Colonizarea sau călătoria puterii. Sparta şi colonizările în spaţiul mediteranean
The colonization or the travel of power. Sparta and the colonizations in the Mediterranean space

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents a few aspects concerning the foundation of the Spartan colonies in the area of the Mediterranean Sea. The Greek colonization represents one of the most important phenomena in the history of travel, which is the travel of power and influence in fact. These colonies, in spite of the fact that they were the results of the general Greek colonization trend, have a few special features concerning their reason of foundation and their further existence. All the three main colonies of Sparta: Terra, Cyrene and Tarentum are taken into account, insisting on the legends of their foundation but also on the political and historic background which lead to the formation of such political entities.

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