The very nature of the port of Lattara made it a crossroads where various communities could meet, trade and discuss – in short, a place where they could share. From the very beginning, the town's population included Etruscans among the indigenous residents. It is probable that the inhabitants also mixed with Massalian traders, Greeks, possibly Iberians, Phoenicians – in fact, every type of trader and sailor who made their way around the Mediterranean. It is also possible that itinerant craftspeople from the north of Gaul visited the town. In addition, Italians moved freely throughout Provence, and some of them certainly stopped over in Lattes.