La polis griega reunía ciertas características, que le daban un carácter particular entre las ciudades de la antigüedad, entres estas cualidades podemos nombrar 1._Sus reyes vivían en las zonas altas de la ciudad.
2._Eran ciudades ubicadas en las tierras interiores.
3._Eran unidades políticas autónomas unas de otras.
4._odas poseían un sistema democrático de gobierno

“[the city’s engineers excelled in areas] neglected by the greeks, such as the construction of roads and aqueducts, and of sewers that could wash the filth of the city into the tiber. they have built paved roads throughout the country, leveling ridges and filling up hollows, so as to make possible the movements of heavily loaded wagons. . and such is the quantity of water brought in by the aqueducts, that veritable rivers flow through the city and its sewers: almost every house has cisterns, waterpipes, and copious fountains.” —strabo, as quoted in empires ascendant: time frame 400 b.c.–a.d. 200 cisterns are tanks that hold water until it is needed; if a house has a cistern, it is likely to also have a. aqueducts. c. a swimming pool. b. a fish pond. d. sinks and faucets.