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
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
During the 470s, Athens emerged as the leader of the Delian League, which had grown to some 200 city-states.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
In the second Persian invasion, especially at Salamis, and in the consolidation of the Delian League, he won a high reputation for courage and integrity.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
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