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Massilia and Julius Caesar 49 B.C.

In 49 B.C. Julius Caesar, with Trebonius as his second-in-command, captured Massilia, a city in Gaul that had allied itself with Pompey and, it thought, Rome.
Caesar's Civil War Commentaries - Massilia
Section from Julius Caesar's commentary on the Civil Wars in English translation.

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