The Mediterranean was heavily influenced by numerous waves of colonization during the Archaic Greek through Roman periods (c. 750BCE-AD400). Frequent voyages over land and sea meant that different social groups were beginning to interacting with one another. One group that ushered in an age of colonization in the Mediterranean region were the Greeks, who prior to exploration were cultivators of the land (Wilson, 2006:27). However, because their homeland was mountainous prime regions for farming were not abundant and many Greeks ventured into the Mediterranean Sea in search of fertile, hospitable lands (Cameron and Neal, 2003:33-35; Gwynn, 1918:89; Hodos, 2006:10; Pomeroy et al., 2004:53; Snodgrass, 2000:417; Stallo, 2007:20; Wilson, 2006:25). Reasoning for the establishment of Greek colonies was the extraction of food resources, raw goods such as metal, along with gaining slaves (Cameron and Neal, 2003; Ceka, 2005; Galaty, 2002; Gwynn, 1918; Hammond, 1992; Harding, 1992; Hodos, 2006:10; Pomeroy et al., 2004:54; Snodgrass, 2000:417; Stallo, 2007; Wilkes, 1992; Wilson, 2006).…