historiographical review and case studies selected from the Rhone corridor, we will highlight the contribution of archaeological data to the reconstruction of production and distribution activities in an urban environment, and to an understanding of the role of the city in trade in Roman Gaul.
