Massalia

The Greeks formed their colony at Massilia around 600BC. Coming from Phocaea, they intended to harvest the region’s resources and trade from Massilia’s natural harbour. By the beginning of the 4th century BC, the former trading post had sprouted into one of the busiest ports in the Mediterranean, its tendrils even reaching up into Gaul along the Rhone and Durance rivers. Massilia is run as an oligarchy, an assembly headed by noble families. The population are a hybrid of Greek settlers, Gallic locals and others pulled to the city by trade. Despite a level of cultural integration, some Gallic tribes still see the city as a prize. Carthage, too, wants to control or destroy their trading rival. Both want Massilia’s great wealth for themselves, and will stop at nothing to take it.

Faction Name Massalia

Campaign main_rome

Culture rom_Hellenistic

Subculture sc_rom_greek

Military Group massilia

Faction Group rom_faction_group_greek

Faction Group

Greek States
The world-renowned culture of the Greeks was built upon hard toil, keen thinking and military excellence.

[NOT DISPLAYED] +3 security against authority-based agent actions
[NOT DISPLAYED] +3 security against cunning-based agent actions
[NOT DISPLAYED] +3 security against zeal-based agent actions
Greek Knowledge: +5% research rate
Classical Heritage: +2 to cultural conversion
[NOT DISPLAYED] +3 security against authority-based agent actions
[NOT DISPLAYED] +3 security against cunning-based agent actions
[NOT DISPLAYED] +3 security against zeal-based agent actions

Political Parties

Council of the Six Hundred
The Timouchoi are the executive commitee of the Council of Six Hundred, led by three elected presidents. Candidates for membership must prove that they are third generation Massilians or fathers to Massilian children before admission.

Massilian Aristocracy
By age and experience the elders in the council are the wisest men, and therefore the most qualified to rule and provide counsel when necessary.

Playable: True
Initial Power: 60
[NOT DISPLAYED] adds subsistence wealth to faction capital only / scope: faction
Conservative Society: -3 unrest from presence of foreign cultures
Great Traders: +10% trade income
[NOT DISPLAYED] adds subsistence wealth to faction capital only / scope: faction
Local Dominance: Minor diplomatic bonus with Latin, Italian and Celtic cultures

Merchant Oligarchs

Local Nobility