Historical place profile
Massalia/Massilia
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.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:148127
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:148127
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 43.296854, 5.382499
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
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.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 15 E3 Massalia/Massilia
Source and reuse
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Research path
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