Settlements similar to or like Athens

Country located in Southeast Europe. Approximately 10.7 million as of 2018; Athens is its largest and capital city, followed by Thessaloniki. Wikipedia

Second-largest city in Greece, with over 1 million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of Macedonia, the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace. Also known in Greek as η Συμπρωτεύουσα , literally "the co-capital", a reference to its historical status as the Συμβασιλεύουσα (Simvasilévousa) or "co-reigning" city of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire, alongside Constantinople. Wikipedia

A of the history of the city of Athens, Greece. This article incorporates information from the Russian Wikipedia. Wikipedia

Greece's third-largest city and the regional capital of Western Greece, in the northern Peloponnese, 215 km west of Athens. Built at the foot of Mount Panachaikon, overlooking the Gulf of Patras. Wikipedia

One of the oldest named cities in the world, having been continuously inhabited for perhaps 5,000 years. Situated in southern Europe, Athens became the leading city of Ancient Greece in the first millennium BC, and its cultural achievements during the 5th century BC laid the foundations of Western civilization. Wikipedia

The major urban centre of the notable polis (city-state) of the same name, located in Attica, Greece, leading the Delian League in the Peloponnesian War against Sparta and the Peloponnesian League. Established in 508 BC under Cleisthenes following the tyranny of Isagoras. Wikipedia