After the Persian invasion of 480-479 BCE was repelled, it took over leadership from Sparta and led a coalition of Greek cities against Persia.
The Persian Empire .
Yes.
Athens turned the Delian League which it had led against the Persian Empire into an empire of its own.
Athens turned the Delian League which it had led against the Persian Empire into an empire of its own.
Athens turned the Delian League which it had led against the Persian Empire into an empire of its own.
Peloponneisian and the Persian
Athens, which turned the coalition of city-states it had led against the Persian Empire into an empire of its own.
Yes.
The Persian Empire versus a coalition of Greek city-states, at first led by Sparta, then by Athens.
The Persian Empire and an alliance of Greek city-states led first by Sparta and then Athens.
1. After the wars ended, Athens converted the anti-Persian Delian League into an empire of its own. 2. Emboldened by this empire, Athens became embrioled in a devastating war wiith the other Greek cities in the Peloponnesian War, which it lost and was stripped of its empire.
Athens converted the league it led against the Persian Empire into and empire of its own, mulcting funds by force to support its own lifestyle.