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 ...

The strategic, cultural, and economic significance of ancient Greek colonies in the Black Sea and their enduring legacy.

A final reason behind the development of city-states was the Greek aristocracy, who acted to prevent any permanent monarchies from forming. They defended the political independence of their cities ...

On the west bank of the Achelous are the remains of one of the oldest shipyards in antiquity, that of the ancient Greek city ...

Each city-state ruled itself. They had their own governments, laws and army. Someone living in Sparta would call themselves Spartan first, and Greek second. Famously, the city-states didn’t get ...