MARSEILLE BEFORE ROME

The subject of A. T. Hodge's readable and well-informed "Ancient Greek France" is the history of the Greek presence in the south of France from colonisation to Marseille's loss of independence during the Caesarian Civil War. If Hodge's professional audience will feel disappointed at times by his decision to put the needs of popularising his subject ahead of their interests, they will benefit in other respects enormously from his painstaking work. (Quotes from original text)