Marseille: Timeline

600 BC   Foundation of Marseille by Phoceans (traditional date).

70 BC   In Rome Rome

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 prosecutes former governor Verres; Verres exiles himself to Marseille before the trial is over.

310   While Constantine is campaigning against the Bructeri, Maximian Maximian

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 attempts to make himself emperor at Arles Arles

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. Constantine's troops swiftly return, forcing Maximian to flee. He surrenders at Marseille.

1524   September - Siege of Marseille by Imperial forces under the Duke of Bourbon.

1934   King Alexander of Yugoslavia and French foreign minister Louis Barthou are assassinated during the king's state visit in Marseille

1947   Arrest of four steel workers in Marseille begins a communist rioting that spreads to Paris Paris

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1994   French anti-terrorist police storms a hijacked jet at Marseille and kill four Islamist terrorists.