city-state

a state consisting of a sovereign city and its dependencies. Among the most famous are the great independent cities of the ancient world, such as Athens, Sparta, Carthage, and Rome

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357–355 B.C.
Abeokuta
Achaeans
Aegina
Aeschines
Aetolian League
Ahmose
Ancient Colonies
Ancient Greece
Arianism
Arvad
Athenian League, War of the
Athens
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Bouphonia
Caere
Callatis
Capital Springs Centennial State Recreation Area
Carthage

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