植しょく民みん市し

noun

colonial city (ancient Greece or Rome)

Historical term referring to a city established by colonists from ancient Greece or Rome, often with political and cultural ties to the mother city.

• 古こ代だいギリシャの植しょく民みん市しは、地ち中ちゅう海かい沿えん岸がんに広ひろがっていた。

  The colonial cities of ancient Greece spread along the Mediterranean coast.

• ローマの植しょく民みん市しには、退たい役えき軍ぐん人じんが入にゅう植しょくすることが多おおかった。

  Roman colonial cities were often settled by retired soldiers.