Pytheas, Greek merchant, geographer and explorer from the Greek colony Massilia (today Marseille) (b. c. 380 BC)
Pytheas of Massilia recorded an account of a journey northward in 325 BC, to a land he called "Eschate Thule," where the Sun only set for three hours each day and the water was replaced by a congealed substance "on which one can neither walk nor sail."
The only ancient writers who mention him are Gennadius, presbyter of Massilia (end of 5th century), in his De scriptoribus ecclesiasticis, and Pope Gelasius in De libris recipiendis et non recipiendis, in which his works are classed as Apocryphi, probably on account of certain heterodox statements contained in them.
Faustus was exiled in 59 and confined to Massilia (modern Marseille, France).
Relations stretch back to Classical Antiquity, when Ancient Greek colonies were established in pre-Roman Gaul, the most important of which being Massilia (Greek: Μασσαλία, Frence: Marseilles), located in southeastern France (which today is the country's oldest city, as well as the second largest, by population).
Massilia Sound System re-popularised the city of Marseille in the 1990s, in conjunction with the success of Olympique de Marseille, the local soccer club.
Etymology: massiliense, pertaining to Massilia, the Latin name of Marseille, France where the organism was isolated.
The Massilia Deputies, a rump of 27 Assembly members, including Diouf, Édouard Daladier, Georges Mandel, Jean Zay, and Pierre Mendès-France, boarded the Massilia, a ship chartered to transport Assembly members to Casablanca, where they planned to set up a government in exile.
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus had become proconsul of Gaul and was sent to gain control of Massilia (modern Marseille) in order to oppose Caesar.
Last Seen in Massilia (2000) takes place in Massilia (now Marseille) during the siege of the city by Caesar's troops.