The Era of Greek Colonization

A History of Mankind (56)

In ancient Greece and the Hellenic world, roughly between 900 BC and 400 AD, there were 1,500 different poleis[1] altogether – never at the same time, but always hundreds of them coexisting at the same time during this period. This included 850 functioning poleis as of 400 BC.

Of the larger number, 600 are attested in Greece proper, with 400 colonies of…