Athenian Empire

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Athenian hegemony ancient empire maritime empire

The Athenian Empire was a powerful maritime dominion of ancient Athens that controlled much of the Aegean world through the Delian League during the 5th century BCE.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Athenian state	3
Athenian empire	2
Athenian imperialism	1
Athenian naval empire	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Athenian hegemony ⓘ ancient empire ⓘ maritime empire ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Delian League (in its imperial phase) NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Delian League NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
controllingState	Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalPolicy	promotion of Athenian festivals and cults ⓘ
currency	Athenian silver drachma NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolvedAfter	Peloponnesian War NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolvedBy	Sparta NERFINISHED ⓘ
dominantPower	Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicBase	maritime trade ⓘ tribute from allies ⓘ
endTime	404 BCE ⓘ
fleetSize	hundreds of triremes at its height ⓘ
formedAfter	Battle of Plataea NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Salamis NERFINISHED ⓘ Greco-Persian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	hegemony of a city-state over allies ⓘ
hasPart	Delian League NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSource	Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War NERFINISHED ⓘ inscriptions recording tribute lists ⓘ
influenced	Athenian Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ classical Athenian democracy ⓘ classical Greek art and architecture ⓘ spread of Athenian coinage ⓘ
legalInfluence	imposition of Athenian law in some subject cities ⓘ
legitimizedBy	Delian League alliance ⓘ
locatedInTime	5th century BCE ⓘ
mainLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainMilitaryStrength	navy ⓘ
movedTreasuryFrom	Delos NERFINISHED ⓘ
movedTreasuryTo	Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	Melian episode NERFINISHED ⓘ Mytilenean revolt NERFINISHED ⓘ Samian War NERFINISHED ⓘ revolt of Naxos NERFINISHED ⓘ revolt of Thasos NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableLeader	Alcibiades NERFINISHED ⓘ Cimon NERFINISHED ⓘ Cleon NERFINISHED ⓘ Pericles NERFINISHED ⓘ Themistocles NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedTo	Peloponnesian League NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Sparta NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalStructure	allied assembly dominated by Athens ⓘ
region	Aegean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Aegean world NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
startTime	c. 478 BCE ⓘ
symbol	owl of Athena on coinage ⓘ
taxType	phoros (tribute) from member states ⓘ
tributarySystem	allied poleis paying phoros (tribute) ⓘ
tributeCollectedAt	Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ Delos NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Melissus of Samos → opposed → Athenian Empire ⓘ

Athens Mint → operatedBy → Athenian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athenian state

revolt of Naxos → relatedTo → Athenian Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Revolt of Naxos

Athenian obol → associatedWith → Athenian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athenian naval empire

revolt of Thasos → relatedTo → Athenian Empire ⓘ

Mytilenean revolt → location → Athenian Empire ⓘ

Mytilenean revolt → politicalContext → Athenian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athenian imperialism

Delian League campaigns against Persia → relatedTo → Athenian Empire ⓘ

Potidaea → subjectTo → Athenian Empire ⓘ

Mint of Athens → ownedBy → Athenian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athenian state

Mint of Athens → regionServed → Athenian Empire ⓘ

Eirene (Greek goddess of peace) → honoredBy → Athenian Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Eirene

this entity surface form: Athenian state

Piraeus ship-sheds → associatedWith → Athenian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athenian empire

Nician Peace → signatory → Athenian Empire ⓘ

Philaid family → associatedWith → Athenian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athenian empire

Battle of Naupactus → belligerent → Athenian Empire ⓘ

Battle of Cyzicus → belligerent → Athenian Empire ⓘ

Ionian War → belligerent → Athenian Empire ⓘ

siege of Athens → opponent → Athenian Empire ⓘ