Delian League
Britishnoun
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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
Over time it became clear to the other Greeks that the Delian League was no longer an alliance but an empire in which the subject city-states paid a steady flow of tribute.
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
After its liberation in 479 Chios joined the Delian League and long remained a firm ally of the Athenians, who allowed it to retain full autonomy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
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