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Siege and naval battle at Massilia in Caesar's civil war. City motto: Actibus immensis urbs fulget Massiliensis. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Begins

De Bello Civile I.34 - 36

Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus had become proconsul of Gaul and sent to gain control of Massilia. As Caesar marched to Spain (en route to teh Battle of Ilerda), the Massiliots closed their gates to him. Roused by their hostile actions, he commenced a siege against Massilia. He also places Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus in charge of his ship fleet there. Ahenobarbus (brazen-bearded or red-haired) is the name of a plebeian Roman family of the gens Domitia. ... For the Miocene ape, see Proconsul (genus) Under the Roman Empire a proconsul was a promagistrate filling the office of a consul. ... Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus (died 43 BC) was a Roman politician and general of the 1st century BC, one of Julius Caesars assassins. ...

The first sea battle off the coast (late June 49)

De Bello Civile I 56 - 60

Caesar's ships are less skillfully built than those of the Massiliots and outnumbered, and this battle.

Trebonius

De Bello Civile II.1- 2

Gaius Trebonius, Caesar's legatus), conducted the siege using a variety of siege machines including siege towers, a siege-ramp, and a "tortoise" Gaius Trebonius (died 43 BC) was a military commander and politician of the late Roman Republic, a trusted associate of Julius Caesar who later participated in his assassination. ... A legatus (often anglicized as legate) was equivalent to a modern general officer in the Roman army. ... A siege tower is a specialized siege engine, constructed to protect assailants and ladders whilst approaching the defensive walls of a fortification. ... A century of Roman legionaires in testudo formation, as portrayed in the Rome: Total War computer game, copyright 2004 Creative Assembly and Activision In Ancient Roman warfare, the testudo or tortoise formation was a formation utilized commonly by the Roman Legions during battles, particularly sieges. ...

second sea-battle

De Bello Civile II.3 - 7

Curio, carelessness in adequately guarding the Sicilian Straits, allowed Lucius Nasidius to bring more ships to the aid of Domitius. He battled with Decimus Brutus, but withdrew defeated and sailed for Spain. Sicilian disambiguates here; see also Sicilian language or Sicilian Defence. ... Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus (died 43 BC) was a Roman politician and general of the 1st century BC, one of Julius Caesars assassins. ...

Further siege works

De Bello Civile II.8 - 16

The Massiliots valiantly defended against the siege machines and works. They threw down burning pitch and pine-shavings and the Caesarians undermined the foundations of their city walls. At one point they seemed likely to surrender and declare a truce, but at night they cunningly destroyed the siege works in a gross violation of the treaty. They were then near surrender.

Final surrender to Caesar

De Bello Civile II.22 Caesar showed his usual leniency

Trivia

• The siege is the setting for Last Seen in Massilia in the Roma Sub Rosa detective series by Steven Saylor.

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