Throughout the history of Ancient Greece there were between 1500and 2000 city-states established. Some flourished, othersfloundered, were abandoned, were destroyed, or were united withother city-states to form kingdoms and leagues.
In the Peloponnesus, the kingdom of Sparta conquered many of thesmaller villages on the two peninsulas to the south and finally theMessenians, including Ithome and Pylos, to the west, joining theminto the Spartan League. Further north the city state of Argosunited under it the ancient cities of Mycenae and Tiryns. Athenstook possession of the little city-kingdoms on the Attic peninsula,including Eleusis, Decelea and Marathon, creating the AthenianLeague. And to the north of Athens a fourth union, the BoeotianLeague, was led by Thebes, uniting her with Delium, Aulis, Thespiaeand Plataea, among others.
In Macedonia, Olynthus, Stagira, Aphipolis, Pella, Therma, Methone,Pydna, Aigai, Amphipolis& Philippi and others.
Other city states include Corcyra, Acarnania, Ithaca, Cephallenia,Leucas, Ambracia, Dodona, Aetolia, Calydon, Zacynthus, Patrae,Achaeia, Elis, Arcadia, Olympia, Lepreon, Cythera, Crete, Cydonia,Carpathus, Rhodes, Samos, Priene, Miletus, Halicarnassus, Lindus,Icaria, Lebedos, Teos, Ilium/Troy, Abydos, Lampsacus, Antandrus,Cyzicus, Sestus, Phthia, Pylos, Chersonesus, Imbros, Lemnos,Methymna, Mytilene, Pergamum, Cyma, Phocaea, Magnesia, Smyrna,Sardes, Colophon, Delos, Naxos, Potidaea, Scione, Torone, Torone,Thebae, Pharsalus, Larissa, Pherae, Crissa, Phocis, Locris, Doris,Sicyon, Nemea, Corinth, Megara, Troezen, Epidaurus, Hermione,Eretria, Chalcis, Chaeronea, Cirrae, Melos, Chios, Massallia,Neapolis, Nicaea, Syracuse, Agrigentum, et al ad nauseum…
In the Peloponnesus, the kingdom of Sparta conquered many of thesmaller villages on the two peninsulas to the south and finally theMessenians, including Ithome and Pylos, to the west, joining theminto the Spartan League. Further north the city state of Argosunited under it the ancient cities of Mycenae and Tiryns. Athenstook possession of the little city-kingdoms on the Attic peninsula,including Eleusis, Decelea and Marathon, creating the AthenianLeague. And to the north of Athens a fourth union, the BoeotianLeague, was led by Thebes, uniting her with Delium, Aulis, Thespiaeand Plataea, among others.
In Macedonia, Olynthus, Stagira, Aphipolis, Pella, Therma, Methone,Pydna, Aigai, Amphipolis& Philippi and others.
Other city states include Corcyra, Acarnania, Ithaca, Cephallenia,Leucas, Ambracia, Dodona, Aetolia, Calydon, Zacynthus, Patrae,Achaeia, Elis, Arcadia, Olympia, Lepreon, Cythera, Crete, Cydonia,Carpathus, Rhodes, Samos, Priene, Miletus, Halicarnassus, Lindus,Icaria, Lebedos, Teos, Ilium/Troy, Abydos, Lampsacus, Antandrus,Cyzicus, Sestus, Phthia, Pylos, Chersonesus, Imbros, Lemnos,Methymna, Mytilene, Pergamum, Cyma, Phocaea, Magnesia, Smyrna,Sardes, Colophon, Delos, Naxos, Potidaea, Scione, Torone, Torone,Thebae, Pharsalus, Larissa, Pherae, Crissa, Phocis, Locris, Doris,Sicyon, Nemea, Corinth, Megara, Troezen, Epidaurus, Hermione,Eretria, Chalcis, Chaeronea, Cirrae, Melos, Chios, Massallia,Neapolis, Nicaea, Syracuse, Agrigentum, et al ad nauseum…
