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Diocletian's Palace, where the Emperor went to retire, fixing the Empire and retiring to farm cabbages. Diocletian is a person I have admired for a while, and it would be a great place to visit. Additionally, it wouldn't be bad to visit the Adriatic Beach

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Trabzon, Trebizond, is an ancient city on the Black Sea, and the end of my journey. Trebizond would be great to visit for a few reasons. I would love to see the historical sites, as it was one of the last Byzantine cities, a Greek colony, and an Ottoman city, as well as a resort town today.

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Sinope is another great historical city. It is less well known than some in the Aegean, but it shouldn't be. It dominated trade in its area for a long time, and had some of its on colonies along the coast. It was also home to Diogenes, one of the foremost philosophers of the classical age, and quite a figure. The city would be great to personally visit, to see and live in the history.

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Foca is Phocaea, the city that founded most of the others in the Eastern Mediterranean. There is actually less to see here, than there is in places like Massilia. The entire population fled to their colonies, but there are still remains of the many different cultures, which would be great to visit, if a little humid.

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Istanbul, the city of the world's desire. It is a beautiful place, full of architecture from Rome, Greece, and Turkey, and is a vibrant multicultural hub. Nova Roma, the New Rome, is one of the oldest and most beautiful cities in the world, with buildings such as the Hagia Sophia, and the Blue Mosque.

The Komnenos Dynasty was one of the Imperial Byzantine Dynasties, and the second emperor, Alexios, was planning on giving the crown to Anna Komnene, although it didn't actually happen that way. She wrote the Alexiad, one of the principle histories on the crusades, and the time period in general. And its not horrible to read.

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Lapseki is a city on the Hellespont, one of the crossings to Anatolia, the place where Alexander marched, and the Places where Xerxes and Darius invaded from. It was also another Phocaean colony, not too far from the mother city. It would be a great place to visit and follow in the footsteps of famous people past.

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Lord Byron, the eccentric English Poet, rather famously died in the Greek War of Independence. An important part in European support for the war, he was madly involved in the cause. He is a Greek National Hero, and is remembered to today.

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Paros, Stari Grad, is a city on Hvar island, and a Greek colony. It was involved greatly in ancient politics, being conquered by Dionysius the Elder, Tyrant of Syracuse, along with Vis (Issa).

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See Hvar, Croatia.

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Fiume is an interesting city that I've always wanted to visit. After WWI, it was occupied by an Italian Poet, and was established as a city state. It was largely seen as a place to try out new ideas in government, attracting fascists, communists, anarchists, monarchists, and more.

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Marco Polo, a citizen of Venice, was imprisoned here, after returning from Asia. He payed for a ship, during a trade war, and was subsequently captured. During his imprisonment, he dictated a book to his fellow prisoner, which became his "Travels."

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Marseille is the oldest city in France, founded by Phocaean settlers. It is the largest and most well-known Greek colony in the Eastern Mediterranean. There are many ruins, such as remains of the Greek Harbor, Roman Docks, and more. It also lost its independence in Caesar's Civil War, but survived until today. The French National Anthem is named after the city.

Toulon is directly next to this city. Besides being a major naval base for most of French History, it is also an important site in Le Miserables. Here, Jean Valjean begins his redemption, by turning himself in, saving a man, and then leaving.

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The third oldest city in France, another Greek Massilian-Phocaean colony. There are several important artifacts in the city, such as Ephebe of Agde, two Imperial Roman bronzes (one of a child, one of Eros, or Cupid). Additionally, there was an ecclesiastic council held there, in 506.

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Roses, or Rhode in Greek, was a colony probably jointly founded by settlers from Empuries and Massilia. There aren't as many records of it, but there are still castles from the middle ages, ancient coins, and full ruins of Greek, Roman, and Middle age settlements.

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Empuries is a Phocaen Colony, one of the few with large records in Iberia. It retained its independence in the face of both Rome and Carthage for many years, an independent city state, largely allied to and relying on Rome. During Caesar's civil war, it sided against him, and was subsequently occupied and stripped of its autonomy. Today there are many artifacts and archaeological remains from its time as a Greek polis, a Roman colonia, and during the middle ages, when it was raided by vikings.

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Barcelona is a city that has survived 2000 years. In one legend, Hannibal's father founds the city, and in another, Hercules does. During the Spanish Civil War, George Orwell served in and around the city. He recounted his experiences in his book, "Homage to Catalonia." Repressions by the NKVD and the Comintern formed his ideas about anti-authoritarianism.