Altogether there were over 1500 city-states in the Greek world, but some of these would barely qualify as towns in modern terms.After the greek dark ages exciting things began to happen in ancient Greece. Villages banded together to form strong trading centers called city-states.
The ancient Greeks referred to themselves as citizens of their individual city-states. Each city-state had its own personality, goals, laws and customs. Ancient Greeks were very loyal to their city-state.
There was no central government in ancient Greece. Each city-state had its own style of government. Some city-states, like corinth, were ruled by kings. Some like Sparta, were ruled by a small group of men. Athens experimented with new forms of government. Some of the city-states were Sparta, Athens, Corinth, Megara, Argos, Olimpia,Thebes,Delphi, and Marathon.
