 The Roman general Gaius Marius crushed the last serious resistance in 102 BC by defeating the Cimbri and the Teutons.He then began building roads to facilitate troop movements and commerce between Rome, Spain and Northern Europe; one from the coast inland to Apt and Tarascon, and the other along the coast from Italy to Spain, passing through Fréjus and Aix-en-Provence.In 49 BC, Massalia had the misfortune to choose the wrong side in the power struggle between Pompey and Julius Caesar.