Even Athens, by far the largest of all city-states, only contained an estimated population of about 200,000 people in the year 500 BC. Many of these people would have lived not in the city but in ...

Athens pays a yield of 4.95% on the debt. In 2012, the European Union promised Greece more debt relief if it met budget and reform targets. Euro zone governments hold more than 80% of its €319 ...