Polity Massalia

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Was an Ancient Greek Polis (city-state) in southern France and a predecessor of the city of Marseille.

Establishment

  • January 599 BC: The Ionian Greeks of Phocaea, escaping from Asia Minor because of the Lydian danger, arrive in the Thyrrenian Sea and found Marseille in southern France.

Chronology

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1. Caesar´s Civil War

Was a Civil War in the Roman Republic between the two powerful generals Gaius Julius Caesar and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus. The war was won by Caesar who became dictator of Rome.

  • September 49 BC: Caesar's siege of Massilia against the Pompeian Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus.

Disestablishment

  • September 49 BC: Caesar's siege of Massilia against the Pompeian Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus.