What is the difference between a Greek polis and a colony?

Answer 1

To take it a step further, to be considered a Greek citizen, you had to be born Greek (i.e. born to FREE Greek speaking parents). Many of the city-states also had rules for slaves becoming citizens (with the exception of Sparta). In Rome, all FREE people who lived within the borders of the Empire were considered citizens, though to participate in the Senate, even as a Plebian, your parents had to be born a citizen.

When comparing the two side by side, you could say that in Greek times, a Greek was only a Greek. But in Roman times, a Greek was always a Roman, but a Roman was only Greek if he was born Greek.

-Indiriel

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It was one of nationality. A Greek was a Greek and a Roman was a Roman. The big difference was that generally a Greek was only a citizen of his city-state while the Roman citizen held citizenship throughout the empire.

Answer 2

A polis is a city. The Greeks developed their society by city-states with each city-state having its own rules and sets of laws. Rome had an empire consisting of many cities and territories all united under one rule.

A polis is a city. The Greeks developed their society by city-states with each city-state having its own rules and sets of laws. Rome had an empire consisting of many cities and territories all united under one rule.

A polis is a city. The Greeks developed their society by city-states with each city-state having its own rules and sets of laws. Rome had an empire consisting of many cities and territories all united under one rule.

A polis is a city. The Greeks developed their society by city-states with each city-state having its own rules and sets of laws. Rome had an empire consisting of many cities and territories all united under one rule.

A polis is a city. The Greeks developed their society by city-states with each city-state having its own rules and sets of laws. Rome had an empire consisting of many cities and territories all united under one rule.

A polis is a city. The Greeks developed their society by city-states with each city-state having its own rules and sets of laws. Rome had an empire consisting of many cities and territories all united under one rule.

A polis is a city. The Greeks developed their society by city-states with each city-state having its own rules and sets of laws. Rome had an empire consisting of many cities and territories all united under one rule.

A polis is a city. The Greeks developed their society by city-states with each city-state having its own rules and sets of laws. Rome had an empire consisting of many cities and territories all united under one rule.

A polis is a city. The Greeks developed their society by city-states with each city-state having its own rules and sets of laws. Rome had an empire consisting of many cities and territories all united under one rule.

Answer 3

A polis is a city. The Greeks developed their society by city-states with each city-state having its own rules and sets of laws. Rome had an empire consisting of many cities and territories all united under one rule.

Answer 4

A city-state, Greek or otherwise, was an independently ruled city and the territories surrounding it. The Roman Republic was a form of government in which the people elected officials to run the government. An empire, Roman or otherwise, is not a form of government, but a material holding of some type. (In Rome's case, it was a political holding) After the fall of the republic, Rome was ruled by a single person who we call an emperor, but the Romans called "Caesar". This rule by the Caesars is mistakenly called the "Roman Empire" although the empire began centuries before.

Answer 5

The organization of the city. A polis controlled itself, be it through a king, despot, democracy or whatever. A colony did not, it was ruled by another city.