There wer many over the course of 60-odd years from its formation in 478 BCE.
The first was Naxos in 471 BCE, followed by Thasos in 465 BCE; others followed and all were ruthlessly put down by Athens which had the capacity with its superior fleet and addiction to the annual funds levied from the members, which it progressively converted to its own benefit.
Delos was a Greek city-state where the treasury of the anti-Persian Delian League was held for safe keeping in its temple of Apollo.
It was primarily the city - state of Athens that formed the Delian League which was a loose coalition of other Greek city - states (Polis) to thwart Persian expansionist policies . Below at the related link is a list of Delian members .
The establishment of the Delian League allowed Athens to protect its sea borders and lessen the threat of becoming a target for the Persian Empire. This alliance caused Athens to become the dominant city-state in Greece.
Athens turned the Delian League which it had led against the invasion by the Persian Empire, into an empire of its own, continuing to extort their contributions for the war and maintaining its dominant war fleet. Athens had strong walls an connecting walls with its port, which enabled it to defy a siege, import food, and attack its besiegers' home cities by sea.
After the defeat of the Persian invasion of mainland Greece in 479 BCE, Athens organized an anti-Persian league to protect the cities around the Aegean Sea from Persian intervention. It had its treasury on the island of Delos in the temple of Apollo there. At its peak, there were about 180 city-states in the league, spread around the coast of Asia Minor, Thrace and the Islands, including the islands of Samos, Lesbos, Chios, Rhodes, and such cities as Miletus, Byzantium, Ephesus, Priene etc. For map, see link: http://www.bigissueground.com/history/ash-athenianempire.shtml
Athens was the leader of the Delian league, founded by the athenian Aristides. it eventually turned into the Athenian Empire which was comprise of most of the agean and coastal greek states, the thracian chersonesse and the Ionian coast
they formed the delian league because they had to join toegether to defeat the Persians
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Delos was a Greek city-state where the treasury of the anti-Persian Delian League was held for safe keeping in its temple of Apollo.
It was primarily the city - state of Athens that formed the Delian League which was a loose coalition of other Greek city - states (Polis) to thwart Persian expansionist policies . Below at the related link is a list of Delian members .
Yes , and Athens exploited her position to the detriment of the other Greek city-states which ultimately led to the Peloponnesian Wars .
It is true that about 180 Greek city-states formed the Delian League to protect themselves from Persian rule. Not sure why 'why' would be 'true of false'.
The establishment of the Delian League allowed Athens to protect its sea borders and lessen the threat of becoming a target for the Persian Empire. This alliance caused Athens to become the dominant city-state in Greece.