Alexander the Great built an empire that stretched from ... "would rival Rome and Athens as the greatest of ancient cities, its ruins one of the wonders most visited today by wide-eyed tourists ...

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Alexander the Great founded over 70 cities and created ... Instead, Greece was divided up into small city-states, like Athens, Sparta, Corinth and Olympia. Each city-state ruled itself.

Athens Sparta Corinth Olympia So, ancient Greeks living in Sparta considered themselves Spartan or Athenian first, and Greek second. Alexander the Great was a powerful ruler who at one time ...