I have to question what variety of serious classical scholar would form the opinion that ancient Greek society had little to no economic growth. The archaeolog

I have to question what variety of serious classical scholar would form the opinion that ancient Greek society had little to no economic growth. The archaeology should show the massive expansion of the city-states between the Archaic period and the Hellenic. We have historical accounts of numerous expansionist city-states that founded overseas colonies stretching from the Crimea, to Italy, to the south of France. Navies of hundreds and thousands of warships, and numerous wrecks of traders carrying goods from all around the Mediterranean. Excavations of sites that housed factories for mass-production of pottery. The sheer expense entailed in fielding thousands of citizen-soldiers (and later professional mercenaries), kitted out in thirty or forty pounds of bronze arms and armor, while at the same time constructing monumental architecture.