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Marseille

600 BCE – still standing

Founded as the Greek colony Massalia, France's oldest city and primary Mediterranean trade port for over 2,600 years

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–700 BCE)
  2. Greek city-states (500 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Greek colonies (400 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. No border recorded here in this snapshot (323 BCE–300 BCE)
  5. European tribal peoples (200 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. No border recorded here in this snapshot (100 BCE)
  7. Roman Empire (1 BCE–200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  8. Rome (Constantius) (300 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  9. Western Roman Empire (400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  10. Ostrogoths (500 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  11. Frankish Kingdom (600 CE–700 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  12. Carolingian Empire (800 CE–900 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  13. Kingdom of France (1000 CE–1100 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  14. County of Toulouse (1200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  15. France (1279 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Approximate
Border precision
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Elsewhere in Europe at the time

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Colosseum

80 CE – still standing

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Ottoman Empire

1299 CE – 1922 CE

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Amber Road

1000 BCE – 400 CE

Conflict · Europe

World War I

1914 CE – 1918 CE

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Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

550 BCE – 262 CE

Polity · Europe

Holy Roman Empire

962 CE – 1806 CE

Trade route · Europe

Roman Mediterranean Trade

27 BCE – 476 CE

Conflict · Europe

World War II

1939 CE – 1945 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 600 BCE and 2026 CE.

600 BCE Pompeii 600 BCE Herculaneum 600 BCE Epidaurus 595 BCE First Sacred War 590 BCE Lydian–Median War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Petra Landmark · Middle East 300 BCE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States) Conflict · East Asia 1467 CE – 1615 CE Buddha Figure · Northern India / Nepal 563 BCE – 483 BCE Chichen Itza Landmark · Americas 600 CE – still standing
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