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
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
Each year, the members of the Delian League contributed money to build and support a large navy, meant to protect all of Greece from any further Persian interference.
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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