Delian League

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Athenian-led coalition ancient Greek alliance maritime league

The Delian League was an ancient Greek alliance of city-states led by Athens, originally formed to continue the fight against the Persian Empire and later becoming the basis of Athenian imperial power.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Athenian Empire 11
Delian League members 2
Allies of Athens 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athenian-led coalition ⓘ
ancient Greek alliance ⓘ
maritime league ⓘ
conflictWith Sparta ⓘ
culturalImpact spread of Athenian culture and democracy among allies ⓘ
currencyUsed Athenian silver coinage ⓘ
developedInto Delian League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Athenian Empire
dissolutionContext end of Peloponnesian War ⓘ
dissolvedBy Sparta ⓘ
dissolvedOn 404 BCE (approximate) ⓘ
dominatedBy Athens ⓘ
financedBy tribute payments from member states ⓘ
formedAfter Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ
foundedOn c. 478 BCE ⓘ
governingBody synod of member representatives ⓘ
headquartersLocation Delos ⓘ
historicalRegion Aegean Sea ⓘ
Dardanelles ⓘ
surface form: Hellespont

Ionia ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
leader Athens ⓘ
legalSystemInfluence imposition of Athenian law courts on allies ⓘ
member Athens ⓘ
Byzantium ⓘ
Chios ⓘ
Ephesus ⓘ
Lesbos ⓘ
Mytilene ⓘ
Naxos ⓘ
Rhodes ⓘ
Samos ⓘ
Thasos ⓘ
memberCount over 150 city-states ⓘ
militaryStrength Athenian navy ⓘ
namedAfter Delos ⓘ
surface form: island of Delos
notableEvent Mytilenean revolt ⓘ
revolt of Naxos ⓘ
revolt of Thasos ⓘ
opposedBy Peloponnesian League ⓘ
policy suppression of secession by force ⓘ
primaryPurpose continue war against the Persian Empire ⓘ
defend Greek city-states against Persian aggression ⓘ
relatedConflict First Peloponnesian War ⓘ
Peloponnesian War ⓘ
treasuryLocation Delos ⓘ
treasuryMovedOn 454 BCE ⓘ
treasuryMovedTo Athens ⓘ
tributeType money ⓘ
ships ⓘ
usedFor Athenian imperial expansion ⓘ
expulsion of Persian garrisons from Aegean cities ⓘ
weakenedBy Peloponnesian War ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

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

Cimon → affiliation → Delian League ⓘ
Athenian navy → alliedOrganization → Delian League ⓘ
Athenian army → alliedWith → Delian League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delian League members
Byzantium → alliedWith → Delian League ⓘ
Classical Athens → allyIn → Delian League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian Empire
Athenian drachma → associatedWith → Delian League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delian League tribute system
Delos → associatedWith → Delian League ⓘ
Long Walls → associatedWith → Delian League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian Empire
Long Walls → associatedWith → Delian League ⓘ
Pericles → associatedWith → Delian League ⓘ
Archidamian War → belligerent → Delian League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian Empire
Battle of Aegospotami → belligerent → Delian League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian Empire
Battle of Arginusae → belligerent → Delian League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian Empire
Battle of Potidaea → belligerent → Delian League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian Empire
Battle of Pylos → belligerent → Delian League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian Empire
Greco-Persian Wars → belligerent → Delian League ⓘ
Sicilian Expedition → belligerent → Delian League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allies of Athens
Peace of Nicias → belligerentParty → Delian League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian Empire
Archidamian War → conflictBetween → Delian League ⓘ
Peloponnesian War → conflictBetween → Delian League ⓘ
Delian League → developedInto → Delian League self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian Empire
Athenian navy → fundedBy → Delian League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian tribute from Delian League
Classical Greece → hasAlliance → Delian League ⓘ
Age of Pericles → hasMilitaryAlliance → Delian League ⓘ
Thirty Years' Peace → hasParties → Delian League ⓘ
Fourth Sacred War → involvedParty → Delian League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian alliance opposing Philip II of Macedon
Peloponnesian War → mainBelligerent → Delian League ⓘ
Peloponnesian League → opponentInWar → Delian League ⓘ
Lampsacus → partOf → Delian League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian Empire
Peloponnesian League → rival → Delian League ⓘ
Peloponnesian League → rival → Delian League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Athenian Empire
Miletus → underControlOf → Delian League ⓘ
Athenian navy → usedToControl → Delian League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delian League members
Aegina → wasMemberOf → Delian League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delian League (under Athenian control)