Ngokwembali kaThucydides, amaGrike asuka ePhocea naseAnatolia ngabo abaseka ikoloni yezorhwebo, UMassalia emazantsi wento ngoku eyiFrance malunga ne-600 BC
Le koloni yaphuhliswa ngokubanzi ngohlobo lwe-amphitheatre, yafumana udidi lwepolisi okanye isixeko sikarhulumente. Yayilizibuko elibalulekileyo elathi kungekudala laba ngumqondiso wamaGrike kwiNtshona Yurophu. Oomatiloshe abangamaGrike beza nezolimo, imfuyo, umsebenzi wokucoca amatye, izinto zodongwe, kwaye bafundisa izinto ezininzi.
AmaGrike awayehlala Massalia namhlanje eMarseille, badlulisela inkcubeko yamaGrike kubemi bommandla nakuwo onke amaGauls emva koko. Isi-Ionia Greek kwakuthethwa apho kwaye babephumelele kakhulu kwezonyango.
Ukuba kwindawo efanelekileyo, yayisebenza njengendawo yokunxibelelana phakathi kweRoma kunye nezixeko zangaphakathi zaseGaul, lonke urhwebo lwadlula kwelo zibuko, beza kurhweba namaIberia.
Yonke into eyenziweyo yayithengisiwe, uboya, izikhumba, amalaphu, iigugu, iingqekembe, ioyile, amakhoboka kunye newayini.
Ukulinywa komdiliya kunye nokwandiswa kwe iwayini eMassalia ngokokufunyanwa kwezinto zakudala bavela ngonyaka we-IV BC
Ngokuthe ngcembe iikholoni zahlulwa kwilizwe lakowabo iGrisi kwaye iMassalia yadibanisa zonke iikholoni zommandla kwaye kwasekwa isikhuseli, kamva badibana neRoma, ukulwa nama-Etruscans, amaCelt, kunye neCarthage.
Abemi be UMassalia banceda iRoma ngamadoda, imali, kunye neenqanawa zemfazwe ukulwa iCarthage, emva koko bahlonitshwa ngezikhundla ezifanayo kwiholo yemidlalo yeqonga njengama-senator abo.
Ukusuka UMassalia, UMariya waseMagadala kunye noLazaro waseBhethani benza ukuba ukholo lwamaKristu lwaziwe.