Hi,
I was thinking the other day about how exactly the ancient greek colonies got founded: a bunch of greeks appeared off the coast somewhere in the Med, disembarked, built a city, and we have Neapolis, Massilia, etc...but no fighting? That land belonged to someone, and even in ancient times with so much less people, I just don't see a king accepting five thousand armed colonists and their families with equanimity. What was the colonizing mechanics, precisely? What was the most common scenario: invasion, strike a deal years before the big trip, or fait accompli and hello we are here, suckers? Anybody knows?
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I was thinking the other day about how exactly the ancient greek colonies got founded: a bunch of greeks appeared off the coast somewhere in the Med, disembarked, built a city, and we have Neapolis, Massilia, etc...but no fighting? That land belonged to someone, and even in ancient times with so much less people, I just don't see a king accepting five thousand armed colonists and their families with equanimity. What was the colonizing mechanics, precisely? What was the most common scenario: invasion, strike a deal years before the big trip, or fait accompli and hello we are here, suckers? Anybody knows?
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