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

Over the course of this war, the money from the Delian League enriched many lower-class Athenians, who found employment as rowers in the fleet.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Immediately following the war, Sparta established oligarchies of local aristocrats in the city-states that had been democracies under the Delian League.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

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

From Early European History by Webster, Hutton

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