Zvinoenderana nezvakanyorwa zvaThucydides, maGiriki kubva kuPocea neAnatolia ndivo vakavamba nzvimbo yekutengesa, "simba" Massalia kumaodzanyemba kweiyo ikozvino France kutenderedza 600 BC
Iyi koloni yakagadziriswa zvakanyanya muchimiro cheamphitheatre, yakawana chikamu chePolis kana guta-nyika. Yakanga iri chiteshi chakakosha chakakurumidza kuve chiratidzo cheGreek muWestern Europe. Vafambisi vechikepe vechiGreek vakauya nezvekurima, zvipfuyo, basa rekumaka mabwe, kuumba uye kudzidzisa zvinhu zvakawanda.
VaGiriki vaigara Massalia nhasi Marseille, vakafambisa tsika yechiHellenic kuvagari vemunzvimbo iyi uye nekuvaGauls vese mushure. Ionian Greek yaitaurwa ipapo uye ivo vaive vafambira mberi zvakanyanya mukurapa.
Kuva munzvimbo yakarongeka zvakadaro, yakashanda sechibvumirano pakati peRoma nemaguta emukati eGaul, rese bhizimusi rakapfuura nepachiteshi ichocho, vakauyawo kuzotengesa nemaIberia.
Zvese zvakagadzirwa zvaitengeswa, makushe, dehwe, machira, zvishongo, mari, mafuta, varanda pamwe newaini.
Kurimwa kwemuzambiringa uye kukwidziridzwa kwe waini muMassalia zvinoenderana nezvakawanikwa nevanochera matongo kubva mugore IV BC
Zvishoma nezvishoma makoloni akapatsanurwa kubva kunamai nyika Greece neMassalia vakabatanidzazve makoloni mudunhu iri uye dziviriro yakaumbwa, gare gare vakabatana neRoma, kunorwisa maEtruscans, maCelt, neCarthage.
The vagari ve Massalia vakabatsira Roma nevarume, mari, uye zvikepe zvehondo kurwisa Carthage, ipapo vakakudzwa nezvivakwa zvakafanana munhandare yeRoma semaseneta avo.
Kubva Massalia, Mary Magadharini naRazaro vekuBhetani vakaita kuti kutenda kwechiKristu kuzivikanwe.