You want to live here, you want to colonize. You want to make this part of your empire.

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It is also interesting to notice who does not colonize at this early period and the answer is all the most famous cities of Greece in the Classical Period.

另一个有意思的问题是,谁在早期并不殖民,答案是,古希腊时期的所有名城

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Finally, Thebes, the greatest city in Boeotia, also does not colonize.

最后,底比斯,皮奥夏地区最伟大的城市,也未殖民

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