1) Athens or Sparta 2) Carthage or Sparta 
A city-state is an independent or autonomous entity, not administered as a part of another local government, whose territory consists of a city and usually its surrounding territory. A city-state can also be defined as a central city and its surrounding villages, which together follow the same law, have one form of government, and share languages,...
Ancient Greek cities had their own governments, laws and armies. The city and the land it controlled around it made up the city state.
a political system consisting of an independent city having sovereignty over contiguous territory and serving as a centre and leader of political, ... [12 related articles]
A city-state is an independently governed region that is centered around a single powerful city. The civilization of the Sumer was governed by many independent city-states.
[n] - a state consisting of a sovereign city
city-state noun a state consisting of a sovereign city
ncient Greek cities had their own governments, laws and armies. The city and the land it controlled around it made up the city-state.
a sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies.