Zone (Colony)
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Zone was an ancient Greek polis
on the Aegean
coast of Thrace, located in the neighborhood of the cities of Sale, Serreion, and Drys. It was a member of the Delian league
. Its location has been sought in various places by archaeologists, but it is now commonly identified with a site known from excavations near the mouth of the stream Shabla Dere, which was formerly believed to have been called Mesembria.
Polis
Polis , plural poleis , literally means city in Greek. It could also mean citizenship and body of citizens. In modern historiography "polis" is normally used to indicate the ancient Greek city-states, like Classical Athens and its contemporaries, so polis is often translated as "city-state."The...
on the Aegean
Aegean Sea
The Aegean Sea[p] is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the southern Balkan and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey. In the north, it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosporus...
coast of Thrace, located in the neighborhood of the cities of Sale, Serreion, and Drys. It was a member of the Delian league
Delian League
The Delian League, founded in circa 477 BC, was an association of Greek city-states, members numbering between 150 to 173, under the leadership of Athens, whose purpose was to continue fighting the Persian Empire after the Greek victory in the Battle of Plataea at the end of the Greco–Persian Wars...
. Its location has been sought in various places by archaeologists, but it is now commonly identified with a site known from excavations near the mouth of the stream Shabla Dere, which was formerly believed to have been called Mesembria.