
Exact
boundaries between regions are not shown because they were constantly
changing, and the purpose of the map is to provide a rough sketch of
relevant locations. As is shown on the map, Attica occupied a
small area in the ancient Greek world of the sixth through fourth
centuries BCE. Athens was, and is, the capital. The
Amazons were credited with living in the land aroung the Black Sea:
Thrace, Scythia and Sauromatae; and Northern Africa according to
different sources. The Greek's opponents during the Persian
Wars, occupied the land across its eastern waters; the Aegean
Sea. The Spartans, their enemies of the Peloponnesian Wars,
lived mainly on the neighboring land to the southwest of
Athens. Aside from the location of Sparta, this territory as
such, is not represented, again its borders were in an almost
perpetual state of motion as were the borders of the territories
surrounding Attica, with which it formed
alliances.