Massalia/Massilia

settlement · 750 BC – 2100 AD

Massalia/Massilia (modern Marseille, France) was founded by Phocaean Greeks ca. 600 B.C. as a trading outpost. Massalia, in turn, established its own secondary colonies. During the Punic Wars Massalia, was allied to Rome and, following the sacking of Carthage in 146 B.C., the settlement enjoyed increased economic vitality.

Coordinates

43.29685, 5.38250

Also known as

Marseille, Masilia Grecorum (la), Masilia Grecorvm (la), Massalia, Massalía, Massalia (grc), Massilia, Μασσαλία (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

See Massalia/Massilia on the map →