and some of the same cities send out colonies to Sicily,

同时他们也到西西里殖民
so that for the real colonizing states

因为对于真正的殖民国家来说
there was no limit to

是没有任何限制的
where they would send people who wanted to go in those areas.

可以向任何地方输送愿意去殖民的人
It is also interesting to notice

另一个有意思的问题是
who does not colonize at this early period

谁在早期并不殖民
and the answer is

答案是
all the most famous cities of Greece in the Classical Period.

古希腊时期的所有名城
Athens doesn't send out a colony until sometime in the sixth century.

雅典直到六世纪才开始殖民
Sparta starts at an early point,

斯巴达要早一些
sends out a colony to southern Italy at some time,

某一时期在意大利南部建设过殖民地
probably early,

也许更早的时候