Colonies in Ancient Civilizations (examples)
See Colonies in antiquity.
- Alexandria formed as a Greek colony
- Carthage was a Phoenician colony
- Cyrene was a colony of the Greeks of Thera
- Durrës formed as a Greek colony
- Marseille formed as a Greek colony
- Cologne formed as a Roman colony, and its modern name refers to the Latin term "Colonia".
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