Massilians
People / regional collective
Civil War 1.34 supplies the first indexed source portrait: “On his arrival there he learns that Vibullius Rufus, whom he had captured at Corfinium and dismissed a few days before, had been dispatched by Pompeius; also that Domitius had gone to seize Massilia with seven merchant-vessels which he had requisitioned and had manned with his own slaves, freedmen, and tenants; and also that some Massilian envoys had been …”
Named form in selected editions; identity established only to the extent of the cited context.
Civil War 1.34
Caesar
On his arrival there he learns that Vibullius Rufus, whom he had captured at Corfinium and dismissed a few days before, had been dispatched by Pompeius; also that Domitius had gone to seize Massilia with seven merchant-vessels which he had requisitioned and had manned with his own slaves, freedmen, and tenants; and also that some Massilian envoys had been previously sent home, youths of noble birth, whom Pompeius when quitting the city had exhorted not to let Caesar’s fresh services drive from their minds the memory of his own earlier kindnesses. …
Civil War 1.35
Caesar
… He pleads with them not,to let the first outbreak of hostilities come from the Massilians; they ought to follow the authority of the whole of Italy rather than be subservient to the will of one man. …
Civil War 1.56
Caesar
While this is going on at Ilerda the Massilians, following the advice of L. Domitius, equip seventeen ships of war, of which eleven were decked. …
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