Siege of Massilia

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The Siege of Massilia was a key 49 BC engagement in Julius Caesar’s civil war, in which Caesar’s forces besieged and captured the strategically important Mediterranean port city of Massilia (modern Marseille).

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Siege of Massilia canonical 4
siege of Massilia 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of Caesar's Civil War ⓘ
military siege ⓘ
attacker Julius Caesar ⓘ
Roman forces loyal to Julius Caesar ⓘ
belligerent Massiliote forces ⓘ
Roman Republic (Caesarian faction) ⓘ
Roman Republic (Pompeian faction) ⓘ
linked to: Pompeian faction
commander Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus ⓘ
Gaius Trebonius ⓘ
linked to: Trebonius

Julius Caesar ⓘ
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus ⓘ
conflictIn Caesar's Civil War ⓘ
defender Massilia ⓘ
Pompeian faction ⓘ
Roman forces loyal to Pompey ⓘ
city of Massilia ⓘ
linked to: Massilia
describedBy Julius Caesar ⓘ
describedIn Commentarii de Bello Civili ⓘ
followedBy Caesar's campaign in Hispania ⓘ
complete submission of Massilia to Julius Caesar ⓘ
hasCause Massilia's decision to support Pompey against Caesar ⓘ
outbreak of civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey ⓘ
hasComponent land siege ⓘ
naval battles off Massilia ⓘ
naval operations ⓘ
hasEndTime 49 BC ⓘ
hasLocation Marseille ⓘ
Massilia ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea coast ⓘ
Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis ⓘ
linked to: Gallia Narbonensis

southern Gaul ⓘ
hasModernLocation Marseille, France ⓘ
linked to: Marseille
hasStartTime 49 BC ⓘ
hasStrategicImportance control of a major Mediterranean port ⓘ
control of access to western Mediterranean ⓘ
control of sea communications between Italy and Spain ⓘ
outcome loss of Massilia's political independence ⓘ
reduction of Massilia's status under Roman control ⓘ
partOf Julius Caesar's civil war ⓘ
precededBy Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon ⓘ
result Caesarian victory ⓘ
capture of Massilia by Caesar's forces ⓘ
timePeriod 1st century BC ⓘ
used Roman warships ⓘ
battering rams ⓘ
blockade ⓘ
siege towers ⓘ
siege works ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Caesar’s civil war → hasKeyBattle → Siege of Massilia ⓘ
Commentarii de Bello Civili → describesEvent → siege of Massilia ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Massilia
Siege of Brundisium → relatedEvent → Siege of Massilia ⓘ
Commentaries on the Civil War → describesEvent → siege of Massilia ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Massilia
Caesarian forces → engagedInBattle → Siege of Massilia ⓘ