Because it made a superior navy for the athenians
Athens ruled the Delian League.
The city that was the head of the Delian League was Athens, Greece.
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.
that Athens gradually took most of the power and became the head of the delian league which is why Sparta broke off
peloponnesian league led by Sparta fought the delian league led by Athens. the result was a peloponnesian league victory and the delian league was dismantled
because their smart
because their smart
Athens ruled the Delian League.
The League, which it led against the Persians, after the wars was turned into an empire by Athens. It supplied money, manpower and warships to give Athens power amogst the other Greeks, and money to spend on glorifying the city, promoting culture and putting half its citizens on the public payroll, as well as 100 warships to enforce the tax collection, and attempt to stand over other city disputes.
Athens
Athens was part of the Delian League and Sparta was part of the Peloponnesian League. -Ava :)
He persuaded it to convert the anti-Persian Delian League into an empire of its own.
After the Persian threat subsided, he converted the Delian League, which was formed to oppose Persia, into an empire of Athens, giving Athens the resources of over 189 city-states.
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yes they did
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