We know that the ancient Greeks colonized the coasts all around the Mediterannean and Black Sea. And the Macedonians established many new cities as part of Alexander's conquests. But do we have any detailed descriptions of HOW exactly they did this? Was it fairly organic, like traders or an army establishing a camp or post and a trickle of support personnel and families gradually settling there as it proved a fruitful location and Hellenizing locals? Or was it more organized, like the government recruiting a few thousand citizens and dropping them there all at once to build a complete city all at once? If so how were they chosen or what motivated the volunteers? Did they receive state financial aid and supplies from their mother city to build the new colony?