The Delian League, also known as the Athenian Empire, was a collection of Greek city-states largely based around the Aegean Sea which operated under the hegemony of Athens. This alliance initially served the purpose of coordinating a united Greek front against a perceived looming Persian threat against the Ionian city-states which bordered it ...

2025年1月25日 · Ancient Greek civilization - Athenian Empire, City-States, Democracy: The eastern Greeks of the islands and mainland felt themselves particularly vulnerable and appealed to the natural leader, Sparta.

Delian League ("Athenian Empire") shown in yellow, Athenian territory shown in red, situation in 431 BC, before the Peloponnesian War.

2025年2月1日 · ancient Greek civilization, the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended about 1200 bce, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 bce. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific achievements that formed a …

2021年7月6日 · Athens, Greece, with its famous Acropolis, has come to symbolize the whole of the country in the popular imagination, and not without cause. It not only has its iconic ruins and the famous port of Piraeus but, thanks to ancient writers, its history is better documented than most other ancient Greek city -states.

Situated in southern Europe, Athens became the leading city of ancient Greece in the first millennium BC, and its cultural achievements during the 5th century BC laid the foundations of Western civilization.

In ancient Greek civilization: The Athenian empire. The eastern Greeks of the islands and mainland felt themselves particularly vulnerable and appealed to the natural leader, Sparta. The Spartans’ proposed solution was an unacceptable plan to evacuate Ionia and resettle its Greek inhabitants elsewhere; this would have been a remarkable ...

2024年2月8日 · The formation of the Delian League, or what is retrospectively called the Athenian Empire, can be traced back to the aftermath of the Persian Wars, around 478 BCE. In the wake of their victory against the Persians, the Greek city-states sought a formal alliance to safeguard their collective security and interests.

At Athens, the Athenians began rebuilding their walls. The Spartans opposed the rebuilding. Themistocles tricked the Spartans by delays until the Athenian walls were rebuilt. Clear lines of power and strategic moves. Themistocles also persuaded the Athenians to fortify the Piraeus.

The Athenian Empire, also known as the Delian League, was a powerful maritime alliance led by Athens that emerged in the 5th century BCE, primarily formed to protect against Persian threats.