Greek colony of Massalia in France

According to the chronicles of Thucydides, Greeks from Phocea and Anatolia were the ones who founded a commercial colony, "emporion" of Massalia south of what is now France around 600 BC
This colony developed widely in the form of an amphitheater, acquired the category of polis or city-state. It was an important port that soon became a Greek landmark in Western Europe. Greek sailors brought agriculture, livestock, stone polishing work, pottery, and taught many things.
The Greeks who lived in Massalia today Marseille, they transmitted the Hellenic culture to the inhabitants of the region and to all the Gauls afterwards. Ionian Greek was spoken there and they were very advanced in medicine.
Being in such a strategic place, it served as a link between Rome and the internal cities of Gaul, all trade passed through that port, they also came to trade with the Iberians.
Everything manufactured was commercialized, wool, leather, fabrics, jewelery, coins, oils, also slaves and wine.
The cultivation of the vine and the elaboration of wine in Massalia according to archaeological findings they come from the year IV BC
Little by little the colonies were separated from the motherland Greece and Massalia reunited all the colonies in the region and a protectorate was formed, later they allied with Rome, to fight against the Etruscans, Celts, and Carthage.
The inhabitants of Massalia they helped Rome with men, money, and warships to fight Carthage, then they were honored with the same posts in the Roman theater as their own senators.
From Massalia, Mary Magdalene and Lazarus of Bethany made the Christian Faith known.


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