Altogether there were over 1500 city-states in the Greek world, but some of these would barely qualify as towns in modern terms. Even Athens, by far the largest of all city-states, only contained ...

Starting in the 8th century BC, colonies were eventually founded all over the Mediterranean ... A final reason behind the development of city-states was the Greek aristocracy, who acted to ...

Many of the oldest inhabited cities in Greece are still standing against all odds. They have survived to this day to tell the ...