Colonies in antiquity were city-states founded from a mother-city—its "metropolis"—, not from a territory-at-large. Bonds between a colony and its metropolis remained often close, and took specific forms. However, unlike in the period of European colonialism during the Renaissance and the modern era, ancient colonies were usually sovereign and self-governing from their inception.
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