The Greeks overseas
Subtitle: their early colonies and trade /John Boardman.. --
Edition: New. ed. New and enl. ed. --. --
Publisher: Thames and Hudson, c1980.
Published: 1980
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Greece -- Colonies -- History
Description: "In Ancient Greece, colonies were sometimes founded by vanquished people, who left their homes to escape subjection at the hand of a foreign enemy; sometimes as a sequel to civil disorders, when the losers in internecine battles left to form a new city elsewhere; sometimes to get rid of surplus population, and thereby to avoid internal convulsions; and sometimes as a result of ostracism. But in most cases the motivation was to establish and facilitate relations of trade with foreign countries and further the wealth of the mother-city (in Greek, metropolis)."--Wikipedia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.