Get to know Massilia better with 4 real example sentences, the meaning.
Massilia in a sentence
Massilia meaning
A city in Gallia Narbonensis, now Marseille.
Using Massilia
- The main meaning on this page is: A city in Gallia Narbonensis, now Marseille.
- In the example corpus, massilia often appears in combinations such as: of massilia.
Context around Massilia
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Massilia
- In this selection, "massilia" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, marseille, present and visited stand out and add context to how "massilia" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include fled to massilia marseille a and inhabitants of massilia who were. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "massilia" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with massilia
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Barnes, Constantine and Eusebius, 34. Maximian fled to Massilia ( Marseille ), a town better able to withstand a long siege than Arles. (21 words)
Pytheas of Massilia visited Britain – probably sometime between 322 and 285 BC – and described it as triangular in shape, with a northern tip called Orcas. (25 words)
The prosperity of Mediterranean Gaul encouraged Rome to respond to pleas for assistance from the inhabitants of Massilia, who were under attack by a coalition of Ligures and Gauls. (29 words)
In addition to the Gauls, there were other peoples living in Gaul, such as the Greeks and Phoenicians who had established outposts such as Massilia (present-day Marseille ) along the Mediterranean coast. (32 words)
The prosperity of Mediterranean Gaul encouraged Rome to respond to pleas for assistance from the inhabitants of Massilia, who were under attack by a coalition of Ligures and Gauls. (29 words)
Pytheas of Massilia visited Britain – probably sometime between 322 and 285 BC – and described it as triangular in shape, with a northern tip called Orcas. (25 words)
Example sentences (4)
Barnes, Constantine and Eusebius, 34. Maximian fled to Massilia ( Marseille ), a town better able to withstand a long siege than Arles.
In addition to the Gauls, there were other peoples living in Gaul, such as the Greeks and Phoenicians who had established outposts such as Massilia (present-day Marseille ) along the Mediterranean coast.
Pytheas of Massilia visited Britain – probably sometime between 322 and 285 BC – and described it as triangular in shape, with a northern tip called Orcas.
The prosperity of Mediterranean Gaul encouraged Rome to respond to pleas for assistance from the inhabitants of Massilia, who were under attack by a coalition of Ligures and Gauls.
Common combinations with massilia
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of massilia 2×