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during the greeco-persian war...
Today we call it the Delian League because its treasury was held at the island of Delos.
Athens turned the league which it led against the Persian Empire into an empire of its own. Using the power of this empire to bully other city-states. The Peloponnesian League led by Sparta called Athens on its attempt to bankrupt its neighbour Megara, a member of their league, an overconfident Athens persisted, resulting in a destructive war which Athens lost, and was stripped of its empire.
It was a war between Athens and its allies and Sparta and its allies - the latter tried to control the expansionary efforts of the Athenian empire. It lasted from 431 BCE to 404 BCE, when Persian financial intervention swung the war in favour of the Spartan alliance, resulting in the capture of Athens.
Athens and its allies and Sparta and its allies.
the persians
The Persians
during the greeco-persian war...
The Persians
Persian Empire.
It was based on 180 city-states in Asia Minor and the Islands which banded together against the Persian Empire under the leadership of Athens. When the Persian threat was resolved, opportunistic Athens converted it into an empire of its own.
Athens.
Athens.
Many city states formed an alliance against Athens because they felt the Athenian's treated them as mere subjects. Athens is the capital of Greece.
Athens.
Today we call it the Delian League because its treasury was held at the island of Delos.
They wanted to punish the persians for attacking Greece