What is the largest city in ancient Greece?

Answer 1

The ancient Greek world was comprised of a couple of thousand independent city-states stretching from Spain to Asia Minor. So there was no 'Greece' or capital of Greece - the Greeks were a people not a nation as in today's term. There were major cities such as Thebes, Corinth, Athens, Sparta, Syracuse, Miletus, but as there was no country, there was no capital. Each city was the 'capital' or centre of its territory.

Answer 2

The political system of ancient Greece was not as we know Nation states of today. For centuries the city state was the mode of the system. Athens though was respected as the most cultural city state avant guard in politics, policies, technology, science, philosophy, education etc...

The first time that Greece was united and formed a state Nation as we understand the term today was under Philip of Macedon father of Alexander III the Great.

When Alexander defeated Darius III in the battle of Granicus at 334 BCE he sent 300 Persian shields to the city of Athens to show his gratitude with the inscription "To Athens Alexander King of Hellenes except Lacedaemon" in recognition of the Athens status within Hellenes.

Answer 3

Greece was not a political entity. It was comprised of many independent small city-states, each city being the centre of government of the city-state.

Examples are: Thebes, Megara, Athens, Corinth, Sparta, Aegina, Argos.

And the Greek world spread around the Mediterranean, with such city-states as Miletus in Asia Minor, Syracuse in Sicily, Naples (Napoli = nea polis = new city) in Italy, and Tripoli (tri polis = three cities) in Libya.

Answer 4

There is no such thing.

During the Era of Ancient Greece, the city-states were not united in anything other than local alliances. As a result, Athens was only the capital of the Attica region. Corinth, Thebes, Delphi, Sparta, and numerous other city-states were wholly independent politically from Athens. The idea of a united Greece is a much more recent idea that comes out of a restoration of the Byzantine Empire.

Some textbooks try to oversimplify the relationships of the different city-states and make the ridiculous claim that Athens and Sparta were the two capitals of Greece. However, this misses the nuance that they were simply leaders of military alliances within their regions.

Answer 5

There was no "original" capitol city of ancient Greece. Greece began as a collection of independent city-states, variously allied and at war with one another. Greece was conquered by Alexander the Great and eventually incorporated into Macedonia. After several hundred years it was incorporated piece by piece into the Roman Empire. During this time, various cities were used as centers of government, while others retained a degree of independence for a time. Eventually, with the creation of the Eastern Roman Empire, the new Greek city of Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) became the capitol.

Answer 6

Sparta and Athens were opposing famous ancient Greek cities.

Answer 7

The largest city in ancient is Athens. It is also the capital of Greece. Who's goddess is Athena the goddess of wisdom.

Answer 8

Well, the capital of Greece is Athens

Answer 9

Athens

Answer 10

Olympia