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Delian League

British

noun

an alliance of ancient Greek states formed in 478–77 _bc to fight Persia

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Athens emerged as the head of the Delian League, a confederacy of cities located along the Anatolian coast and on islands in the Aegean.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

But old rivalries resumed, dividing the Greeks between the Athenian-ruled Delian League and the Spartan-led Peloponnesian League.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

In 477 BCE, they organized an alliance of Greek city-states known today as the Delian League, headquartered on the Aegean island of Delos.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

As the Delian League grew, which is to say as Athens took over control of its “allied” poleis, it increased the size of its bureaucracy accordingly.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

To Cimon the Delian League entrusted the continuation of the war with Persia.

From Early European History by Webster, Hutton

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