It takes quite some time to make a city-state; much less the government that goes along it. Greek had done so more than once. After the Greek dark ages, the villages started to band together, they were called city-states also known as polis. In time hundreds of city-states had formed in Greece.
Argos was the second oldest city of Ancient Greece; it was located in the northeast part of the Peloponnese. Argos was founded by Phoroneus, but the mythological founder of Argos was Argos, son of Zeus and Niobe, the first mortal lover of Zeus. Argos was occupied from the early Bronze Age also it was near a harbor which gave them fish and other resources. The civilians that lived in and around Argos are known as Argives. It was even mentioned in Homer’s Illiad as the kingdom of Diomed. Argos’ goddess was Hera, wife of Zeus. Argos was the center of Argolis and in the 7th cent. , under King Pheidon, who dominated much of the Peloponnesus. For a long time it was up with Sparta, Athens and even Corinth struggling as a powerful Greek city against each other. Their power disappeared after Cleomenes I of Sparta took the city. The city joined the Achaean League in 229 and soon later was taken by Rome. Under Rome's rule trade flourished.
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