Massalia was established ca. 600 BC by Ionian Greek settlers from Phocaea, in Western Anatolia. After the capture of Phocaea by the Persians in 545 BC, a new wave of settlers fled towards the … Докладно

Massalia was ruled as an oligarchic republic by a closed aristocracy initially descending from the original settlers. An assembly of 600 timouchoi, whose membership was conditioned to … Докладно

The Greeks used the proverbs Ἐκ Μασσαλίας ἥκεις ("you are coming out of Massalia") and Ἐς Μασσαλίαν πλεύσειας ("you might sail to … Докладно

A genetic study conducted in 2011 found that 4% of the inhabitants of Provence belong to the haplogroup E-V13 lineage, which is especially frequent among Phocaeans (19%), … Докладно

• Greek colonisation
• Greeks in pre-Roman Gaul Докладно

• Bizot, Bruno (2007). Marseille antique. Guides archéologiques de la France. Éd. du Patrimoine. ISBN 978-2-85822-931-4.
• Bouffier, Sophie; Garcia, Dominique (2017). Greek Marseille and Mediterranean Celtic Region. Peter Lang. ISBN Докладно