Massalia/Massilia
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: S. Loseby
Creators: S. Loseby
Contributors:
DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Pierre Motylewicz, R. Talbert, Ingrid Luo
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Last modified
Nov 14, 2021 11:45 AM
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History
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.
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https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/148127
43.296854, 5.382499
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 6735 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 15 E3 Massalia/Massilia
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Marseille
S. Loseby, DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Pierre Motylewicz, R. Talbert, and Ingrid Luo, 'Massalia/Massilia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/148127> [accessed: 24 April 2025]
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