Macon (CA 132) - Naval Cruise Book

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MayeiHei I M M-: Marseilles, you were quick to note as we ar- rived there in mid-February, is a major Mediter- ranean port. It is France ' s second largest city and its cliief port, serving the industrial Rhone River Valley, Switzerland, and as France ' s link with North Africa. The history of Marseilles dates back to the founding of the Greek colony of Marsalia, founded by Asia Minor marines about 600 B.C. A coastal empire was established by the Massa- lists which spread from Monaco to St. Martin, Spain. When civil war broke out in Rome be- tween Poinpey and Caesar, Marseilles supported Pompey. Caesar captured the city which was later successively occupied by Visigoths, Franks, Nor- mans and Arabs, a few among many conquerors.