In Spain, the south of France and along the Rhone, the Romans were able to build on the work already done by the Phocaeans, a Greek people who founded the city of Marseille ( Massilia). As they consolidated their Empire, repelling or subjugating Gauls, Celts, and Teutons, and Romans planted large areas with vines almost everywhere they went. They imported new varieties of vine or improved what was already in place, spreading their knowledge of winemaking and its associated paraphernalia, such as the press, the amphora, and even the wooden barrel. However, neither the wines from Marseille, nor the majority of the Spanish wines, had a particularly good reputation, and only Rhone wines, plus a few from Andalusia and other provinces of the Iberian peninsula, were traded in Rome, the center of power.